Originally Posted By MPierce >> For example doesn't anyone at Disney think it's time to rebuild Star Tours? Bulldoze it and start again this time with something more like Soaring. Mumpets is absolutely stale. << They will soon be closing Star Tours, and bringing in the much ballyhooed Star Tours 2.0. Yes Tom, I know you've heard that one before, but it actually looks like it's going to happen this time. As it's been posted by Disney.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Flash forward to DHS which has absolutely none of the above. No skyway, no trolleys, no train, no monorail, no boats. Zip! Would it be asking too much if Disney could put something, anything in that park to help with the flow or visitors from the back of the park to the front of the park. << It's hit, and miss if the Main Street vehicles are out, they closed down the skyway, and they totally eliminated those wonderful double decker English styled buses at Epcot. So I seriously doubt if anything will ever go in to help DHS. An enclosed skyway would be slow loading, but perfect (in my opinion) to add to the ambiance of TPFKAMGMS. (Did I get it right that time Spirit?)
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Glad to hear that plans for Star Wars 2.0 are moving forward. Gosh it seems like ten years ago when Disney approached Lucas and asked Lucas to cough up 40 million if he wanted to see a new attraction ( which ultimately would have ended up looking like Universal's now torn down Back to the Future). Fortunately technology has changed so make it more like Soaring or Sponge Bob over at Universal.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I also agree that some kind of enclosed elevated 1930s themed subway/trolley would work well at DHS. That park needs some alternative means of transportation. PS: I left out other Disney parks as I could be going on and on and on with different examples of modes of transportation built into various parks, the double decker buses at EPCOT Center, the boats at DAK. The train at the Campground. When you think of all the trouble that Disney puts themselves through to move people from parking lot areas to the parks. It's ridiculous that there is transportation inside DHS.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom That was suppose to read that there is no transportation inside of DHS.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I have actually wondered how and why Disney plans to move the Red Car Trolley thru DCA as planned since the Jolly Trolley could not maneuver thru ToonTown w/out "guests running in front& back & jumping on&off. Unfortunately the Main Street at WDW gets so crowded the trolley & horses are out early morn only. I agree with you about Walt moving crowds efficiently. Perhaps the answer is to limit attendance crowds? I have occasionally wished for those rickshaws(?) to be used as I walked from one end of Downtown Disney to DL!
Originally Posted By leobloom >> And could Disney please put some sort of transportation ( a raised trolley perhaps ) to help with the walk from the back of the park to the front of the park. The MK has the train. EPCOT has the boats. Can DHS please have something, anything. Mary Poppins ballons perhaps? << Wait, people actually use the WS boats for transportation? And doesn't DAK suffer from the same lack of transportation?
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <<Wait, people actually use the WS boats for transportation?>> I typically drink, I mean walk around the World Showcase lagoon. But I have been known to take a quick air conditioned ride on the boats in the World Showcase lagoon to get from the front of the World Showcase to the back of the World Showcase. As for DAK. I agree it does lack transportation around the park. But, I would like to point out that initially when DAK opened it did have small boats that transported quests between various "lands" in DAK. Also, though not fully utilized there is a steam train in DAK which brings quests to Rafiki's Planet Watch in the back of the park.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Wait, people actually use the WS boats for transportation?<<< We did. Got us to lunch in Morocco quickly. >>> But I have been known to take a quick air conditioned ride on the boats in the World Showcase lagoon to get from the front of the World Showcase to the back of the World Showcase.<<< Air Conditioned?! It was stifling in that boat...
Originally Posted By MPierce >> We did. Got us to lunch in Morocco quickly. << Did you go for the food or the Belly Dancers? >> Air Conditioned?! It was stifling in that boat... << You can't expect the Mouse to keep foolishly wasting money on such frivolous things like AC. Especially now with his Green Initiative!
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Did you go for the food or the Belly Dancers? <<< They were not preforming. >> You can't expect the Mouse to keep foolishly wasting money on such frivolous things like AC. Especially now with his Green Initiative!<< Happily, however, the AC was going full blast on everything else.
Originally Posted By MPierce Was it a senior citizen driving the boat. Sometimes us old people just get to cold.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> Air Conditioned?! It was stifling in that boat... << <<You can't expect the Mouse to keep foolishly wasting money on such frivolous things like AC. Especially now with his Green Initiative!>> Exactly. I'm sure Disney is doing it to save energy and help the wildlife in the Gulf! It's summer in FLA, you sweat, you smell, so does everyone else! ;-)
