Originally Posted By spacejockey Don't they have these same rides in front of Walmarts? Why pay the 80 bucks?
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Don't they have these same rides in front of Walmarts? Why pay the 80 bucks?" Because Walmart doesn't have Tower of Terror.
Originally Posted By tonyanton Flik's Flyers is pretty fun for a standard spinner...someone said it was like Orange Stinger, I'd say it's more like the Golden Zephyr. Never done Heimlich's...would have been cool if it was longer and perhaps intersected the rest of the land at different point, as some have said.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "Even the DLRR takes you through some 'Unexpected' delights .. like the Grand Canyon, and Primeval World." You and I have very different definitions of the word "delight". Grand Canyon and Primeval world are cheap looking and dated.
Originally Posted By danyoung Yeah, they are. And they're also a must visit for me, a truly magical part of any DL visit, and they have been since I was a little kid in 1963 seeing them for the first time ever. Some things don't need to change to still be cool!
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt That sounds more like nostalgia to me than true coolness. I agree with Yookeroo, those old dioramas need to be rethought.
Originally Posted By danyoung Coolness is totally in the eye of the beholder. The dioramas are still incredibly cool to me.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer >> I agree with Yookeroo, those old dioramas need to be rethought.<< ...Maybe Disney can add some toons like they did in IASW?
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes >>>Heimlich's Chew Chew train for the peoplemover track!<<< Don't give them any ideas, crazycroc! >>>Maybe Disney can add some toons like they did in IASW?<<< You either, Shiva!
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "...Maybe Disney can add some toons like they did in IASW?" Or better yet, they can turn the dinosaurs into a movie franchise.
Originally Posted By crazycroc Coming soon... "Grand Canyon Diorama", starring Tim Allen, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Mitchell Musso. Plot summary: Wacky hilarity ensues when a forgetful middle shcool geography teacher(Tim Allen), an insane scientist/inventor (Cuba Gooding Jr.), and an attractive female eighth-grader(Mitchell Musso), get trapped in a machine which can make shoe-box dioramas come to life! Featuring Emily Osment's version of the Sex Pistols hit, "Bodies", and Right Said Fred's, "I'm Too Sexy", the soundtrack is sure to top the charts! Coming to Disney Digital 3-d, Holidays, 2012! Soundtrack available on Hollywood Records.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I think the GC diorama is cool as is; static, and fine that way. It's like a visit to the natural history museum, and works on that level. The PW is another matter, because AA's have come such a long way from 1966. I'd love them to rework that portion with more realistic AA dinos. Presumably they have the models from AK's Dinosaur attraction which might cut down on cost a little. But the fact remains that this is hardly a cost-free upgrade, and would probably draw zero additional people to the park. They'd have to justify it as something that would delight the regulars and contribute to an overall mindset of "cool, they're always plussing things" rather than "why don't they update those tired dinos?"
Originally Posted By Yookeroo If Disney put something in today that that looked like as bad as the GC/PW dioramas, it would make the Small World "controversy" look mild. All the appeal of the dioramas is nostalgia.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip That's the case with many of the Disney "Classic" attractions. I like The Toad as much as the next person, but it is nothing but plywood flats painted in day-glow paint... much like any 60's era carny ride-through spook house.
Originally Posted By tonyanton I took someone to DL a few years back who had never been before and he thought the Grand Canyon and Primeval World were very cool, so to each his own. One of his comments was "why don't they have something extra like this at WDW's railroad?"
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "That's the case with many of the Disney 'Classic' attractions. I like The Toad as much as the next person, but it is nothing but plywood flats painted in day-glow paint... much like any 60's era carny ride-through spook house." I was thinking exactly the same thing about Toad the last time I rode it. If I needed to replace a Fantasyland attraction, Toad would be first in line.
Originally Posted By JenniBarra Yes, it's short and not a terribly complex ride, but I do like the Chew Chew Train. Not everything can - or should - be an e-ticket. The ride serves its purpose in that anyone can ride it. It is silly, but that's part of the fun.
