Originally Posted By jonvn Actually, Lincoln set aside the land at Yosemite to be a national park. First time that happened. It was not the first national park, though. First set aside for one. SO, I guess it's going to replace the Lincoln show? Was this a riddle?
Originally Posted By jonvn The Palace of Fine Arts is so very huge, and it is so scaled down in DCA, the detail would just be lost. They would have had to put in something like tacky and senseless fleur de lys or something in place of it.
Originally Posted By jonvn But...I can't believe, yet another ride with a cartoon tie in....ugh. It's really lame. Really, it is.
Originally Posted By jonvn And...wait...What does ratatouille have to do with california? More of the same crap...
Originally Posted By lesmisfan for some reason im not getting this riddle, but im guessing over where golden dreams is. does that mean muholland will be leaving or will it stay?
Originally Posted By jonvn John Muir wrote to Lincoln requesting him to make Yosemite a place that stays forever. So, Lincoln did. So I don't know what that has to do with anything in DCA, though. But then, I don't know what a French rat cooking in Paris has to do with DCA, either.
Originally Posted By jaybee Hmm, I thought the Mermaid ride had a better fit with a pier. Not really getting the whole Rat Chef in Paris thing.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<And...wait...What does ratatouille have to do with california?>> ::sarcasm on:: Come on, Jon, Ratatouille was made by Disney's Pixar studio, which is based in California!
Originally Posted By spacejockey <<And...wait...What does ratatouille have to do with california?>> Because rats live on piers.
Originally Posted By Britain I took the riddle to mean it would go where Golden Dreams is now. I assume the only way it could is if it were a part of a fancy shmancy restaurant in a big San Francisco area. New Orleans Square isn't France, but it at least has French roots. To put a Ratatouille ride in NOS would have been about the same stretch as a Caribbean pirate adventure in NOS. But in San Francisco? Is San Fran known for great restaurants?
Originally Posted By jonvn "Is San Fran known for great restaurants?" Yes! It's one of the world's great cities for restaurants.
Originally Posted By Sweeper I thought the "John" Muir riddle meant the bathrooms in San Francisco area.
Originally Posted By Britain Yeah, I don't necessarily count the boats floating by the Blue Bayou restaurant as part of the Pirates ride, at least as far as story goes. I mean, it makes sense only from a "On a spooky night here on the bayou, Old Man McGee can tell you a tale of Spanish pirates and their cursed treasure..." sort of way. So I guess if we walk through a great San Francisco restaurant, and float through some sewers and end up in Paris, that will work for me ...but not as well. I don't know, Ratatouille is great, one of Pixar's best in my opinion. But it isn't really ride material. It's like if Spielberg had an "Always" ride instead of a "Jurassic Park" ride installed at Universal Studios. "Always" is frankly a better film, but the dino show makes fro a great thrill ride. I'd prefer an Incredibles ride, if possible. But, lest I be dismissed as a never-satisfied Disney geek, let me reiterate how glad I am that any expansion is happening at all!
Originally Posted By gadzuux If this purported new ratatouille ride is really just a mad mouse in a tin shed, I'd rather they skip it altogether. >> Vermont in the portola (?) district is also windy. << Shhhh - don't tell people about that - it's a secret. It even has one more turn than lombard.
Originally Posted By bean actually Lincoln just signed the bill passed by Congress but John Muir is credited for lobbying for the protection of the area "John Muir is the historical figure most identified with Yosemite. He first came to the valley in 1869 to work as a sawyer and was held in its spell for 50 years thereafter. He became a tireless student, poet and activist for preserving the Sierra Nevada. Through his and the efforts of other citizens, Congress created Yosemite National Park in 1890. The park was administered by the calvary until 1916, when the National Park Service ws created. " " Congress passed a bill, signed by the President Lincon, mandating that California preserve Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias in an undisturbed condition." <a href="http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_national_park/ca/his_yo.htm" target="_blank">http://gorp.away.com/gorp/reso urce/us_national_park/ca/his_yo.htm</a>
Originally Posted By bean "But...I can't believe, yet another ride with a cartoon tie in....ugh. It's really lame. Really, it is." its really hard to understand you jovn. Nothing seems to please you. In another thread you talk badly about Big thunder mountain and how it destroyed the outdated ad cheesy setting it replaced. An attraction with no characters" then you also criticized an attraction that has not even been built without knowing its quality or its possible storyline which would connected to the area it would be built in. Maybe we should just keep everything as it was in disneyland when it opened in 1955 then build every other theme park to be carbon coies of the original
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf Maybe the riddle is saying Rata-phooey will be going where the hideous "Muir"als are by the entrance? They could even incorporate the stench in that area into the ride (demi tasse, anyone?)
Originally Posted By bean The golden dreams movie has a segment that talks about Yosemite and John Muirs devotion to push Congress to save the area from being overdeveloped and destroyed. So the location is in the area of golden dreams. As for what does rataouille have to do with California. rolles eyes. not every single attraction has to be directly related to California. Attractions are built to fit a paricular theme wthin a land that has a connection to the overal theme of the park. Just like a coaster themed to fit an old seaside amusement pier that existed in California. a Water ride themed to rapids within a land that depicts a national forest found in California with a symbolic mountain based on a grizzley bear found in the states flag which was raised in Sonoma in 1846 by american settlers.
