Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<tower of terror will likely be around for a while too.>> DING--DING---DING!!! We have a winner. Yep. I see ToT having all the elements necessary to last indefinitely. ... It even has one extra in that the ride program and effects can all be changed over time. Oh, and this one debuted in summer of 1994, so we're just inside that 15-year window. And again, that just speaks to the general BLAHNESS of what WDW has largely opened since then.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> Nope. At least not in its current form. I don't see Everest lasting four decades. I could be wrong, though. I could see it being the generation's version of the Matterhorn. << <<I have to respectfully disagree with your assessment on this one Spirit. I think EE is the Matterhorn of AK. It definetly has some maintainence issues, and the inside needs some work. However I think it will be around a very long time.>> I likely think you're right. At least about it lasting. I guess that kinda makes it a classic too or in some circles anyway. I mean, I enjoy the Matterhorn and I understand why some folks see it as a classic. But, for me, it's not all that special. And I do view Everest as WDW's Matterhorn. ... so ... while I can see both sides to this (and can argue both as well) I'm sticking to what I've said. The only two classics WDW has churned out in the past 15 years are ToT and KS. Feel free to disagree!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Growing up at DL, Matterhorn is a quitessential classic. For so many west coasters, it was our first coaster (and my daughter's too - age 2) So a guess EE will be classic too, though not many kids 1st.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 After post #127, I want to vote for MPierce for president. You almost brought tears to my eyes. Thank you.
Originally Posted By MPierce Thanks for the vote of confidence bobbelee. I promise my first act as President will be to introduce a bill proclaiming bacon, grits, scrambled eggs covered in Tobasco sauce, with a side order of buttermilk biscuits covered in peppered milk gravy, the national dish of the United States of America.
Originally Posted By MPierce To me not having a Matterhorn at DL would be like not having Sleeping Beauty's Castle. I think it is synonymous with DL. That is why I feel EE is a classic. Some people now declare it the centerpiece of AK although I think KS will always really be that. Just look at the detail of the work that went into this ride. Yes they cut the budget on Mr. Rohde which restrained him from doing some things, but I still think it will be a classic masterpiece if someone would take the time to fix things up a little. Just look at the queue. The detail of the Nepalese village. Look at the details of the mountain. The village built into the side. Even the back of the mountain that so many of the folks have conplained about depicks a mountain village. Look at the quality of the detail of the ride vehicles themselves. Yes they need to make sure the Yeti, the waterfalls, and steam, and cloud effect are all working. Get rid of the stick bird or replace it with a true AA, and darken the inside of the mountain. Tell me you don't look at EE in the day or at night when it is lit up, and think of how stunning of an attraction it really is Spirit.
Originally Posted By bayrr326 Well, I was shocked this past weekend when we rode RNR and they actually had cast members in the recording studio. I hadn't seen that in years. I don't know if they just had extra people cause they were training that day but I hadn't seen a cast member in there since it first opened.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Tell me you don't look at EE in the day or at night when it is lit up, and think of how stunning of an attraction it really is Spirit. >> It is. It definitely is. It's also the best example of WDI E-Ticket creativity in Florida in many years. I guess it just bothers me because it never works the way Joe and his team intended and with just a little more investment (and care) could have truly been an amazing attraction.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Indeed. It was the one addition where I said to my wife "We have to go to Florida". We got in the queue, and were super impressed at the detail, especially the museum piece. We got on the train (no steam - ok, it happens, we thought). Rode up the lift hill (great detail in the temple). Got to the bird on the stick (still no fog anywhere). Rode to the first encounter (fun). The projection was good, and we got really excited to see the Yeti. Rode forwards, through a black cave, no yeti to be seen. We told the cast member, they shrugged. (this was a couple of months after opening). We tried three more times during our vacation and the ride was 101 every time. It was a disappointment.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Dave,I truely wish there was a way to totally erase that whole last trip to WDW you had. It was so unmagical. Even the year a) our plane left Boston 4 hours late, fog. b) My husband's camera, case and lenses got stolen the day we arrived, and c) my 20 year old got severe sunburn and couldn't leave the room for several days, all that and we still had a great time.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Dave, I"m hoping you had a great time in The Land Pavallion when we were all there.
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys Please stop - all of you. You're making me depressed. I feel the need to go and watch some of my old Disney vacation planning videos- you know- the cheesy magical productions that promised Disney will make all your dreams come true. ..and to Disney execs I have three words......FIX IT..NOW
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I guess it just bothers me because it never works the way Joe and his team intended and with just a little more investment (and care) could have truly been an amazing attraction. << It bothers me also. When a beautiful, well themed e-ticket ride that is so popular is in this bad of shape for so long. All I can say is that's just a disgrace.
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys This will cheer everyone up !!! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq2VeZV-WD4&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...=related</a>
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Yes it did cheer me up, but then my pc froze trying to get out of youtube.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad Here's some more cheer. Last week in the Toy Story Mania que (the tent part) there was a large section of wall where the paint had been torn off. About the size of a tv screen. This was on Sunday. When we went back again on Friday the spot was fixed and we couldn't even tell where it had been. This made me start thinking. DHS was pretty well maintained. Are the parks like the resorts and run separately because it seems to be in better shape.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>Dave, I"m hoping you had a great time in The Land Pavallion when we were all there.<<< Hey Tom, meeting you and seeing everyone else was a huge high point, absolutely (I LOVED IT!!!!). There were a lot of wonderful memories on that trip too. But where there are declination threads, if I have evidence I can contribute to, I will, totally. Bobee, I don't regret going in so far as we had some great memories with Tom and Joe, Doobie and rebecca, -em and the UKFAN posse. I wouldn't trade those for the world. Heck it could be worse, when my wife and I got married in Lake Tahoe, her Grandfather died while we were away. One trip we went to DLP, 9/11 happened. Sometimes we do not have a lot of luck on our vacations.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo CDD - that is a great story that helps renew some faith, thank you.
