Originally Posted By Mr X ***Hmmmm, no cartoons! How refreshing!!! 8-D*** Well Dave, we realize how much you are repulsed by animated characters (Disney being an odd obsession in that case but I digress ), but given your passion for quality themed environments how do you figure that dinosaurs, assuming they're not dancing bones at some exotic dig somewhere, fit in any way shape or form with Adventureland????
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Because Dinosaurs and Paliontology seems pretty adventurous to me. And for the record, I became a Disney fan because I was a Disneyland fan. The attention to detail in Main Street, New Orleans Square, Frontierland, old school tomorrowland et al. When it came to animated shorts, I always prefered Warner Bros. work.
Originally Posted By Mr X I can dig it, I'm more of a parks fan than a Disney animation fan myself...although the animation history is certainly a part of it (the attractions involving Disney animation are pretty varied and integral, I'd say, particularly in the MK parks). Also, go WB! <---HUGE Bugs Bunny fan here But as far as dinosaurs and paleontology are concerned, THAT'S fine but as I said, if they make a show with dancing fossils I'm all for it (IS it like that?). If it's "live" dinosaurs, I definitely don't see the connection with Adventureland whatsoever. Dinosaurs never co-existed with man unless you're a Karayzee Kreationist.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <And for the record, I became a Disney fan because I was a Disneyland fan. The attention to detail in Main Street, New Orleans Square, Frontierland, old school tomorrowland et al.> Me too davewasbaloo! The animated movies were always secondary for me -- Disneyland was my obsession. And, like you, I miss those 'real life' aspects of the park that are now overrun with toons.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Yep, thank goodness the at least Kar2oonman, You and I share that. I think it is a characteristic quite unique to those of us who grew up in California.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Perhaps so, davewasbaloo. All I know is that when I was a Disneyland fan in Jr. High in 1975 in SoCal, it was NOT a cool thing. I was an 'in the closet' Disneyland fan. Now, with the proliferation of 'Fan Sites' I realize that my fandom was nothing.
Originally Posted By Malin With the locals being so un educated in who the characters are, it gives Hong Kong Disneyland a huge advantage over the other parks in the fact it is in a position where its audience do not want to see characters involved in every area of the park.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< why have this when Disney already HAS a Dinosuar..."Lucky" >>> Well, first of all, Lucky isn't a permanent attraction at HKDL. But more to the point, a single walk-around Lucky is nothing in comparison to the Walking With Dinosaurs show. It would be like saying they don't need Aladdin the Musical at DCA because they occasionally have Aladdin in the park for photo ops.
