Originally Posted By LVCajun <<I'm curious, what does playhouse Disney have to do with California?>> <<Does it really matter anymore?>> Not to me. I am just glad DCA is putting in some things for my daughter to do. My daughter loves the Disney Playhouse characters. I love how first the complaints were nothing for young children to do. Now that they have, at least partially, addressed these issues the complaints continue. Is there anything, short of tearing it down, that will really stop all the DCA bashing??? Personaly for me I have excepted DCA for what it is. A good place to spend a couple of hours in the afternoon when the lines get too long at DL. Oh and get a great corn dog.
Originally Posted By Davko58 "I'm curious, what does playhouse Disney have to do with California?" Oh for goodness sake. It's obvious! California has a theme park that has a Henson Muppet show in it. Playhouse Disney is a Henson character thing. It's clearly paying tibute to the long and rich history of Henson puppets in California! I never thought there was anything wrong with the California theme. There's lots of possibilities. Disney just chooses to ignore them. Having said that, I happen to like DCA and could hardly be called a basher. But... One thing I liked about it originally was there wasn't a bunch of stuff designed exclusively for tiny tots with limited brain development. Now the answer to complaints regarding more stuff for kids is to put in a bunch of kiddie stuff that has very limited appeal for adults. These days it appears that the Imagineers have no idea how to create new attractions that people of all ages would enjoy, so you get Playhouse Disney. Maybe the whole concept (or is that conceit?) of giving a park one overarching theme, no matter what it is, is stupid. Disneyland never had one theme. I think they would have been better off with a multi-themed park with varied and clearly differentiated lands. Californialand, Pixar movieland, severe brain injury and fetusland, etc. Then they could built whatever they came up with without all these people worrying about the theme.
Originally Posted By Galaxie 500 The "additions" and "plussing" of DCA in the last 18 months has been decided upon and guided by executives sitting in conference rooms looking at Powerpoint presentations by the Guest Research and Marketing teams. The only time a real Imagineer steps in is when they are contracted by the Resort to create new signage or an overlay of some sort for these new additons that have popped up around the Park. So of course very little of it is going to have any real foundation in a "California" theme. Flik's was the ultimate rush job, and even those attractions were mandaated by executives who needed to increase attraction capacity for small riders. Just wait until the more permanent fixes arrive later in this decade. Those projects and attractions began on WDI drawing boards and not in TDA conference rooms, and they will actually support and enhance the existing California theme. The additions to DCA in 2001 and 2002 were knee-jerk reactions intended to shore up attendance and improve Guest Research feedback. The real California stuff will be here over the next 2 to 5 years.
Originally Posted By Jim in Pasadena CA <The "additions" and "plussing" of DCA in the last 18 months has been decided upon and guided by executives sitting in conference rooms looking at Powerpoint presentations by the Guest Research and Marketing teams.> I suspected this all along. Mistake Number One. <Just wait until the more permanent fixes arrive later in this decade. Those projects and attractions began on WDI drawing boards and not in TDA conference rooms, and they will actually support and enhance the existing California theme.> Now that sounds really cool and exciting. Really. I'm not being sarcastic for once.
Originally Posted By LVCajun <<Wow, an 850 million dollar corn dog stand and puppet show.>> But they are really good corn dogs
Originally Posted By AladdinAZ They might as well rename ALL of Hollywood Pictures Backlot into "Toontown Pictures". That's all that's left in this entire section of the park. And if they would use the Roger Rabbit idea for "Toontown Tower". This would be the easiest way to create a whole new image for DCA. They could even reopen Limo, as is, "We don't have any real celebrities, Just their Toonier Versions"
Originally Posted By JensenC I am very excited they're adding this attraction to DCA. As a mom with kids ranging in age from 1 to 8, it was hard to find things to entertain my then 4-year-old on the last trip. Quite frankly, the annimation building scared and confused her, but she did enjoy Soaring and the Millionaire game. From a family point of view, I think this is a great idea. And advertising every morning on the Disney channel certainly won't hurt. My daughter has been asking for a year to go to Disneyworld to see the live show! Between the five year old and 2 year old, we'll be spending lots of time at the new attraction. We were spending no time at the Soap Opera Bistro, as entertaining as it may be. And DCA has the reputation of having nothing for little kids. Now if I can talk the 9 year old into riding the Tower of Terror when it opens, all will be good in the world. Of course, he'll be a bit older when it actually opens. Cindy
Originally Posted By socalguy >>The "additions" and "plussing" of DCA in the last 18 months has been decided upon and guided by executives sitting in conference rooms looking at Powerpoint presentations by the Guest Research and Marketing teams.<< How frightening is it to know that they still think this is a good way to decide these things? I have no doubt that this is not only the case, but these planned enhancements will be great. I think ToT will be the first look into this mindset and I hope that it's a successful addition. In the long run, FFF will help to balance out the park nicely. However I couldn't help leaving there and comparing it to Fantacyland or even Toontown. FFF is screaming for a fully immersive darkride. Imagine what they could do with the "size of a bug" idea if given the money and time to do so.
Originally Posted By socalguy >>Just wait until the more permanent fixes arrive later in this decade. Those projects and attractions began on WDI drawing boards and not in TDA conference rooms, and they will actually support and enhance the existing California theme.<< sorry, this quote should've come before my second paragraph. ya ya ya...Fantasyland, not Fantacyland.
Originally Posted By driftwood714 Atleast as an attraction, the location that houses the Bistro will see more people than it did as restaurant per day. Just an FYI, Galaxie can confirm if s/he wants, from what I hear they are keeping the kitchen at the Bistro.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA 4 years ago today, this topic was created about 'Playhouse Disney.' Interesting look back. And for the record, post number 2 is one of the funniest ever. <I have no idea what this is, (and I don't want to know) but those cartoon characters are hideous. Once again, it appears we have yet more dumbing down of everything that is Disney so it will appeal only to mental vegetables and fetuses. Ugh.> LOL!! Where is Davko58? That guy is hilarious!
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Playhouse Disney is on a LOT at my house. We've been to one Wiggles concert and will be attending our second. We almost had to go to the special week at WDW but talked the kid into Sea World instead. It is quite the phenomenom for the littlest kids...the kids parents will do almost anything for (like pay $25 a pop for the Wiggles). You want an adult's money? Give them a reason to spend it on their kids.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA The Wiggles completely creep me out. Especially that one Asian guy.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Kids love them. They sell out arena shows so they are laughing all the way to the bank. Surprisingly at least a couple of them are married.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <They sell out arena shows so they are laughing all the way to the bank.> I'm sure they are laughing all the way to the bank -- and laughing at all the parents who would pay money to watch a quartet of grown men cavort on stage and sing 'I Love to Have a Dance With Dorothy' and 'Hey, Hey, Hey We're All Pirate Dancing' Good gosh, it makes 'Garfield Goose' and 'Skip and Woofer' look positively high brow.
