Recent content by mkt

I give up. You guys can keep your cicle jerk.

So you're assuming that the pieces of art released to the public are the entirety of what was created over the years long process that it took for the park to be designed and built?

The complaints - not enough to do and things break down a lot. Sidebar, Is your professional background in project management per chance?

While most of the design work is done and approved when construction starts, projects of this scale continue evolving as they’re being built. It’s not uncommon for a ride building to suddenly need a few hundred more square feet after the foundation has already been poured, forcing changes to be...

I’m speaking broadly about the timeframe, not presenting a strict chronology. The emojis were intentional. I can’t really be more specific than that.

My point was less about absolute debt and more about the capital environment around the time Epic’s scope was being finalized. Comcast had a very strong and stable cash engine from broadband, and parks rebounded quickly, which gave them room to keep funding Epic through the inflation shock...

I suspect you’re looking at more recent numbers. My point was about the financial environment during the period Epic was actually being designed and built. During much of that window Disney was absorbing the Fox acquisition, investing heavily in streaming, and eventually paying out Comcast’s...

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I take it you've seen all of the original art.

While it wasn't my intention to imply that there were three years with no design work done, as far as the rest goes... 🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐

$7 billion was more than originally budgeted. Also, as I've said before, Epic was designed and planned between 2014 and 2017. No one could have predicted the logistical and inflationary nightmares of 2020-2022. Compromises were clearly made. If Disney had designed and built a new park from...

$7 billion isn't on the cheap by any stretch of the imagination.

It's been 18 years... wow. I'm unsure if the character height ranges have been revised in that time, but the math puts you at 5'5 1/2", which lets you just barely slide into 5'6" characters. The big ones will be Pluto and Buzz Lightyear.

I get it. If I only eat taco bell, deviled eggs, and tequila, it is statistically more likely that the pants I wear will have a brown stain sooner rather than later.