Recent content by gsimpson

There certainly is financial reason to replace the existing monorails. As equipment ages it becomes less and less reliable and maintenance costs go up. As the monorails get older inspections have to become more frequent. That is part of the reason. Here is a bigger reason that many may not...

This issue has nothing to do with politics. The Tax assessor want to get as much as he can, and Disney wants to pay as little as they can. This is at least the 4th time they've had this fight in the last 20 years and it probably went on before that. Universal had the same fight, several...

I am genuinely curious. Yes it is amusing that for years the left has been trying to get rid of RCID and the right has been protecting it and now they have flipped sides but apart from both sides trying to claim some undiscernible high ground I have a simple question? Why should Disney operate...

You are of course correct that the ROE globe was free floating but the inferno barge was not and I think that might have been what the other poster was referencing.

The projections and narration of Enchantment leaves something to be desired. The music seems disjointed to me, but I am not an expert in music. Harmonious is just plain awful. It has grown on me like a boil. I used to see Reflections many times a year, now I won't even both to go to Epcot if...

Since the pros seem to follow the same formula for all extravaganzas and parades now I think letting fans have a go would be fine, who knows they might even have a cohesive plot running through the show. Every one of the last decades shows has started with "we need to include clips from our...

Enjoy while you can. Disney always bows to the twitter crowd and in due course they will start beating the "guns kill people" drum and Disney will get rid of it.

One of my biggest gripes with a lot of 'corporate think' is that every single item becomes a "cost center" that has to justify its existence. Sooner or later transportation will need to justify all the expenses so they'll have to show some type of 'income' so there will be a fight between the...

Let's hope Disney doesn't go to youtube and search for "vending machine ferry" in japan.

I disagree with much of your premise. I was there within the first 10 showings of ROE and it almost brought me to tears it was so good, I didn't even know the story ahead of time but I realized what it was as the images were being shown on the old globe and was perplexed at the torches being...

Since this is one of the few remaining attractions that tells a story without stuffing Disney advertising and merchandising down your throat during the whole performance. The existing attraction tells an uplifting story of America, that is actually a story and not a collage of Disney film...

I'm so trying to keep an open mind. Every time there is a press release I lose more hope. This is sounding more and more like a collage or disjointed Disney music from mostly contemporary films/animations held together by a very flimsy "look its the hold world" thread trying desperately to be...

New Monorail rumors are like the Disney News equivalent of Herpes. Once you get one they just keep flaring up from time to time just can't get rid of them.

Not to mention the detail of the weight it adds to the structure for the dirt and water required to support the tree.

I wish people would look at things like this with a more realistic eye and realize this is an out and out sham. A building with a photovoltaic roof isn't going to produce enough power for itself, let alone distribute it to everyone else. The renderings shown are in some cases completely...