Originally Posted By oc_dean The good news: 1. Submarine Voyage construction swimming along. 2. The name: "Coca-Cola Tomorrowland Terrace" and it's appropriate theming on it's way! 3. Whoopie out! Halloween film in! @DCA It's a mixed bag of some good news .. and some not so good.
Originally Posted By TheBacklot "And now two VILLAINS for Jedi training - couldn't be two positive heros like Obi-Wan and Luke Skywalker, COULD IT! Real frikin brilliant." If Obi-Wan and Luke Skywalker took part in this interaction, you'd have the 'Jedis in Training' fighting against them, thus making the kids the bad guys. With Darth Vader and Darth Maul, you make them the heroes for 'defeating' them.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Yeah, but doesn't the Jedi Training at WDW have "Jedi" training the kids, and THEN the villains come out to fight with? It's not the villains actually doing the training... Also, I HATE the princess boutique taking over the Fantasyland theater. What a total waste! Why not set it up in the Big Thunder Ranch area? Maybe this will mean the end for the Fantasyland theater anyway? The other day I was thinking and doing some "armchair imagineering" and thought of this... What if they removed HISTA from Tomorrowland and converted that whole area (Starcade included) back into a show theater? They could get a good sized on in there; at least compareable to the Fantasyland Theater. Then, once they have a new live show location, they can demolish the "Wonderbra" theater and turn that into Mickey's PhilharMagic. That would be a great transition from Fantasyland to Toontown, and would match It's a Small World accross the way. That's just my imagination talking, but with this "boutique" taking over...I don't know...
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>"Literal bloodbath?" That's easily as accurate as most anything else from that columnist's pen...<< People on miceage think he's the bee's knees.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Thanks for the link, Darkbeer, that worked. got it now.. I some reason i was getting past column. Thanks for everyones help though << This was happening to me as well. A click on the refresh button fixed it.
Originally Posted By ChurroMonster re post #23: I posted that very idea months ago. I still think it's a good one.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "re post #23: I posted that very idea months ago. I still think it's a good one." Oh, I didn't see that. I guess great minds think alike then!
Originally Posted By monorailblue Re post 24: We also think Marcie is another part of the bee. Tee-hee. We're a crazy bunch, all right, but, oh, I almost forgot, Al has a sbustantially better track record than any other outside-insider, and has for the near decade I've been reading his stuff. Go Al (aka "Literal Bloodbath")! You will always have many fans.
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> "Literal bloodbath?" That's easily as accurate as most anything else from that columnist's pen... << I agree - that seems like an unsubstantiated cheap shot that's based more on personal enmity than on al's actual record of accuracy. Al reports "rumors" and off-the-record comments from insiders. Many of them come to pass, some are delayed indefinitely (such as the second storey for riverbelle terrace) and some are shelved entirely (placemaking for DCA's entrance). Because they haven't actually occurred doesn't mean they aren't true - just that they're fluid and loose. Give the guy a break.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Why? He rarely gives others a break. He puts himself out there, why cut him slack? I have to admit, though, that I really enjoyed his reviews of USH's latest additions. His comments were hilarious.
Originally Posted By CrouchingTigger I can't wait to hear about the first time Darth Vader gets brained by some "trainee" flailing wildly around with a lightsaber.
Originally Posted By markedward <I can't wait to hear about the first time Darth Vader gets brained by some "trainee"> At least Darth Vader wears a helmet and plenty of plastic. It's Darth Maul who is going to be seriously adding to the fast turnover of CMs. At Safeway, for your eight dollars an hour, you have to put up with people taking it out on you when they grabbed the brand of rootbeer that's not on sale. At Disneyland, for your eight dollars an hour, boys stand in line to beat on you with a big stick.
Originally Posted By ni_teach CrouchingTigger said: >I can't wait to hear about the first time Darth Vader gets brained by some "trainee" flailing wildly around with a lightsaber. AT lease Darth Vader has a helmet. Poor Darth Maul doesn't have anything to protect him.
Originally Posted By markedward <You'll remember the literal bloodbath that swept through TDA within 30 days of Cynthia Harris' departure.> Actually, it's not uncommon for managers to try some pretty unorthodox team building techniques. The idea is, the more employees are pushed outside their comfort zone, the more they're forced to turn to creativity and team work. My biggest concern is how they could have done this within Cal-OSHA's strict blood-borne pathogens guidelines. I hope Ed Grier goes with a nice company picnic instead.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 "At Disneyland, for your eight dollars an hour, boys stand in line to beat on you with a big stick." Hmm...that sounds just like a Disney exec retreat!
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>I can't wait to hear about the first time Darth Vader gets brained by some "trainee" flailing wildly around with a lightsaber.<< I wonder if these CM's will be martial artists? It would add some realism to their moves. What are they like in WDW?
Originally Posted By Nobody From post 34: "<You'll remember the literal bloodbath that swept through TDA within 30 days of Cynthia Harris' departure.> Actually, it's not uncommon for managers to try some pretty unorthodox team building techniques." I agree. Having a "literal bloodbath" would qualify as a pretty unorthodox team building technique. (I'll have to re-read "Carrie" to see how that worked out.) ;-)
Originally Posted By Moderation This actually works at WDW. The darth maul guy only shows at peak times, ussually it is just Vader, seeing as there's no makeup involved. The training is conducted by guys decked out like Obi, and Vader just shows at the end for some light saber target practice. The whole Princess thing scares me though..,.
