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  1. yensidtlaw1969

    News New Polynesian Resort DVC villas building to open 2024

    Am I misremembering? I thought something was announced to be up there, with fireworks viewing of some sort - I haven't been following this closely so it's very possible I'm wrong, but if so that would be a HUGE miss.
  2. yensidtlaw1969

    News 'Beyond Big Thunder Mountain' Blue Sky concept revealed for Magic Kingdom

    It’s very strange. Some of their most popular and best people-eating attractions rely on methods they’ve now very largely rejected. How many classic attractions offer(ed) few or no significantly advanced animatronics? How many have managed to entertain and move guests for literal decades while...
  3. yensidtlaw1969

    News 'Beyond Big Thunder Mountain' Blue Sky concept revealed for Magic Kingdom

    Part of the issue is that Disney seems to have forgotten the art of the mid-range attraction - they have to start delivering quality attractions that land between Journey of Water and Flight of Passage in terms of scope. Right now we mostly get things towards the extremes and have mostly lost...
  4. yensidtlaw1969

    News 'Beyond Big Thunder Mountain' Blue Sky concept revealed for Magic Kingdom

    Moana is a different kind of boat ride. But nobody complained about Jungle, Pirates, and Splash all in a row for 30 years, so this probably wouldn’t change that anyway.
  5. yensidtlaw1969

    News New Polynesian Resort DVC villas building to open 2024

    I feel like I agree that the new tower is not particularly harmonious with what came before, even if they're pulling influence from an early concept for Disney's Polynesian. That tower design may have been a valid approach on its own, but it does feel more generic and less evocative than what...
  6. yensidtlaw1969

    News 'Beyond Big Thunder Mountain' Blue Sky concept revealed for Magic Kingdom

    Not exactly: Think of Shanghai Pirates as more like Cosmic Rewind, where the vehicle can be spun to face any direction, where Moana is more like Indiana Jones or Dinosaur!, where the vehicle can be made to feel like it's experiencing turbulence. (I suppose it's possible Moana may also be...
  7. yensidtlaw1969

    News 'Beyond Big Thunder Mountain' Blue Sky concept revealed for Magic Kingdom

    Tortuga Tavern will likely be the new Pirate Bar by then.
  8. yensidtlaw1969

    News 'Encanto' and 'Indiana Jones'-themed experiences at Animal Kingdom

    At the moment I’m not sure. The treatment they’re giving Indiana Jones makes me think they’ve got to be doing *something* to make more sense of Encanto in the park, if only because it’d be odd to make the effort for one attraction and not the other. So if I had to guess, probably? But that is...
  9. yensidtlaw1969

    News 'Encanto' and 'Indiana Jones'-themed experiences at Animal Kingdom

    Intrinsic Value of Nature: “Man, weren’t Dinosaurs amazing? It’s so sad that they’re extinct, and that our contemporary experience of these magnificent creatures amounts to THIS” Psychological Transformation through Adventure: “Now that I see this, wouldn’t it be better if these awesome beasts...
  10. yensidtlaw1969

    News Disney plans to accelerate Parks investment to $60 billion over 10 years

    Some we've heard about, some I haven't seen chatter for yet.
  11. yensidtlaw1969

    News 'Encanto' and 'Indiana Jones'-themed experiences at Animal Kingdom

    You didn't realize that mischaracterizing someone's opinion in an attempt to undercut people's perception of their taste would be upsetting? Interesting. I'll tell you what, it'd be a lot less bothersome if the response was more like "I'm so sorry, I made a mistake, I won't do that again" and...
  12. yensidtlaw1969

    News Disney plans to accelerate Parks investment to $60 billion over 10 years

    Just to affirm, since we've gotten a lot of news this month already - the things I was referring to still haven't been announced yet 👀
  13. yensidtlaw1969

    News 'Encanto' and 'Indiana Jones'-themed experiences at Animal Kingdom

    No, let's back up again - I didn't "change my mind". I was told that WDI had something up their sleeve, and was willing to wait to see how it turned out before passing judgement. What was described to me was not what was eventually built (that's a simple way of putting it, since I'm not at...
  14. yensidtlaw1969

    News 'Encanto' and 'Indiana Jones'-themed experiences at Animal Kingdom

    Or they do a secret 4th thing. It's not that crazy difficult to find an adventure for Indy that makes sense for both him and the park. Or if it is, lucky us because it seems like they've found one.
  15. yensidtlaw1969

    News 'Encanto' and 'Indiana Jones'-themed experiences at Animal Kingdom

    I'd recommend you pull quotes for this sort of thing in the future rather than just allowing yourself to misremember, because I haven't said that. Based on what I was being told was to be done, I was open to the possibility of The Hatbox Ghost in the Endless Hall, execution pending - and...
  16. yensidtlaw1969

    News 'Encanto' and 'Indiana Jones'-themed experiences at Animal Kingdom

    I'll say this - I've spent years arguing that Indy isn't a good fit for Animal Kingdom. Then a few weeks ago I saw some *stuff*, and now I'm excited for it to happen. I still think the property overall is a better fit for Studios, and would prefer Dinosaur! be updated rather than removed, but...
  17. yensidtlaw1969

    News 'Encanto' and 'Indiana Jones'-themed experiences at Animal Kingdom

    Seems like a bold claim in a thread where not only are many denouncing that exact idea but also denouncing Encanto, Indiana Jones, Coco, Moana, and Zootopia as fit for Animal Kingdom. Doesn't really look like opinions change just because Disney moves plans forward.
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