PintoColvig
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peter11435 said:
Well, perhaps you are bit brighter than me. Yet, this slow witted puck still thinks it is quite un-Disney-like in theme.
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Well, perhaps you are bit brighter than me. Yet, this slow witted puck still thinks it is quite un-Disney-like in theme.
peter11435
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icorsix said:
I didn't mean to sound rude. I just mean if you look around you can see that the store was once a gas station and other things like that hint to the storyline. Although I do have to agree that the theme from the start is somewhat un-disney-like. I just think that given the theme and storyline they choose they did a great job with it.
wannab@dis
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Easy now... I didn't read that from Peter's post. :wave:icorsix said:
PintoColvig
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peter11435 said:
Yes, I have looked around and seen the gas station turned tourist trap, etc.
Yet, that whole section of Dinoland sorta stands off by itself and does not seem altogether connected in any way to the Dino Institute except that they are both about Dinosaurs. As you say, at best Dinorama "hints" at the storyline but it doesn't clearly deliver it.
Oh, and Wannab@dis: easy now, yourself :wave:
He said it's really not that hard to figure out on your own and I hadn't figured it out on my own. So I must not be as sharp!
imagineer boy
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peter11435 said:
Thank you.:lol: :hammer:
But seriously, what do you think of the ideas?
peter11435
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imagineer boy said:
Its clever. But to be honest I always thought that was essentially what Primevil Whirl was. Sort of like chester and Hesters answer to the Dino Institutes Time Rover. A cheap time machine themed roller coaster where you are going back to save the Dinos. All in fun in Chester and Hesters case.
peter11435
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icorsix said:
I agree it doesn't clearly deliver the story line. But then again neither does BTMRR, HM, POTC or most of the other classic attractions. The Imagineers give you all the parts. And while they have a story to piece them all together you are free to use your own Imagination to create your own or figure out theirs.
The Dino Institute shouldn’t be connected to the rest of the area. The scientists have set up their facility in the middle of the pre-existing town.
peter11435 said:
the thing is though even though Dino-rama has a storyline it still doesnt make it good nor does it make a whole lot of sense. Jurassic Park at Islands of Adventure = Dinoland U.S.A. done right.
peter11435
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Ghostbuster626 said:
No. Jurrassic Park at IOA = Jurrasic Park at IOA.
You may not thing its a good storyline, but it makes perfect sense.
yensidtlaw1969
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But if it was done like that people would complain that it wasn't original enough . . .Ghostbuster626 said:
.Yensid "There was a much easier, much more explorable and much more understandable solution to Dinoland, but I guess I know why they dind't take it . . . " tlaw1969
This ones gonna run and run....
BTW; the article neglected to mention the fact that EPCOT Center overran its budget by 100% in 1979-82 due in a large part to WED (Imagineering) re designing attractions and expanding them (when they were supposed to be curtailing them) - way before DLPs overruns, which were directly down to Eisner, not WDI.
BTW; the article neglected to mention the fact that EPCOT Center overran its budget by 100% in 1979-82 due in a large part to WED (Imagineering) re designing attractions and expanding them (when they were supposed to be curtailing them) - way before DLPs overruns, which were directly down to Eisner, not WDI.
George
Liker of Things
I like Imagineer Boy's ideas. We share at least one of them. I've long thought a Dino Zoo near the institute would be cool. Now that I've been reading the current debate about Dinoland, I had another idea. What if part of the story was that the Dino Institute had their federal funding cut and was using the Dino Zoo to keep things going? This would explain the carny type atmosphere that had grown up in the nearby area. At all times there would be several traditional animatronic dinosaurs in cages for us to look at. Every couple of hours an uncomfortable looking scientist (not a natural carnival barker type)would come out and start a show/scientific program where a couple of dinosaurs (similar to Lucky) would be on display. I really like Dinoland, but I do see how there is a slight logical disconnect between the attractions and I think that would address the issue. Also, it would give me one more cool thing I can do with my toddlers (on top of KS and FOTLK).
George
Liker of Things
I decided my previous post on this thread was relatively lame, then I thought of a logical extension of the idea that seemed cool. What if the reason the Dino Institute lost funding was because they lost control of their time portal creating device and occasionally a dinosaur would come through to our time and wreak havoc? Picture this - two or three times a day There would be a lot of mist behind the Dino Institute. Then - you would see the neck, mouth and humped back of some giant brontosaurus type creature (the rest of the dino would be obscured by the institute). One of Dino Institute science guys would yell - "Oh no! Not again then go running in the building and sound an alarm. Shortly the dinosaur would be circled by two or three helicopters to keep it in place. The whole time it would be looking around, munching on a big pile of plant material and making noises. Then after 5 minutes or so there'd be more mist and after it cleared the Dino would be gone. A representative of the institute would come out and apologize for the technical problems they seem to be having.
PintoColvig
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ASJHLJ said:
What??? :veryconfu
Now, if you had said that the brontosaurus stomped over to Dinorama and destroyed everything in sight, I might be with you. :slurp:
icorsix said:
whats a brontosaurus?
yensidtlaw1969
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It's a type of Dinosaur. Information on them is abundant. Google is a nice place to startGhostbuster626 said:
.Yensid "They even have some Universe of Energy!
" tlaw1969
yensidtlaw1969 said:It's a type of Dinosaur. Information on them is abundant. Google is a nice place to start
Yensid "They even have some Universe of Energy!
Trust me Yensid. Brontosaurus IS NOT a type of dinosaur.
