Recent content by prberk

Agree completely. There was someone recently who quoted one of my posts (in which I had bemoaned the current trend of Disney hotels being essentially new Marriotts with little to no real theming) and they essentially said that Disney hotels were not always "themed to the hilt," and I was just...

I know that WDW Magic participants shouls "know" things like this, but tell me who Constance is and how she relates to the beating heart woman. I only remember the beating heart woman. (Don't hit me!)

Awesome. And if the rumors were true at all and Disney considered our opinions, I want to sincerely thank them.

The only thing I would add to your thoughts is that sometimes they have tried and succeeded (to various degrees) in emulating the kind of creativity and timelessness that Walt usually sought in attractions -- and that is when they have been most successful. Not "copying Walt" but emulating his...

Yep, and there are combo passes. Colonial Williamsburg is a must-do for students, I think, also. See craftsmen making the real thing: shoes, horseshoes, cotton weaving, etc.; but also see what real colonial architecture looks and FEELS slide. No vinyl siding here. Yorktown (where the...

By the way, it might be worth noting that the soundtrack album (which you have to buy complete to get the show track) comes with a bunch of classic fiddle tunes (like "Bile 'em Cabbage Down") and other music that was background music for Frontierland for so long. Some may still be used to day...

One thing we could all do to support it (and reminisce at the same time) is to buy the original (and I mean ORIGINAL) soundtrack. I know it is available for $6.99 on iTunes, and I am sure it is on other sites. I can tell you that just listening to Pete Renoudet, the Stoneman family (central to...

To be honest I think one of the things that helped Walt to be so successful is that he was not "corporate" any more than he had to be. After the Oswald debacle, he was more or less always in charge. He had failures (and is quoted as saying everyone needs a good failure early in life, to teach...

The "Hoop-De-Doo Revue" is more or less a dinner show in the same style. And, of course, it is also threatened by unnecessary encroachment from the "nature-inspired" concrete monstrosity being built behind it.

Cannot agree with you more. Both of those songs were real songs, and "Ole Slew Foot" is a classic that was often sung as an all-sing by jug bands and musicians in a guitar pull. But especially the whooping and hollering ("Hey gang, hit it!") was fitting of the vaudeville/medicine show that...

These three shows are not just nuggets of the past that have connections to Walt himself (yes, including CBJ when it was posed for the Mountain King resort), but they are all three greatly well-done shows that give us a glimpse (on purpose) to another time and/or place. They are costume dramas...

I don't think you understand what I meant. You are free to like what you like, as is anyone; but the point I was making was that whether or not something reminds me of something in my personal life does not address whether or not it fits the theme, which in this case was old Mexico and...

But it looks like a generic hotel at Virginia Beach, seen from Rudee Inlet. For comparison, here is the real thing: (look it up) So, we now have the authenticity of the Riviera, by way of Virginia Beach... or any other beach vacation town in the United States.

It's not about your favorite color scheme or your boyfriend's house. It's about the "Coronado" theme -- an adventure lies ahead like exploring old Mexico. It was never about 1997 any more than Indiana Jones/"Raiders of the Lost Ark" is about 1980. Indiana Jones was about the swashbuckling...

Absolutely a large concrete Marriott, just like we have been expecting. I just don't understand why Disney is "Disneyfying" their signature deluxe theme resorts while also building these nondescript, concrete Hilton/Marriott type hotels on the same property. Walt Disney World is quickly...