Originally Posted By Blufusion12 Thats why last yr. I had the money to do it right and after beeing sicck for 4 yrs I wante dto go do it right at Diseny world. But we decided to do Hawaii and stayed right down the road from Aulani at a Marriott Resort. We get a huge friends and familt discount from partner working for them went for 8 days ronund trip airfare for 2 and rental car and stayed in a villa plus a 1 hrs helicopter ride over the island for a total cost of $4000.00 was great and I really wantde to do Disney right. But sure glad I did Hawaii. Come on Disney Give me something for me to come back and spend my money. I have been many times over 31 yrs to WDW. Moved to Florida in 2005 to be near the parks and we have only been to Epcot and The Studios 1 time since moving here. I'm willing to spend the money and do it like I want stay at the Contemporay and all that. But give me something for my moeny as well.Heck i would even take a Cruise with them. I could drink enough to not know there are kids onboard. LOL Just give us something.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Does Disney ever read these boards?>> Yes. Well, I don't know about these boards, but they do read message boards.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip First, I REALLY enjoyed IOA and the WWoHP. I would currently rate Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey as Orlando's BEST attraction... a title I previously gave to the Tower of Terror. But is is ONE attraction. Before we get to down on Disney for just creating highly themed areas with few actual attractions, that is pretty much exactly what Universal did with HPland. Although the technology used in the Forbidden Journey is way beyond that used in ToT you have to expect that... it is almost 20 years newer.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 And isn't that the point? Disney is no longer leading the industry in theme park expansion. And it's not that they can't, they just don't want to pay for it.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I would agree with you... at WDW. But you can't discount the massive renovation of DCA. They have to work on the parks that are suffering the most. Previously that was DCA. Now it is either the Studios or Epcot. I'm halfway surprised with the money they are dumping on New Fantasyland... it's not like people had stopped going to the Magic Kingdom. I welcome the upgrade, but am somewhat surprised by it.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Yes. Well, I don't know about these boards, but they do read message boards.<< Through the years, I've had a couple different friends who work for Disney mention that they were able to pick out my posts (without knowing my screenname). These folks weren't exactly the types who could approve a big budget attraction, but they did have power to make decisions that would directly impact the parks' design and/or operations. I think they were reading the boards on their own, rather than as part of an 'assignment', but they're definitely aware of what's going on around them
Originally Posted By Yookeroo The latest Unofficial Guide's Disney Dish with Jim Hill podcast discusses Star Wars Land. Has some ideas/"plans" that I haven't seen elsewhere. You can get it here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/unofficial-guides-disney-dish/id452620851 Or here if that link breaks: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/pfkdz3z" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/pfkdz3z</a>
Originally Posted By phruby So it could be possible there will be no Muppets presence in any Disney park soon. Funny since the Muppets will have a new movie coming out next year. You would think Disney would keep it around a little longer just for synergy. I guess they didn't think of that when they killed the Country Bears at Disneyland just when the movie came out.
Originally Posted By Blufusion12 I agree phruby. But this is the same company that promoted Dick Tracey and not Roger Rabbit when the studios 1st opened. Probably because DT was a Disney Production and Roger Rabbit was several studios and charactors involved. They did if I remember right had the lab and the steamroller and a little area for that then and a photo op with Jessica. And they painted the the buildings on one of the city streets cartoon colors of Tracey. But thats all I remember.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 They also had a musical Dick Tracy Diamond Double Cross. A great show i might add. Dick Tracy had Warrrn Beatty and an all star cast. And the expectstion was that it wss firdt of a serris. Disnry thought it was going to be big
Originally Posted By kennect oh, dick tracy was a snore fest considering all the talent invovled. am I correct? this was a role that warren beatty really wanted to play?
Originally Posted By sjhym333 Wow. Just read my post. Sorry for all the errors. Was typing that post from my Kindle Fire and didn't catch all the misspells. At the time that the Studios was built, Dick Tracy was in production. Obviously in hindsight Dick Tracy didn't end up being the blockbuster that Disney thought it was going to be. Personally I enjoy the movie. Warren Beatty was the one who brought Dick Tracy to Disney to direct and star in. At the time the idea of using a lot of primary colors in the sets and costumes was interesting. And yeah, behind the make-up you had a lot of star power and let's not forget Madonna. I was working with Imagineering on the Disney-MGM Studios project and everything that we were hearing from Burbank was that Dick Tracy was going to be huge. Plus by having Dick Tracy at the Studios when it opened gave the new theme park a feeling of being current and up to date. At the time the tram tour went down NY Street and there was even a moment when gangsters stopped the tram and did some small schtick and the driver talked about the movie. Remember that Disney was competing with Universal at the time over the Studio park. So there were a lot of reasons for the Dick Tracy push. As for Roger Rabbit. The Dip Mobile was basically in the process of being destroyed in London, where the film had just wrapped up when Michael Eisner saw some rushes and had it flown over to WDW to be a part of the Studios. After Roger Rabbit opened there was a big push with Roger Rabbit stuff. I think the shame of Roger Rabbit is that the shorts never took off like Disney thought they would. And the inability of the creative folks to come to terms on a sequel kind of ruined what could have been a great brand for Disney.
Originally Posted By Blufusion12 All good post. Yes the shorts were not as GOOD as the movie. I had to pay to see Honey I Shrunk the Kids to see it. Did like HISTK was a good movie. But also the movie audience that saw Roger Rabbit were a lot of us that went to movies and did get to see a cartoon before the movie. But that was in the early 90's right before the attention of the audience was that of a Nat.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA sjkym333 -- I hosted a radio station during the Dick Tracy premiere. And the buzz was huge. It was fun to meet Dustin Hoffman (super nice guy), Glenne Headley (super nice too), and so many others who attended that weekend. Unfortunately, it just didnt pan out. Biggest issues with 'Dick Tracy' IMO... 1. Danny Elfmam score -- not a good match -- sounds like 'Batman' instead, a 'Scott Joplin' -like ragtime score might have worked better. Plus, Stephen Sondheim wrote songs for the movie. What a coup that is! 2. The make-up. Some of the work is impressive. Flattop is very well done. But in general, it becomes a distraction and kind of gross. 3. The script. A bit tedious really. The movie overall just plods along. 4. The director. Beatty is a good Tracy, but like many actor / directors -- I'm not sure he was able to handle both. Anyway -- sorry to interrupt
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Break time. Read this cartoon series: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bluemilkspecial.com/?p=4">http://www.bluemilkspecial.com/?p=4</a>
Originally Posted By xrayvision I'm all for a Star Wars mini-land in TL, so long as it doesn't come with any MILF incarnations. I guess Monsters Inc Laugh Floor is a possible replacement being considered for Caption EO. I was hoping there wouldn't be any more MILFs after Magic Kingdom. I'll take anything over Laugh Floor, including any old dusted off TL projects like Captain Plecto's Galactic Musical Review, Alien Encounter, Tron, or even something Incredible.
Originally Posted By phruby I think a Star Wars comedy club show would be great. Just use the star wars aliens and have Jar Jar host. They could even give us virtual tomatoes to throw!
