Recent content by JediMasterMatt

As expected, any change creates strong emotional reactions. My 2 cents - this type of change is exactly what every attraction should go through the scrutinty of. I love the original Country Bears Jamboree; but, I'm not going to sit and pretend that it was pulling it's weight in a park that...

Somewhere today, a very special request was made and being fulfilled for the first time in ages. "Play it." Thank you for sharing your gift with all of us and may your melodies echo for all eternity as the kiss goodnight we all cherish.

Since my niece (@Dreamfinder975) provided her thoughts on the After Hours, I figured I might as well add mine too: - My thoughts below aren't an endorsement of modern Disney's double/triple selling park hours. They are simply my thoughts on dealing with the current state of operations and how...

It's mostly because of Epcot's history (for those of us that are old enough to remember or those versed enough in the lore of it). EPCOT Center opened with no characters except those created for the park. Since then, it's been a continual creep in their integration. As much as all of us old...

While I haven't asked any friends for the particulars on the rumored closure, I do want to point out that Mansion typically gets minimal TLC at DL because of the biannual makeovers. I am aware that there is a long list of mechanical items that stack up each year that they attempt to do in those...

Unless this show has a completely different safety protocol, loading the perimeter/sea wall launchers in advance of the show is normal. They won't be armed at this point. It's the next check in the last 30 minutes where they are armed and even then - they are subject to cancellation even...

I may have daydreamed a few times during this segment that with the Fox acquisition, they could simply swap out Elizabeth and Jack for Jack and Rose from Titanic's last hour with them shouting their names ad nauseum. In hindsight with the maintenance mishaps, I wouldn't want the Columbia to...

Long stretches of the park without attractions? Finally, Disneyland guests get a taste of what it's like at WDW.

Fireworks fallout zone. It used to be open only when wind conditions were "favorable" which meant basically coming straight out of the north and pushing everything away from this zone. I haven't seen it open for several years (IllumiNations and not Epcot Forever or Harmonious) and when it was...

At Disneyland, you can actually determine where you might be slowed/stopped based on the Doombuggy number. Because they have a limitation on how many ADA parties can be down stairs on the ride (because of evacuation concerns in getting people back off the ride in an emergency), they only load...

Also, no post processing done on the pictures so far as you can do a ton of heavy lifting once you have the raw file to play with. I don't have many pictures of mine with me at the office; but, did have this one of DL's HBG from Haunted Mansion Holiday to give an example of how far you can push...

Hey now. Let's not get crazy and start touting Jollywood Nights had entertainment (other than the online kind after) based on the opening night reviews. I wish I was more than half joking.

I believe when the perimeter/seawall launch tubes got updated for Harmonious they changed them to a shallower angle to go further out and less upwards than they were for Illuminations and as such relaxed the wind restrictions a bit - at least for Harmonious at least. I've had more occasions of...

Being shoehorned into the site isn't the issue with Rockit. Being a huge Maurer Sohne X-car design is. <nerd hat on> The design of the train is fundamentally flawed. They are basically 3 bench/row cars on a chassis that has the wheel assemblies of a 2 bench/row car that is then is tied...

I can't imagine why there would be any interest in maintaining the illusion that MK is the leader in attendance? It's not like the entire business model for WDW relies on keeping the resorts near capacity or something. Makes you wonder. 🤔 *MK isn't even the busiest park in the States. DL...