Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Dude, she did get new hair, in all of the above the water scenes.<< They had said specifically that the Under the Sea AA would get new hair for the second time, presumably to have some other sort of underwater motion effects on it. The 'real' hair on the above-water figures was more-or-less a surprise to everybody, since nothing had really been mentioned about it before the ride reopened
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Did you ever consider that the inside sources that places like Miceage claim to have specifically try to mess with them? By feeding them little tidbits that aren't ever totally completely wrong, but they aren't ever really correct either. But Peter, your sources are completely wrong, so it's time to stop quoting them.
Originally Posted By PeterPan1313 >>Dude, she did get new hair, in all of the above the water scenes.<< Well, Miceage was referring to the Under the Sea room, "re-Imagining of the “Under the Sea” room and another new hairdo for Ariel in that scene." I think we all know that Miceage likes to raise the bar, they get wind of a minor change in an attraction, and they add on other stuff that won't happen so that when their readers do go on the ride, they're disappointed with Disney, as far as I can tell.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt It's time for an intervention with Peter. I'm not sure what an intervention would entail but you all get the point.
Originally Posted By familyguy I bet if Peter didn't get such a response on all of this stuff, he may stop posting. The ones that feel like he should get over his issues with Miceage should probably just ignore his threads. I think it probably encourages him. Just a thought...
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Did you ever consider that the inside sources that places like Miceage claim to have specifically try to mess with them? By feeding them little tidbits that aren't ever totally completely wrong, but they aren't ever really correct either.<< I wouldn't be surprised if this happens. Or if there are some tricks being played further up the pipeline, i.e. someone more closely associate with a project telling a friend false information, which then gets disseminated. Given Disney's confidentially clauses, it seems like it would be a good way to sniff out a leaker
Originally Posted By DlandDug I have been told that in the past WDI did sometimes give information to individuals to identify leaks. As far as feeding false information to individual bloggers, that may have been done by individuals, but not in an official capacity. If you have seen the report about the Little Mermaid enhancements here, they are based on actual observation rather than speculation. When Alice reopens, you can look here and see what has actually been done. Meanwhile, it is fun to speculate.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I think the fun part of speculating is what is missing from all sides of this discussion Doug.
Originally Posted By phruby Here we have a case where Hill is actually confirming what miceage said. Granted things could change but two sources with the same information is better than one that no one will confirm. Besides, the QoH is not the only one with expression in the ride. The Cheshire Cat is fully animated. It's not unheard of. Everything else except Twitte Dee and Dum don't need expression. I like the crazy Mad Hatter the way he is at the end.
Originally Posted By phruby Of course, it could just be Hill believing miceage's lies and reporting on it.
Originally Posted By berol Calling them Miceage's lies -- since it isn't known to be true, saying it is true is a lie.
Originally Posted By Captain Neo I think the Queen of Hearts and Little Mermaid news proves that Miceage still has a source at the local level (TDA/Cast Members) but doesn't know jack about what is being decided at the corporate or imagineering levels whereas Al Lutz was privy to that information.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I agree. It seems like a lot of their recent stuff has been aware of the nitty gritty daily operation type stuff, while missing out on some of the bigger picture
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Probably like a CM monthly "What's new at the Park" email that goes out to all cast members. Nothing too detailed gets communicated on that level, but still more than the average person knows. They didn't know anything about these "themed walkways" until they shut down the lockers. Bit late to find out if they had high up sources.
Originally Posted By monorailblue I doubt Jim Hill is only repeating MiceAge info. That has never seemed to be his style. As I watch the pictures of the Alice outdoor 'enhancements', I'm fairly confident that I won't like the end result. Does anyone else find it strange that they haven't released any artist rendering? Upgrades--even to a minor ride--are something to tell people about. Sigh.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I can honestly say that there isn't one project Disney has done in the past 5 years where the outcome disappointed me. Given WDI's track record recently I'm not too concerned about Alice.
Originally Posted By monorailblue (Also, I recognize it is silly to assume I won't like it. That's my gut feeling--and I recognize it is unreasonable and not based on actual assessment of the end result. But we'll see . . . .)
Originally Posted By monorailblue I can name one you definitely didn't like: the temporary Alice solution. That came out of Disney and lasted longer than many parades used to last. And it was exceptionally disappointing.
