Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I know, I remember it fondly. Hope poor mousermerf got over his color hang up.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt So, me being me, I just had to dig the thread up. lol <a href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/MsgBoard-T-111382-P-1.asp?c=1" target="_blank">http://mb.laughingplace.com/Ms....asp?c=1</a>
Originally Posted By danyoung Thanks for that link, Doc - that was a fun read! (Oh, and I thought I was nothing but totally reasonable!!!)
Originally Posted By LuvsDsnyTrips I totally missed that thread before......but, wow....that was something.. Is that person still around?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Terminus The green color they originally wanted to paint on Mickey on the top attracts these weird birds that would perch up there at night and poop all over the top of the canopy. So they had to go a lighter shade to discourage the birds from perching up there when the ride wasn't running. Dr Hans Reinhardt Seriously? Terminus I totally made that up" LOL
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Kar2oonMan >>then it's supposed to be<< If we're going to be picky about the color, let's correctly use "then" and "than", okay? " Ohhhhh!!! Wow!!!! This is known as a "K2 SLAM"!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "oc_dean No ... not a light color fade to something darker (How does that work? duh ;-) I meant the opposite. Naturally ... dark colors FADE TO LIGHTER shades after long periods in the sun. So therefore ... Mickey's darker/richer color will fade to the lighter colors intended." Awwwww, this is when Dean and the Color wheel had just started dating!!!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Dabob2 There's also something called "distance from the eye." And something "figure in motion, making color contrast more important." Also something called "artistic choice," meaning that a different green than the one used in a 75 year old cartoon may actually read more green. And then on the other hand, there's something called "pedantically and rather unimaginatively insisting on identical color shades despite wildly different contexts, and insisting that changing the shade is a blunder rather than a decision one does not agree with."" And then there's good old Dabob, bless his heart, with his unending quest to cure all of the internet wrongness.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Phew, that was a fun read! And hear I thought I was going to have a quiet, boring Friday night! Best comment definitely goes to Mousermerf, for...... "I'm in it for the long haul and, as with numerous times before, I'll be vindicated in the end. " WOW. I'd love to read through an unedited version of the thread that got him the boot.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Awwwww, this is when Dean and the Color wheel had just started dating!!!" LMBO!
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 After looking through that I have to say Dabob 2 gets my vote for best line: "And if you didn't get all Disneyer-than-thou and saying that disagreement with your viewpoint equals some moral failing of ours, we could simply agree to disagree and leave it at that." I think that line could be included into quite a number of "I don't like it therefore Disney is now crap" threads that occasionally pop up!
Originally Posted By schnebs <<Serious question...who buys a single day ticket?>> Serious answer? People who aren't Disney nuts like us. We're talking about folks who are locals, but go the Resort once every couple of years, if that often; I still run into people who say they haven't been to DL since there was just one theme park. People who have relatives coming in from out of town, and accompany them as they spend a day at the Park during their visit. We're talking folks who come to So Cal for a couple of weeks, but realize that there's more to do here than going to visit the Mouse. There are more people buying one-day tickets than you might think.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Yep, I don't think that people intend to sound smug or arrogant when they scoff at single day ticket purchasers, but it sure sounds that way. The last time I was in Orlando I was staying at the Peabody on International Drive for business and one afternoon I had some down time and thought it would be fun to visit WDW for a few hours. I jumped in a cab and got dropped off at DTD, hopped on a WDW bus to Animal Kingdom and bought a single day ticket.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper Okay...but those aren't vacationing people like we would be. I'd never buy a single day ticket to any theme park. Therefore I'm not going to complain about single day ticket prices.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt But even if you're on holiday you might not plan to spend your entire vacation at a Disney theme park, particularly in destinations where there is an abundance of cultural activities like Southern California, Paris, Tokyo, or Hong Kong. The last time I was in Paris I purchased a single day park-hopper for DLP, and I'm pretty certain that if I ever make it back to Tokyo I'll skip TDL and spend a day at TDS. Same for HKDL. Not everyone feels the need to spend days on end doing these things. This probably why I find the current cost of a single day ticket so outrageous.
Originally Posted By tashajilek "The last time I was in Orlando I was staying at the Peabody on International Drive for business and one afternoon I had some down time and thought it would be fun to visit WDW for a few hours. I jumped in a cab and got dropped off at DTD, hopped on a WDW bus to Animal Kingdom and bought a single day ticket." My brother in law just did that and spent a few hours at the MK. He said Disneyland was way better and didn't like the MK. I told him he pretty much picked the worst park to visit if your used to Disneyland.
