Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "...also, i have a question. Does anyone know if Jumpin Jelly Fish is staying the same?" Has anyone noticed that Jumpin Jellyfish and The Swings have the same color scheme?
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Why are they painting the area underneath the swings light green and beige? That doesn't really go with the color of the swings does it?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Not sure, but it looks like the structure supporting the Swings matches the coaster. The attraction's color scheme is almost identical to Jumpin Jellyfish. It's also interesting to note that the facade of the GCH facing Paradise Pier also uses a similar color palette. Very clever. I wonder what the deal is with the life preservers they've added recently. Is Disney anticipating that someone might jump in the lagoon? <a href="http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_image.php?update_dir=2010_05_21&page_id=40&num_image=1" target="_blank">http://www.disneygeek.com/upda..._image=1</a> On a side note it's interesting to me that the trellises are still in place after mousemerf declared that they were being removed. Maybe they'll be taken out, but with the premier just a few weeks away management doesn't appear to be in much of a hurry to move them.
Originally Posted By yamabuki The vines in the trellises are being trained up, it doesn't look like they're going away anytime soon <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v647/dustysage/FridayVisions/2010/05-23-10/IMG_7113.jpg" target="_blank">http://img.photobucket.com/alb...7113.jpg</a> <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v647/dustysage/FridayVisions/2010/05-23-10/IMG_7109.jpg" target="_blank">http://img.photobucket.com/alb...7109.jpg</a> i'm glad they're keeping them. and the lifesavers are there for decorative purpose only
Originally Posted By DlandDug There have been life preservers around Paradise Bay since 2001. They are actual, real, functional life preservers, there in case someone falls (or jumps) into the bay. Really.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Hmmm... they do look real. Funny, I don't remember them from before the remodel.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Do they have any around Rivers of America in DL? It seems like if they need them in one place, they would need them in both. Maybe it's because ROA isn't all that deep...
Originally Posted By TP2000 The two riverboats have them on board at Disneyland, but there are no life preservers on the rafts or anywhere near the raft dock. Nor are there any life preservers on the canoes or anywhere near the canoe dock. There are also no life preservers on Tom Sawyer Island. There are no life preservers along the riverbank or on the docks in Frontierland and New Orleans Square. This rule about life preservers seems to be applied rather inconsistently.
Originally Posted By TP2000 I'm also trying to remember life preservers at the pond surrounding Fantasia Gardens in Fantasyland, or along the perimeter of the Submarine Voyage lagoon. I can't remember any there, nor do they show up in pictures. There are definitely not life preservers around the moat in front of the Castle, or the ponds in front of Frontierland and Adventureland, nor along the large pond on Big Thunder Trail. Jungle Cruise life preservers? Not that I can find. I have noticed a life preserver on the dock at StorybookLand though. Inconsistency seems to be the rule in Anaheim.
Originally Posted By believe >>>>>>. How do you recover a career after you run two well-known icons of American commerce and industry into the ground, with plenty of bad PR for both acts attached to your name within a few clicks of a Google search? It appears the two of them haven't figured out how to recover from that career-wise. <<<<<<, With the millions they got from resigning, they would be sitting pretty just being retired. Here's a lesson for all of you. Go to good schools. When you graduate, you'll make big bucks.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Apparently so. I just looked at a few online images of the old amphitheater space in Paradise Park and I weren't any lifesavers along the railings.
Originally Posted By TP2000 Yeah Hans, there are many bodies of water at DLR that have no life preservers anywhere to be seen. Bridges and walkways and docks along and over bodies of water with no preservers. Even many watercraft-based attractions that have no life preservers visible on the boats (Canoes, Rafts, Jungle Cruise, StorybookLand, etc.). It appears to be a very spotty policy, if it is even a policy at all.
Originally Posted By DlandDug You've given me an idea for a photo feature. For whatever reason, I have always noticed the life preservers. There are really a lot of them-- just not as conspicuous as the ones in the photo.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney <<Welcome back WD!!! Where ya been?!? Oh and what's with the TINY post?!? Next time, I expect eighteen paragraphs and LOTS of these, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!>> LOL hey Bob!! No I'm still here, just dont come as much anymore thats all. I cant remember the last time I wrote a super long post here though. Maybe when I get inspired or just get reeeeeaaaally angry about something I'm sure I will again.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "Even many watercraft-based attractions that have no life preservers visible on the boats (Canoes, Rafts, Jungle Cruise, StorybookLand, etc.)." The rafts have some boxes on them that are full of life preservers. They're usually taken by the first people onboard, so they can sit or lean on them for the ride. I believe Storybookland also has PFDs under the seats, but I could be mistaken, since it's more of a hunch than anything else. There's a rack of life jackets for kids in the queue for the canoes, on the left side, just before the first bin of paddles on the right. As for the Jungle Cruise, I really have no idea what they have, but I would assume they're under the seats somewhere, though I don't remember seeing any spots on the benches that look like they could be removed.
Originally Posted By TP2000 DlandDug, it would be awesome if you did a photo feature on this. I can think of so many places that lack them, and yet there are quite a few places that have them quite conspicuously. If these things are supposed to be on all bodies of water, someone isn't reading the memos coming from TDA! ;-) A photo feature would be a fun thing to see done on this life preserver topic. Go for it!
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA umm blowing my whistle from post #1, the music blended just fine...the only thing that is an eye soar is maliboomer...it doesn't fit with the victorian-ish 1940's theme
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA Although I have to add one flaw I found. I was standing in the “new paradise pier” in the middle kind of of, and umm I could hear SSS music, it is MUTCH louder then PP music, I mean I could hear it OVER PP music. It was that loud.
