Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "My daughter laughed for a good 3 minutes straight when the water dumped on her head on Grizzly River Run, we had a really fun time on it." Ooops... not sure where it went, but my response to this was that I agree that GRR is really fun and a great ride to meet other guests visiting the park while chatting it up on the lift hill. It's always hilarious when someone gets dunked real good. Moreover, I love the fact the DCA has a mountain - something that few parks other than the Magic Kingdoms have.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss It would be easy enough for Disney to make GRR soak-free in colder weather if they wanted to. But isn't that what people who ride it are expecting?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I don't know what happened. I got my edits all mixed up. Oh well.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance "<<--was uber excited when the company announced its intention to build Disney's America." Am I missing something major? Dean, It was March, it wasn't hot out really. We were a bit chilled, but it was worth it, of course I didn't get very wet, she on the other hand was soaked to the bone, lol.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>It would be easy enough for Disney to make GRR soak-free in colder weather if they wanted to. But isn't that what people who ride it are expecting?<< Or how about an experience that you wouldn't not EXPECT ... as that was the "Disney" way .. prior to 1995. The expectations are .... experiences where people can expect more than just the ordinary. If I want an "ordinary expected" experience ... There's 3 other raft rides from three other parks in SoCal I can go to - The "expected" group: Knott's, Magic Mountain, Sea World
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Hans, it's be fun for you to ride in our tube, lol." Oh it would be. I bet your daughter would get a kick out of seeing me get drenched!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<"<<--was uber excited when the company announced its intention to build Disney's America." Am I missing something major?>> CC, Disney's America was a new park that would have been built here in Northern Virginia. Disney ran into both local and national opponents, and pulled out. Some of the ideas for Disney's America are in DCA: <a href="http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2008/03/disneys-america-theme-park-project.html" target="_blank">http://disneyandmore.blogspot....ect.html</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt If I want an "ordinary expected" experience ... There's 3 other raft rides from three other parks in SoCal I can go to - The "expected" group: Knott's, Magic Mountain, Sea World" Dean, I get what you are saying, but the truth is that everything at Disney isn't "extraordinary". You talk about how you want the Peoplemover to return and yet there are dozens of these types of conveyances all around the world. How many parks have steam trains circling them? Or monorails? I could go on. The point is that there is very little at DLR that can't be found elsewhere. It may be short of a few AA critters along the route, but as raft rides go, GRR is about as Disney as you can get .
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance You know, I'm betting on the next theme park to open at DLR will be the long awaited WestCot.
Originally Posted By friarthe Dr. Hans - I for one think the Paris RRC pretty dull, but get a kick out of the one at DHS. (I swore we were talking about someone's high school for a minute. RIP MGM.) Great Movie Ride is certainly odd now--I thought it was grand the first time I rode it, and now find it stiffer than a wax museum. The Tarzan and Wizard of Oz scenes still work. Has ANYONE ever seen that musical "Footlight Parade" that's "one of my favorites" for every guide?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<how can I forget The Great Movie Ride. Yes, there are aspects of it that are a bit "clunky" .. but it's still a HUGE attraction on a "Disney" scale.>> I don't think it has aged well. There are definitely some brilliant bits...the Wicked Witch comes to mind...but overall it feels like it needs something new, or at a minimum, some serious fixing up.
Originally Posted By Ohana GRR isnt like every other raft ride. the final spin, the geysers, the theming of the mountain are much better than Knotts and Magic mountain
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "I don't think it has aged well. There are definitely some brilliant bits...the Wicked Witch comes to mind...but overall it feels like it needs something new, or at a minimum, some serious fixing up." I tend to agree. The Oz scene is great, the rest, not so much. The whole highjacking thing is really lame. I always found it disappointing. I enjoy GRR. When I'm wiliing to risk getting wet.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>GRR isnt like every other raft ride. the final spin, the geysers, the theming of the mountain are much better than Knotts and Magic mountain<< All that comes at the very end of the ride. I consider it the icing (outer shell) to the ride .. where the meat of it (the actual cake bit) is rather hollow. Of all four River Raft rides in SoCal ... I found Shipwreck Rapids the most elaborate, and better themed.
