Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Hmmm awesome out of the box thinking to build a replica mountain, vs. yet another toon synergistic cash in using tried and tested methods. I know which I prefer. I like my Disney park to have some adventure, frontier and tomorrow. Not yet another fru fru fey offering.
Originally Posted By Mr X Don't forget "fantasy" (I think it meant something different back in Walt's day.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Sadly all Disney seem to do is kiddy fantasy these days. Now Disney doing 1950's exec fantasies could be interesting ;-)
Originally Posted By barboy ///the completely nonsensical Matterhorn/// Contextually I don't see how the Matt. is nonsensical--- I wish jonvn were here to explain further.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris "I wish jonvn were here to explain further." I for one am glad he is not. Actually I think the only way he could return would be through the re-activation of one of his scattered horcruxes and some blood from his enemies.....of which, around these parts there are many.
Originally Posted By barboy Ok, does anybody know what CG means? I just did a quick scan of Dl Paris and I didn't find any match.
Originally Posted By SuperDry In one context, CG means Computer Graphics, as in animation. So, does "CG DL Paris" perhaps mean the computer-generated animation of the Little Mermaid ride that had been planned for Disneyland Paris?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Computer Generated, as in the CG virtual ride supposedly created for DLP that was on the LM DVD.
Originally Posted By barboy I thought the proper acronym was CGI as in "computer generated image". All this time I thought he/she was talking about the acronym for a ride found in Dl Paris.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< I thought the proper acronym was CGI as in "computer generated image". >>> Sometimes it's written CGI, and sometimes CG.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Contextually I don't see how the Matt. is nonsensical--- I wish jonvn were here to explain further." I has nothing to do with either Tomorrowland or Fantasyland. What's more confusing is that it's a Swiss mountain with a monorail running around it wedged between Alice's Wonderland, a miniature freeway, and a tropical coral reef.
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf <<"Contextually I don't see how the Matt. is nonsensical--- I wish jonvn were here to explain further." I has nothing to do with either Tomorrowland or Fantasyland. What's more confusing is that it's a Swiss mountain with a monorail running around it wedged between Alice's Wonderland, a miniature freeway, and a tropical coral reef.>> It works for me. Here's how: When I'm in Fantasyland (say, near King Arthur's Carousel) it's perfect - Alpine village and all. When I'm near Nemo, I just pretend the Matterhorn is Iwo Jima. It's a bit of a downer but, hey, at least it fits THAT theme (kinda). And when I'm in Tomorrowland, I pretend I'm looking at the wild side of Hoth. Now what they need is a gun turret facing the Nemo side and Luke Skywalker climbing up the Tomorrowland side and we'd be in business.
Originally Posted By barboy That's a pretty convincing point Hans. When you put it like that the mountain suddenly sounds extremely out of place. I guess what I mean by context is that Fantasyland takes on a more Euro look with its facades and Matt. is obviously Euro.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***It works for me. Here's how: When I'm in Fantasyland (say, near King Arthur's Carousel) it's perfect - Alpine village and all. When I'm near Nemo, I just pretend the Matterhorn is Iwo Jima. It's a bit of a downer but, hey, at least it fits THAT theme (kinda). And when I'm in Tomorrowland, I pretend I'm looking at the wild side of Hoth.*** Coming soon to a bookstore near you; EighthDwarf premieres his very first guide book to Disneyland; "Mental Gymnastics in the Magic Kingdom".
Originally Posted By 2001DLFan <<***And I wonder why I am starting to find WDI redundant?*** It's not WDI's fault, it's what the beancounters give them to work with...they are still as creative and excellent as ever... There is nothing redundant about DisneySea (well, until Toy Story and Crush...ugh). THERE WAS NOTHING REDUNDANT ABOUT DISNEYSEA!!>> Well, while the bean counter’s budget issues are a significant point of contention, not all Imagineers are of the same creative level. And, unfortunately, some of those in favor right now are not of the level that produces the likes of Pirates of the Caribbean, Indy, the original ToT or the DLP version of Mermaid (as opposed to the DCA version) and Tokyo DisneySea. So, the “creative and excellent” only carries over to a portion of the Imagineers, as it’s obvious from other projects (IASW “plussing”, Mulholland Madness [or DCA as a whole], Disney Studios Paris, etc.), that while WDI is capable of some outstanding results, they are also capable of some unsatisfying efforts. Of course, a lot also depends on which projects get support from “upper management”. Some significant concepts have been bypassed due to internal company conflicts.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 I love how some people are complaining about this ride, asking for more originality from WDI, and davewasbaloo, you said you wish you were born 30 years ago, to experience Disney at it's finest? Well I present to you the following attractions courtesy of Yesterland <a href="http://www.yesterland.com/futurehouse.html" target="_blank">http://www.yesterland.com/futu...use.html</a> Hall of Aluminum Fame (1955-1965) Visit the exhibit where Kaiser Aluminum teaches you about... Kaiser Aluminum. Bathroom of Tomorrow (1956-1965) Presented by Crane. Fashions and Fabrics Through the Ages (1965-1966) See the history of women#146;s attire from the stone age to the space age in this exhibit by Monsanto. So yes, Disney did had some stinkers back then and low budget , attractions that make no sense....
