Recent content by Mr. Sullivan

They are not considering design issues. I'm really not sure where you got that out of this statement. They are reconsidering ridability criteria. Inappropriate ridability is not a design flaw. It's an operational flaw. It has absolutely nothing to do with the integrity of the coaster, train...

A vest? A vest is not an actual restraint, no way no how. They are explicitly, as said by the people who make them, intended to make a rider feel more secure but are not functionally able to act as a primary restraint. You keep saying that they keep a rider in their place in the train. No they...

That's kinda the whole point of what I said though. It's supposed to protect riders and that includes riders who have specific ADA needs and specific kinds of amputations. That is what it is designed for. It was cleared and approved by all parties involved because it met these standards. The...

You can just look it up and find all sorts of sources that explain how waist restraints and over the shoulder restraints offer the same safety. I think what's confusing you is you're thinking we're talking about a lap bar and we are not. Riders are restrained at the waist, but not by a lap...

Over the shoulder restraints are often uncomfortable for riders and can be dangerous on their own for variety of reasons. As coasters got more intense, the preference was to move toward a restraint that holds you in at the waist rather than the shoulders. This not only confines riders at their...

We're pretty much left with the greatest rides they've ever built, but of all of them, I'd say Everest is slightly behind the others. So I vote Everest.

Lotta folks making big judgements on a movie based off half a paragraph of a pitch with no details

“The loud lift hill is an important part of the theme” It wasn’t an intentional choice. It wasn’t a thematic decision to have the lift hill make noise, it was just an unavoidable thing. To that end, it is not purposefully that loud. It being that loud is a sign of age, wear, and tear. There’s...

The Muppets’ primary audience is adults, just as it has been for a long time now. The characters haven’t really been popular with kids since the movie with Jason Segal and even then I wouldn’t say it really landed as hard with them as Disney maybe hoped. The Muppets has long been a brand that...

None of those things are requirements to enjoy the parks. They’re splurges. You’re equating things you can do with things you have to do. It is perfectly possible to have a Disney vacation that presents you with a great value. If someone chooses to take part in those expensive additional...

He wasn’t but he was indeed about a lot of other negative things that have no place in Disney today (even though they do still frustratingly take some of his worst cues in certain areas) so maybe we need to stop holding him up as some moral center for the company to be following almost 60 years...

See this is fascinating to me. I think DL’s river is way more interesting to look at and feels so much more beautifully integrated into the atmosphere and mood of the area.

Well that’s kinda what they’re in the middle of doing right now. We haven’t even seen the second half of this developmental plan, but already what they’re doing is significant, diversifies the parks, and will have noticeable impact. The only real trouble with it is it will take a few years to...

No, I was not accusing AEW of something. "One of their industry peers" was in reference to one of Disney's industry peers, not WWE's. And yes, believe me I know the way that WWE as an organization generally points. I've got plenty of folks on the side of my family I don't talk to who are big...

WWE fans are annoying but there are far, far worse demographics they could be appealing to. Especially when one of their industry peers is actively trying to cozy up to one of those far worse demographics. Personally I don’t think Disney is necessarily the right company to hold WWE’s streaming...