Originally Posted By leobloom >> Evidently you haven't read the latest CIA analasis of the top 10 tagets of Al Qaeda Leo. Osama Bin Laden has put top priority on the Big Golf Ball at Epcot. He feels the capitalist war monger Disney Corporation is a threat to all of the Islamic nations. << That got a laugh out of me. Not to mention we know Bin Laden, if he were planning an attack on Epcot, would only refer to the "big golf ball." Also, completely off subject (not like that's a new thing), but are CMs discouraged from calling SSE "the big golf ball"? Seems like that would break with Disney lexicon, and we know how uptight they get about names. I remember when I was a CM reading some document that encouraged us to use the COMPLETE name for the resorts and parks. Like "Disney-MGM Studios" as opposed to "MGM". Okay, that's reasonable. But they also wanted us to say "Disney's Contemporary Resort" or "Disney's Polynesian Resort" or "Disney's All-Star Music Resort" when talking to guests. I doubt many CMs use the full, official names, but it seems like "big golf ball" is the complete opposite of what the higher-ups would want CMs to be saying.
Originally Posted By MPierce It probably is completely opposite of the impression they would like CM's to make on guest. I seem to recall though somewhere in an old Disney video where they did refer to it as the Big Golf Ball.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> I seem to recall though somewhere in an old Disney video where they did refer to it as the Big Golf Ball. << As do I. And I know a lot of the trivia books make a point to tell you how tall a person would have to be to play golf with Spaceship Earth. I just find it funny that Disney thinks official names are so important and then they do the whole "golf ball" routine. Of course, this is the same company that thought guests needed to see the word "Epcot" over the golf ball to know where they were. "Spaceship Earth" might be a bit much for those guests.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> As do I. And I know a lot of the trivia books make a point to tell you how tall a person would have to be to play golf with Spaceship Earth. I just find it funny that Disney thinks official names are so important and then they do the whole "golf ball" routine. << They do seem to be more formal with their titles that have the name Disney in them.
Originally Posted By Lee hisownself >>They do seem to be more formal with their titles that have the name Disney in them.<< True. We should probably prepare for "Disney's Spaceship Earth at Disney's Epcot Theme Park at Disney's Walt Disney World Resort."
Originally Posted By leobloom >> We should probably prepare for "Disney's Spaceship Earth at Disney's Epcot Theme Park at Disney's Walt Disney World Resort." << Don'tcha mean "Disney's Big Golf Ball at Disney's Epcot Theme Park at Disney's Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida." Gotta help the slow guests.
Originally Posted By MPierce Where's Spirit? I want to hear about the fanboi he brought to tears, and ran off a Disney forum!
Originally Posted By Lee hisownself >>Where's Spirit? I want to hear about the fanboi he brought to tears, and ran off a Disney forum!<< We're having a Doom and Gloom Socitey meeting this evening. He's probably at home trying to decide what to wear.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> We're having a Doom and Gloom Socitey meeting this evening. He's probably at home trying to decide what to wear. << He's so finicky he could be a girl.
Originally Posted By disneykid90 Wow after a full day at Busch Williamsburg(it's 30 minutes from my house, gotta take what's near ya) I am finding this thread fairly entertaining. The CM who said that was 40-60 years old and very personable; just didn't seem to like being stuck at the end of that long walk. A problem that I see increasingly, especially outside of mission space and around future world is the cracks in the concrete, the red mainly. But hey, who notices stuff like that?
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Best thread this year!
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Backing up a couple pages, if you wanted to wipe out a huge amount of Americans, wouldn't a Disney park or something the size of the Rose Bowl be a logical target??
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Funny stuff Spirit, you could almost be a writer ;-) >>>I have two rules: 1) Never visit WDW in the summer; and 2) Never visit DLRP in the winter.<<< Amen Lee, I live by the same creedo (though sometime Halloween is the cut off for us in Paris)
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>You shacked up with Dave? Does Mrs. wasbaloo know about it yet?<<< What happens in Heathrow, stays in Heathrow, or so I thought.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>You want to ride the real thing, go to Paris.<<< That could be used for so many of the attractions. Shame so many Brits are pulled to the swamps time and time again having never set foot in the European resort. Is that the marketing or fear of the language?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>Spirit got you on THE UNIVERSE OF ENERGY!?!?!? That's a ride that even I skip over!<<< Are you serious? This is in my top 5 attractions at WDW.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>You know, I honestly think it could still remain like that, but they could still treat our Resort with the same care they treat DL, DLP, and the rest in terms of attractions, and upkeep.<<< Hmmmmm, what makes DLP great is the original design and the restaurants. Sadly upkeep is not great - the geysers and the pirate ship are rotting away. Not cool. Then again, we keep getting the bone headed WDW management cast offs, it all started with Rasulo making the place worse, and look at his meteoric rise.
Originally Posted By -em >That translates into 20 Jack Tacos, and I don't want to hear VBDAD condemning my beloved Jack Tacos.>> why not just drink the grease straight from the bottle and save your arteries the job of determining where all that is coming from << It's all fun and games till the tacos gets mentioned... >> I doubt many CMs use the full, official names, but it seems like "big golf ball" is the complete opposite of what the higher-ups would want CMs to be saying.<< It's more of a happy medium... Among each other its as short as we acceptably can make it (Coaster/Tower/Poly/Studios/MK/DAK/Lodge/Fort etc) but with guests its usually the full or longer name but its never I'm attending a meeting in the Ballroom of the Americas A at Disney's Contemporary Resort... -em
Originally Posted By vbdad55 >>>Spirit got you on THE UNIVERSE OF ENERGY!?!?!? That's a ride that even I skip over!<<< Are you serious? This is in my top 5 attractions at WDW ---------------- I always enjoy it also - skipped 2 years ago because I didn't know it wasn't open in EMH-- looked forward to it this year
Originally Posted By dshyates I used to tink that I liked Universe of Energy, then I rode it not too long ago and found it terribly dated. Also the Ellen AA is just plain aweful. I also found the dismissive attitude concerning clean energy tech to be too conservative for my tastes. I really think the attraction needs a redo.
