Originally Posted By libertysquare76 At the end of the day to use a cliche, I visited WDW when I was a 10 year old Kid and Nowhere has ever been as awe inspiring. Maybe people will have that If they go to Universal first but for me, WDW will always be the first and the best. BTW, Many thoughts to you Imagineer in the Bayou by the way with that awful Oil spill. Its hit Florida too I understand?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<At the end of the day to use a cliche, I visited WDW when I was a 10 year old Kid and Nowhere has ever been as awe inspiring. Maybe people will have that If they go to Universal first but for me, WDW will always be the first and the best.>> I used to think like you do, probably just a few short years ago. WDW was always the best, with Universal as a close second. But in the past 5 or so years I've watched a metamorphosis that has really dropped the entire resort down a few pegs, the worst part coming from seeing how disrespectful those in charge of the MK act toward the legacy of Walt Disney. It's really a shame. <<BTW, Many thoughts to you Imagineer in the Bayou by the way with that awful Oil spill. Its hit Florida too I understand?>> Yes, it has, and soon it threatens to hit a gulf stream and swoop up the entire east coast of the US. *Holds back from going on an engineer-rage filled discussion of why alternative fuels should be used*
Originally Posted By WDW Imagineer I think its starting to hit florida coast, but the media is making it look alot worse than it actually is
Originally Posted By WDW Imagineer But thanks liberty for the thoughts. Luckily it hasn't hit my area, but I know south from where I am, they're really struggling
Originally Posted By libertysquare76 <*Holds back from going on an engineer-rage filled discussion of why alternative fuels should be used*> I was watching the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings the other week on CSPAN, and if I wasn't already a convert to alternative fuels and greenie (forgiving the occasional flight to WDW) I would firmly be one after that. In terms of the parks, maybe I wear Rose tinted glasses as most people do when children. I have no trouble in accepting your rationale about the MK management.
Originally Posted By libertysquare76 Didn't EXXON sponsor the UofE until the Valdez incident? I have the comic with Mickey and Goofy from the 1980s
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^Yup. I believe they continued to sponsor it after that as well, with their bogus "Save the Tigers" exhibit at the entrance. Oh yea EXXON, that's really gonna help!
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Its hit Florida too I understand? << It's in the western Panhandle now, around Pensacola and a little east of there. >> I think its starting to hit florida coast, but the media is making it look alot worse than it actually is << Not really. You'll remember this is the same media that didn't jump on the ecological aspects of the story until weeks after the explosion. Ecologically, economically this one's gonna be devestating and it's not going away anytime soon.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << Ecologically, economically this one's gonna be devestating and it's not going away anytime soon. >> When Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, WDW saw a surge in reservations as conventions and leisure travelers move their bookings. It wouldn't surprise me if there was a "Katrina"-bump in WDW bookings as people look for other places to vacation this summer and next.
Originally Posted By WDW Imagineer ^I agree. So many people cancelled their reservations for the beach, we could see a surge of new guests here at the resort
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>But is there really a problem with that? Take a look at why we're attracted to the disney parks. Is it the disney experiences, or nondisney experiences? For me, its the whole "disney experience"<<< There needs to be a balance of "franchise" attractions and "original" attractions. Like there used to be. Too much synergy makes everything boring. We need some modern day HMs. Some SSEs. Some BTMRs. Not more Pirates, Princesses, and Pixies.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << There needs to be a balance of "franchise" attractions and "original" attractions. Like there used to be. >> Isn't it just a bit ironic that we are calling for "non-franchise" attractions in a thread that wonders whether the newest "franchise" attraction down the road is going to steal business from WDW?
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>Isn't it just a bit ironic that we are calling for "non-franchise" attractions in a thread that wonders whether the newest "franchise" attraction down the road is going to steal business from WDW?<< It's fine for IoA, the entire place is built on those franchises. It's all they have. Disney, on the other hand has both franchises and their own storytelling. HM, POTC, BTMR, and the franchises...There needs to be a mix.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Disney, on the other hand has both franchises and their own storytelling.>> The fact that IoA tells better stories with franchises than Disney does tells me WDI doesn't have much "storytelling" left in them.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> The fact that IoA tells better stories with franchises than Disney does tells me WDI doesn't have much "storytelling" left in them. << WDI has a lot of storytelling left in them! I mean, do you know how many stories you can tell with the premise "suddenly something goes wrong!!!"
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^No, no, that's not the story. The story is "we need to find something!"
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Tokyo and Hong Kong send their best wishes.... WDI doesn't have problems. Management telling them where and what to build is the problem.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper Tokyo's signature attractions opened 10 years ago at this point. Hong Kong has one original attraction coming. The other is a rethemed Everest.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer It's still original, and looking to be on the level of the attractions that earned them their reputation.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The Grizzly Gulch coaster won't be a rethemed Everest. It will have some similarities (it will go backward, have menacing animal), but the story and layout will be different. All the art I've seen for it shows that it will be a much smaller mountain than Everest, probably smaller than even Splash. They show that it's low to the ground and weaves through a lot of ditches, which takes advantage of the limited height. Due to the small scale of the park (and the proximity of real mountains), having a large mountain attraction would be quite difficult to pull off. I don't think those two attractions will be any more similar than the Haunted Mansion and Finding Nemo.
