Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<No more Living Statues at Italy either. No more Krystos at the Fountain of Nations.>> Entertainment costs. (of course so does huge marketing events like What will YOU celebrate? ... those even cost more by many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many millions of dollars). But again this is WDW's exec 'leadership' team which believes in constantly giving the guests less in tough times while the competition in O-Town do the exact opposite. ... FYI, SW had one of the best week's in its history and not only didn't cut anything back, but actually had the biggest NYE in its history. Universal pumped up its holiday offerings while Disney continued to recycle the magic. At some point this crap will bite the Mouse firmly on the a$$.
Originally Posted By brotherdave Screamscape just updated that the rumored "Trains Across America" would indeed be a train ride somewhere in World Showcase. So far, they're the only ones reporting on this. My guess is it's only a rumor at this point... <a href="http://www.screamscape.com/html/wdw_-_epcot.htm" target="_blank">http://www.screamscape.com/htm...pcot.htm</a>
Originally Posted By Tip Top Club That's great in Theory but has anyone been on Seaworld's So called "Polar Express" ride? I would take Disney's "Recycled Magic" over that piece of crap any day. Not to mention I was at Universal during holiday week and Mummy was running Half-Side, and Hulk/Dragons were all only running one train, only one doom tower, etc... It was terrible!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^I don't disagree with your points above. But that doesn't change the fact Universal and Busch are investing in their parks and giving guests reasons to return now, while Disney is sitting on the sidelines ... so cheap they won't even pay for a 'used' parade from DL. What a tired, stale, WalMarted product ... and it most definitely doesn't have to be.
Originally Posted By Tip Top Club Oh no, I agree with you, this is the time to invest in the parks, so that when the recession is "over" or at least better then it is now, people will have a reason to come back down to the world. I'm simply saying that IMO Disney is still running with a better product. Maybe not so if they don't add an attraction for six years...
Originally Posted By brotherdave Screamscape keeps posting about a train ride for World Showcase. Is this actually something on the drawing boards at WDI??? I just can't imagine them going ahead with this...
Originally Posted By brotherdave <a href="http://www.screamscape.com/html/wdw_-_epcot.htm" target="_blank">http://www.screamscape.com/htm...pcot.htm</a> Sorry, forgot the link...
Originally Posted By MPierce That was my thought when you first brought this up. That Bullet Train simulator has been kicking around for a long time. Combine that with the rumors of an attraction being added to Japan, and it makes for interesting discussion.
