Recent content by Penny R. Kaid

Who cares? The first time i went to epcot, that i can remember, was at about 5-6 years old... The Living Seas wasn't even there yet. I remember thinking to myself "Hey the rides are slow but it's real nice anyways". It got me interested in stuff that kids today just don't care about. Do you...

I have no problem with "reimaging"... What they're doing is "reimagining" a whole country's history & folklore... That in itself goes against showcasing the country... Merlin is right on the money! I would add that it was their duty to protect the park's integrity and mission at the cost of...

I have to quote someone from an older thead that bounced me to this one: Let’s face the facts! The original idea of Epcot is lost to the past and slowly being washed away, to make way for a few thrills to get more people in the seats... They did it with horizons (ie mission space), the land...

That would've been a great idea! Kind of like the "The Land/Soarin'" combination... Keep a bit of the old with a bit of the new. If they couldn't fit it in the same building, it would've been easy to make additions to make the two work.

I didn't hate Test Track 1.0, simply as a ride... I probably will like 2.0 better for the Tron-like setting... But "for the better" is a matter of perspective... Test Track is extremely shallow in comparison. It doesn't teach anything about the history of transportation... It doesn't have a...

So the reason was because of mobs... I didn't think it was a problem in those days... Anyways makes it hard for spontaneous high five on the way to the next ride!

I might get roughed up with this question but our family weren't big fans of meet and greets... Personally, I used to like walking around in the parks and out of nowhere cross paths with them without any schedules... Examples: Mowgli & Baloo in Adventureland... Breer Bear & Fox in...

What did "EPCOT" originally stand for? Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow (ie Utopia)... What was the original design of Future World... Futuristic pavillions designed to immerse you in a general theme of technologies: SE : History and Future of various modes of communication. UoE...

I just saw a clip of the Mickey Mouse Revue... I couldn't believe I missed that one! I didn't even know it existed until this evening.

That's what I meant by the lack of cohesiveness... I think that BoarderPhreak agrees with me that the original Epcot would have met your expectations or at least come close... In my opinion fixing (or reverting) Imagination would go a long way in fixing part of the problem... I mentioned this...

Is something wrong with a kid that goes 3 times in a row on a ride that ends up with being hit by a train and going to hell... Who cares!!! I loved it! :-) It was a simple and very effective thrill ride! People who've been on it won't forget it... People who haven't, will wonder how this ride...

I'm also looking forward to the mine train... But some of my earliest WDW memories include this ride. I remember it being a little more scary than it's last version... And the one thing I used to love was ending up in a crumbling diamond mine... Me and my wife (new to WDW) went on the ride just...

. I also loved this... Two other things I loved... I loved the recreations of early 19th-20th century futureworlds and how silly they seemed... Space capsule shot to the moon using a big cannon... Robot barbers and butlers... Rockabilly alien parties in neon! I also loved how immersive the...

Although,I agree that upkeep on AA rides is more frequent and isn't cheap... It doesn't mean they should do away with them altogether... This kind of ties in with what i wrote about Epcot (http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/epcot-futureworld-what-it-meant-to-me.865762/)... AA is also key to...

I've never been on that one... But you should have been on the ride it replaced... Mission to Mars... Pretty horrifying!!! ;-) The only thing that used to give me nightmares at WDW was the Magic Journeys 3D show, which was later replaced by Captain EO at Epcot... There was a part with a witch...