Originally Posted By ImaginingDisney001 >>>>> ^^^^^ the last time I had a nightmare like that I deamt that Disney replaced 20,000 LUTS with a Buildr Square playground....... Wow, 5 years and you are still bitter over this? <<<<< Yeah me too. 20,000 was 15 years newer then DL Subs. But Disney thinks in strange ways, well, in MONEY ways. If JoBros will bring in more CASH, then they may take the front stage. Alien Encounter was a fairly new attraction, and I thought it was pretty good. REPLACED by STITCH which I have no use for.... Just look at what will make the most $$$$$$$ and that is what will win. Still can't figure how a grassy noll makess more money than 20,000 Leagues, but I guess it does. ID
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^ the last time I had a nightmare like that I deamt that Disney replaced 20,000 LUTS with a Buildr Square playground.......<< Wow, 5 years and you are still bitter over this? sorry to say yes - ut still stinks as badly as it did 5 years ago.. and I still miss 20K
Originally Posted By alexbook >>But, what if they figured out a way to modify RNRC to incorporate visiting musicians and groups throughout the year.<< I'll bet when the RNRC was pitched, the Imagineers planned for something like that. Any good engineers would have.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<Still can't figure how a grassy noll makess more money than 20,000 Leagues, but I guess it does.>> It's quite simple really - people still pay the same price to get in, but now, instead of Disney having to use that money to pay for a very expensive attraction like the Subs, they only spend a small fraction of it on maintaining that playground.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>Anybody know how WDSP's versions compares? I know the ride's visuals are more like a light show, but is that better or worse than MGM's?<<< In the main, WDSP version is better (when working properly). The exterior is not, but once inside, it is. The story is slightly different in that you are recording a music video instead of a journey to a concert. You then load up into the vehicle, and are launched at a higher velocity than WDW's (RNRC in Paris is Disney's fastest coaster). The track is the same, but all 5 cars have a different sound track and lighting sequence. The lighting rigs and smoke machines make it very disorientating. And I love it (especially as it is often a walk on). Sadly, like most things Disney these days, it rarely works the way the imagineers designed it. But yes, like almost everything in Paris, it is better than Florida's version.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 But yes, like almost everything in Paris, it is better than Florida's version.<< I thought that was just me, in a head to head matchup, there is not one attraction at WDW that matches up with it's counterpart at DLP...
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <I always thought the JoBros were a marketing-machine product that would quickly fade away. Then I saw them perfom live. These guys are quite talented (especially Nick, and Joe was even better than I expected.)> Boy, I'd have to respectfully disagree. I've caught the Jonas Bros. on SNL and the Today Show in the past few months -- I think they're quite terrible actually. And this is comparing them to their pop-born peers -- Jesse McCartney, Taylor Swift, Zac Efron et al. Remember Hanson? As for Aerosmith -- I'm surprised they're receiving so much support. Like REO Speedwagon, Styx, Journey, and Chicago -- Steven Tyler and his bandmates might be popular; even legendary -- but I wonder if there's a certain percentage of guests who just shrug (Aero-who?), or chuckle (wow, they're on a theme park ride? Times must be tough), or wouldn't care which aging rock stars are showcased -- and wouldn't change their riding habits if JoBros were there. My biggest issue -- Like using the filmed footage of Ellen DeGeneres and Jamie Lee Curtis in Energy, or Martin Short in Canada, or that Monty Python dude in Imagination, or Hans and Frans in Wonders of Life -- after a very short period of time, It all starts to look VERY dated. That's a big consideration -- even switching out Aerosmith for the Jonas Brothers. Once the footage is in the can, Nick's voice will have changed again, or Bob will have grown another foot, or the lame, bubble gum single they're singing today is tomorrow's 'mmm-bop' and it all looks and sounds dated again. That's why the original 'Universe of Energy' pre-show movie worked so well, and for so long -- it was timeless.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt <<As for Aerosmith -- I'm surprised they're receiving so much support>> Aerosmith are a buch of old geezers!! (Says the girl w/the Sir Paul tix) How about a KISS attraction..you can't see the wrinkles under all that make-up
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL >>>Boy, I'd have to respectfully disagree. I've caught the Jonas Bros. on SNL and the Today Show in the past few months -- I think they're quite terrible actually.<<< Thank you, thank you, thank you! I was beginning to think I was the only one with this thought. Musically, they are almost average but vocally they are horrible. The nasal singing is bad enough but then the high end cracking at the end of a line... on every line... is just plain bad. The really embarrassing appearance was the last Grammys when they were paired with Stevie Wonder. Just a bad performance all around butchering classic Stevie.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Say what you want about Disney, but they seem to have had a talent over the past few years,, in taking otherwise nobodies, and turn them into mega stars....
Originally Posted By leobloom >>My biggest issue -- Like using the filmed footage of Ellen DeGeneres and Jamie Lee Curtis in Energy, or Martin Short in Canada, or that Monty Python dude in Imagination, or Hans and Frans in Wonders of Life -- after a very short period of time, It all starts to look VERY dated.>> I agree with this. Using a fictitious band might have alleviated this problem. I wonder what Disney would do if one of the band members died, especially if it was Steven Tyler or Joe Perry (who have speaking roles in the pre-show)?
Originally Posted By FenwayGirl HH you got tickets to see McCartney at Fenway! I am going to be away or I would have tried. I got front row seats at Gillette next Saturday for Elton/Billie
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 ^^^knowing what HH paid for Sir Paul (she put it on my AE) and her seats aren't front row, all I can say is WOW for you. Enjoy the show.
Originally Posted By magic0214 I should be at Aerosmith tonight but it got postponed, "Artist Injury". Well is will be in October which is fine, cooler weather!
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt "Artist Injury" .....that's polite for REHAB!! Fenway Girl, I'm sooo stoked for Sir Paul. My seats are between home & first. FRONT ROW!!! some outfield seats were still available but they were $200+ each! NO thanks!
Originally Posted By ImaginingDisney001 >>>>> It's quite simple really - people still pay the same price to get in, but now, instead of Disney having to use that money to pay for a very expensive attraction like the Subs, they only spend a small fraction of it on maintaining that playground. <<<<< Not all that simple, since they destroyed 20,000 LUTS Charged the same ticket amount and then seasonally, have INCREASED the ticket prices. Hmmm, take away and charge more, yeah, that works for me (NOT) ID
Originally Posted By MPierce It has always been my contention that the RnRc should have always been themed to Lawrence Welk. To this day I can still imagine the excitement others would have felt going thru that inversion with all those bubbles floating around them, as that Champagne music reverberated thru their skull.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt How about Metallica!! Play "Off to Never-Never Land" (can't remember the real name of the song)..get run over by a Big Rig at the end (like in the video) & then die & go to Hell just like Mr. Toad! Enter Sandman is the name of the song..it just came to me!
