Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<BORING! That would be a MAJOR step backwards.>> Well, seeing as there is NOTHING on the old PM track now, a return certainly would not be a step backward. <<not the Peoplemover. Never cared for that attraction>> And what if you don't like the new attraction either? I don't mind if you didn't like the old PM, but just realize everyone is different, and everyone has attractions they don't like. Doesn't mean they don't have a place in DL though.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>(in a Homer Simpson voice) BORING! That would be a MAJOR step backwards. << (in my best Admiral Motti's voice, from the Death Star conference room); Boring to *your* demograph, Commander; *not* to the mass number of family types who make the vast majority of Disneyland patrons.
Originally Posted By 550Deano Spoke with a WDI Imagineer today who is the Project Manager for Nemo...He said he has fought hard to bring back the People Mover...Iger is reluctant at this point...He feels that all the money they are dumping into the Nemo Ride, the DCA Midway ride, the DCA face lift could usher in a push to bring it back at a later date... On a good note...The Nemo ride budget has been doubled since Iger and Lasseter have been involved...The ride was to be a Sub Voyage with a hint of Nemo...Now it has many animatronic figures and show buildings...Should be a fantastic ride...The only down side according to the Imagineer is the Low hourly capacity... DEAN
Originally Posted By oc_dean >> the DCA Midway ride, the DCA face lift could usher in a push to bring it back at a later date...<< Once again proving that DCA is the heroin monkey on Disneyland's back.
Originally Posted By G2-4T Just a note to say we're posting new classic images thanks to a postcard collector who is sharing the images. Also, some new ones will be coming shortly of the current state of the tracks... <a href="http://www.peopleforthepeoplemover.org" target="_blank">http://www.peopleforthepeoplem over.org</a>
Originally Posted By oneroberta The people mover I'm to old to make out in it anymore, but it would bring back good memories....
Originally Posted By irishfan Just wondering did anyone else catch the hidden message in Al Lutz latest colum? Scroll over the first picture in the final page, it's a picture of the construction under the Observatron. "Patience, the people mover and rocket jets will return above."
Originally Posted By oc_dean Actually ... nothing is quite clear: <a href="http://www.miceage.com/allutz/al091206c.htm" target="_blank">http://www.miceage.com/allutz/ al091206c.htm</a> >> Looks like the Autopia shop is moving in under the peoplemover/rocket rod platform after all, since exit traffic from the ride will be routed away from the new Sub queue (above). The adjacent planter which fronts the Star Trader shop is also being torn up (below). << I'd like to believe otherwise .. but it sounds like they need to do necessary infrastructure for the new Hatmosphere/Autopia shop.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>"Patience, the people mover and rocket jets will return above."<< I thought this was a direct quote from Lutz, by I see you are basically paraphrasing. Nonetheless ... I have my fingers crossed.
Originally Posted By oc_dean IF a new Peoplemover attraction is planned ... with the new Hatmosphere directly behind the old entrance .. the shop will have no bearing on entering and exiting a Peoplemover II. HOWEVER .... If Astro Orbitor goes back to it's "1967" perch ... Then that planter removal *may* have something to do with it ... as that planter being removed is exactly where the gantry's original place was. But I have my own theory on what they could end up doing to get people up there. Like the Carousel theaters long curved exit .. and the Monorail's new entry/exit ramp that will have a long and gradual slope ..... I can picture a gradual sloped "spiraling" ramp that will make a 360 swoop around to the "third" floor. Just a theory. But in these days of doing away with elavators and speedramps, and handicap accessability ... I can picture Disney something of that sort.
Originally Posted By irishfan >>"Patience, the people mover and rocket jets will return above."<< I thought this was a direct quote from Lutz, by I see you are basically paraphrasing.<< I actually am quoting. When I opened the page, it took a second for the pictures to load, where that picture is located, that quote was written there. All very cryptic!
Originally Posted By oc_dean Ohhhhh ... now I know what you are refering to. Mozilla Firefox does not do that. But I tried through AOL, and the banner pops in. Now the panting begins!! :O
Originally Posted By oc_dean Drives me crazy though! This track has only been defunct since September 2000! Yup - this month is the 6 year anniversary as The Nothingmover. I'm just dreaming away right now though... Twin entry/exit speedramps .. just like before .. same location ...... all new Peoplemover design with a few new gizmos to entertain 21st Century guests ... lots of color ... breazing by at a pleasant 6mph speed ... with a nice relaxing 15 minute tour above an improving Tomorrowland. A sight the Peoplemover has not seen since 1987 - just before the land started to go downhill.
Originally Posted By oc_dean 2 years ago ... the circle-vision building laid defunct for 4 years ... the sub lagoon since '98 .. with a return in '07 ... I surely hope Defunct Attraction #3 is on the list next! (I list Astro Orbitor as #4, and the second story of Starcade #5). Things are looking more promising ... ... so I have every bit of hope for Peoplemover II. Not *a return* per se .... But something all new!!!
Originally Posted By teddibubbles LOL Have you ever thought ?? The PM DESINE is kind of in use NOW LOL think of the PARKING LOT trams ! W T G Walt!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I really like the way you dream (and *pant* ;-), oc_dean... Sure hope they come true!
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Once again proving that DCA is the heroin monkey on Disneyland's back." Only if you say so. Someone mentioned this a while back, but why not use the Peoplemover track to incorporate the elevated bubble-car transporation system used in The Incredibles. I'm generally against the overuse of character and movie tie-ins at the parks, but this seems like a natural fit.
Originally Posted By oc_dean That came across my mind too... but it seems a little too much Pixar in Disneyland means infusing way too many "cartoon" worlds .. and messing up the balance of the surreal realities that I feel attribute to the magic of DL - More-so than cartoon elements.
Originally Posted By monorailblue But a new PeopleMover that is inspired by The Incredibles certainly doesn't need to feature them or even refer to them. It could be that very groovy/futuristic style without the need for Incredibles characters all around. That wouldn't bother me a bit.
