The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

[waltography]

In about five years or so there will be more Disney castle parks in Asia than the other 6 continents combined.

Is that when Abu Dhabi's predicted to come? I imagine the company would split the parks differently within their portfolio (2 resorts in NA, 2 in EMEA, and 3 in APAC, with a 6/3/4 park split when Abu Dhabi opens).

And who knows, it might not even be a castle park when all is said and done. The concept art felt a bit more like Ahtohallan meets Arrival haha

 

[Disney Analyst]

So it’s no surprise that smoking in this country has gone way down. In the 80s there was cigarette smoke everywhere. I used to choke on my grandpas cigarette smoke when riding in his car with his window barely cracked. Apparently alcohol consumption is at an all time low in the USA. So what replaced these things? Social Media, video games, theme park annual passes, marijuana? Perhaps sheds a new light on the “Disney adult” phenomenon.

I think many do drink less now, due to health concerns and changing health advice. But I also wonder if it’s an affordability thing. Alcohol is certainly something many can go without when the finances are tight.

 

[mickEblu]

I think many do drink less now, due to health concerns and changing health advice. But I also wonder if it’s an affordability thing. Alcohol is certainly something many can go without when the finances are tight.

Sure. So is Disneyland but that’s not stopping anybody! Haha

 

[mickEblu]

Is that when Abu Dhabi's predicted to come? I imagine the company would split the parks differently within their portfolio (2 resorts in NA, 2 in EMEA, and 3 in APAC, with a 6/3/4 park split when Abu Dhabi opens).

And who knows, it might not even be a castle park when all is said and done. The concept art felt a bit more like Ahtohallan meets Arrival haha

I think so but I might be making that up.

Well the concept are shows a castle so I assumed but I guess anything is possible.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Sure. So is Disneyland but that’s not stopping anybody! Haha

If I had to pick, I'd certainly cut out drinking to afford Disneyland

 

[Gusey]

And who knows, it might not even be a castle park when all is said and done. The concept art felt a bit more like Ahtohallan meets Arrival haha

The latest We Call It Imagineering ep confirmed that they are working on a castle for Abu Dhabi that might incorporate water

 

[Rich T]

A few random thoughts:

1) For me, Pixar Pier is the West Coast Dino-Rama. I’d love to see them just bulldoze the whole land and start fresh with a better concept.

2) The Day the Earth Blew Up deserves all the praise it’s gotten from animation fans over the past several months. The team understood the assignment.

3) No, Youtubers, Sonic Racing Crossworlds is NOT a better game than Mariokart World. It is, however, a ton of fun.

 

[waltography]

A few random thoughts:

1) For me, Pixar Pier is the West Coast Dino-Rama. I’d love to see them just bulldoze the whole land and start fresh with a better concept.

2) The Day the Earth Blew Up deserves all the praise it’s gotten from animation fans over the past several months. The team understood the assignment.

3) No, Youtubers, Sonic Racing Crossworlds is NOT a better game than Mariokart World. It is, however, a ton of fun.

The lipstick it has on right now is pretty ugly from a park-theme standpoint, but I'm still a big proponent of a romantic Victorian pier land in DCA (and thankfully they could still roll it back to that theme quite easily, even with the new Coco plaza coming).

In any case, too much of World of Color's infrastructure is tied up with the pier, so I imagine they're never gonna bulldoze it until we get a Murphy-level failure.

 

[PiratesMansion]

A few random thoughts:

1) For me, Pixar Pier is the West Coast Dino-Rama. I’d love to see them just bulldoze the whole land and start fresh with a better concept.

 

[mickEblu]

A few random thoughts:

1) For me, Pixar Pier is the West Coast Dino-Rama. I’d love to see them just bulldoze the whole land and start fresh with a better concept.

I think people would regret this. They cram a lot of attractions in Pixar Pier. It would all most likely be replaced with some rock work, 2 indoor attractions and a spinner of sorts. They don't build lands with the layering and kinetic energy that the Pier has anymore. I think at this point the pier is part of DCA's identity and the Fun Wheel is the park icon. In my ideal scenario the Pier would be given the Victorian 3.o treatment it never got.

 

[PiratesMansion]

I think people would regret this. They cram a lot of attractions in Pixar Pier. It would all most likely be replaced with some rock work, 2 indoor attractions and a spinner of sorts. They don't build lands with the layering and kinetic energy that the Pier has anymore. I think at this point the pier is part of DCA's identity and the Fun Wheel is the park icon. In my ideal scenario the Pier would be given the Victorian 3.o treatment it never got.

Counterpoint: that rock work would probably do a better job of blocking out Anaheim than IC does.

I have no attachment to anything in Pixar Pier, really.

I've seen World of Color five times in four different iterations. It's basically fine each time but isn't good enough for the time you invest to see it. The way they originally build the park also stops the park from ever doing a show on the scale of, say, the Harbor shows they used to do at TDS that were incredible.

The parade route and WOC arena are apparently too close together, so they'll never be able to run WOC and a parade at the same time. Another design fail.

The layering and kinetic energy is largely because of the wheel and IC, two attractions that aren't good enough for me to much care if they go to Yesterland (not really the measure of what makes good layering or kinetic energy, I understand, but still).

Maybe my view of the area would be different if I had children, but if they leveled it all tomorrow, the only thing I would truly miss on any level would be the Paradise Garden Grill/Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta seating area.

 

[mickEblu]

Counterpoint: that rock work would probably do a better job of blocking out Anaheim than IC does.

I have no attachment to anything in Pixar Pier, really.

I've seen World of Color five times in four different iterations. It's basically fine each time but isn't good enough for the time you invest to see it. The way they originally build the park also stops the park from ever doing a show on the scale of, say, the Harbor shows they used to do at TDS that were incredible.

The parade route and WOC arena are apparently too close together, so they'll never be able to run WOC and a parade at the same time. Another design fail.

The layering and kinetic energy is largely because of the wheel and IC, two attractions that aren't good enough for me to much care if they go to Yesterland (not really the measure of what makes good layering or kinetic energy, I understand, but still).

Maybe my view of the area would be different if I had children, but if they leveled it all tomorrow, the only thing I would truly miss on any level would be the Paradise Garden Grill/Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta seating area.

Yes I considered that. That’s why I mentioned the rock work - to replace the coaster and block out the hotel and convention center on Katella.

I don’t have an attachment (in Pixar Pier proper) to anything in particular either. I’ve only seen WOC three times. The original once, the NPH one once and Winter Dreams I believe. It’s just the collective whole of the land that I think should be appreciated and can be improved upon.

Layering yes is really only because IC and Fun Wheel but I’d throw in TSMM too because of how the coaster goes right over the queue. Not to mention Whirlwind in the helix. But there is kinetic energy all over the place.

We can agree on that. Paradise Gardens is by far my favorite place in that land.

 

[Adventureland Veranda]

I don't know if it would work back there, but I'd like to see a berm that looks like the cliffs of the California coast placed behind the coaster to block out more of the outside world. The pier has grown on me a lot, but not the Pixar overlay.

 

[MoonRakerSCM]

Had the dole whip peach sundae on Friday. Unlike the pineapple upsidedown sundae, this takes away from the dole whip, so stick with just thr plain peach dole whip.

Also, saw Halloween Screams. Still a great show. I hadn't seen the new CGI jack face. I think I prefer the old black and white one. The CG animation for jack is just too awkward vs simplistic stylized silhouette.

 

[Touchdown]

Had the dole whip peach sundae on Friday. Unlike the pineapple upsidedown sundae, this takes away from the dole whip, so stick with just thr plain peach dole whip.

Also, saw Halloween Screams. Still a great show. I hadn't seen the new CGI jack face. I think I prefer the old black and white one. The CG animation for jack is just too awkward anbit vs simplistic stylized silhouette.

I agree, I think they should have kept to the silhouette for all the villains.

 

[Disney Analyst]

That projection change never made sense. The entire structure is meant to be his neck and head… so putting his head inside the head ruins the illusion. What’s even the point of having it now? Might as well project the CGI head on the castle.

Are they treating it as a crystal ball now or something??

 

[mickEblu]

Hell is no longer hot now over at Mr. Toad. I mean at all. Same temp as all the other rooms. Same as my last ride a few months ago. I guess this is the new normal?

 

[Disney Irish]

Hell is no longer hot now over at Mr. Toad. I mean at all. Same temp as all the other rooms. Same as my last ride a few months ago. I guess this is the new normal?

It was still hot when I went in July. So must be newish, maybe a maintenance issue?

 

[mickEblu]

It was still hot when I went in July. So must be newish, maybe a maintenance issue?

Sounds like some ongoing on again off again issue I guess. Last time I rode was this past Spring sometime and the room wasn’t hot at all.

 

[Too Many Hats]

Why are Disneyland and DCA closing an hour early (11pm & 9pm, respectively) for the foreseeable future? Cynical cost-cutting measure?