Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Danyoung, your post reminds me of a friend who visited DL years ago with her son. They purchased a toy pirate pistol in New Orleans Square and when she asked the shopkeeper where she could find the caps she was told that they don't sell them. When she asked why the shopkeeper replied with a perky robotic smile, "We don't like loud noises at Disneyland".
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "That's only ^^your opinion, which in my eyes is as invalid as your general view that 'Disney can do no wrong'," Seriously Hans, don't you know that it's the Oriental Land Company that can do no wrong? Get with the program. "So basically you'd do exactly what Disney is doing now but slap on a charge for the experience." Gotta say I loved that answer. Meet & Greets are a disgrace.....unless you charge for them. Then it's OK.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Seriously Hans, don't you know that it's the Oriental Land Company that can do no wrong?" Of course, because naturally its early 1980s WDW Fantasyland knockoff is the definitive version, right? It puts the FLE at WDW to shame. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.tdrfan.com/tdl/fantasyland/snow_whites_adventures/snow_white_exterior.jpg">http://www.tdrfan.com/tdl/fant...rior.jpg</a> I mean my god, look at that incredibly detailed themeing. LOL.
Originally Posted By oc_dean at least they didn't gut theirs, in favor of a "Meet your favorite plastic-smiling character Greet".
Originally Posted By FerretAfros ^^But they did remove the Black Cauldron-inspired Castle Mystery tour a few years back (supposedly due to structural issues with the castle above) and replace it with a much more bland Cinderella-based tour. Yes, they're both movie-based guide-led tours, but I feel like the newer one is much less original simply because Disney has overplayed Cinderella so much. YMMV
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>But they did remove the Black Cauldron-inspired Castle Mystery tour a few years back << Yeah ... that is pretty unforgivable. I have yet to visit TDR for my first time ... Something I'll never see, including Meet The World.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "The Dr. Hans Reinhardt Magical Hug Zone would be a magical mystical journey through time and love. Definitely an E ticket. " LMBO
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>>For the record, I've seen people in their 50s waiting in line for character meet & greets too.<<< Yup you have. When most of the new attractions at WDW are just that, meet and greets, well.. what's a paying guest to do?
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>>It was a classic busbar dark ride and not meant to be an experience like Indiana Jones or Mystic Manor. If they were to build one from scratch today it probably wouldn't be all that different.<<< I would believe you but you go to Tokyo or Paris, or even Anaheim DL's Show White dark rides and see why Orlando's was a cheap cardboard experience devoid of animated scenes and upgraded effects. I don't demand Indiana Jones level of excellence from C-tickets but such experiences at WDW are deplorable. Peter Pan's Flight is yet another inferior version versus it's counterparts in CA, Tokyo and Paris.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Having seen both the Disneyland version of Snow White's Scary Adventures as well as Florida's version, my sisters and I have to disagree that the Florida version was inferior to California's. After the upgrade it received in the late 90's, it was even better. It told most of Snow White's story from beginning to end and didn't come across like cheap cardboard cut outs any more than the California version did. ORWEN: We've seen video's of Tokyo's and it seemed to be pretty much like California's version, which means we would have still preferred the Florida version to Tokyo's. When went out of CA with friends of ours in 2003, they thought the CA version was inferior to Florida's Snow White dark ride, too. So we just have to defend the Florida Snow White dark ride. If any dark ride in Florida needs to be updated it's Peter Pan's Flight to Never Land. THAT one comes across as being very tired. ORGOCH: Got poisoned apples?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "When most of the new attractions at WDW are just that, meet and greets, well.. what's a paying guest to do?" Except I wasn't talking about WDW.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Having seen both the Disneyland version of Snow White's Scary Adventures as well as Florida's version, my sisters and I have to disagree that the Florida version was inferior to California's." It's been a million years since I rode the WDW version, but I remember having the same impression.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I agree with the Witches on Florida Snow White. I suppose the evil queen looking out the window over FL scores one point for DL but Florida allowed you to enter at the wishing well scene and then witness SW sitting on the steps waiting for her prince and the evil queen is seen peering out the window forming her plot against SW...It was a more magical beginning and the ending was better than DL's since we are part of her magical ever after prince rescue with a kiss and loved Dopey waving goodbye to me. I will never understand parents thinking this was scary for their precious little ones but feed them into the Harry Potter death- eaters with gleeful abandon.... As for WDW's Peter Pan they surely can afford a new table area for Raggedy dolls which is the first scene upon entry. I have read that the entire back area of the SW attraction is the cast break area now. I guess we can be thankful it wasn't more executive parking. So in reality the performers for the castle shows took over half of the castle entry (tunnel) and now needed the Snow White to spread out . Must be those evil villains at work.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "And California's isn't anything to write home about." The problem with Snow White is that it's too scary for the demographic it should appeal to.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance The ending is horrible too. You go through all that drama, and then a painted sign on the wall tells us they all lived happily ever after? Really?
