Pooh Playground preview (photos)

Originally Posted By Goofyernmost

One thing I hate is and island with Pooh all over it.

 

Originally Posted By mickey_ring

Keep it free of Pooh, but there is a lot of real estate for slides, swings, maybe a splashy water thing or whatever. Even a kiddie-size ride, like a mine car train. Something.

Just an opinion, but TSI has gotta be among the least visited attractions in all of WDW for the last 30+ years. See it once and done.

 

Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo

Okay, over the weekend I was able to see this "dreaded" attraction myself. And... well... "dreaded" was definitly an understatement. When I first heard about it, I thought, well, it's a good place for kids to play while parents get to relax while waiting for their fast passes.

BUT THERE IS NOTHING TO DO THERE!! If you want to defend it and say well, kids love Pooh blah blah, but come on! There is NOTHING!! THere is a lousy little tree, with NOTHING to do in it... two slides ( I think it was two ) and a coupl of tunnels to crawl through. There really isn't even a place for parents to sit.

So someone please tell me, what imagineering went into this? Who decided yes, we will have nothing there and this will really be fun for kids?

Blackie Pueblo

 

Originally Posted By basas

<<Just an opinion, but TSI has gotta be among the least visited attractions in all of WDW for the last 30+ years. See it once and done.>>

Isn't that what makes it so nice? It's a great place to get away and relax while still being right smack in the middle of the MK! Not to mention, at least our TSI has food (open seasonally now) and a fort still open!

 

Originally Posted By mickey_ring

well... that is a nice way to look at it. Post 64 brightened my week.

 

Originally Posted By vbdad55

TSI I have no issue with -
- the Pooh Playground -- it has been a disaster from day 1 --

 

Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney

^^^VBDAD55, you don't find Pooh's Playground a magical new addition and reason for folks to plan a $10,000 trip to WDW?

What are you? Rational? Intelligent?

 

Originally Posted By basas

<<^^^VBDAD55, you don't find Pooh's Playground a magical new addition and reason for folks to plan a $10,000 trip to WDW? >>

I hardly doubt people pay $10,000 to see Pooh's Playground. Then again, using this example, people must have paid $10,000 to see an abandoned lagoon for the past 10 years.

 

Originally Posted By vbdad55

The abandoned lagoon shouldn;t have been there any more than the playground should be. But as long as you're willing to give them a pass -- they'll gladly take it. They are counting on reactions just like that. Forget that an e-ticket once stood on those grounds --

So all they have to do is shutter something for a while and any old thing they throw out is better -- so a statue will be better than WoL building in EPCOT and another meet & greet will be better than Timekeeper....etc.. I just don;t follow that logic.

 

Originally Posted By basas

<<The abandoned lagoon shouldn;t have been there any more than the playground should be. But as long as you're willing to give them a pass -- they'll gladly take it. They are counting on reactions just like that. Forget that an e-ticket once stood on those grounds -- >>

I am not giving them a 'pass', OR a 'fail'. I AM happy something has finally happend with the lagoon. Now, i'll wait and see what else is done with the large area the lagoon took up. If an e-ticket is put behind the 'playground' in a few years, yes, i'll give them a 'pass' for their use for the space.

 

Originally Posted By TDLFAN

>>I am not giving them a 'pass', OR a 'fail'.<<

Then I will. They FAILED! Miserably.

 

Originally Posted By basas

<<Then I will. They FAILED! Miserably.>>

With the playground...yes, perhaps. But with the use of the lagoon space? Perhaps not. Personally, i won't use the playground but i would use a nice new major attraction back there. If something really nice was done with the land, i would still consider the land to have been put to good use, despite the lacking playground.

 

Originally Posted By vbdad55

And if 11 years is not enough time, what timeframe do you think is fair to put the land to use ?

 

Originally Posted By TDLFAN

Why could they not invest into the long taled about 'Lil Mermaid' Or 'Belle & Beast' ride that were planned for Paris?
Didn't need to be a D or E ticket! A solid C-ticket would have sufficed! But NO! We are doing things the cheap way! A carving of the 20K and 3 hidden Mickeys is their idea of 'whimsical' fun at this playground...and how many brats and their parents will see these icons on the tree...?

 

Originally Posted By basas

<<And if 11 years is not enough time, what timeframe do you think is fair to put the land to use ?>>

So...if it takes 20 years to build an e-ticket back there, you'll complain then that we were better off with the lagoon?

 

Originally Posted By TDLFAN

>>long taled about<<

...meant "long *TALKED* about..."

Edit feature please!!!

 

Originally Posted By basas

<<Didn't need to be a D or E ticket! A solid C-ticket would have sufficed!>>

Well i, for one, would LOVE to have more darkrides for MK's Fantasyland. But i believe there is still enough space for an e-ticket, AND a dark ride.

 

Originally Posted By TDLFAN

>>...if it takes 20 years to build an e-ticket back there, you'll complain then that we were better off with the lagoon?<<

Gosh! Me thinks even HKDL's Fantasia Garden would have been a nice addition to this area, especially since the 20K dock was already used as (and proven to be a good) photo op area.

 

Originally Posted By basas

<<Gosh! Me thinks even HKDL's Fantasia Garden would have been a nice addition to this area, especially since the 20K dock was already used as (and proven to be a good) photo op area.>>

I'd prefer a nice ride rather than a garden. The garden might have been better than the playground though...

 

Originally Posted By TDLFAN

Yes.