Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Neither of the above is true.<< And you know this because...? >>The park is still Disney/MGM Studios. I believe the name change comes in January of '08.<< Oh goody! We'll see the return of the black tape then. >>And Epcot is still Epcot - I haven't heard any indication that this is going to change.<< You missed my new EPCOT Center teeshirt photos from a few weeks ago, didn't you? Of course.. wishful thinking here.. as I believe they should return to basics and call the park by it's original and descriptive name: EPCOT Center.
Originally Posted By Indigo While it's nice that they finally fixed this sign, apparently it cost them so much they had to raise prices on parking by a dollar to pay for it. Come on Disney. Unless that extra dollar is going into carbon neutral fund somewhere, this is really pushing the limits of what is reasonable to charge someone for parking. All Disney offers is a vast concrete parking lot where sometimes you can be parked at the end of a row with a walk that takes as long as the tram ride, a tram with no sides or air-conditioning, and the chance to get your cars sides damaged in those ultra narrow parking spots. Ugh.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Concidering the new signs are just a pinted flat piece of plywood, it makes you wonder why Parking fees go up as much as they have in the past. Personally I feel the entire TTC area needs a major makeover and renovation, and let's start by removing all those orange, green and purple ornamental touches they installed a few years ago. Makes arriving at TTC from the parking lot, similar to arriving to a carnival in the fairgrounds of your local city. Very tacky and quite ugly.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Sorry but I disagree. DLP offers multiple language signs and PAs. TDR offers both english and japanese on their signs. HKDL offers Cantonese and English signs... and so on. Furthermore, I am yet to witness one single WDW CM go out of his/her way to satisfy a japanese guest the way they go out of their way to help me at TDR. Like I said before... spanish signs are not necesary but a common courtesy at WDW... and I think they should extend the same courtesy to other, more visible tourist groups who are coming to WDW practically most times of the year, like the brazilians and the japanese. << I agree with the principle, I just think the application would appear cluttered. Also don't you think other visitors would feel left out if there were several languages, and theirs were left out. I'm not disagreeing with you. I just don't think severaL languages would be practical.
Originally Posted By figment1986 I was going to post that here, then I didn't get my photo bucket to work... (and my site is still under construction...) My guess these signs were fabricated before they had the name change near final, and since they just did work in many areas installed them.
Originally Posted By danyoung >I just think the application would appear cluttered.< Anyone remember when the pre-fireworks announcements at DL were in English, Spanish AND Japanese? (They don't do the Japanese any more, do they?) I think it's a different thing for an Asian park to post signs in their own language and also in English, and an American park trying to appease every foreign language speaking group that might visit. It's just too much. >And you know this because...?< Hey, sometimes I know stuff . . .
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I have to admit I spend very little time at the TTC and am not sure whether I noticed those black strips before or not. There are so many more egregious problems across property ... but I'm glad they fixed them. We really need some local to post pics of problem areas around the entire resort on a regular basis if Disney is going to pay any attention to fixing them. If you wait for them to get around to these items, you might have a very long wait.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Anyone remember when the pre-fireworks announcements at DL were in English, Spanish AND Japanese? (They don't do the Japanese any more, do they?) >>> I don't know about the fireworks, but I seem to remember that the F! pre-show announcements at DL are in those three languages.
Originally Posted By bayrr326 <<We really need some local to post pics of problem areas around the entire resort on a regular basis if Disney is going to pay any attention to fixing them. If you wait for them to get around to these items, you might have a very long wait.>> Well, Kevin Yee was doing some of that on a regular basis. There used to be a site called WDW blues that documented this stuff. I could easily spend one day a week just going around documenting bad show but I hate doing stuff like that. I go there to have a good time not take photos of peeling paint. You could practically devote a whole site to the sorry condition of Buzz Lightyear. That ride needs to go down for a rehab and a paint job.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I agree with the principle, I just think the application would appear cluttered.<< For small minds, I guess it would. But not for me and certainly not for a better customer experience. But that's just me...the believer that true Disney magic should exceed expectations, not just meet them at a minimun level.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I just realized something kind of exciting about that sign, other than the obvious change. They kept the old water tower logo for the Studios. It's seemed like over the past several years, they have been letting the hat become more and more of an icon for the park, so it would be logical that a new sign should use the hat for the park's icon (similar to SSE, the castle, or Tree of Life), yet they are keeping the old logo of the water tower that is difficult to find. Does this mean that they really are considering getting rid of the hat?
Originally Posted By twirlnhurl I think that sign could work with no English or any other language on it. The universal symbols do a pretty good job.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> For small minds, I guess it would. But not for me and certainly not for a better customer experience. But that's just me...the believer that true Disney magic should exceed expectations, not just meet them at a minimun level << Small minds have nothing to do with a cluttered look. Clutter is clutter perod. I realize that some socially progresive people would like to dictate a "We are the World" attitude into WDW, however I just don't think it would work. I just don't think most park goers want to have a U.N. quality to the parks. Now you may think that is being small minded, however I think it's just good old common sense. I prefer not to see billboards in the Parks.
