Originally Posted By Brad "But, if they did decide to revamp the Studios with a true Star Wars land - and not a half-*ssed effort - then I'd be on the first bus over!!" Don't get your hopes up - this IS TDO, after all. As I've said before, it's probably going to be a SW Cantina restaurant, an x-wing spinner and a permanent Jedi Academy stage show for the ADHD boys. Don't get your hopes up! Pretty sad when I can pull out a sketch I made at thirteen years old of a full SW park with the Death Star at the centre, ala SE, a "Hall of Fallen Jedi"(think HoP in the MK)and an "Escape From The Tusken Raiders" thrill ride careening through rock canyons(along with MANY OTHER attractions)and it's going to be better than ANYTHING the modern WDC will do in Orlando!
Originally Posted By Brad ">> Leo.. go to Tokyo DisneySea please. A park that is full of eye popping E-Tickets but talking a walk around the park to admire the environments is worth the price of admission alone without ever stepping inside a ride. You guys will simply never understand until you experience that level of disney themed quality. << High quality theming needs attractions to be successful. FLE is high quality theming without top-notch attractions, and it's already yesterday's news (or worse, a disappointment) for most people." And that's what makes TDS the greatest theme park I have EVER visited - unparalleled theming mixed with superlative E-tickets!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt *snort* Sorry, but I have to chuckle at how a Tokyo Disney reference always ends up in these discussions and always brought to us by the same two people. Guys, we get it. TDS the greatest theme park EVER.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I'll never forgive TDS for creating Duffy. Just how do they live with themselves?!
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Fine... I'll go to TDS. Oops! It's $1,500 a plane ticket, and I have a family of four. Forget that.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "*snort* Sorry, but I have to chuckle at how a Tokyo Disney reference always ends up in these discussions and always brought to us by the same two people. Guys, we get it. TDS the greatest theme park EVER." You're wrong. Why limit it to theme parks? TDS is the greatest thing ever devised by humankind.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 I will probably never get to TDL as much as I would love to. It just doesn't seem to be in my budget. But who knows, maybe someday. I think the point in all of this (and yes it is made often and pointedly) that Disney is capable of still producing quality new experiences when it needs to. I would love to see TDS. The pictures look amazing. The question one asks is why don't they do that more here...especially at WDW. I think fans would be more forgiving IF when Disney decided to build new experiences they were Disney's best work. As pretty as the Fantasyland expansion is (and it really is pretty) the experiences are not Disney at their best. The Little Mermaid is cute and that is about it. It is a disconnect for me. Well not really. My thought is that Disney no longer Imagineers, but Accountineers.
Originally Posted By barboy ///go to Tokyo DisneySea please. A park that is full of eye popping E-Tickets/// 4 of the attractions I deem "F-tickets" and 1 looks to be a "G" ///but taking a walk around the park to admire the environments is worth the price of admission/// I'd pay up to 3 times the admission just to saturate in the environments. ///You guys will simply never understand until you experience that level of disney themed quality./// Those who have seen Potterland and to a much lesser degree Carsland should start to understand what awaits at Disney Sea. Disney Sea, basically, has that level of detail throughout the entire park.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I agree with plpeters... Epcot needs the most work, specifically Future World. Epcot had long been WDW's BEST park, and now it is the most stale. It needs saving more than any other. Sure, the Studios is a mess, but it always has been. For me it is kind of a "we'll go to the Studios too" kind of park, not a primary draw. Heck, if you want to go to a really good Studios park you are going to go to Universal anyway. Epcot's Future World used to be FANTASTIC, and it just isn't any more. I'd be fine with shutting it down for a couple of years to totally re-do it if they could come up with something close to the vision of the original. I'd tear out pretty much everything except for Spaceship Earth. That is still a great attraction, though everything from the 70's computer scene through the end of the ride could use MAJOR revision. As for the Showcase, it is still very enjoyable and does what it always did... a place to get a brief sense of what other countries are like and a fine place to shop and dine. The only problems with the Showcase are hopeless attractions like the Gran Fiesta Tour and Maelstrom. Oh... and ILLUMINATIONS. My God, it has been a great show but it is WAY overdue for a replacement. The largest component, the traveling and opening globe, doesn't even work anymore. The inferno barges that remain in place are uglier than hell... isn't there SOME way to hide the stuff during the day that makes Illuminations work at night? Maybe not... they've trashed up Paradise Bay with the workings of World of Color at DCA too. At any rate, please replace Illuminations... the score is still good, but everything else needs to go!!
Originally Posted By barboy ///DisneySea, the cure for...everything!/// ...agreed, can even cure jealousy and those with a bag of Doritos on their shoulders.......does wonders for those who like to settle for the inferior things in life too. Catch a plane to Narita----it will be good for ya
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Did I ever tell you about the time I was at Disneyland and a cockroach landed on my shoulder??????? I couldn't reach it, and NO ONE WOULD HELP ME GET IT OFF. I about took out half of the collectibles at the Emporium trying to shake it off.
Originally Posted By barboy ///Internet trolls remind me of cockroaches./// .....can understand that; let's hope you won't be around for another 80 million years.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt AHAHAHAHA!! No, I don't remember you telling that story. I once saw a roach on a boat I was riding in on Small World at Disneyland. Luckily it appeared at the end of the ride just as we emerged outside. When you see one cockroach there are usually hundreds more hiding nearby, a certainty which caused me major anxiety as we sloooowly glided to the exit. Seriously, we couldn't get to the dock fast enough.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt ".....can understand that; let's hope you won't be around for another 80 million years." Grow up.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "Internet trolls remind me of cockroaches." Are they trolls? They seem sincere in their mania.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Ever since I read about the cockroach problems on POTC, I am always terrified getting in those boats in the dark!!!
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Oh... and ILLUMINATIONS. My God, it has been a great show but it is WAY overdue for a replacement. The largest component, the traveling and opening globe, doesn't even work anymore. The inferno barges that remain in place are uglier than hell... isn't there SOME way to hide the stuff during the day that makes Illuminations work at night? Maybe not... they've trashed up Paradise Bay with the workings of World of Color at DCA too. At any rate, please replace Illuminations... the score is still good, but everything else needs to go!! << I was sick of Illuminations five years ago. In fact, all the nighttime "spectaculars" are pretty unspectacular. MK fireworks are still ok, since the main draw is fireworks over the castle. But even Wishes is a decade (or more?) old.
