Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney "I think it's very possible that Disney did not build another E ticket where the Pooh Playground is because they did NOT want to attract more people. The MK gets plenty of (perhaps too many) visitors as it is." Yeah, that's it. Disney doesn't want to attract more people to the MK. That's why they are leaving so much of it empty and barren. Makes perfect sense to me ... if you're taking a roadtrip with special pixie dust! "The existing walkway through Fantasyland and Main Street could just not handle crowds larger than they routinely have now. I think Disney should keep working on MGM -- that's the weakest WDW Park now." Small walkways haven't stopped DL from getting huge crowds for years. The only part I agree with is that MGM is the weakest Disney park now ... and not just at WDW, but in the USA!
Originally Posted By DVC_dad <<< Instead of providing a playground to run off steam, stop allowing strollers in the park, force the tots to walk for a change >>> This post really ... no really...no I really mean really, hurt my feelings.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <I think it's very possible that Disney did not build another E ticket where the Pooh Playground is because they did NOT want to attract more people. The MK gets plenty of (perhaps too many) visitors as it is. The existing walkway through Fantasyland and Main Street could just not handle crowds larger than they routinely have now. I think Disney should keep working on MGM -- that's the weakest WDW Park now. < Trippy, so when was the hire date moving from Minn. Schools to WDW Management....nice spin. You know it's a little crowded over by Splash - BTMRR - I think we need to take one of them out also - alleviate the crowding on that bridge.....maybe install a jungle gym or something... I tend to be mostly in line with you here, but I gotta admit, I have to leave the queue this time..yikes !
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I tend to be mostly in line with you here, but I gotta admit, I have to leave the queue this time..yikes !>> Take something out to ease traffic?? No. I think when they initially closed down 20K Leagues they really planned to reopen it some day. But from the information I can find it appears that the suits decided the attraction was too expensive to operate so they decided to leave it closed. Which leaves us with... Do you put a new E-Ticket attraction in a place that already has such god-awful traffic jams that they have to put a rope down the center of the street and have traffic control Nazis every 5 feet? It is certainly not where I'd choose to put the next E-ticket in the MK.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <It is certainly not where I'd choose to put the next E-ticket in the MK. < well MK running out of space ( within the train tracks.....of course they could have had the back end of the E-Ticket facing Fantasyland - theme is up nicely and the front end in that 'temporary' Toon Town - no ?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<well MK running out of space ( within the train tracks.....of course they could have had the back end of the E-Ticket facing Fantasyland - theme is up nicely and the front end in that 'temporary' Toon Town - no ?>> Yes, although Toon Town gets pretty crowded too. Any area of the MK that is a stroller magnet gets to be pretty hard to navigate. I think you could put at least three E-tickets in the space taken up by the TL Speedway, but I suppose the "purists" would really yell if that was ever done. Personally, I think the Speedway is the biggest waste of space in any of the WDW Parks.
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney ^^^True. But the kiddies love it. I hardly ever ride it, but I understand and can appreciate its popularity.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Yeah the thing I love about the Speedway is the amount of realestate it takes up. It is to me, a sort of lazy ride that ambles through the green grass and slow hills of a sunny day from the 1970's. I soooo love it.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy My best friend I grew up with thinks I'm weird because I love the "lazy river ride" at water parks. He thinks it all has to be rampaging, rushing, wild water slides and stuff...but I can't help it. Sure, the fun active stuff is fun too, but I just can't resist sittin' in an inner tube slowly floatin' around a river for a good 10 minutes or so just lyin' there with my feet danglin' in the water, feelin' the juxtaposition of the cool water on my feet and ankles while the sun bathes my bare chest and limbs and face in golden, warm sunlight...MMMMMmmmm...(aw man, now I wanna go to a water park!)
Originally Posted By idleHands ",,,I just can't resist sittin' in an inner tube slowly floatin' around a river for a good 10 minutes or so just lyin' there with my feet danglin' in the water, feelin' the juxtaposition of the cool water on my feet and ankles while the sun bathes my bare chest and limbs and face in golden, warm sunlight...MMMMMmmmm..." After hiding out in that bunker for days on end, who wouldn't want to splash around lazily in the sun? 8^D
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Hey, DVC_dad was stuck in there, I just snickered at 'im, LOL! 9^P
Originally Posted By DVC_dad *** what's that? I hear the March of the Stormtroopers Music in the background *** Better be going! <---- heads for the snowball thread
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Yes I did---and I'd go call ya in the break room for a few, but I don't wanna wake up yer fam'ly none, lol.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Well I am going to listen to my voice mail and turn in. April 15, satan's day looms.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Well there's no message from me since ya never check it anyway, LOL! 8^P
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Yes that is prudent indeed! I will call you tomorrow night. I want to ask you about your haunted thead and it's too long of a manner of questioning to post it here! Oh just so we are on topic, do you like the idea of a Pooh playground? I did, but now don't. vbdad has shown me the way.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <Oh just so we are on topic,> LOL! Well, my initial reaction is no, since it just seems so un-Disney parkish to have a playground...after all, Walt wanted a park where families could have fun *together*, not the parents sit and watch the kids play. But, if it's popular and proves good for both kids and parents, that's some good out of it---though personally I'd rather see a full-fledged attraction there myself.
