Originally Posted By TP2000 Hans, posting here and another site is also about the extent of my Disneygeekness as well. Except for the ornamental Japanese box hedge in my back yard that I have spent the last 8 years trimming into the shape of an original PeopleMover train, of course. But other than that, I'm totally normal!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo TP2000 - would that be the original world on the move Disneyland design, the 1980's refurb version, or the WDW TTA version?
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA pshhhtt -- who doesn't have a hedge in the shape of a PeopleMover car? duh!
Originally Posted By TP2000 dave, it's the original 1967 version, before they installed the metal safety bars around the seats in '68. At Christmastime when I string the twinkle lights in them, I let the neighbor kids come over for hot cocoa and I convince them to sing the 'Go-Go Goodyear' jingle with me. It's a nice tradition. But post on Miceage??? Never! I'm not a nerd.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Except for the ornamental Japanese box hedge in my back yard that I have spent the last 8 years trimming into the shape of an original PeopleMover train, of course." That made me laugh. You know, the kind of laugh where you snort a little bit.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I agree, except for the strange trip that is reading Spirit of 74's threads.>> What is so strange about reading my threads? I find them to be the proper blend of arsenic and pixie dust, myself.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance "That made me laugh. You know, the kind of laugh where you snort a little bit." Hans, you really are my BFF you know. You say stuff like this, and it sounds exactly like something I would say.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance "I find them to be the proper blend of arsenic and pixie dust, myself." I'll probably never know. I've never been able to get through a whole post. It's almost kinda like an episode of Mash.
Originally Posted By Ohana Aah yes, but true Disney geeks like me have chimney sweeps dancing on their roof nightly along with hourly cannon blasts. Come and watch sometime. Cheap tickets available for LP'ers on Fridays and Saturdays
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I have commissioned a bronze statue of Wathel Rogers to be placed in my backyard -- in the gazebo -- look for it in 2012.
Originally Posted By leemac I finally managed to convince my boss that I could have the MaliBOOMer so they are going to dismantle it from Anaheim and trek it up to Pasadena for me. It will be a new landmark for the region. I did get into a frenzied bidding war with Barry Braverman over it too - he was desperate to have it installed in his yard that has quickly become the DCA boneyard. He told me to "bring it on" if I thought that I was going to successfully win the Sun Icon and the entrance plaza tiles. I understand that Disney were thinking of crating up the MaliBOOMer and shipping it piece-by-piece out to Goldman Sachs in NYC marked "For the attention of Timur Galen". I'm so glad that common sense prevailed and I can now start to build my own California Adventure in my backyard. Nothing screams the Golden State like a skyscraper of steel and hydraulic tubes.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA That's fantastic leemac. Congrats. Will the city require you to keep the scream shields in place? Will you be able to see The Norton Simon do you think? Great news though. Again, congrats.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Will the city require you to keep the scream shields in place?>> Ironically the city council has said that they need to be re-designated as puke shields. A new city ordnance though and being CA it means the whole state's residents get to vote. <<Will you be able to see The Norton Simon do you think?>> I originally wanted to have it installed at the Langham Huntington so you could see the Huntington but the Langham wanted to paint it in their corporate color - pink. That doesn't fit the color scheme of California.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA ^^^very interesting, leemac. Please keep us posted with any photos you might take during construction.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 I am getting more impressed with you by the day Lee! You used to be THE BIGGEST DCA booster and I made some unfair comments about your corporate biases. VERY impressed with your new attitude toward the very obvious missteps in DCA 1.0.
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ My shrink tells me that I need to learn to let go of things. I still love my DCA - I'm sure I'll regress a few years when they start to dismantle the entrance.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub How much for the APs to your backyard? Will you have a monthly payment plan? I hope I don't have to go thru security to get into your backyard.
Originally Posted By leemac <<You like the entrance, leemac?>> I think it delivered exactly what it was supposed to deliver - a postcard view of CA. I liked the letters out front (one thing that has always bugged me about Disney theme parks is the fact that you can see turnstiles) and I love the tilework. Could the entrance have been better? Of course but the budget just wouldn't allow. I'm not convinced by the obvious attempt to have a "mini-Main St" for the new DCA - it is all just too cliched for me. I would have liked to have seen something entirely new as an entrance sequence. I think that the design team went for the safe choice. I know I'm in a very small minority though.
