Originally Posted By wonderingalice I like Monsters, Inc... Even the queue. There's not a whole lot in there, but what's there is funny if you really pay attention to it. The ride itself is fun - with a few 'wow' moments - especially the door room and the pattern-changing lizard or whatever he is. (*LOL* I confess I've only seen bits and pieces of the movie on TV - I need to rent it). And Roz has interacted with us directly on every trip through... She's a hoot!
Originally Posted By whistler Ya know, I really wanted to like monsters inc., mostly because I liked the movie a great deal ( I was really moved by the end ), and I didn't want to look like I had " bad taste". I am sorry though, because I found it to be a boring rehash of selected film scenes. I know I'm crazy, but I much, much prefer superstar limo, warts and all, as it actually was evocative of the hollywood theme/idea. Wierdly, oddly, yes... but it was. I would rather have a strange, messsed up hollywood ride in the hollywood section of a park than a cloying, uninspired ride with a few rando , unmoving giant plush dolls thrown in. Wow, I think this is my first really negative post in years. If I sound like a jerk, I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be. I believe what I wrote though. I would rather have superstar limo, and I have 2 young daughters. I loved the movie, and I don't like the ride, at all. So I don't think I'm prejudiced by the subject matter, and my favorite thing in dca is the redwood creek challenge trail, so I don't think my expectations are too high, and I love toad, pinochio, alice, peter pan, roger rabbit... so I'm not against dark rides, I don't know. I even like the muppet movie. Monsters inc... no. Half the money spent on the changeout put to fixing limo could have created something fun and lasting, but they didn't try. Still like dca though.
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara I was actually on Superstar Limo half a dozen times, and I also bought the CD of it from The Extinct Attractions Club, and have since "ridden" it again. I didn't hate it the way so many do, but I really do find it hard to imagine that it's better than the Monsters Inc. ride. Ah, well, vive la difference.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Superstar Limo was fine, in my opinion. It would have cost far less to replace the Hollywood B-list characters in the ride every so often instead of rebuiding the entire ride. Oh well.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^I never got the opportunity to ride SSL, but have seen the online video. I'm really curious to know who the heck chose those stupid celebrities. As mentioned here, they really should have gone with the classic stars... Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Clark Gable, Bogey, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, even... I mean it's not like little kids even give know or give two hoots about Drew Carey, Melanie Griffith or Antonio Banderas - for starters. They were BLAH choices before the attraction even opened.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "I mean it's not like little kids even give know or give two hoots about Drew Carey, Melanie Griffith or Antonio Banderas - for starters. They were BLAH choices before the attraction even opened." Why is it that all of a sudden DLR rides must have characters in them that are recognizable to little kids? It didn't used to be this way. SSL was a campy tougue-in-cheek experience, and the celebrities chosen were the typical folks one might see while thumbing through a gossip magazine circa 2001. I enjoyed it a little bit more than Monsters.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I'm not saying they need to necessarily be reconizable to children, but they shouldn't be characters that you look at and say, "What the BLANK??" *LOL* Kids may or may not recognize the 'classic' actors either, but at least they'd be more enjoyable for the adults. Otherwise, make them completely generic characters with 'superstar' attitudes only.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Of course I do... Those are two who could actually be considered 'enduring' - Cher, especially, and Chan because of his Asian appeal and expanded video presence in the US over the past few years. Sly's okay, too... He's been around forever. Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas NEVER belonged in there... Drew Carey would have been 'blech' by now; Whoopi's okay, I suppose - nothing exciting; Tim Allen was barely recognizable from what I saw in the video of the ride. Regis Philbin was likely only included because of the "Millionaire" thing that's no longer in existence... He's another one that would only elicit shrugs now with the exception of homemakers who watch his morning show. Just a bunch of 'so-so' celebs. Could have been done much better, imho.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Yes, which is why I was saying that it would have been relatively simple to replace the heads on figures every so often with new B-listers to update the ride. Lindsay Lohan anyone? I wonder how many more riders Monsters gets than SSL did.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Is she? There's been a lot of talk about her in "Bobby" as well as her next role where she plays a stripper...
Originally Posted By jonvn I think there's a lot of backlash against her. What with her behavior of late. Certainly wouldn't be right for a disney ride.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I agree, jonvn... The problem with celebrities, Hans, is that they're too unpredictable - heck, popularity/sanity status changes practically day-to-day and most of them aren't worth wasting tabloid money on, let alone big bucks for semi-AA figures.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice On the rider numbers, it's always had a steady flow whenever we've been there - and that's mostly the off-season. In July (on my first summer visit in YEARS), the queue extended out into the switchbacks.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Certainly wouldn't be right for a disney ride." I was being sarcastic.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "In July (on my first summer visit in YEARS), the queue extended out into the switchbacks." Kind of what I figured, Alice. Monsters is probably more popular. Plus, DCA's attendance is a bit stronger now than it was when SSL was open.
