Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer And this: <a href="http://www.tommyandjames.net/Japan%201303.JPG" target="_blank">http://www.tommyandjames.net/J...1303.JPG</a> <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/2647318355_22357385aa.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm4.static.flickr.com...85aa.jpg</a> I'd LOVE to get something that subtle and classy for our 40th.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 "Haters." Please see the "Social Media" thread. That term, through overuse, no longer has any meaning and says more about the person(usually a DoM)saying it.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>Hall of Presidentszzzz...not a major attraction for most guests.<< Whether most, all, or no guests at all find it a "major attraction" matters not. It is an attraction in Liberty Square. And in 1971 it was a really big deal. >>I don't associate the riverboat with Liberty Square because it goes along the Frontierland shoreline.<< But it's a Liberty Square attraction by virtue of the fact it departs from the landing there. It's just the way it is. >>The area is so small it's hard for me to say that the facades make much of an impression.<< Hmmm. Try getting away with that excuse in dismissing Wizarding World of Harry Potter-- which is about the same size, and with a lower attraction count (especially if you take away the two repurposed coasters). And before anybody jumps on me for this, I'm using it for example only.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>Hall of Presidentszzzz...not a major attraction for most guests.<< Interesting, it is in my top 5 must do attractions at the MK.
Originally Posted By FenwayGirl Mine too..I saw it for the first time in a few years last month and I love the new show
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer And the HoP consistently has large crowds. I don't get the claim that people don't enjoy it.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Let's put this way, hated it as a kid, admire it as an adult but if I miss it no big deal.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb As someone who can go to DL almost any weekend, HoP is a must do when I make it to the MK, it's one of the few attractions unique to the park that's still well maintained. Sorry CoP and CBJ fans, those attractions are showing their age in the worst way.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>^^^ It is air conditioned inside.<<<< It was air conditioned before, crowds were low. Obviously, show quality matters.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>As someone who can go to DL almost any weekend, HoP is a must do when I make it to the MK, it's one of the few attractions unique to the park that's still well maintained. Sorry CoP and CBJ fans, those attractions are showing their age in the worst way.<<< COP, yes, it does need to be refurbed, totally. CBJ needs a bit of TLC, but it's been playing to crowds, lately, and it's had SOME work done.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb ^^^ good to know. How's the sound? It was not that great last time I dragged my kid in to see it.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer It was fine in December, friends said it was good a few weeks ago.
Originally Posted By leobloom >>Hall of Presidentszzzz...not a major attraction for most guests.<< << Interesting, it is in my top 5 must do attractions at the MK. >> Dave, we've established that for better or for worse you aren't "most guests" at WDW.
Originally Posted By leobloom >>The area is so small it's hard for me to say that the facades make much of an impression.<< << Hmmm. Try getting away with that excuse in dismissing Wizarding World of Harry Potter-- which is about the same size, and with a lower attraction count (especially if you take away the two repurposed coasters). And before anybody jumps on me for this, I'm using it for example only. >> I think that's a poor analogy, Dug. You're telling me Liberty Square has something that is equivalent to Hogwarts? I've seen lots of colonial architecture in my life, but never anything like Potter's land. And how does Potter have a lower attraction count? Dueling Dragons, the kid coaster, and the main ride vs. Presidents, Mansion, and the Riverboat. Especially if I take away the repurposed coasters? Why wouldn't I count them? They're there, aren't they? Baffling.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> And the HoP consistently has large crowds. I don't get the claim that people don't enjoy it. << Not to get all snooty, but I don't go to Disney to hear their version of history, which is distorted and ridiculously simplified. The robotic president roll-call is quite possibly the most kitschy thing in any Disney theme park. That's saying a lot!
Originally Posted By leobloom >> It was air conditioned before, crowds were low. Obviously, show quality matters. << Who the current president is probably plays as much a part in the show's popularity as the show quality.
Originally Posted By 3disneylocations >>The robotic president roll-call is quite possibly the most kitschy thing in any Disney theme park. That's saying a lot!<< That is always the part of the show that brings goose bumps, and I usually hear parents quizzing their kids on the way out (who was the 32nd, 23rd, etc). Also, it becomes updated w/each passing administration.
Originally Posted By leobloom A: The robotic presidents give me goosebumps. Q: Something you would only hear on a Disney theme park discussion board?
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>Especially if I take away the repurposed coasters? Why wouldn't I count them? They're there, aren't they? Baffling.<< Same thought I had when the Riverboat was "taken away" from LS simply on the basis that it travels through Frontierland as well. The argument was that the "facades" of LS were somehow not all that, and by extension, neither was the land itself. Same argument can be applied to WWoHP, and seems just as silly when it is (as has been demonstrated). But it is true that each land has exactly the same attraction count: three.
