Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Universal can beat disney in quality if it really wants to. They have the talent.> Right. Because they're all former Imagineers.
Originally Posted By dshyates "Right. Because they're all former Imagineers." Maybe Disney should nuture not fire their talented people. Just a thought.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA If you're a theme park designer, guess you have to learn to go where the work is.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <And you KNOW Disney has a fifth gate planned themed to its collection of baddies (no, I don't mean folks like Holmes, Wallace, Weiss, Inoverherheadmeg etc ...). < BentonvilleLand ?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^^^^^ really very little difference between the two - except the playground doesn't hire illegals and make them work unrecorded OT for less than minimum wage.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Nah ... just look at the crowds at Star Wars weekends. No one shows up. So passe ... Oh, and spent some time at IOA today (more later) and I am even more positive about the Harry Potter addition to the park than I was before. This is gonna be huge. And I do try and not use hyperbole.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 yeah gee - where did that buzz go ? maybe it's in LA where the 30th celebration took over the entire convention center, expecting 50,000 + fans after drawing 35,000 + to Indianapolis for celebration III Star Wars Celebration IV in Los Angeles To Mark 30th Anniversary of Saga May 26, 2006 To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Gen Con LLC will throw the largest party ever for fans of the saga, taking over the entire Los Angeles Convention Center in May 2007 for five days filled with live entertainment, celebrities from all six movies, special film and video presentations, an exhibit of movie props and costumes, exclusive merchandise sold at a 24-hour-a-day store, pop culture tributes, immersive events, costume contests, and scores of additional activities. or maybe it was the post office stamp releases and R2D2 themed mail boxes or the gazillion dollars a year Lucas makes on Star Wars themed merchandise - adding to the $9B + in merchandise sales overall. I wish the buzz would come back... ;-)
Originally Posted By Skellington88 >>Can we move Horizons to the MK and Small World to Epcot too?<< huh? horizons has been closed for years. Now your just being crazy!
Originally Posted By Skellington88 Remember that Lucas was able to keep Star Wars hype going strong for 16 years between movies and he can certainly keep it going much longer with 2 TV shows and other related SW projects in the works.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> or maybe it was the post office stamp releases and R2D2 themed mail boxes << WOW, I never saw those, I really have to fine one now. Your right vbdad55 Star wars is a phenomenal, epic series. It really deserves more room at the Disney Studios. I am glad to hear it is getting a Major uodate. >> >>Can we move Horizons to the MK and Small World to Epcot too?<< huh? horizons has been closed for years. Now your just being crazy! << You really need to study the fine art of a satiriacal comment.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^^^^^ here's the one from my home town: <a href="http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/default.aspx?f=1&guid=ce729b6e-2438-47a4-84fc-a26395a4f524&lat=42.24537&lon=-88.97417&t=4&id=R2D2" target="_blank">http://www.waymarking.com/gall ery/default.aspx?f=1&guid=ce729b6e-2438-47a4-84fc-a26395a4f524&lat=42.24537&lon=-88.97417&t=4&id=R2D2</a>%20Mailbox%20-%20Rockford,%20IL&gid=2
Originally Posted By MPierce ^^^ Thanks I hope they auction them off some day, even if it does get out of my price range. I guess I'll have to settle for the stamps.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Just a quickee shot on Star Wars popularity before bed ... the park today was jam-packed. It had a very different vibe than usual ... maybe it was all the fans having a great time. You saw familes were the parents got hooked on the first three films and had kids who got hooked on the second trio. People dressed up as characters. Everyone was just having a magical time and the park shined as it hasn't, at least for me, in many moons (of Endor, of course). But more telling was watching the merchandise fly off the shelves and seeing that all the resturants were open very late ... seatings until 10:30 p.m. at most sit down places ... you don't get that on normal summer weekends. That speaks to the money this franchise has made and will make ... for both George Lucas and Disney ... and that's why you're finally going to get an E-Ticket 21st century Star Tours.
Originally Posted By dshyates Star Wars weekend is different than Star War Land. 3 days is way different than 365 for 20 years.
Originally Posted By dshyates "However I can't wait for them to move Century 3 to Tomorrowland!" I used to work at c3 back in 1994 as an intern. You are talking about the c3 backstage at Uni? It is a fantastic post house. from what I've heard they have been struggling to meet their firepower since Nick pulled out and took all their post work to NYC.
Originally Posted By Labuda "<Universal can beat disney in quality if it really wants to. They have the talent.> Right. Because they're all former Imagineers." Interesting you should mention that. Turns out that I finally met in person someone that I've been wroking with for a few motnhs now. And when hesaw my desk, we started talking Disney - his borther is a former imagineer and is one of the leads of some sort on part of the Harry Potter thing over at Uni. Told him I expect him to get inside info from his brother. hehe
