Recent content by Rich T

Things I dislike about SR. 1) I don’t enjoy playing the role of a smuggler. 2) I can play much more enjoyable videogames at home. 3) This ride managed to make me hate the word “container.” Almost as much as The Force Awakens made me hate the word “portion.”

It is a wonderful place— A huge mega theme park that feels like a cozy, lovingly-managed family-owned park. And Big Bear Mtn. is one of the most fun rides ever. I can’t wait to go back. 😃

I never would have guessed that Dollywood would be the first U.S. park to debut the Mack Rides rocking-boat coaster system—and in a fully-themed indoor dark ride adventure at that! I love Dollywood, and this is EXACTLY the type of ride they needed to add. Apparently they started talking with...

MK’s have better spinning… but what the heck is up with that horrible like-an-elephant-being-shot sound the MK tea party makes when it stops???? “BANG!!!! Eeeeeerrrraaaaerrraarrrrrauaurrraaauu” 😄 It scares the daylights out of me! 😄 Disney: Yeah, the teacups sound great and Tomorrowland...

After nearly a year of free improvements, theme additions and upgrades, Planet Coaster 2 is getting a major paid-DLC theme pack on Sept. 16, and it looks wonderful. Along with magic/fantasy-themed architecture, animatronics, scenery, music and special effects, the DLC brings the...

If you have any trouble getting the search engines to find them (I almost missed them), try entering Universal Destinations as the artist.

Universal just released 2 Epic Universe soundtracks on streaming, iTunes, etc. Dark Universe is the full soundtrack album previously only available as a limited-edition vinyl LP at the park. Celestial Park contains only three tracks, but Stardust Racers is one of them. Hoping to see more...

Well, I spoke too soon: This Celestial Park collection got released digitally as well! This one’s only three tracks, but includes Stardust Racers, which is also the main theme heard in the park ads. It’s a start.

Finally available on streaming services, iTunes, etc.! Great, great park/attraction music by Danny Elfman. I’ll be playing this a lot through Halloween! Now if only Universal would release soundtrack albums for Celestial Park, Isle of Berk, Ministry/Cirque Arcanu and Super Nintendo World!

I’m going to cheat just a bit and say 1968 Tomorrowland—but keeping Space Mtn.

I’ve managed to trim my MK time down to zero. Rivers of America is gone and Tomorrowland Speedway remains. Brilliance.

Though I can’t see that happening (except in regards to specific uses), I am in favor of quickly tightening the reins and applying all laws of copyright, plagiarism, fraud, etc. as swiftly and seriously as possble. Every government on the planet needs to realize the serious implications of what...

Hey, remember a little while back when we were having fun discussing the pros and cons of A.I. art when Bing Image creator became readily available to just about everyone? Ah, those were the days. Now just a couple of years later… Holy crud. Is anyone else here unsettled by how quickly the...

I think of California Adventure as a DLC pack for Disneyland. If the park really was a Planet Coaster-style videogame, DCA 1.0 would be the starting scenario players have to fix. 😃

It’s hard for me to judge DCA as a stand-alone entity because of its location and its (odd) history. I look at it this way: If parkhopper options weren’t available, would I gladly pay full price for a day at DCA? If it was in the middle of Nebraska, and I happened to be in Nebraska with no...