Originally Posted By ChiMike ^^ Let me stress again - - All Blue Sky stuff. I can't seriously say I expected some great $400 million roller coaster installation. But I do believe there should've been more effort and quality than what was delivered.
Originally Posted By LoyalOrderWaterBuffa 1 fantastic 2 pooH 3 degenerus 4 star wars 5 bug life 6 expedition everst 7 the haunted motel 8 erosmith roller coastEr 9 test track 10 nemoy under the sea clam riders 8
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb The biggest difference between the U.S. Versions of Haunted Mansion is at DL the stretching room is real and at MK they have that really cool MC Escher staircase room.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I believe I had heard after they settled on Aerosmith they mocked up a rendering with their song "Living on the Edge" or whatever it is called. Anyways, the soundtrack was supposed to be more specific to presenting the attraction's narrative. Not just a random jukebox playing of a title.>> I thought re-writing "Love n an elevator" to be "Love on a roller coaster" was actually tying n with the theme pretty well.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Geez... why am I dropping vowels? I thought re-writing "Love in an Elevator" to be "Love on a Roller Coaster" was actually tying in with the theme pretty well.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Geez... why am I dropping vowels? << At $250 per vowel I can't blame you.
Originally Posted By magic0214 ^^^The recession does hit Vanna ya know, she needs to make money some how
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<The story goes that they were emboldened by Space Mountain's sound installation to bring a rock and roll coaster to MGM. I know in one of the coffee table books about ten years ago there was a conceptual sketch/rendering of an early idea for it. At one point it was an outside coaster.>> I know at one point, blue sky (not sure how early), it was inside/outside. The cars would have been pink cadillacs and you would have shot out of a show building and into a loop, which was part of the Hollywood sign. I don't know how far that went, but much like how Thunder Mesa and WRE begat BTMRR and how more recent concepts from ToT to Indy were much greater in scope to what was built, the same happened with RnRC. I still enjoy it when I don't wait more than 10-15 minutes, but I don't consider it great or can't miss at all.
Originally Posted By ChiMike ^ That's exactly what I remember. The loop was the Hollywood "O" not it going though it, and it very well could have been caddys not chevys. Bad memory. Thanks for correcting! The insider portion was more show scenes with the outside gravity.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I don't usually do threads like this, because that would blow my 'hater' label off my head (and take what's left of my hair with it), but I'll make an exception. I also won't put them in any particular order and I won't play fast and loose with the rules by adding attractions that are no more or at other parks. (I won't even take attractions off the list that are in embarrassing show quality condition and should be closed and fixed immediately!) That said ... My Spirited Top 10: 1.) Mansion; 2.) BTMRR; 3.) Splash Mtn; 4.) Peter Pan; 5.) American Adventure; 6.) SSE; 7.) Impressions de France; 8.) KS; 9.) ToT; 10.) Pangani Forest trails;
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>I won't play fast and loose with the rules by adding attractions that are no more or at other parks.<< Hey now, RT had no rules in his topic. I play nicely with others. I would have followed the system. I found it interesting my way, it motivated me to participate in something I would otherwise stay far away from. ...Still waiting for top 10 bathrooms.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^I am interested in what my Top 10 attractions at any park (Disney or other) on the planet would be. It would probably be too hard to cut it down, so I'd do a Top 20 and still have issues etc. As for the Top 10 bathrooms, that is Leo's area of specialization (and urination) and I believe he has escaped to Hawaii for a while (and hopefully is far away from the Internet!)
Originally Posted By GOB No particular order... 1. Jungle Cruise 2. Living with the Land 3. Gran Fiesta Tour 4. Splash Mountain 5. Tower of Terror 6. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad 7. American Adventure 8. Maharajah Trail 9. Muppet Vision 10. Spaceship Earth (1994)
Originally Posted By ChiMike I say it will be up to RT to total up the votes at the end of the thread.
Originally Posted By dagobert These are my favorite WDW attractions (no particular order): 1. Expedition Everest 2. Test Track 3. Soarin' 4. Tower of Terror 5. Dinosaur 6. Haunted Mansion 7. Big Thunder Mt. 8. Kilimanjaro Safaris 9. Mission Space 10. The Great Movie Ride
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I say it will be up to RT to total up the votes at the end of the thread.>> Nah... I'm not looking for a "Winner"... just opinions. I'm enough of a spreadsheet junkie that I could probably do it easily enough and if someone REALLY wants it, I will do it. But why? Is knowing that one of your favorite attractions (like Gran Fiesta Tour) is not a "winner" going to make that person like it any less? Of course not! So why bother?
Originally Posted By Bolna <<Anyways, the soundtrack was supposed to be more specific to presenting the attraction's narrative. Not just a random jukebox playing of a title.>> Thanks for all the info! This part was the most interesting - I have these wonderful memories of DLP'S original Space Mountain which had just that: a true soundtrack that followed your journey to the moon (Mission 2 might still have it, I am always too busy to avoid brain damage to really notice what is going on and last time the audio was broken anyway...).
Originally Posted By dagobert <<(Mission 2 might still have it, I am always too busy to avoid brain damage to really notice what is going on and last time the audio was broken anyway...)>> I wonder if that ride will ever be smooth again?
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>But why? Is knowing that one of your favorite attractions (like Gran Fiesta Tour) is not a "winner" going to make that person like it any less? Of course not! So why bother?<< I was joking. Thought it would be in your good nature to do so. I have to admit, upon first seeing the thread I rolled my eyes. Now having followed it, I have been fascinated by folks' choices. I really enjoy it when they are ranked as a real top 10. As we have said many times before, the qualities of these Disney offerings are like art. Everyone can and should have an opinion, but there are folks who have a better opinion of what is successful and or has a better design. Agreeing with this notion, it IS nice to see everyone's personal opinions are. Seeing what qualities of attractions resonate with certain posters and their personalities. Especially in their ranking of them.
Originally Posted By ChiMike ^ I mean Spirit threw me for a real loop with PPF and no Peoplemover. ...And I thought I could read him like a Thomas Smith blog entry.
