Originally Posted By yensid713 You know, I am a big disney fan and to hear all of you who just don't are opposed to any kind of change around the park makes me frustrated. I think you need to read who moved my cheese and then maybe you'll be able to adapt to change. Can't we see what the change is going to be before everyone gets their pants in a bunch? sheesh!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip ^^^ OK... so I blew it... <a href="http://Jim_in_Merced" target="_blank">http://Jim_in_Merced</a>'s_link_doesn't_function.com
Originally Posted By trekkeruss One of the reasons Walt Disney preferred his little park over the movies is that, with a movie, once it was in the can, it was done, finished; but with Disneyland, he could always go back and tinker with it; make it better when he wanted. So I am fine if the company wants to tinker with PotC. It goes without saying that it had better be good though!
Originally Posted By Monty Cristo Give me a break. Change can be good, people. Breath in, breath out. Pretend that DL might just know what they're doing and creating something entirely unique and special.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd You see, listen to the children. DCA is the blank canvas for you to do your scribbles on. Disneyland is a holy mecca, and you want to destroy one of it's shrines. Changes are for DCA and other Disney parks, they are all over the world now in case you didn't know it. Disneyland is the original, brings in more people than it can handle to this day. There is no justification for change, except to change back these attractions to their original uniqueness. Do a ghost pirate ride at DCA, or the third park. I would hope they saved enough of all the cash flowing around to be able to build something like that. Just don't be absurd and replace another antique. It didnt work with swiss family robinison treehouse, or the people mover. They actually ripped out a working bamboo water wheel, that was 50 years old. An original Walt attraction. They hatefully ripped it out, on purpose, only because they could. I'm getting a little sick of the fear that someone in disney corporate exec thinks is the way to bring in customers.
Originally Posted By Nobody Yay. YourPalEd has joined the cause. My faith in predictability has been restored.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd Thanks, oc. As you well know, i don't try to be predicatable. My predicatability is a side effect of my honesty, which i try to be at all times, even if as a human i must insist on being allowed a few lapses, just like everyone else. Predicatability comes from coming to the same conclusion each time i think of something afresh. I can only change my way of thinking if the idea i'm changing to is a better one. The only people who would change their values for lesser ones, are children and fools, both of which should know better, but sometimes do not. Boogie Woogie.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Some of the comments that I'm reading here is surely cause for concern. I'm both amused and shocked at how "out there" people can get over this stuff. C'mon people let's be practical. It's a ride in an amusement park, not the U.S. Constitution we're talking about here.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Wow!!! I thought DLFAN79 must be on some pretty good stuff. Now it seems like YourPalEd's is even better!! Why don't you guys ever share?? ;-)
Originally Posted By YourPalEd Disneyland is America. There are no Disneyland's possible in other cultures, are there?
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Um, no. Disneyland is a business and brand. A brand, which by the way, has been international since 1982.
Originally Posted By danyoung >The outrage that made you guys save the Tikis, save Linclon, kill Light Magic, Kill TL98...< I don't recall any online or AP activity that in any way influenced the recent refurb of the Tiki Room. Lincoln? Well, you got that one - a huge campaign from the fans reportedly influenced Disney to keep it around for a while longer. Kill Light Magic? Please! This parade was underfunded and put out there half baked. It played to uninterested crowds for one summer, then was shelved. The whining from the AP's during that first "dress rehearsal" showing had very little to do with the show's ultimate demise. Kill TL98? Again, please! Another underfunded, half-baked land redo that never had a chance. And sadly, it hasn't been killed - it still limps along, waiting for either death or the next total redo. Why can't you get it in your head, Otown, that the vast majority of posters here either have no problem with the proposed changes to Pirates, or if they do they don't think it's the end of the world? I've said it many times before - get help.
Originally Posted By Blacksheep Uncle I could maybe, MAYBE understand the tiniest bit of this angst about the changes for PotC...if we knew that the rumored changes where real...but so far they are just an internet rumor... I'm a little afraid to think how some of these folks might react to an actual change at Disneyland...
Originally Posted By YourPalEd I don't think there has ever been a case of an amusement park with dark rides, and roller coaster attractions in china or russia. Am i wrong? Disney Hong Kong really doesnt count, though i guess it might be part of the blending of cultures. Or are we just not told about them? Or do roller coaster enthusiasts know about them? I think amusement parks can only come about in a society with a certain type of ideology, and a capitalist one. It's not just about being money traders, it's about wanting to take time to escape and enjoy God's gift of life. I always think of God having fun at the amusement park with me. I think others might think that to truely respect God you need to dedicate your life to him. And instead of amusement parks you have places to pray at 3 times a day, at least. I personally prefer walking and doing rides at disneyland, til i drop and then sleep and repose, with repasts, for a day or two. I think other cultures, i may be wrong, i haven't studied them a lot, but, i think the dedication to other political systems, would not allow the idea of an amusement park from ever existing. Anyway, another part of being americans is our facination with old objects. I bet everyone who reads this has seen that pbs show about antiques and their value. Every square inch of Disneyland is an antique, and should be preserved as much as possible. Growth should be embellishments at the most.
Originally Posted By Tiggirl <<I don't think there has ever been a case of an amusement park with dark rides, and roller coaster attractions in china or russia.>> There is Gorky Park in Russia. It even has a coaster with a loop: <a href="http://www.rcdb.com/ig2205.htm?picture=1" target="_blank">http://www.rcdb.com/ig2205.htm ?picture=1</a> <a href="http://www.moscow-taxi.com/4children/gorky-park.html" target="_blank">http://www.moscow-taxi.com/4ch ildren/gorky-park.html</a> And in China besides Disneyland there is Bejing Amusement Park: <a href="http://www.bap.com.cn/home2.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bap.com.cn/home2.ht m</a> There are probably more but these are the first I came up with when I googled. )
