Originally Posted By Manfried Geez, folks, its just a minor enhancement that was done quite nicely. Isn't there something else you should be obsessing over? Let's get back to the non-moving Yeti and let go of this one.
Originally Posted By dshyates Right! Let's move on to discussing the Fort Ticonderoga water fortress for the Hall Of Presidents queue. Should it include one of those 500 gal. dump buckets. You know how much the kiddies luv 'em.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Not that it wasn't pretty silly to begin with but this entire discussion has gone so far beyond silly it defies all logic. It is a small, insignificant change in the queue line of a still great attraction. That is all it is, nothing more, IMHO. I have to also comment on a previous post concerning how it makes you think about death. Really? I guess what everyone says about me is true, I am dead on the inside. All I ever thought about was how well done and amusing it was. It never flashed me to thoughts of the grim reaper. There are parts that are scary for children, but for adults? Time to take a small hold on reality don't you think?
Originally Posted By dshyates I don't mind the concept of an interactive queue for the HM. But I think what we got is artistically tone deaf to the tone set up for the beginning of the attraction. I would have prefered something much more subtle than the slap activated noise makers and water playground element. And what's up with the tombstones in the planters? They just look dumb.
Originally Posted By danyoung >I would have prefered something much more subtle than the slap activated noise makers and water playground element.< I'll give you this one, yates. I like the queue, but tonally it does clash a bit with the "serious" tone of the rest of the theming.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <<I have to also comment on a previous post concerning how it makes you think about death>> If death is anything like it's depicted in the HM then it's going be a darn good time.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost >>>If death is anything like it's depicted in the HM then it's going be a darn good time.<<< That's probably why it doesn't create thoughts of death to me, but mostly because it isn't nearly hot enough in there to recreate my eternity, I'm thinking!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Not that it wasn't pretty silly to begin with but this entire discussion has gone so far beyond silly it defies all logic< reminds me of when Monty Python used to stop their sketches because they had become too 'silly'
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>I have to also comment on a previous post concerning how it makes you think about death. Really? I guess what everyone says about me is true, I am dead on the inside. All I ever thought about was how well done and amusing it was. It never flashed me to thoughts of the grim reaper.<<< It's about ghosts and thus, death... further... >>>If death is anything like it's depicted in the HM then it's going be a darn good time.<<< It's supposed to prove this.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom What strikes me as odd is that an interactive que was placed at the HM. It is not as if the HM is notorious for excessively long wait lines. Wouldn't it make more sense to be placing interactive ques on rides/ attractions where there is a guarenteed hour or longer wait in que? Toy Story, Soarin, Kilimanjaro Safari? It just seems to me that it not a good business move to be placing interative ques on rides/ attractions that gobble up guests! And HM gobbles up guests. More likely, Disney Imagineers came up with talking heads, splash tanks and such then said, "lets use all that for an interative que at the HM". Despite the fact they really don't need anything of the sort at the HM in the first place. I'm sure that the interative que over at Pooh was a knee jerk reaction ( in my opinion a good one!). Instead of tearing Eisner's Pooh Spot fiasco out of the park they recyled it and dumped the remains infront of Pooh.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I just don't see the logic in the belief that the greatest way to improve the MK was to insert interactive ques to HM or Pooh. There are plenty of other ways to improve the MK park. If your hell bent to add interactive ques then at least put them where guests will get the most benefit from them and that would be rides that always without fail have excessive wait times.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip ^^^ Pooh ALWAYS has excessive waits... apparently you've never stood in line for it.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <<Pooh ALWAYS has excessive waits... apparently you've never stood in line for it.>> I never have stood in line to ride Pooh. And I'm talking excessive waits of an hour or longer. I already gave a list of rides/ attractions that always without fail have huge long lines. Pooh doesn't even come close to Soarin, Toy Story, Kilimanjaro safari.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> And what's up with the tombstones in the planters? They just look dumb. << Excellent point, dshyates. I'd forgotten about the tombstones being stuck in those tiny fenced-in plots of grass. Not even the proper dimensions to sell the idea that these are real graves.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost >>>It's about ghosts and thus, death... further... It's supposed to prove this. <<< HH, I know you are joking around therefore the but sometimes I think people are taking a fun dark ride way, way to seriously. I sincerely doubt that there was any message originally hidden in the ride. It was just planned as a scary/funny dark ride that, if it had a message, was to poke fun at "fun houses".
Originally Posted By Manfried <<Monty Python used to stop their sketches because they had become too 'silly'>> Aw, they were always too silly.
Originally Posted By Manfried <<It is not as if the HM is notorious for excessively long wait lines. >> Maybe that's why they put it here, no line. That and they wanted to try something out and see how real guests interact with it as opposed to the opinions from hard core supposed Disney fan on their web sites.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <That and they wanted to try something out and see how real guests interact with it> There are half a dozen places where Disney could easily do that on property such as Disney Quest in DTD or the "Siemens Zone" as you get off Spaceship Earth. The outer courtyard of the HM doesn't strike me as one of the better "proving grounds" on property.
Originally Posted By Manfried There's just no satisfying some people. "Hardened stances make for unyielding results and tough times."
