Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA From the Disney site <While the world-famous Jungle Cruise undergoes refurbishment early this year, the skippers will still share their stories, adventures and humor with Disneyland park guests in front of the attraction. Join them as they recount tales from their travels while the Jungle Navigation Company headquarters readies for reopening later this year.> This sounds so not fun or interesting. Unless it's Streetmosphere characters from the Entertainment.
Originally Posted By Disneylandfan85 >>From the Disney site <While the world-famous Jungle Cruise undergoes refurbishment early this year, the skippers will still share their stories, adventures and humor with Disneyland park guests in front of the attraction. Join them as they recount tales from their travels while the Jungle Navigation Company headquarters readies for reopening later this year.> This sounds so not fun or interesting. Unless it's Streetmosphere characters from the Entertainment.<< At least it's only until April. The stuff for the railroads and the boats on the Rivers of America will be at this for a lot longer.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I guess I'm glad Disneyland is not my primary park. It seems to involve an excessive amount of anguish whenever anything changes. My primary park is WDW. I HATED when Epcot's Horizons closed, when the original Journey Into Imagination was changed, and when my good friend The Toad was banished from the MK. But it didn't give me nearly the distress and agony that rumored changes give DLfan85. I guess that is the difference between a park you attend once or twice a year at most and one that you attend on a monthly basis.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>When I was there last summer all of the animals literally looked like they'd been there since the 60s.<< That's not true. Some are gnu.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "That's not true. Some are gnu." <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18pphr4ascbcngif/original.gif">http://img.gawkerassets.com/im...inal.gif</a>
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Uh oh, Miceage is going to have a conniption!" But is this a bad thing? No, but they mentioned that if the Mark Twain has a tea time thing with characters, and it's successful and makes money, that will be the death of the Mark Twain in it's normal use.
Originally Posted By perlster Sometimes, LiceRat does prove useful, as in the following comment in the same asinine thread there: "...well that is what happens when Disney alphabet book kids spent their Saturday mornings watching School House Rock...."
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." -- Mark Twain Riverboat
Originally Posted By Bellella I really hope they keep the Mark Twain. Oh, should we keep it? So what if it takes a little more maintanence to keep it running. It's a beautiful boat with historic significance. It's only the last of the original Frontierland attractions!!!!! Think about it. I also fell in love with the Columbia on my last trip. I finally stepped aboard ship and thought o my god what have I been missing?!!! Since I had never been below decks on that boat, I spent most of the voyage looking at the crew's quarters and the cookstove with giant bellows. I love the Columbia!!! Don't take it away!!!! Both boats are essential for Fantasmic. You take even one of them away forever, and you can't have the show. And we must have the show. No matter what.
Originally Posted By monorailblue Disneyland has run Fantasmic! hundreds of times without the Mark Twain, and WDW's version manages to get by without anything that compares. Not that I want either boat lost . . . . What is interesting about some speculation posted today on another site is the idea that the Twain will have its limited time elements at Fowler's Harbor and the Columbia will be at Frontierland Pier (as the sign at the dock area calls it). The Twain is only accessible at its main deck level, and there is no Guest access route to the lower level at Fowler's Harbor. The Columbia is only accessible at its main deck level, which is approximately the height of the upper level at Fowler's Harbor. It doesn't take much thinking to realize that a problem it will be if the semi-permanent docking is planned to be with the Twain at Fowler's Harbor . . . but, as with all other things, only time will tell.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I really hope they keep the Mark Twain.<< They are keeping the Mark Twain. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/01/first-look-at-new-rivers-of-america-waterfront-and-disneyland-railroad-at-disneyland-park-in-california/">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...ifornia/</a>
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>You take even one of them away forever, and you can't have the show. And we must have the show. No matter what.<< Forever? I'm sure this is the minority opinion, but after close to a quarter century of the same Fantasmic show, I'm ready for something else. I'd also be fine with nothing at all. I miss being able to take a night time cruise on the Mark Twain, or just being able to walk through New Orleans Square at night without navigating ropes and a sea of people.
Originally Posted By darcy-becker Don't you ever go during the week. Fantasmic! generally only plays Friday through Sunday.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Don't you ever go during the week. << Not in many years. Not a local.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>I'd also be fine with nothing at all.<< This please. This. Please. It would be nice to be able to walk through New Orleans Sq. again at night without first giving my family a hug and telling them how much I love them because we will likely be separated in the mass of crowds and never see each other again. Seriously, IMO the constant parades and shows are, well, bad show. Giant crowds huddled over a huge area of the park is not pleasant. Cast members waving you along a roped area when you just want to go right over there but instead have to circle around for 10 minutes...no. Fantasmic is a good show. The disruption to the parks to put on that show is bad enough to get rid of it.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "It would be nice to be able to walk through New Orleans Sq. again at night without first giving my family a hug and telling them how much I love them because we will likely be separated in the mass of crowds and never see each other again." LOL I never tire of your Disneyland war stories.
