Originally Posted By ChiMike What happened to the hot pockets? And .. It was very kewl to see Kevin/Tangaroa post again.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Pardon me if I missed this .... But is there any timetable when we can count on any artwork with these proposed changes?
Originally Posted By BlueOhanaTerror ...Meanwhile, TDS' Tower puts BOTH stateside Towers to shame. <a href="http://www.toms-net.com/DeepDisney/totnew0911.html" target="_blank">http://www.toms-net.com/DeepDi sney/totnew0911.html</a>
Originally Posted By BlueOhanaTerror Once you get the page, click on the link in red, that says "ToT"
Originally Posted By oc_dean You know what Hans... So far......... All fluff and no substance. It's nice to hear columnists like Al Lutz or Jim Hill give us these nibbets to chew on for a few weeks .... I'll beleive it .. when the bulldozers arrive. "Bob Iger approves" ... Please! I want to tell him ... put some meat behind those words, or don't say anything ... and DCA can continue to be D.isney's U.niversal M.ountain B.erry park.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>...Meanwhile, TDS' Tower puts BOTH stateside Towers to shame.<< I guess it shows that WDI can still deliver the goods as long as someone is willing to sign the check. What is the storyline in Tokyo?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The owner of the Hightower Hotel, Mr. Hightower, travels around the world collecting priceless artifacts to bring back to his hotel. One of the things that he has collected is a cursed idol. During a New Years party, something goes horribly wrong, and we get the classic elevator story out of that. Something that I think is really neat about the backstory is that in the Lost River Delta section (themed like part of South America) there is a box near Raging Spirits that says "Ship to Hightower Hotel, New York." To my knowledge, this is the first time that they have had references to attractions in other lands. I think the Raging Spirits backstory might also involve the same idol, but I'm not entirely sure.
Originally Posted By Pjisme123 I would like to know what happened to DCA, when I first went when it first opened everything was opened and up and running, Now when you go have of the areas look like ghost towns.I would much rather see them fix, repair whatever you want to call it the rides and attractions that are up and running. Has anyone looked at the tracks on Screamin where the water hits, rusted, that scares me... Hope anyone else has seen it too...
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Despite the overwrought exterior, I think TDLR's ToT is very impressive. However, all of the parks and resorts are starting to feel far too corporate for me. "I guess it shows that WDI can still deliver the goods as long as someone is willing to sign the check." Yep, and therein lies part of the problem with Disney these days. It seems that, with rare exceptions, the company can't seem to produce a creative "wow" at it's parks on a modest budget. I think it's unfortunate that a gazillion dollars was likely spent on what is essentially the same ride as the one at DCA. Yes, it looks amazing, but will the ride be so much better that it justifies the added expense? Probably not. Other than a slightly revamped backstory (that nobody will pay any attention to anyway), nothing new is being brought to the table.
Originally Posted By a1stav RE:110 What is the reason for the water on the track? I figured it is for cooling off the LSM Motors, but I am not sure.
Originally Posted By CMM1 It's nice to hear some kind of commitment from Disney brass but what is the source of the motivation? More "hotel night stays per DLR guest"? More attendance at DCA? More parkhopper purchases for both parks on the same day/multiple days? More APs for DLR? It would seem like adding a few more compelling attractions to the park would fix any or all of the above but who knows?
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 leemac, here's a link to Thinkwell's site and a page describing the 'Ice Age' attraction. Based on what I see in the video provided, it's hardly a 'lay over.' <a href="http://www.thinkwelldesign.com" target="_blank">http://www.thinkwelldesign.com</a> /what_we_do/international_ice.html << Going way back to post 15, I had a chance to visit Movie Park this past weekend, and yes the Ice Age ride is a decent attraction, but it replaced an existing Bugs Bunny ride. A friend of mine told me the only thing that was changed were the characters and a few overlays. It is pretty much like a "lay over" not an entire new attraction that people were raving about earlier this thread. I hope to have pictures and a review of Movie Park within the next few weeks.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 I guess the question is this... Given that they're both re-dos of existing attractions, and both used existing ride systems... Is the 'Monsters, Inc.' attraction worth 10 TIMES the cost of 'Ice Age'? dunno...<< IMO, yes, I think the next time I go to Movie Park, I will take a video that shows how cheap this ride really is. My son loved it, I thought it was a decent dark ride type of ride on a boat. Nowhere near Monsters Inc, or even Pooh.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< It would seem like adding a few more compelling attractions to the park would fix any or all of the above but who knows? >>> Well of course doing so would increase attendance, but at what cost? Every major expenditure raises the bar as far as how high the numbers must jump to make everything work out. I think a lot of people thought that ToT was going to fix the problems at DCA, but it apparently has done very little as far as gate revenue goes. If they added a few more attractions of that scope, they would rapidly approach the total construction cost of DCA.
Originally Posted By CMM1 >>I think a lot of people thought that ToT was going to fix the problems at DCA, but it apparently has done very little as far as gate revenue goes. If they added a few more attractions of that scope, they would rapidly approach the total construction cost of DCA.<< But hasn't DCA passed the 5M mark for yearly attendance, making it now the 2nd most popular theme park in SoCal? Isn't that what the goal has been all along for Disney? Or are they looking for something like the 10M that an EPCOT pulls in a year? Or are guests to DLR still only staying 2 or 3 nights to essentially do 2 days at DL and 1 day at DCA when Disney is hoping for 4 nights lodging and 4-5 full days of park-hopping? Or has Disney been propping up the DCA attendance with their offseason 2-for-1 deals for SoCal folks that leverages the popularity of DL to get people through the turnstiles at DCA with a freebie? Only Disney brass really know the answers to those questions.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo "IMO, yes, I think the next time I go to Movie Park, I will take a video that shows how cheap this ride really is. My son loved it, I thought it was a decent dark ride type of ride on a boat. Nowhere near Monsters Inc, or even Pooh." Thanks for backing me up here William. The Movie Park was a bitter disappointment for me. It is soooo cheap. For a much better theme park experience in Germany, I recommend Europa Park and Phantasialand. Glad to see you back on-line Will. Hope you like Germany.
Originally Posted By disneywatcher The following is from Jim Hill's newest column at JimHillmedia.com. Dealing with the truly talented, creative people at the DisCo in this manner -- instead of what happened at the silly weekend conference in Aspen (the one where I-love-Paradise-Pier Michael Eisner showed up with his two dogs) -- might have salvaged some of the potential high quality of a second theme park in Anaheim: >>>>> Well, let's talk about that lunch that Bob Iger recently had with three Imagineering vets at the Team Disney building... So why exactly did Disney's new CEO invite this trio of old WED employees to come break bread with him on the lot? Because he reportedly want[ed] to quiz them about what it was actually like to work with Walt Disney. More importantly, Bob wanted to find out how the Old Mousestro ran his company back in the day. How Walt kept his creative team motivated & inspired.... Iger then allegedly asked these veteran Imagineers about WDI. In particular the poisonous political culture that seems to permeate the theme park design arm of the company these days. Bob supposedly wanted to know: "Has Imagineering always been this way? And -- if not -- what do you think can be done to change & improve WDI? Make it into a more productive, less political place to work?... As this luncheon went on, Iger reportedly pulled out DCA's expansion plans. All of the rides, shows and attractions that Imagineering wants to add to that troubled theme park over the next 10 years in an effort to finally turn California Adventure into a fitting companion to Disneyland. Bob then asked these WED veterans for their opinions on the proposed changes. What did they think would work? More importantly, what did they think wouldn't work? Where were the possible trouble spots? As one of the participants in this remarkable luncheon remarked: "I was floored. Here was the new head of Disney actually soliciting our opinions. Anxious to hear what we had to say. About Imagineering, about DCA. And he didn't even flinch when we told him that some of his ideas were bad. He just said: 'That's why I invited you here. I wanted to tap into your body of knowledge, your years of expertise. So that we can avoid the mistakes of the past.' <<<<<
Originally Posted By danyoung >...What is the reason for the water on the track? I figured it is for cooling off the LSM Motors...< Yup. Linear induction motors (magnets) generate a lot of heat. The water spray cools them down between uses.
