Originally Posted By avatarmickey115 It's one of the first things I spot from the 5 freeway when I come up from the south! I want to either see nothing there, or a better attraction that is an actual building like tower of terror...which has a very good theme and design. I just dont see why they take it down to put a better ride in. It just seems so boring sitting there.
Originally Posted By pwrof3 It is kind of themed with fake bells on the top like a "test your stength" game
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "This ride is an incredible waste of space!!!" It's really pretty small to be considered an incredible waste of space. That honor should only be reserved for attractions like Autopia, which takes up a ton of room with limited capacity and limited enjoyment. There's really not too much else that could fit into the footprint of the Maliboomer (other than a simple spinner), which makes it use the space relatively well, even if it's a poor excuse for a Disney attraction. "Yes, the Maliboomer is very tall, but how often are you looking up towards the sky?" I have no problems with it when I'm in Paradise Pier, or even across the Bay. It's when I'm in Frontierland, in line for Big Thunder and I look toward the Golden Horseshoe and see the Maliboomer poking up above the horizion. While the ferris wheel and Screamin' may not be ideal, they can't be seen from as far away as the Maliboomer, and I don't believe either of them can be seen from anywhere in DL (though TOT can also be seen from the north side of the Sub Lagoon, as it pokes up from behind Space Mountain).
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I still don't understand why people say this thing is so hideous, but they are okay with those two things." I'm kind of wondering why you think Screamin' "looks a mess" and Maliboomer is passable.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Whereas WDW's ToT can be seen in Epcot but it's themed to match the Morocco pavilion which i can be seen behind.
Originally Posted By pwrof3 The structure for Screamin' is entangled all over the pier. One has to walk under the roller coaster whilst making his way through the pier. I've just always thought it was too big for the area.
Originally Posted By avatarmickey115 Ya, the fact that you can see an attraction from another attraction in another park is kinda odd.
Originally Posted By avatarmickey115 And I think screamin has always fit in the area perfectly. Although it stretches over the water a little, at least the boardwalk area is almost completely free of a roller coaster over your head. It's open sky for the majority of the walk on the boardwalk.
Originally Posted By mousermerf So they'd have an excuse to play "Hot hot hot" all day long..? They obviously love that song..
Originally Posted By tonyanton I always thought it was ugly and am glad to see it going away. When I noticed it during my last trip while riding on the top deck of the "Mark Twain" in DL, I couldn't believe it. As others have said, the space can eventually be an appropriately themed entrance to a new dark ride, with the building behind Screamin' just like Midway Mania.
Originally Posted By WestWind It just is not 'Disney' to me. I don't like it and am not sad it is going. I am sure there are long term plans for the space and I like FerretAfros idea to use the space as an entry to a new themed dark ride.
Originally Posted By mousermerf I made some phone calls - and it took some really haggling - but after some tension and promises and sweet talking they're willing to do a favor for DCA. <a href="http://www.epcotblog.com/wp-content/uploads/epcot-bench.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.epcotblog.com/wp-co...ench.jpg</a> They'll even let you have it for free, but you have to pick it up yourself, and they're using it as a tax write off as a charitable donation.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Well, it would certainly make it feel more Epcot-ey, which in a way is more classy. Yet for some reason, there's just nothing terribly classy or exciting about those FW benches... It's still probably better than the Maliboomer... : )
Originally Posted By disneywatcher HALLELUJAH!!! One of the biggest eyesores in Anaheim, and which made DCA seem like Six Flags over Anaheim, is finally -- finally! -- being sent to the great beyond. PTL. Good thing the miceage.com article about the removal of the Mailboomer wasn't posted today, or I'd right now be suspecting the good news was no more than an April Fool's joke. That tacky, clunky, junky tower, not much less of an eyesore than the big power poles straddling Katella Ave, was the epitome of why DCA was a park created by a bunch of creative dim-bulbs. I'm even more suprised about this bit of news because I thought the plan up until now had been to retain a portion of the Mailboomer and convert it into a parachute-type ride. Or something reminiscent of what used to be at Knott's. And, therefore, why bother? Still, along with the good news, DCA continues to have enough layers of junk that even with the demise of the Mailboomer, other heaps like the nearby Jumpin' Jellyfish towers, or the lovely concrete pools around King Triton's carousel, or the charming queue area of California Screamin', etc, will remain. More bulldozers, please!
