Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<What the heck is THAT?>> Mermaid Lagoon at TDS is ostensibly the park's port/land for smaller kids. It's rather like A Bug's Land and Flik's Fun Fair at DCA, but MUCH more elaborate, especially the inside "under the sea" part of the port.
Originally Posted By 2001DLFan <<Dr Hans Reinhardt: But that isn't what EPCOT was supposed to be. It's OK for Disney to create EPCOT and a faux pleasure pier. It shouldn't be be limited one or the other.>> THe whole concept of Epcot was to provide the city/educational area of the community while the amusement portion was in a totally different location. If you were ever able to see the model of EPCOT in the Carousel of Progress, the Magic Kingdom was off in the distance. While the current Epcot is a far cry from what was initially conceived, I don't see any need to muddy the concept with "thrill rides".
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Nor do I, and I wasn't suggesting that they do that. All I'm saying is that there is a place for pure amusement rides like the swings AND big productions like Spaceship Earth within the world of Disney parks. An early post seemed to suggest that once EPCOT opened there shouldn't have been any more spinners built at Disney parks.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<When was the last time they made a big production like SSE?>> Big in what sense? They've built high dollar attractions, and they've built attractions with large doses of AA's too. Both DLP and TDS have such attractions, as does DAK.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "When was the last time they made a big production like SSE?" The new Cars attraction at DCA could certainly be considered to be on the same scale, although in terms of content it isn't even half as ambitious.
Originally Posted By mousermerf I thought that was a long advertisement for strobe lights and Dramamine.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<DAK has AA attractions?>> I didn't say that. I said Disney has build high dollar attractions AND big AA attractions. DAK has some high dollar attractions, they're just not AA rides. Regardless, Disney did build some elaborate AA attractions after SSE, namely Phantom Manor and PotC at DLP. As for as a brand new, original attraction, that would be Sindbad's Storybook Voyage, with well over 100 AA figures.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Ok.. And in the United States for the customer base here.. we have...?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think that Dinosaur is a pretty impressive attraction. Yes, it's dark in there, but the AA's are still impressive none the less. I'm still surprised by how realistic it looks when the carnatour is chasing the cars, and it never fails to scare people on the ride, including adults. There may not be hundreds of AA's but the ones that are there are placed in a very effective way that you don't really notice that there are so few of them. It might be nice to have a few more, but the ones that they have are more than effective at getting the story across in a very detailed environment. Though the giant toaster/time machine part does leave something to be desired. And the safari is way more impressive than any AA attraction has ever been for me. Start up costs were probably lower than an AA-based ride, but the care that went into creating the various environments is outstanding. And once you factor in the daily maintenence (including the care for the animals), there's no comparison in cost between the safari and even the most elaborate AA ride.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<And in the United States for the customer base here.. we have...?>> Other attractions, some of which are brilliant, but just not filled with AA's.
Originally Posted By believe <<What the heck is THAT?>> at TDS Looks like a Tilt-a-Whirl themed to the little Mermaid characters.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It's actually more like a Himalaya ride that you would find at the fair. I don't remember it going particularly fast (though I didn't really watch it or go on it), but the cars didn't spin. In case you don't know exactly what I'm talking about, since it goes by different names at different places (my fair had a Himalaya and a Music Express), but it's the same general carnival ride. I don't think the TDS attraction is an exact copy of it, but the similarity cannot be denied. <a href="http://sebar.com/tpb3dwiki/images/7/74/Himalaya-DJFriktion.jpg" target="_blank">http://sebar.com/tpb3dwiki/ima...tion.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By jmuboy The "Slinky Dog" carnival ride going into WD Studios Paris and HKDL (Disney's 2 cheapest theme parks on the planet) are a variation of the "Himilaya" ride at TDS (known as Scuttles Scooters at TDS).
Originally Posted By oc_dean That link is hysterical. I thought I was looking at Ann Margaret and a 70s looking Pat Boone. Incidentally Magic Mountain had the same type of ride - The Swiss Twist
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Since when are AA attractions the only benchmark for "big production"?
