Originally Posted By damon63 Disneykid - Thanks for your review of DCA. I loved the park too and I'm looking forward to my next visit. I did not think that Super Star Limo was cynical at all! If anything it's very sarcastic which is an essential element of comedy and parody. There's nothing in SSL that's any more cynical than the skipper spiels in The Jungle Cruise. Fab/Doobie - Thanks for the info on kids at Disneyland. I seldom ever visit the park with kids so I guess I tend to overlook these things.
Originally Posted By jonvn I try not to mention people by name because it makes things sound too personal. SSL is simply good fun. It's a little sarcastic, but not really. Mostly it is silly. It has DANCING PIGS AND CHER. How can you consider anything with that combination anything but goofy?
Originally Posted By DoodleDuck Jonvn...during the ENTIRE 50's (including 1953) one of the MOST popular cheap forms of amusement for us kids were the little paper temporary TATOOS. You could get them everywhere! From Popeye to Disney..Ships and Fire Engins. Put it on your arm (or whereever) and dab with a water soaked tissue to TRANSFER. SO..today these are frowned upon..but not in the ENLIGHTENED 50's. How did we all grow up so sane with so much terrible stuff rampant and our parents so UN-P.C. I'm sure glad I'm not a kid these days. Jeesh.
Originally Posted By jonvn Now that you mention it, I remember in Cracker Jacks you could get little tattoos that you could put on. They were fun. I am kind of glad I'm not a kid these days either. I don't know why things have gotten like they have, but I blame Jimmy Carter.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 He said it was a silly little ride and that people complaining that having Cher in it made it somehow unsuitable for kids was also silly (in a different way), and it's hard to disagree with that. And yeah, that was an interesting read that somehow I apparently hadn't read any of at the time (all entries were marked unread for me, though maybe they just "reset" after all this time.)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It's really fun to go back and read that interview. Although I think they did a lot of conceptual stuff right with DCA1.0, that Imagineer seemed to have drunk a little too much of the hip-and-edgy Kool Aid It's also fun to read everybody's comments from the time. This one especially made me chuckle, with the way the park has evolved: >>But, if you are truly worried, go to the park and check it out for yourself...you'll see that there are no wild gangs roaming the walkways assaulting people.<< Although they're not assaulting people, the formation of "gangs" that hang out at DCA in the last couple years certainly has left me feeling uneasy at times. In theory it's no different than a school group wearing matching T-shirts (making it nearly impossible for Disney to do anything about it), but the way they're always there and stay in concentrated groups makes it seem like they think its their territory. DL's swing dancers also claim their territory, but they keep active and encourage other people to join in; the DCA groups look like they're just loitering around and waiting for the next rumble
Originally Posted By Dabob2 "Gangs?" Haven't seen anything like that, though I haven't been there in a couple of years. More detail?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>the formation of "gangs" that hang out at DCA in the last couple years<< DVC sales staff at it again?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think they call themselves "social clubs", but they sure look like gangs to a casual observer. They congregate in large groups and just sort of stand there, not really interacting with any of the other groups or with the environment around them. Here's a photo of some of them on Main Street, but I typically see them loitering on the fringes of Mad T Party over by the Hyperion restrooms <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://earzup-podcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/MSE.jpg">http://earzup-podcast.com/wp-c.../MSE.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "I think they call themselves 'social clubs', but they sure look like gangs to a casual observer." You can't be serious. They're about as threatening as the gangs in West Side Story.
Originally Posted By leemac <<that Imagineer seemed to have drunk a little too much of the hip-and-edgy Kool Aid>> Neil had a very challenging assignment in HPB. SSL changed more times during development than any other attraction I can recall in recent memory. I'm not sure how he managed to pull anything out of the bag. He is a great guy but wasn't the strongest art director at WDI. He always seemed to execute in a filmic way - very two dimensional. His last WDI project of note was Laser Blast at DLP. I don't think he did a good job on that project at all. He's been a Uni Creative for a number of years now. He's in their blue sky group. Definitely not his strength but he seems to be popular there.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 >>the formation of "gangs" that hang out at DCA in the last couple years<< <DVC sales staff at it again?> LOL!! Yeah, that's pretty much the only gang I make sure to steer clear of!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Disneyland gangs, I have never heard of anything more hilarious, ridiculous, or sad.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Disneyland gangs, I have never heard of anything more hilarious, ridiculous, or sad.<< Right? Things like this happen and I feel like I woke up on some other planet or something. And I realize I am not even half the dweeb I always thought I was compared to someone adopting a Disney bike gang look. LOL.
