Originally Posted By Hista98 What's sad is that it used to not be about money in the parks. This was a quote from Walt Disney I read earlier today "I did not open Disneyland with an Intent to make money." all the higher ups say that they still run the parks based on the philopshies and beliefs set up by Walt. This quote disproves that statement. if they didn't care about money they would make the park more afforadable.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Hista, I love how you changed the quote to make it stronger than what it was.... The actual quote is "We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money" Amazing how when you change intent to just, how the meaning totally changes.... <a href="http://disneyspace.tripod.com/id1.html" target="_blank">http://disneyspace.tripod.com/id1.html</a>
Originally Posted By Spyderman Steve Kirk, the real visionary involved with Tokyo Disneysea left along with a ton of imagineers responsible for TDS. Even tokyo is going down the tubes now being stuffed with pixar junk from the american parks like Turtle Talk and midway mania. So they ain't doing much better anymore. Monsters Inc. was there last good ride.
Originally Posted By Hista98 Monsters Inc. was there last good ride. that opened earlier this year though. plus its based on pixar as well. although i don't like it in TL but it doesn't fit elsewhere. why did Steve Kirk leave? btw thanks Will for correcting me, I didn't remeber it forbatem. I think TDL will always have better rides then the states because they have more moeny to blow on them, plus the rides are constnatley being refurbished, no mateer when you go to TDL there is always a few rides closed. Disney should pick up on this it's a good habbit.
Originally Posted By gadzuux I don't consider Monsters to be a 'good ride' - it's a cob-job that was pieced together from the bones of SSL. They're not dealing with a "classic" or even a particularly beloved story and characters, yet they assume a lot of guest familiarity with the material. Just as well, because the dark ride itself only makes a half-hearted attempt at recreating the story - or at least some of the film's locales. The queue area is ho-hum at best, with a dingy fifties bus station feel to it. The opening scene presents us with characters that are uninteresting - the guys in the yellow hazmat suits. They are largely featureless and have extremely limited movement. Inexplicably, we then roll through a japanese restaurant and a locker room - two environments that have no relation to each other. The biggest opportunity that the original source material provides to wow a theme park audience - the door sequence - is lackluster. It's there, but it's not very ambitious or impressive. Even the exterior facade is garish and outsized. People - even those who have seen the movie - leave the ride scratching their heads and saying what the hell was THAT all about? I'm not trying to diss imagineers in general, but 'Monsters' is hardly their crowning achievement.
Originally Posted By dizkid It would be pretty clear that a ride that started from scratch would be better than a ride built around an existing facade. The Monsters Inc. ride in DCA is somewhat dissapointing. When you see a character with little to no movement in a Fantasyland dark ride, i'm okay with it because I know that technology wasn't at its greatest and they had no choice, but Monster's was built in 2006 and had no excuse (besides money, which it always comes down to) to not have characters with more movement. My favorite part of the ride is Raz, because she is an actual animatronic figure, not a piece of foam dressed like a figure that has a small motor that makes it rock back and forth. Sincerely, The Kid of Diz
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA When I rode through "Monsters, Inc" at DCA, all I could see was -- what was there before. Oh, there's the old Drew Carey...or Regis Philbin...or Cindy Crawford. Not a big improvement for me.
Originally Posted By Spyderman I was talking about Monsters Inc. ride in TOKYO not the makeover of superstar limo. I said "Monsters Inc. was Tokyo's last good ride" and now its going to go downhill for them with cartoon tie-ins and cheap rides like midway mania and turtle talk nothing grand.
Originally Posted By dizkid >> cheap rides like midway mania and turtle talk nothing grand<< I'm really sorry, but it is dead wrong to be calling midway "cheap". It is probably the least cheap of the rides to have been put out in the last two years. I admit turtle talk is rather basic, but I don't know what in Midway could be considered "cheap"
Originally Posted By Hista98 but spyderman Monsters and Midway are very simailar in both concept and movie genre, to say one is good and one is cheap is very odd.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "...now its going to go downhill for them with cartoon tie-ins and cheap rides..." Isn't Monsters a cartoon tie-in? More importantly, what is the justification for it being in Tomorrowland other than Disney trying to exploit another character franchise? "...like midway mania and turtle talk nothing grand." I agree with what you are saying, and I'm not a big fan of cartoon tie ins, but as they go Midway Mania is actually quite good and very entertaining. Same with Turtle Talk. By the way, where are these rides going at TDL?
Originally Posted By Hista98 They should tear out the current Monsters Inc Ride at DCA and give us the one from TDS.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 They should tear out the current Monsters Inc Ride at DCA and give us the one from TDS. << Better chance of you and me getting along than that ever happening...
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "TDS on the American Waterfront" Wow. Hmmm.... so are they building a seaside pier area? Will Monsters be in that area as well?
