Atomicmickey
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More of this! Yes!
How sad it was to explain to my kids "well, it used to be . . . ."
And, yeah. Paint brush.
How sad it was to explain to my kids "well, it used to be . . . ."
And, yeah. Paint brush.
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The Sword in the Stone ceremony returning to the Magic Kingdom?
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JustInTime
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Loved this as a kid!!!
WDWFREAK53
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I wonder if Michelle Tanner will be getting everything she wants....
TubaGeek
God bless the "Ignore" button.
Seems like it might be a (relatively) cheap way of making sure the musicians are being productive for as many hours as they're contracted to.
If they do bring back Merlin, I hope he's doesn't look like a young kid in a bad beard like he used to...
Really, Merlin's friends should be older (or at least older-looking) guys, and most of Hatter's friends should be old queens, and I don't mean the Disney variety.
If they do bring back Merlin, I hope he's doesn't look like a young kid in a bad beard like he used to...
Really, Merlin's friends should be older (or at least older-looking) guys, and most of Hatter's friends should be old queens, and I don't mean the Disney variety.
I'd love to see this back. I was there two weeks ago with people who had not been in at least 10 years and when we walked by the sword he asked can i still pull it out? I said no they don't do it any more. I hope this is truly changing I remember watching the show when i was a kid but was never picked. It seems to me if Universal can give away one of their $30 wands every 20 minutes in Olivanders Disney can certainly cough up a foam crown or sword to the kid who pulls out the sword in a show.
asianway
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I didn't think the wand was free-I thought the parents still had to cough up the retail price.
You used to get a free commemorative medallion and signed scroll if you were picked. That probably cost $2.
threeyoda
Active Member
Which is what's called an incline...
lebeau
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No. An incline would be adding something new. This is just brining things back to the baseline.
It's only an incline if your memory is too short to remember what the baseline is.
bgraham34
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It is things like that in which I hope to see. But thing is it might be there for 3-5 years until TDO says ya know what we dont need that anymore.
TropicalFig8
Active Member
Actually,I've never seen the ceremony before.
How does it work?
How does it work?
dreamscometrue
Well-Known Member
I don't disagee with your last statement, but if the slope and length of the incline are exactly the same as that of the decline, we'll be at the same level as before.
I do feel, however, that we may have several discussions on here about how much, and what type of, 'inclining' it'll take for that to happen.The declines (or what people believe are declines) have been well documented by some on here, but there have been changes that could be called inclines as well. These take 3 forms: bringing back things which should have never been gone/broken, improvements to existing attractions, or new items. Examples of those in order, imho, include gysers on BTMRR, water wheel on TSI and at Morocco; new LED lighting and screens on the Osborne Spectacle of Dancing Lights; and Splitsville, FLE, Tangled Courtyard, and MMY. Obviously, there are many more, but I was just illustrating my whole decline/incline point.
lebeau
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I don't disagee with your last statement, but if the slope and length of the incline are exactly the same as that of the decline, we'll be at the same level as before.
The declines (or what people believe are declines) have been well documented by some on here, but there have been changes that could be called inclines as well. These take 3 forms: bringing back things which should have never been gone/broken, improvements to existing attractions, or new items. Examples of those in order, imho, include gysers on BTMRR, water wheel on TSI and at Morocco; new LED lighting and screens on the Osborne Spectacle of Dancing Lights; and Splitsville, FLE, Tangled Courtyard, and MMY. Obviously, there are many more, but I was just illustrating my whole decline/incline point.
I may be splitting hairs here. But I don't consider putting back something that never should have been taken away an incline. It is merely the correction of an error. It brings you back to the baseline.
There are inclines. This just isn't one of them. In fact, until Merlin is brought back, it is still a net decline. Just a smaller decline than previously existed.
Plussing and new attractions are indisputably inclines. Unfortunately, I think the ledger is heavier on the decline side of late.
asianway
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I remember watching the show from King Stephen's feasting on decent food(Prime Rib and beef barley soup plus Mickey Mouse butter!). Declines all around...
invader
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If it's 80 degrees in temperature one day, drops to 74 the next, and the back to 80 the following it's considered an incline. Same concept here.
lebeau
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So you completely re-evaluate the state of the parks on a daily basis forgetting everything that has ever come before? That's A concept. But I think it's a faulty one.
Try this out. If you have $10 and I take $5 and then give you $5 dollars back a year later did you benefit from this transaction? Is that an incline?
(Although to make that analogy truly accurate, I'd need to give you back less that $5. What is Merlin worth? A buck? Two-fifty?)
ShookieJones
We need time for things to happen.
So Is this back? That would be amazing. My daughter has recently become interested in Arthurian folklore and when she found out they used to have this ceremony she was super P.O d..."why do they stop doing stuff like this" she asks...I didn't have a real good answer.
Hmmm..has this changed? I don't remember them giving away these wands? If they do we got ripped off. My daughter got chosen and we had to buy that bad boy....like we had a choice!???
Hmmm..has this changed? I don't remember them giving away these wands? If they do we got ripped off. My daughter got chosen and we had to buy that bad boy....like we had a choice!???
ExtinctJenn
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Are we seriously turning a thread celebrating the return of this show (potentially) into a debate on the definitions of incline and decline? 
lebeau
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Are we seriously turning a thread celebrating the return of this show (potentially) into a debate on the definitions of incline and decline?
I am glad the show is back even if it is on a smaller scale and we have no idea how long it will last. But really? How much is there to discuss? Do you really want a thread that consists entirely of "woo hoo they brought it back - sort of..."?
I think a discussion of declining by degrees and all that entails is appropriate when discussing a show that was discontinued and has been brought back to life (in a reduced capacity).
What else do you want to talk about?