Originally Posted By wahooskipper Good points vbdad. I've always found it funny that this board has a left coast majority while the right coast park is far and away the most significant Disney property. It would be insane and downright bad business for Disney to ignore WDW during the 50th anniversary of Disneyland. The fact is, as much of a fan of Disney as I am...I won't be going to Disneyland for the 50th but I'll likely got to WDW a couple of times during this celebration.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I was fortunate enough to get to do both for the 50th - and I enjoyed each differently, but enjoyed them nonetheless..... I think there are plenty of people who have been to DL in their lifetimes but won;t make it this year - but will get to WDW. A nice way to pay homage to DLR in my opinion.
Originally Posted By DLFAN79 ""PLEASE STOP BEING SO NEGATIVE ALL THE TIME, TDLFAN! IT HAS BECOME VERY ANNOYING!!! I understand and respect your opinions, but you're getting waaaaaaaaaay out of hand with what you're saying...and saying it all too much."" AHHA! U see? The psycho-Disney apologist comes out. The ones who think Al Weiss is the Bush of Disney. That ones who CANNOT Fathom that Stitch or Mission Space will NOT be remebered in 20yrs. The ones who think Pressler and Cynthia "just didnt know what they were doing". The ones who HATE DL for EVERYTHING it represents. TRADITION, MANAGEMENT, SHOW QUALITY.
Originally Posted By DLFAN79 ""I won't be going to Disneyland for the 50th but I'll likely got to WDW a couple of times during this celebration."" EXACTKY what 'they' wanted u to do. NOT go the park that IS celebrating 50yrs. Not go to a park where every attraction looks like the day it opened.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I'm not flying all the way across the country for the 50th...that is all I'm saying. But, the commercials that associate the 50th with WDW aren't hurting anything. And frankly, there would be no WDW without Disneyland so if I can't honor the park by going to Anaheim why not do the next best thing?
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Not wanting to put my nose in here DLFAN79, but if you take a minute to read the line you are quoting you will find that NO ONE was talking to you. It was addressed to TDLFAN. Most of us stopped paying attention to you ages ago. Have a nice rave.
Originally Posted By danyoung >If TDLFAN ever said anything good about Minnesota we would suspect he had been replaced by a pod person.< If TDLFAN ever said anything good about Texas we would suspect he had been replaced by a pod person.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Nothing in Disney's advertising is going to decide whether I go to WDW or DL -- it is purely a matter of logistics -- The level of paranoia about DL is amazing. It is not going anywhere, is always crowded, and regardless of advertising draws well every year....why the issue ?
Originally Posted By DLFAN79 ""I'm not flying all the way across the country for the 50th...that is all I'm saying."" Your loss. Then dont come back here and start bitching that SHARE A DREAM is OVER FIVE years old. That nothing works in SPLASH, that PAN looks like it was made in the 1940s, that the merch. is the same, and that Pirates and Mansion 'SCREAMS' for a rehab. YOU have choosen to go to a park that reverted back to more than 10yrs, to a Miller, Lindquist, Wells, type of management. If your happy w/ Pressler/CYnthias Revenge aka WDW, i pity u.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper DLFAN...you have totally lost me. Lay off the coffee for a while. All I'm saying is..while I'd love to go out to California on a regular basis...the fact of the matter is I won't make it this year. As such, I don't see any problem with WDW trying to woo me in by using the 50th annivesary of Disneyland as a marketing strategy. Frankly, I don't need advertising or gimmicks to convince me to come to either park.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<Not even DCA is getting higher numbers due to DL's 50th!!!>> I went to DL and DCA on Sunday. It was great to see everything open at DCA, and a good sized crowd there for a change. It made the park much more vibrant and enjoyable.
Originally Posted By DLFAN79 ""I don't need advertising or gimmicks to convince me to come to either park"" WHat do u call WDW then!? U just contradicted yourself. Not only does WDW steal DLs 50th, they cloned FOUR attractions from FOUR parks, and INFERIOR versions at that. So it seems u bought into it hook,line, and sinker.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Not only does WDW steal DLs 50th, they cloned FOUR attractions from FOUR parks, and INFERIOR versions at that.>> What the heck are you talking about???
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I think he is taking someone else's prescription drugs. I guess he doesn't mind that Disneyland stole Star Tours, Honey I Shrunk the Audience and a host of other attractions from WDW. Seriously dude...stay away from Starbucks.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I am sensing a man in a clocktower about now in So. California...yikes ! First a warm California welcome to visitors then a total bashing of WDW ( gee how was DL doing about 10 years ago ?) - thought ought to start a whole new rant. All people are saying is that we don't need to be advertised to to visit -- we visit anyway. Heck, if advertising worked, DCA would be full also.....
Originally Posted By DLFAN79 ""I guess he doesn't mind that Disneyland stole Star Tours, Honey I Shrunk the Audience and a host of other attractions from WDW."" HAHA! YES! WHaooskipper THANKU! Bless u! U have FINALLY showed your ignorance. STAR TOURS opened at DL <FIRST>. On Jan. 1987 to the most INSANE crowds ever. The Q even going to the Train Station. MGMs opened in 1991 for the 20th of WDW. So who um, stole? right.........
Originally Posted By eortiz01757 Why do we have to choose. Can't we just see the good in both parks. I am an east coast gal, and I love WDW, but hope to someday go to DL. Don't see why you are so sensitive and defensive.
Originally Posted By Elderp "On Jan. 1987 to the most INSANE crowds ever. The Q even going to the Train Station." I remember that, it was crazy.
Originally Posted By Socrates I don't have my copy of Dave Smith's Encyclopedia in front of me, but wasn't Star Tours at Disneyland first? Socrates "The unexamined life is not worth living."
