Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<I'm a little disappointed they don't have Natalie Portman in a corset.>> Kiera Knightly was the actress who played Elizabeth. But maybe you're just wishing for Natalie Portman instead?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I'm just very visually oriented... don't do well processing information I hear. I love email and hate the telephone. My daughter always got mad at me because she would want to read me her homework and I would tell her I need to read it myself... I couldn't properly evaluate it by just listening to it.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I took my daughter on AE when it first opened. She was 12 years old... came out totally sobbing and terrified. Great attraction for the Studios... not for the MK.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<With the popularity of the movie franchise there is probably a growing demographic out there who would be disappointed if Sparrow were NOT in the ride. I'm a little disappointed they don't have Natalie Portman in a corset.>> Oh I agree it was basically necessary for him to be added. That doesn't bother me. And I believe you mean Keira Knightly.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I actually think the Jack Sparrow addition was nicely done. The AAs are incredibly lifelike and the spirit of the attraction is maintained. Yes, it shifted the focus but not, in my humble opinion, in a way that lessens the attraction. And I'm not even that much of a major fan of the movies. I am curious as to how the new Haunted Mansion movie reboot will play out. I bet it makes these queue additions seem even that much more out of alignment if the movie is truly scary and dark.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<I took my daughter on AE when it first opened. She was 12 years old... came out totally sobbing and terrified. Great attraction for the Studios... not for the MK.>> I don't get how either park is different. It's all Disney. AE was fine in the MK. I went on it when I was 10 and jumped right back in line. Terrific.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I don't get how either park is different. It's all Disney. AE was fine in the MK.>> IMHO the MK is more of a "kid's park"... a parent should be able to take a child on any ride without being worried about them being scared to death. Yes, I know the HM is scary to some but overall the tone is light and comical. AE very effectively utilized the psychology of terror. Put you in a dark space, set you up to expect something terrifying in the building that you can't see and clamp you down in your seat so you can't move. It is that last part that made it especially terrifying and inappropriate for kids. Just my opinion...
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper I disagree. Yes I think the vast majority of attractions at the MK should be all-inclusive, I think it's a mistake to make every single attraction that way.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<I don't get how either park is different. It's all Disney. AE was fine in the MK.>> I agree - but understand why some might not feel that way. A lot of people view the Magic Kingdom as the "kiddie" park, so they get upset when a ride frightens their child. (Of course, you don't see them getting all upset about the roller coasters that the kids can't ride, but whatever...) Plus, I don't think that Disney has done much in the last 10 or so years to change anyone's mind on that. It's all about dreams, wishes and magic these days - not so much about thrills, etc.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<(Of course, you don't see them getting all upset about the roller coasters that the kids can't ride, but whatever...)>> The difference is with a coaster you know what you are getting and can judge if your child will like it or not. AE was totally unlike any other attraction in the park (or at WDW for that matter). It basically carried the same warning as the various "dark rides" but was far more intense. Yes, parents could go on it first themselves to judge if it was OK for your child, but you don’t expect having to do that at the MK.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<It basically carried the same warning as the various "dark rides" but was far more intense. >> Whoa. I definitely don't agree there. The signs for AE were terrifying in their own right. They all said that it was an extremely scary attraction.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I don't remember that, but I will admit that I have long discounted Disney attraction warnings as being overdone. If I actually followed all their warnings about people with back problems, neck problems and high blood pressure the only MK attraction I cold go on would be the People Mover!
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost >>>IMHO the MK is more of a "kid's park"... a parent should be able to take a child on any ride without being worried about them being scared to death.<<< So far in this thread, I have agreed with your observations, but I feel obligated to point out that Disney has always been a scare the pants off you or make you feel bad type of company. Remember Snow White, Bambie, The Headless Horseman, to name just a few. In order to have a happy ending something scary or upsetting has got to happen to magnify it. Even if you didn't believe the signs it was absolutely no secret that it was scaring young kids half to death. That's not to say that there was anything wrong with that, it was part of the show, but that is why Stitch replaced it. Stitch was a known entity. He was mischievous but harmless and all kids that ever saw the movies knew that. That made the scary parts a little more sugar coated.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^And yet it still scares the pants off kids and drives them to tears. I think that complex needs to go in a new direction.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I agree but it was at least an attempt to mild it a bit. I'm in favor of just leaving the kids home so we don't have these types of problems anymore...
Originally Posted By leobloom On the subject of Pirates, the thing that irks me about the changes is the use of (what I suppose is) the movie score during the first big scene, the one with the ship firing on the town. I guess I've heard the attraction's original score so many times that I find the different music jarring. But then I'm not a big fan of the movies (only saw the first one once), so I'm sure most guests think the changes are the greatest thing ever.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 But regarding this specific quote, I 100% totally agree. But I'll go one further - why on Earth can't folks TALK to the people they are actually with? Seriously? You'd rather text someone who isn't there, than SPEAK to the person next to you!! And we wonder why civility is declining in our society? Geez, I'm not even asking for folks to talk to strangers, which can be fun too. ---- even better yet Christi --I remember the days when real fun was talking to the people around you in line-- you never knew where they were from, and sometimes it was cool to just chat with someone you'll never see again in your life. However today- you'd text them if they were standing next to you...and tweets- texting for morons
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>You're kidding, right? That's impossible. Barbossa says his name a bunch, he's all the pirate dunking the mayor talks about, and same with the pirate by the barrel that Jack pops out of.<<< You hear it maybe twice, and just for about 30 seconds. It doesn't do much.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Keira Knightly...duh. But, I wouldn't mind seeing Portman in a corset either...or out of one for that matter.
