Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> How dare you freaks hijack my polite, positive, and critical thread by talking about your fetishes and personal ads. Doom and Gloom, begone! I will proceed to hijack Spirit's thread by singing the praises of WDW world-class restroom system. P.S. Can you get me the email address of the Asian transexual? A friend of mine asked for it. Yeah. That's it<<< HAH. That would require getting someone else posting on here. ...and she would be awesome here, no doubt.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Would it be sooo wrong of me to point out that TDR has MUCH better popcorn in multiple (like a dozen different) varieties? ... Mmmmm ... milk tea popcorn ... YUMMMMMMMMMM!!!!! << Our popcorn came in a generic lightly-themed Disney Parks(tm) holiday souvenir bucket. So there. (By the way, does Toyko have napkins and plates with the generic Disney Parks label, or are they more individualized?)
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Dinner meant nothing to you?!? >> Food means the world to me ... you should know that. I'd sell you to an Imagineer for two slices of day old pizza. <<Then again, I'm just supposed to make a sophomoric comment and get a can laugh from the "audience".>> Well, aren't you a sophomore? <<Why isn't Byrna posting with us? >> I think you mean 'Berta' and he likely is trying to figure out just what the hell happened tonight, much like a typical Charlie Sheen evening.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<While I do also really enjoy the live entertainment, seeing Mulch, Sweat and Shears has always confused me. They really don't seem to have any connection (thematically, musically, stylistically, or otherwise) to the area. Yes, they're a good band, but they've just always seemed out of place to me. It would be like seeing the Dapper Dans in the Japan pavilion in Epcot. Yah, they're good, but it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I guess since it's basically on the parade route they do have a little more flexibility with their bookings, but it's still just a little weird to me.>> My educated/elitist guess: they come cheap.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Food means the world to me ... you should know that. I'd sell you to an Imagineer for two slices of day old pizza.<<< How 'bout that Hawaiian Burger? Taste like LOST? >>>Well, aren't you a sophomore?<<< Good catch there! >>>I think you mean 'Berta' and he likely is trying to figure out just what the hell happened tonight, much like a typical Charlie Sheen evening.<<< Byrna....Berta... And you are the one going deaf? I think we all are trying to figure out what's up... I'm camped out on my couch, some mindless show on TV, clutching my TDS maps, pin, guiltily on the internet, and wondering how and when I'm going to be able I'm going to get the heck over to TDS, and SOON.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Agreed on the menu at Studio Catering Company, Leo... I had the salad over there, which was good... But Disney needs to add more items like that to the menu across property. There, back on topic. Wait... Duffy sucks. Back off again.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<How dare you freaks hijack my polite, positive, and critical thread by talking about your fetishes and personal ads.>> Fetishes? The Asian she-male wasn't mine ... and I never attempted to breast-feed a Duffy plush in the middle of a TDL walkway either. As to personal ads ... um ... ah ... yeah ... ah ... let's leave them personal. <<Doom and Gloom, begone! I will proceed to hijack Spirit's thread by singing the praises of WDW world-class restroom system.>> Bring it on! I can handle your bathroom hijinks (first time I've ever used that word on LP.com, do I get a LE pin?) <<P.S. Can you get me the email address of the Asian transexual? A friend of mine asked for it. Yeah. That's it.>> I will have to ask Berta to ask her/his 'friend'.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Our popcorn came in a generic lightly-themed Disney Parks(tm) holiday souvenir bucket. So there.>> My popcorn came in a very pricey refillable Duffy bucket ... oh, and they also had some very nice holiday buckets at HKDL (but only two popcorn flavors there, salt and caramel). So there. <<(By the way, does Toyko have napkins and plates with the generic Disney Parks label, or are they more individualized?)>> Nope, TDR has individual plates and cups unique to the resort (although they weren't anything special) ... but some items they go more all out on (like having merchandise bags themed to this year's holiday season -- and this year's only).
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >>>Food means the world to me ... you should know that. I'd sell you to an Imagineer for two slices of day old pizza.<<< <<How 'bout that Hawaiian Burger? Taste like LOST? >> No. The Aloha Sauce wasn't Dharma Aloha Sauce. >>>Well, aren't you a sophomore?<<< <<Good catch there!>> Did you expect anything less, Jake? >>>I think you mean 'Berta' and he likely is trying to figure out just what the hell happened tonight, much like a typical Charlie Sheen evening.<<< <<Byrna....Berta... And you are the one going deaf? >> At least get the broad's name right ... <<I think we all are trying to figure out what's up... I'm camped out on my couch, some mindless show on TV, clutching my TDS maps, pin, guiltily on the internet, and wondering how and when I'm going to be able I'm going to get the heck over to TDS, and SOON. >> I will be back there this year. Take it to the bank (on second thought, don't ... they'll just steal it!)
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< wondering how and when I'm going to be able I'm going to get the heck over to TDS, and SOON. >>> They've got airplanes to Tokyo leaving every day of the week. It's really not all that difficult.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Disney really could do more if it wasn't for DVC. As Leemac (among others) has stated, WDW has a fixed amount of capital to spend and often that money is being spent on adding timeshare units while the parks get more stale and stangant by the day; >>> Really? I hope leemac will chime in here. Although there may be a fixed amount of capital available for spending each year, I would think that DVC would be a net positive for cash flow (with the possible exception of a spike every now and then during a construction spike, but certainly a net positive over any small number of years). And, this assumes the ability for purchases financing to be available from third parties. If DVC sales were not an annual cash flow positive item, what would their purpose be? Disney certainly isn't getting rich off of annual maintenance fees.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>>8) Lights, Motors, Action. I’d seen this show years ago when it first opened, and didn’t like it then. So I tried it out again with my family who had never seen it. Two of them rated it a 5/10, one of them said 3/10. There’s just not much variety in the show. The storyline is stupid and unimaginative. The cars are noisy and the smell of burnt rubber is not terribly magical or pleasant. Thank God, I will never have to see this show again.<<< Lol, to me LMA is one of Disney's finest creations in the last 15 years (yes the concept is that old, it opened in Paris 9 years ago, and I must have seen it 40 times or so now and still love it). And yes, Osborne lights are first class (as is the Animation Academy - another attraction that has been at DLP for nearly 9 years)
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo As for TSMM - I have had a Wii since it's release year and am bored of the novelty factor, hence that by the time TSMM opened, I had little interest in it. Buzz, while still no where near as good as Men In Black, is far superior a concept that still leaves me scratching my head about how popular TSMM is. Glad to hear Muppetvision is still looking good. It is my wife's fav attraction at DHS.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>> I wish they’d just scrap the edutainment side of things<<< Hush your mouth, that is one of the few things I like about DHS/WDSP. Disney used to be about a lot of Edutainment and there is less and less of it. Dinos don't still walk the earth, but I still love attempts to make us better understand what they were like.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>LMA sucks eggs.<<< Disagree. and in Europe, it gets standing ovations. The skill involved by the drivers alone is amazing. Most of the MK sucks eggs, but not LMA.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>It can be. Luck of the draw. Had a bad experience last year, great this year. Shame that WDW can't be more selective in their CMs.<<< Sadly I have never had a good cast member spieler at WDW full stop - Jungle Cruise, GMR, The Land. It's a real shame. But overall I love the GMR. A little TLC and some tweaking of a Haunted Mansion standard would be great though. And despite it's flaws, the ability to see Casablanca, Singing in the Rain, the Gangster Scene, Mary Poppins and the land of Oz fully realised makes me feel great and deserves some love.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>Well, to be fair, at least they are having some real live entertainment. If you complain here too loudly they will send them away to join the Chinese acrobats because really the only 'entertainers' guests want to see are foamheads.<<< Is this true? Are the acrobats gone? What about the other enterainers at Epcot? Is WDW going down the evil route DLP followed?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>While I do also really enjoy the live entertainment, seeing Mulch, Sweat and Shears has always confused me. They really don't seem to have any connection (thematically, musically, stylistically, or otherwise) to the area. Yes, they're a good band, but they've just always seemed out of place to me. It would be like seeing the Dapper Dans in the Japan pavilion in Epcot. Yah, they're good, but it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I guess since it's basically on the parade route they do have a little more flexibility with their bookings, but it's still just a little weird to me<<<. When I saw them last (and I thought they were brilliant btw, a real highpoint for WDW) they were in the backlot and started with "trimming up" plants before playing. It made total sense, seems they dropped the conceit with the 6 Flagging of the parks?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>They've got airplanes to Tokyo leaving every day of the week. It's really not all that difficult.<<< Nope, but with a family it is expensive. flights are $4200 for a family of four during school vacation time :-( damned depression meant I had to bail out some family this year rather than go to Tokyo as planned. Making do with DLP, Europa Park, Phantasialand, and Eftling this year instead.
Originally Posted By standor Why is everyone complaining? If I don't like a product, I don't buy it. If Disney sees that attendance is continually low then they might wise up and improve the product.
