Originally Posted By Rebekah This topic is for discussion of the 11/26/2001 news item <b><a href="http://search.newschoice.com/ArchiveDisplay.asp?story=d:\index\newsarchives\lax\gansun\bus\20011121\1216242_b21terro.txt&source=www%2Esbsun%2Ecom&puid=1453&paper=San+Bernardino+County+Sun" target="_blank">SBSun: Harriss Announces Tower of Terror</a></b> The November 21st <I>San Bernardino County Sun</I> reports Cynthia Harriss announced to Amusement Business magazine that Tower of Terror will be coming to Disney's California Adventure.
Originally Posted By JohnS2 Yeah, that's the first place I'd make sure the announcement be revealed - in the San Bernardino County Sun! Where the heck is the LA Times on this?
Originally Posted By woody Don't worry. They will follow-up on this story, or maybe not. Is this important? For the DCA fans, this story didn't bash DCA.
Originally Posted By Futurist Now the question is, will it turn out to be just as good or better than Disney/MGM Studios' version, or will they keep up their cheap antics on the budget? Let's hope for the first part of the sentence!
Originally Posted By Jim in Pasadena CA <For the DCA fans, this story didn't bash DCA.> Which is probably why the San Bernardino paper ran it first. LA Times has been incredibly critical of DCA.
Originally Posted By jonvn "will they keep up their cheap antics on the budget?" A gentleman claiming to work at WDI said that this one has a much higher budget than the one in Florida. Over $100,000,000, if I recall. That's a pretty big budget for a 5 minute experience. Look at the logistics of it. They are going to have to sink it 50 feet into the ground. That's about five or six stories. This will be a massive construction project.
Originally Posted By Jim in Pasadena CA <Over $100,000,000, if I recall. That's a pretty big budget for a 5 minute experience> And yet, there's no 'Happy 100th Birthday Walt' celebration at the Disneyland Resort. Boo-hoo...
Originally Posted By jonvn It's a tragedy. For the eleven people who'd appreciate it, anyway. I think it's kind of creepy to over celebrate Walt Disney. I mean, he did do a lot of things, and there is a statue there and stuff, but he's not Jesus and it seems a bit weird and maybe a bit too easy to go overboard on something like this.
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Originally Posted By sdboy Hello, people? The whole "100 th Birthday" is a big marketing ploy to sell PRODUCTS. I just find it suprising Disneyland is not participating with all the "die hard" Disney fans in the So. Cal. market willing to pay big bucks for special events ie; enchanted dinner's, etc. In my opinion Disneyland could of moved alot of "Walt" realted merchandise. Who know's it's all just speculation on my part.
Originally Posted By Rensie Leahcim So that those "die-hards" can make a trip out to Florida just to celebrate mr. disney's birthdate. Disney doing their part to help out the economy.
Originally Posted By sdboy Disney probly thought people would travel. The only problem is people are not traveling. Disney stock is falling through the floor. On CNN news today they said Disney got a negative rating, whatever that means.
Originally Posted By JohnS3 "Disney stock is falling through the floor. On CNN news today they said Disney got a negative rating, whatever that means." Actually, DIS stock has risen nicely from a low of $15 and change to 21.30 or so today. I couldn't scrape together enough m,oney to buy when it was in the teens. Now I'm kicking myself. Give it a few years and it'll be back up to $40 again.
Originally Posted By pheneix >>>Actually, DIS stock has risen nicely from a low of $15 and change to 21.30 or so today.<<< Compared to other media stocks, Disney is not very favorable right now. It should also be noted that while it has risen from it's 52 week low, it has still lost over half of it's value over the past year (if you want to get technical, more like a year and a half. The 52 week high is closer to $34 now.) Even with the current economic enviroment (which I am becoming more and more convinced is not the main reason for Disney's stock problem prices, but it certainly is a close second), Disney's stock is really in the gutter. And it's only going to get much worse... >>>Look at the logistics of it. They are going to have to sink it 50 feet into the ground. That's about five or six stories. This will be a massive construction project.<<< Of course, if the ride is still a cheaper version, it's going to be quite waste, won't it? For all intents and purposes, this will be a scaled down version of the attraction. Yet they are going through the trouble of sinking the structure underground? It doesn't make any sense, which seems to be right in line with practically every decision the company has made lately. Pheneix
Originally Posted By Jim in Pasadena CA <for all intents and purposes, this will be a scaled down version of the attraction.> There have been rumors to debunk that the TOT at DCA will be scaled down. Start believing the new rumors.
Originally Posted By WrongWay "Actually, DIS stock has risen nicely from a low of $15 and change to 21.30 or so today. I couldn't scrape together enough m,oney to buy when it was in the teens. Now I'm kicking myself. Give it a few years and it'll be back up to $40 again." I'd bet it will be back down in the teens before it is back in the 30s. The company will still have some major bad news to report. Advertisement is still dropping, ABC's ratings are still dropping, park attendance is still dropping, discounts are getting steaper, the amount of cheaper alternatives to Disney Store for merchandise is rising, and the company actually lost money last fiscal year. I think it will get worse before it gets better, and that goes for the whole economy, not just Disney. Of course, 2 years ago, everyone though I was nuts for saying it was time to get out of tech stocks. Cisco at 80 is a great deal because it is going to 100. Yeah right! Now the stock is way overvalued at 20. Disney is still overvalued at 20, unless they quit making bad purchases. In fact, I think they should start offloading some of the bad stuff (Fox Family), and just take the write off as a one time charge instead of dragging the stock down for years to come with the depreacistion of ill gotten Goodwill subtracting from earnings.
Originally Posted By WrongWay "There have been rumors to debunk that the TOT at DCA will be scaled down. Start believing the new rumors." But, Mack Attack with all his/her inside info on how well the park was doing, was positive the 3D room was a done deal gone. Is lateral movement back? If so, did all the negative feedback from so many have some effect on that? If not, are they adding some other absolutley unique aspect that will make this unlike other tower rides? More info please!
