Originally Posted By Rebekah This topic is for discussion of the 11/27/2001 news item <b><a href="http://www.screamscape.com/html/dinorama.html" target="_blank">Screamscape: Dinorama Photos</a></b> <I>Screamscape</I> in their November 27th update offers several photos of the newly opened Dinorama area at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
Originally Posted By ComicRider I like Dinorama. It has a unique charm. I really can't see the tackiness. I actually preffer this over the "aged" attractions in TDS. Dinorama has a sense of whimsy and fantasy. Some parts of TDS are look like they are falling apart (yes, I do know that is the whole point sometimes).
Originally Posted By pheneix It's worse than what I was expecting, and I wasn't expecting much at all. It's only better than the JIYI disaster because this didn't replace anything. A real eyesore compared to the otherwise beautiful (what there is of) AK. Pheneix
Originally Posted By SJHYM Wow, the themeing, the engineering, the imagination!!!!!! I can't wait to see Bug town at DCA!!!1
Originally Posted By coral_barks Garbage in, garbage out. That green dinosaur with outstretched arms at the entrance just screams, "What were we _thinking_?!" Definitely a kids-only area, though maybe that's a good thing, maybe not.
Originally Posted By coral_barks (To clarify, I meant it seems as if the green dinosaur is saying "what were we thinking?" while shrugging his arms.)
Originally Posted By plpeters70 I think Disney keeps missing the point of all these complaints about "not enough for my kids to do". When people say that I don't think they're asking for "kid-only" rides, but "kid-friendly" rides -- there's a big difference. You would think Disney would understand that by now, but it looks like someone threw out the book on theme park development and gave Eisner one on "How to Construct a State Fair for Less $$".
Originally Posted By AladdinAZ I think that represents the era Eisner got the ideas for creating these attractions. (hee-hee) There should really be a word for what the Eisner/Pressler era is now doing to Disney Parks in the USA. Walt Disney Revolutionized the Theme park world. Some suppose life forms Evolved on earth. Eisner/Presler have now started to DE-EVOLVE "DEVOLVE" Disney Theme Parks into a lower form of park. DEVOLVE (v) to reduce the standards of a theme park, to a lower level of themeing, and enjoyment, to show the bland and ordinary, rather than the creative and visionary ability, to forget and not use the briliant ways Walt Disney used in creating a theme park and instead use the volume Walt Disney threw out, but used by carnies.
Originally Posted By OTownDis its WDI made DINO DUNG! Really..does ANYONE Think Paradise Pier looks ALOT better and is better themed now that this crapola has opened at DAK?
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I am reminded of a film clip that I think I saw in the WDW explorer CD. Walt is explaining why he created Disneyland. He said that he would take his girls to a park and sit on the bench eating peanuts, watching them. He wanted to create something that kids and parents could enjoy together. Dinorama seems to be placing parents back on the bench. Fun for kids but way off the mark in relation to Walt Disneys dream.
Originally Posted By ComicRider Wait. How is Triceratops Spin any different than Dumbo the Flying Elephant, an attraction that was put under the watch of Walt. Primevil (sp?) Whirl will not be a kids only ride. Those spinning Mouse coasters are fun fo almost everyone. And while midway games are expensive and the prizes get to be a chore to carry around at the end of the day, they are a lot of fun that exclude no one. This isn't Walt's company anyway.
Originally Posted By AladdinAZ The wild mouse coaster at DCA (Mulholland Madness) doesn't spin. I wonder if the one at DAK will.
Originally Posted By Disneybrad Yet it is going to spin. It is not a copy of the one at DCA, different style of coaster.
Originally Posted By clamagic2 The whole concept is to mimic the tacky tourist stops along the American highways and I think they did a good job of that. Does everyone have to be so negative ALL the time?!
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