Originally Posted By everyyearofmylife Without too much ridicule, can anyone out there give me an educated guess at what, exactly, the Walt Disney Story will consist of? For some reason I hear "Walt Disney Story" and I think a movie, similar to what is now in Mr. Lincoln's spot in DL.
Originally Posted By everyyearofmylife ^^Sorry if that question has been asked in any of the other 100 post threads. I haven't quite gotten through all of them yet.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy I actually think a Walt Disney animatronic could be pulled off quite tastefully and in a fun way that really honors the technical innovations sparked by Walt Disney himself. I think an attraction might be fun that included footage of the real Walt speaking to the audience, an animated Walt interacting with his cast of characters, and an animatronic Walt interacting with other animatronic figures from Disney attractions across the ages. If you just put up another retrospective film that doesn't innovate the narrative process beyond things that have been done in the DL Opera House before, the audience for an updated Walt Disney Story isn't going to last very long if it every materializes at all.
Originally Posted By oc_dean WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT! Back up! Did I miss something somewhere???? Has it been officially announced by the co. that DCA is to be renamed "Walt Disney's California" ????? I'm not for it! By inserting Walt's full name into it ... that would imply everything in this park is purely from what Walt imagined .. from where??? Somewhere up in the heavens????? Awfully presumptious! So Walt ... you came up with Carland .. and the rest of Pixar?????????????????
Originally Posted By oc_dean I wish they'd get away from using the "California" in the name ... as there are attractions that have nothing to do with the "California" theme.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Yeah, its quite amazing isn't it? If they just got rid of that name 'California', not only will the instant bickering stop of what belongs there, it will easily free their hands to do anything they wanted. 'Disney Adventures' as been suggested before would make their lives sooo much easier lol, but I guess they are trying their best to incorporate a dud theme around while still shoehorning everything in there anyway, but its kind of silly. I mean, they all but basically admitted the park is just NOT working on the level they wanted to, changing the name at this point would just be the icing of a large, layered cake, right? I hope they suck it up and just change the name to something more appropriate. When you think about it, about time they are done, the only thing that will *truly* represent Calif is the entrance and HPB. Everything else can easily be from Anywhere, U.S.A. I'm assuming they have forests (GRR) and Boardwalks (PP) in other parts of the world, not to mention the wharf is so generic, it can represent anywhere really. San Francisco is so small and lifeless, nobody cares anyway. I hope they do it and give us a name that is more fitting of the new park.
Originally Posted By Mr X How 'bout the call the place "Disneyside Park"? Or, "Six Flags over Disney"? Or maybe "Walt Disney Presents, a Corporate Fraud"?
Originally Posted By bartholomewneff Mr X said: "Now we're gonna have to say WDC sucks (Walt Disney's California I mean, not the Walt Disney Company), or WDC sucks (not the Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney's California)...depending on which acronym would happen to apply at the time." Actually, the acronym would most likely be "WDCA", not WDC...
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <How 'bout the call the place "Disneyside Park"? Or, "Six Flags over Disney"? Or maybe "Walt Disney Presents, a Corporate Fraud"? > Or, 'The Park That Isn't as Awesome as Tokyo Disney Seas' [pass the towel]
Originally Posted By bartholomewneff Get over it dude. I love DisneySEA, it is Tokyo DIsneySEA btw, not Tokyo Disney Seas. I've been there twice over the last few years and it's one of the most amazing parks ever created. The design and ideas are living proof that Disney is the best at this, but lets not gloss over the fact that Disney realizes it's made a mistake and is trying to rectify it. I hat it when they clone rides and I really don't want to see a clone of TDS. It's great and if they ever build another one I hope it comes to WDW. But I like a lot of what they're trying to do in Anaheim. Not everything is to my liking but this looks like it's finally going to be a park we can enjoy. Also remember that they haven't released all the plans for the other rides that take the place of the Jellyfish and others. And this is only the first part of a two part plan that will take a decade. Should this succeed, and I think it will, part two begins right after Cars Land. Give it time. Bob Weis is a great person to have in charge of DCA. Too bad he, Lasster and Iger weren't in charge instead of Eisner, Pressler and Braverman when the park was planned. There'd be no need of a makeover. But that's the past. Let's look forward to the future.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <it is Tokyo DIsneySEA btw, not Tokyo Disney Seas.> I know. I like to write Tokyo Disney Seas because all you fanboys out there bristle. ha-ha! Madjya bristle!
Originally Posted By bartholomewneff Fan boys? You're the one sounding like one of the fan boys. DCA sucks. TDS rules. Sigh.
Originally Posted By bean maybe its time to use full name instead of acronyms. Whats the point of naming a park Tokyo Disney Sea if peopl call it TDS. So in other words what is the point of this thread? Just because a park is rebranded does not mean its carppy or it sucks. Euro Disney changed to disneyland paris and its not even close to being crap. Disney's MGM studios is being rebranded because of contractual deals and although i feel it is the week link of WDW i do not consider it crap. Disney's California Adventure MIGHT be rebranded and its not because its crap but because its a way of erasing some of the mistakes done by previous management
Originally Posted By Moon Waffle I must say that Westsider's comments at the start of this thread have to be some of the funniest things I've read in a long time. HILARIOUS. I almost had soda coming out of my nose...
Originally Posted By jonvn "maybe its time to use full name instead of acronyms." It's easier to type acronyms. "I almost had soda coming out of my nose..." Were you drinking soda at the time, or is this some new sort of stigmata?
Originally Posted By ni_teach Sport Goofy said: "I actually think a Walt Disney animatronic could be pulled off quite tastefully" There is an agreement between the Family and the park management to never build an animatronic Walt. Remember this daughters and grandkids are still alive. It would be weird to have robot of a family member, that you knew, running around. Also remember that the Family is still one of the major stock holders of the company. So they really do have a say.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney <<Disney's California Adventure MIGHT be rebranded and its not because its crap but because its a way of erasing some of the mistakes done by previous management>> You mean some of those crappy mistakes right? Hmm, yeah, I don't know where people are getting this idea it's a flawed park? ;D
