Originally Posted By DlandDug P.S. Champ, welcome to the boards. I do hope you have looked at our Community Standards, and have gone over to Community to introduce yourself. And do bear in mind that if you start a topic called "Country Bears are back!" in the DCA boards, you run the risk of getting your chops busted.
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> it seems to me that this rumor may be true all I'm waiting is an Al Lutz report on this. << That comment was throwing red meat out there too. But how could he know?
Originally Posted By ChampDisney <<That said, there seems little chance that the Country Bears will be appearing as an attraction to DCA. The original was completely dismantled, and all the bears themsleves sent to Florida for use as spare parts.>> I've heard that DreamWorks bought them or something like but making new double A's won't hurt. And thank you very much for welcoming me & given me a good warning before I do anything else that seems to be more than a risk. <<You did that on purpose!>> Relax thats just good ol' humor that DlandDoug is using. <<That comment was throwing red meat out there too. But how could he know?>> Well samething about Midway Mania that hasn't even been announced to Disney yet & he gave us all the info. plus everyone here reads everything he posts so stop hating already theres enough hatred in this world. <<ugh...Hey, anyone want to buy a hot dog off the mark twain?>> Didn't get that & didn't care. Nice tryin' bud!
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> ... so stop hating already, there's enough hatred in this world. << I'm with ya. I'm not an al basher, just observing that your comment would be seen as provocative to some, similar to "the country bears are coming back!". You inadvertently stumbled into some hot buttons without realizing it. Welcome to the boards.
Originally Posted By oc_dean ChampDisney ... you'll have to pardon some of the deeply rooted cynicism sometime found on the LP boards ... but part of it stems from Disney very seldomly bringing back old attractions. Subs is a very unique situation. The back-and-forth/ing continues regarding the Peoplemover..... And I would love to see the Country Bear Jamboree come back ... just for the WONDERFUL Christmas version that use to give audiences another reason to enjoy the parks during the Holiday Season!
Originally Posted By threeundertwo >>plus everyone here reads everything he posts >> Don't assume that please. Welcome to the boards. Please keep your arms and legs inside the posts at all times . . .
Originally Posted By jonvn I almost never read anything Al writes. He is probably the least accurate of anyone out there.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>I've heard that DreamWorks bought them or something like...<< Where? When? To what purpose?
Originally Posted By markedward Arguments against The Country Bears arriving in DCA: 1. The Country Bears are not a Pixar creation. 2. Al Lutz hasn't said anything about it. It's a very poorly kept secret that Disney Imagineering fired everyone and now gets their ideas solely from Al's columns. 3. The Country Bears aren't pirates. People only like attractions that involve pirates. 4. The People Mover doesn't enter DCA, and everyone knows that Disney's top management's number one priority for the Disneyland resort is bringing back the People Mover. Iger can't enjoy his twelve zillion dollar Dead Man's Chest bonus because he's always worrying about when to bring back the People Mover. 5. The Country Bears are country. Disney is contractually obliged to add Rockin' to any new attractions. And Rockin' Country Bears will confuse people. and finally 6. The Country Bears are Californian. Designed in California for a proposed California ski resort. Disney policy requires that any new additions to Disney's California Adventure can't have anything to do with California.
Originally Posted By friendofdd Good points markedward, but if they dressed Trixie as a princess.....
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <6. The Country Bears are Californian. Designed in California for a proposed California ski resort. Disney policy requires that any new additions to Disney's California Adventure can't have anything to do with California.> So true....
Originally Posted By ArchtMig >>> <6. The Country Bears are Californian. Designed in California for a proposed California ski resort. Disney policy requires that any new additions to Disney's California Adventure can't have anything to do with California.> So true....<<< ...and much appreciated. It's the first step towards bringing the park out of its initial limited provinciality.
Originally Posted By markedward OK, ArchtMig, if you're going to get all serious. I couldn't agree more. California is a terrible "theme". Any set of perameters that would rule out The Lion King, The Mysterious Island and everything Jules Verne, Mission Space, Indiana Jones, etc. etc. while greenlighting a tortilla factory and a movie about wine ought to have never gotten past round one.
Originally Posted By oc_dean How about Disney's Fantasy Adventures. Uh-oh! Maybe not. I'm thinking of some obvious nicknames already! :O)
Originally Posted By ArchtMig >>>I almost never read anything Al writes. He is probably the least accurate of anyone out there.<<< But Jon, how would you even know he's the least accurate if you never read anything he writes?? And how many rumormongers are out there, anyway? How can he be the least accurate if there isn't really anyone else reporting rumors? Oh, maybe Jim Hill, I guess. But Lutz is less accurate than Jim Hill? Anyone else? I can't think of anyone else, really. Marcie? Marcie's not really a rumormonger. She just seems to confirm or deny stuff that Lutz says, and more often than not lately, she seems to be confirming much of what he reports, even if his "details" seem to be off, according to her. I read Lutz' stuff voraciously. For the same reason that some folks buy and read the Enquirer, People, etc. While I really don't give a darn what the latest gossip is about Britney, Lindsay, Paris, etc., I do have an intense interest over what happens at Disneyland. So even though I have to take what Lutz says with a grain of salt, I do eagerly look forward to every new column. It's my version of crack, I guess. And if even only 25% of what Lutz reports is accurate (and I think that percentage is probably conservatively low), then at least that's 25% more bankable info than I had before I logged onto his website.
