Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Somehow I get the feeling that if WDW offered free entrance to the MK after the premiere of On Stranger Tides, people here would have bitched that it was only the MK that was open.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 No it's not, this is topic shows the complete pettiness of some of you. Who gives a rip if Universal let people in after the premiere of Potter.
Originally Posted By ReelJustice <<No it's not, this is topic shows the complete pettiness of some of you. Who gives a rip if Universal let people in after the premiere of Potter.>> Why do you defend mediocrity?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Who gives a rip if Universal let people in after the premiere of Potter. >> Me and the 3000 other people who got to experience something very special! No need to be so bitter!
Originally Posted By SeventyOne >>Somehow I get the feeling that if WDW offered free entrance to the MK after the premiere of On Stranger Tides, people here would have bitched that it was only the MK that was open.<< It would have been rather pointless if they did. The "real" reason Uni opened up WWoHP after the movie was to try to manage the crowd of 20 full theaters leaving the parking garage all at once. The sale of unique merchandise and good will were just byproducts. By comparison, after the PotC4 premiere at DtD AMC, also fairly full, WDW couldn't be bothered to have extra security in the parking lot to direct traffic/control the traffic lights. It was a cluster#*%. Your straw man argument fails.
Originally Posted By MousDad It's frustrating being a Disney fan. Being second best definitely rubs one the wrong way.
Originally Posted By SeventyOne >>I agree. Seuss is an underrated land with an underrated dark ride.<< I agree. Next to Potter, best-themed land in Orlando. But it wasn't intended for the commando "get the Fastpass, ride the ride, buy the T-shirt" mentality. It's meant to let your kids wander and explore for a couple hours, discovering new things, playing with the interactive elements. JP is similar, tho directed at older kids; if you have a dino-crazy 8 year-old, I imagine you could spend an entire afternoon in just that land. But I fear guests accustomed to collecting Fastpasses and dining by ADR don't remember how to tour a park like that anymore.
Originally Posted By SeventyOne >>Who gives a rip if Universal let people in after the premiere of Potter.<< Friends of mine who have been there countless times were still giddy with excitement on FB when this happened. And, as I mentioned above, it was a clever way to dissipate the crowd. I'd much rather wander Hogsmeade at night for 90 minutes than sit in the parking garage waiting to pull out.
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>It's frustrating being a Disney fan<< Tell me about it. First, well the current company. But, second, you have Disney fans trying to out do each other on one end, and then on another end, Disney fans card-checking other Disney fans credentials because of negative views that don't conform.
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>I agree. Next to Potter, best-themed land in Orlando. But it wasn't intended for the commando "get the Fastpass, ride the ride, buy the T-shirt" mentality. It's meant to let your kids wander and explore for a couple hours, discovering new things, playing with the interactive elements. JP is similar, tho directed at older kids; if you have a dino-crazy 8 year-old, I imagine you could spend an entire afternoon in just that land. But I fear guests accustomed to collecting Fastpasses and dining by ADR don't remember how to tour a park like that anymore.<< No they probably don't. Not necessarily their fault, they might have never been exposed to the older way. I will say that I often find the same people who thrive on pre-planning, on FPs, on DDP, are often the same who are resistant to trying Universal because of the inability to plan the way they have become accustomed to. Or, because they can't get a leg up on other guests with tricks like they have figured out at Disney. I am seeing more and more discussions trying to apply that Disney preplanning process on the Universal/Loews model. I hope Universal doesn't enable it and accommodate it. I would fall in line with you '71, the ability to just roam the lands is one of the huge positives in my eyes with the two Universal parks.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn >>It's frustrating being a Disney fan<< You're not pretending hard enough Remember, there are ~real ghosts~ in the Haunted Mansion. The BTMRR is a ~real~ runaway train. Now hold onto them hats & glasses...
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Somehow I get the feeling that if WDW offered free entrance to the MK after the premiere of On Stranger Tides, people here would have bitched that it was only the MK that was open.<<< I would have been the first to commend them.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>I agree. Next to Potter, best-themed land in Orlando. But it wasn't intended for the commando "get the Fastpass, ride the ride, buy the T-shirt" mentality. It's meant to let your kids wander and explore for a couple hours, discovering new things, playing with the interactive elements. JP is similar, tho directed at older kids; if you have a dino-crazy 8 year-old, I imagine you could spend an entire afternoon in just that land. But I fear guests accustomed to collecting Fastpasses and dining by ADR don't remember how to tour a park like that anymore.<<<< Very good point. Uni designs their lands to actually BE lands. One wonders how FLE will look... centrals paths, easy for FP use or actual meandering and idyllic aesthetics.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<I agree. Next to Potter, best-themed land in Orlando. But it wasn't intended for the commando "get the Fastpass, ride the ride, buy the T-shirt" mentality. It's meant to let your kids wander and explore for a couple hours, discovering new things, playing with the interactive elements.>> While I love Seuss, I think JP is slightly better, although the three lands plus the Lost Continent easily make up the best half of a theme park ever. I just love how they feel alive, and that you've jumped into the pages of the books/stories. JP feels great, especially now that Triceratops is open during peak times. I forgot how much of a fun little exhibit it is.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<While I love Seuss, I think JP is slightly better, although the three lands plus the Lost Continent easily make up the best half of a theme park ever. I just love how they feel alive, and that you've jumped into the pages of the books/stories.>> Um ... take a flight to Tokyo, spend a day (or days) at TDS and then we'll talk. IOA is terrific, but it really isn't close to being on TDS level. Thankfully, WWoHP shows it is capable of getting there ... ~GFC~
Originally Posted By 3disneylocations 80 NEW! ChiMike Mon 7/18/2011 2:53p Next time, make sure to hit Popeye. One of my favorite raft rides hands-down.>>> The lamest of the raft rides in Fl IMO, bad puppets, badly maintained. Best for getting wet is Busch Gardens, best themed is Kali @ DAK (let the avalanche begin).
