Originally Posted By mousermerf Did you miss this part: "as you cruise past the American plains, a tropical rain forest and the African desert to" Or did they just not spell it out obviously enough for you?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "I was not rejected by WDI - thank you very much." Were you hired at one point and eventually dropped? I seem to recall reading somewhere that you had some experience with them.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Nope. Never. And for Grizzly: "The "Wetter the Better" is the motto of this thrilling raft adventure that sends you roaring down an abandoned mine and rushing on a river through the scenic foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It's one of our tallest, longest, fastest rapids ride yet! Charge down a churning California river through: * Whitewater rapids * Mountain caverns * Thundering waterfalls * Heart-pounding drops into river gorges! " Hehe. I win.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That's supposed to be the African desert? The one with the buffalo on it? I had assumed they were talking about the types of plants we saw growing in the greenhouse, since the first greenhouse (with the dome) is sort of divided up into sections based on location around the world. I believe there's an African desert section and a rainforest section, and then the labratory greenhouse is almost exclusively things you could find on the American plains.
Originally Posted By mousermerf I don't think anyone knew it was African, but the desert is a seperate scene from the prairie. You have dedacious, rainforest, desert, prairie.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <Hehe. I win.> Because you're reprinting Disney's own hype that you normally show disdain for? Talk about cherry-picking.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That desert scene still looks pretty American to me. The rock formations are almost identical to the ones that can be found all over Utah, similar to what Big Thunder Mountain looks like. Here's a quick side-by side. Since the picture's kind of blurry, you can also see it in the video at 3:57. LWTL Desert: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elaplantephotography/3054625179/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/e...4625179/</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MjnfhCwyOc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...nfhCwyOc</a> Rocks in Utah: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/katebodger/402631366/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/k...2631366/</a> Rocks in the Sahara: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/picture-frank/130240768/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/p...0240768/</a> Still looks like the American desert to me.
Originally Posted By socalkdg <<<<Because you're reprinting Disney's own hype that you normally show disdain for? Talk about cherry-picking.>>>> Welcome to America. We live in the land of the free to pick and choose what we want showing no regard for consistency, honesty, and the truth.
Originally Posted By socalkdg Is it possible for GRR to be less wet during the colder months by reducing the water flow, turning off geysers, or even closing off one of the doors? Does anyone think Disney will add one of these new full body dryers that other parks have been adding? <a href="http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/body-dryers-take-the-6711/" target="_blank">http://travel.latimes.com/dail...he-6711/</a>
Originally Posted By mousermerf <<<Is it possible for GRR to be less wet during the colder months by reducing the water flow, turning off geysers, or even closing off one of the doors?>>> Entirely possible. Popeye has different settings for how wet they want to get you.
Originally Posted By tashajilek "Hehe. I win" You want a prize or something? When is the last time you got laid? i think there more inmportant matters then to let a discussion board consume your life.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <Is it possible for GRR to be less wet during the colder months by reducing the water flow, turning off geysers, or even closing off one of the doors?> Supposedly that was a feature of GRR from day one.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros While certain people will still get really wet in the winter, I'd say that on average you do stay drier during colder months. Other than turning off the random squirters on the lift I'm not really sure what they do (lower/higher water level maybe), but it does seem to make a pretty good difference. On a semi-related note, why are the DLR attraction descriptions on teh website so awful, when the WDW are pretty good. For years, we've had a sentence that briefly describes the attraction (same for stores and restuarants), followed by 3-4 bullets that really do nothing to get me interested in the attraction. I'm sure it was supposed to be hip and edgy, but it's always seemed forced. Why can't we get someone to write a couple short paragraphs about our attractions too? It would make the not-so-good DL website a little better.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt The design of the DLR website is awful. It's needs to be cleaned up and easier to navigate. They might want to take some tips from the Disney Parks Blog site, which is quite nicely designed.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>"How many people in this discussion have ever actually been white water rafting?"<< How many true water raft experiences tell you to dress like you are at a regular theme park .. and then surprise you to make you ill prepared for the right kind of clothing gear?
