Originally Posted By trekkeruss Since we have another DL vs. WDW thread going on, I thought it might be interesting to pit these two individual parks against each other.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Oops, guess I shoulda put this in another section. I'm reporting myself.
Originally Posted By mousermerf DHS is now twice as big: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbXhGScRX_U" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...hGScRX_U</a> That's the first time I recall seeing an ad mention Epcot 94.. Anywho, before this DHS was used to hawk cars.. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dln2JMB49XY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...2JMB49XY</a> Could you imagine using DCA to try and sell a vehicle..? Particularly ones that ugly? Good luck.. And well.. this is pretty fantastic.. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TBnbi6Mo38" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...nbi6Mo38</a> Yeah.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss No doubt Disney/MGM Studios was a great park. But now it's 2010, and the DHS is a park in decline. DCA on the other hand is on the upswing. Unless Disney starts pouring some love into the Florida park soon, in a couple of years DCA is going to be a far superior park than DHS.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I won't go into my thoughts on DCA since most of you probably already know what I think about the place. I went to DHS one year after it opened and thought it was light on attractions, but felt like it was a nice add on to all the other things that WDW has to offer. The story goes that Eisner did a rush job on that park because he wanted to get the place opened before Universal got their park off the ground the following year. There seems to be some truth to this story as everything about the park beyond Hollywood Blvd with the exception of the Animation studio (is that still there?) doesn't seemed fleshed out in the traditional Disney way. To top it off I've never been a fan of the park's signature attraction, The Great Movie Ride. To me DHS is an odd duck. The details are there, but the sense of story and continuity seems to be missing for the most part. The place seems like a mish-mash of things - kind of like the park that gets all the stuff that doesn't fit in WDW's other 3 parks. For me DCA is the better park of the two, one because the storytelling is a bit more clear, and two because there is a better variety of attractions offered. ToT, Screamin', Animation, AND Soarin' in the same park? Gotta love it.
Originally Posted By tonyanton wow, that first commercial show too many things which should still be at WDW! River Country, non-DVC Contemporary, no BAH at the Studios, Wonders of Life, and the original resort logo font.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo DHS was always my least favorite WDW park. A couple of great attractions (ToT & the 'coaster), one or two other things I liked. But I always spent the least time there on my trips. Even before the big DCA changes, I liked it better. Epcot & Animal Kingdom, on the other hand...
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Doesn't anyone like the Grizzly River Run?" I do. Add it to the list, along with the Hyperion (Aladdin). There are a few things that I think are really cool at DHS: the stunt show and the Sci Fi Dine In. The latter I'd love to see at DCA.
Originally Posted By oc_dean There was a time I would take Disney/MGM Studios over DCA anytime ... But once all Phase 1 of the "DCA 2.0" renovations are complete ... I would end up taking DCA over DHS. Still though .... DHS has the better ToT. They have Rockin' Roller Coaster. They have the Beauty and the Beast stage show. (I never tire of it). Every Christmas - The Ozzy Osbourne light show. ;p - just had to throw the Ozzy part in there for a laugh. And there are other nice things to DHS like the drive-in theater restaurant, Brown Derby. Even Catastrophe Canyon .. even though the tram ride has been drastically dwindled down ...... it's still it's own "animal" to contain enough of it's own attractions to still be a "must" visit. But if WoC is not ruined too much by Iger's hands .. and turns out to be something really special ... that alone would make me choose DCA over DHS.
Originally Posted By oc_dean "Doesn't anyone like the Grizzly River Run?" no! As long as it remains a ride that dumps too much water on me, and remains the boring ride it is, with just about diddly going on, inside ... I'll forever pass it up. Might was well not be there.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance My daughter laughed for a good 3 minutes straight when the water dumped on her head on Grizzly River Run, we had a really fun time on it.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<Still though .... DHS has the better ToT.>> I do prefer DHS's version. I think the part at the top where the car has to traverse into the drop shaft adds to the uniqueness. <<They have Rockin' Roller Coaster.>> The theming is better, but Screamin' is a far superior coaster. <<They have the Beauty and the Beast stage show. (I never tire of it).>> I hate that show. LOL.
Originally Posted By oc_dean How ... how can I forget The Great Movie Ride. Yes, there are aspects of it that are a bit "clunky" .. but it's still a HUGE attraction on a "Disney" scale. Closest DCA ever had to a huge dark ride was SuperStar Limo. Now ... the closest DCA will have to The Great Movie Ride will be Little Mermaid. Still .... some day in DCA's future .. they need a PotC/Great Movie Ride .. experience that cements DCA into the Great Disney Theme Park family.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "They have Rockin' Roller Coaster." Ugh. I hated RRC, at least the version in Paris. I haven't been on the DHS version, but I won't bother if it's anything remotely like that dud of an attraction I rode at DSP.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance trekkeruss, I'm never sure, which part of the world do you reside in again?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I agree that DHS has the superior ToT. I especially like the grounds leading up to the attraction. Well done. "My daughter laughed for a good 3 minutes straight when the water dumped on her head on Grizzly River Run, we had a really fun time on it." "Still .... some day in DCA's future .. they need a PotC/Great Movie Ride .. experience that cements DCA into the Great Disney Theme Park family." I agree with this wholeheartedly. Although it's a different kind of experience, I do think that Radiator Springs Racers will be the signature E ticket for DCA. That is, util they clone it at some other park. That ride is great for chatting it up with your fellow riders. For some reason I've always had a good laugh with whatever party we've ridden with on GRR, especially when someone gets dunked real good.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I'm in the D.C. area., but lived in the S.F bay area in my childhood. Many many trips to DLR, maybe eight or nine to WDW, a few to TDR, and a couple to DLP. <<--was uber excited when the company announced its intention to build Disney's America.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>My daughter laughed for a good 3 minutes straight when the water dumped on her head on Grizzly River Run, we had a really fun time on it. << Let me ask you CC ... Did you and your daughter ride it at night? Was it during the more "chilly" months? The point I'm driving at ... surely you didn't go during a cold or cooler time .. nor in or approaching evening ... but on a warm sunny day. I'm willing to bet the farm that's exactly what you did. As GRR is really more geared as a "seasonal" type ride where gallons of water being dumped on us, is really only tolerated .. will be if we can dry quick enough. All that acreage for a 'seasonal' ride? Should be a "show stopping" ride that can't take riders anytime, any day, any month .. no matter what the _outside_ weather may be.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Hans, I know, we didn't know anyone else we were riding with but everyone in our tube thingy was cracking up because she was just laughing and laughing and laughing. It was a lot of fun.
