Recent content by Calvin Coolidge

Sort of an aside - does anyone know why they don't just have an Anna & Elsa M&G in NFL AND Norway? I'd throw one in DHS too, for good measure.

I think there's some truth to this, but I'd also point out what I see as a fundamental difference between "Apple fans" and "Disney fans." Apple fans are fundamentally driven by an appreciation for the future. Every new product, every new tweak made in a newer version of an existing product, is...

I'll cop to being sad for a little while when I realized that I'd never be able to recreate a certain childhood picture I have of my brother and me in those Duckberg cutouts in the old Toontown Fair. These forums have this weird thing where everyone is always complaining that nothing new is...

Can someone explain to me the appeal of the Poly? I'm sure there must be something y'all see in it other than just nostalgia that I just don't get. Is there something beyond "it's been there a long time and we have stockholm syndrome?" The electric water pageant? Is it just the monorail? Because...

All I know is if they're looking for rides to base a movie on, and they go to "it's a small world" before, say, Jungle Cruise or BTMRR, they have some seriously strange ideas. Of course, they are probably pretty hesitant to make another western after Lone Ranger, and I understand how much...

The "Under The Sea" scene really is especially dire. The way your vehicle just slowly snakes through the sparse room in contrast to the up-tempo song, while the stiff and lifeless figures jerk about is really unfortunate. Does anyone know if it would be possible to light just that room with...

I'm surprised y'all feel this way. That's the voice she uses when talking to children. I've always found it a bit put-on, but, then, what about her is not put-on?

Can they at least close Universe of Energy next? Might as well make all of FW conference space. Just Soarin', Test Track, and some empty buildings that you can rent out for your next convention!

What you're describing is not capitalism...

It's pretty easy to get tickets to preview screenings of most movies. There are clubs you can join for not too much money, radio contests, special promotions (I got early Lincoln tickets from an undergrad I knew whose U.S. history class was given tickets). I saw Wreck-It Ralph early last year...

Tons of ads and product placement stuff. Even more than Catching Fire stuff. The second week of Catching Fire is the only real competition, and it's Thanksgiving weekend, which usually serves family movies well.

I just don't understand this. I'm actually totally behind the idea of, like, doubling the size of the EPCOT character spot. I just don't get this. There's so much room to really develop WS and they seem to think that what people really want is 1. more characters (true, but why in WS?) 2. more...

I guess I don't understand the wisdom, in 2013, of building a new 3D movie attraction in a theme park, at a time when 3D is so ubiquitous it's become mundane.

You've identified one such think tank, but I've got to say, I work in DC, and have worked in the think tank circuit, and I have never in my life heard of the "Institute for Liberty," or any of the people working for it...

Y'all's implication that MyMagic+ is some sort of secret government plot to track your movement is pretty solid ammunition for TDO to dismiss criticism of MM+ as coming from the lunatic fringe