Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Yeah, but now the 'airplanes' are going to crash into the Grand Californian? And that's why I'll never get a room at The Grand Californian -- you think I'll ever get to sleep with all those military aircraft taking off and landing? $300.00 a night???? I THINK NOT!!!!!
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "the park does have several flaws but some of the ones you come up with are just plain ridiculous." LOL. I couldn't agree more. You tell em' bean, LOL.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt The whole runway argument was started years ago by Al Lutz. This discussion here goes to prove that many critics just regurgitate much of the stuff he says about DCA without thinking on their own. If you don't like the place, fine, but at least try to use reasonable logic when making your point. Otherwise you're likely to lose a lot of credibility. Just like Al.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>The whole runway argument was started years ago by Al Lutz. << Yep, and I pointed out the "runway" direction back then. In related hysterical news -- The Rivers of America don't flow to the sea!!!
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <The Rivers of America don't flow to the sea!!!> WHAT?!!?? <<<---[runs crying from the room]
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>> >> >>>> . . . . . Fix DCA, and we'll all shut up. <<<< Amen. The park has come a long way since it opened. << I don't think "it's come a long way"... Condor Flats, Grizzly Peek,Paradise Pier, Sunshine Plaza are the same as they debuted Feb 2001. That's pretty much the bulk of the original "2001" footprint of DCA. Only the Hollywood Backlot area has gone through some changes ... and some minor changes to the formally named "Bountiful Farm" area. It will "come a long way"... once major changes sweep these less-than-spectacular sections.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer How many runways only go one way, as far as I know, NONE!!! Runways are used both ways, mainly due to wind factors. I know at Lindbergh Field in San Diego, they prefer to have planes land and take off going South to North, mainly due to Noise issues. But there are many days that the planes go North to South due to the wind.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan So, in my opinion, any "concern" that the "runway" is "pointing at" the ToT is "dopey."
Originally Posted By disneywatcher >> It still amazes me how WDSP is not badmouthed MORE than DCA. DCA ia 10 times the park of WDSP. << I have the feeling the Disney Studios park in Paris is flat-out ignored, not just because it's far away in France but because it's really bad and uninspired. DCA and WDSP are like theme-park versions of Dumb and Dumber.
Originally Posted By Blacksheep Uncle I hate to interject here...but I don't believe that the marking in Condor Flats are meant to represent a runway at all, but rather a taxiway...blue lights are taxiway edge lights not runway edge lights... but I know reality never gets in the way of a good DCA basher... (and BTW I can think of at least two and maybe three major runways within 75 miles of Disneyland that are, in fact, "one way" runways ...)
Originally Posted By mstaft ^^^ Thanks for the clarification. The blue lights, BTW, look great at night. They give Condor Flats real atmosphere. I'll say it again- the lighting designers at DCA did a first class job. The park looks great at night.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't think the runway argument holds much, since very few people even realize it is a runway. When I was there, I tried to soak in all the details that I could, but I totally missed the runway/taxiway motif. I know it is there because of the pictures, but it seems to be the kind of thing that works so well that most people don't even think about it. Also, most people enter Condor Flats from the Sunshine Plaza and head through it to the Grizzly Peak area, not even noticing that they could see TOT behind them.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Thanks for post #72, Blacksheep! Hopefully that settles the "runway" controversy forever. (Or at least for this week.)
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I always enjoyed the connection between the World Trade Center, 9/11, and the runway and Tower of Terror. It was the most insane connection of anything. It reminded me of this office I worked in. Mr. Garrison was very creative, but Mr. Gray was not...
Originally Posted By seanyoda Blacksheep Uncle, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/m6rpo" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/m6rpo</a> The arrows, vertical stripes and "30" on the ground are markings one would find on a runway, not a taxiway. The 30 indicates a landing direction of 300 degrees, and the runway pretty much matches that direction.
