Recent content by Sir_Cliff

The new storyline with the little girl has massively improved this version and really brought it into its own.

Lion King is an odd choice for an immersive land anyway, given that actually being immersed in the world of the film would involve being surrounded by rocks, grass, and the rolling savannah. A Lion King attraction in Adventureland, though, makes a lot of sense.

Yes, I would imagine this is more about maintaining the incremental growth that has been occurring post-COVID since Avenger's Campus opened rather than a sudden surge in attendance. Perhaps equally important is encouraging people to spend more time in the park and to have their meals there...

Honestly, the settling down to more reasonable wait times for FEA reminds me a little of the opening of Avenger's Campus when they planned to limit entry into the area after it opened. That proved entirely unnecessary after, I think, literally the first day. I'm not sure how they feel...

Given the layout of the park, what you describe honestly makes sense. The park is very attraction dense in the front part, then there is a long walk back to one attraction and large areas around the lake where they is very little reason for anyone to be. It makes sense that even with the...

To be honest, that sounds reasonable to me. Particularly given what they charge for APs now!

Presumably, though, being able to offer free parking is better for that kind of retail and dining offering. It's probably also something they are able to do because of the size of WDW and their whole arrangement with the District. Changing that would be a downgrade, I would think, in relation to...

If the issue is people using free parking intended for visitors to Disney Springs in order to take the buses to the parks via the resorts (if I understand correctly), wouldn't that be analogous to restricting access to the buses/skyliner so that hotel facilities aren't being occupied by people...

Indeed. If this keeps growing to the point it becomes a problem, the next step will be to expand checks on people taking resort transportation. They could also just have checks at the resort entrances; it would depend on what would be easier, I guess. As everyone else is saying, I don't know...

Maybe in terms of the public bus system the link is not too important (as has been pointed out regarding buses also running to TTC). However, there is significant infrastructure there in terms of free parking designed to entice people to that one venue on the edge of the property who aren't...

So is your argument against the free parking at Disney Springs?

Yes, I understand people being cynical about the move. However, I find it hard to accept the idea that Disney should be maintaining a larger bus fleet to accommodate non-resort guests at peak times that probably run little more than a month in total each year (if that) rather than just...

Regarding this change, though, isn't Disney Springs a unique part of the system where the WDW resort internal transportation system comes into contact with the external world/transportation? Of course, Disney Springs is still on WDW property, but DS is specifically designed to be accessible to...

I don't have a strong feeling about this change one way or the other, but I completely understand why they see this as preferable to charging for parking at Disney Springs. They're not going to want to disincentivise people from spending time and money at their outdoor dining and retail complex...

As someone who finds Disney's recent inability or at least inconsistency in being able to produce graphics that look like they are from the time period to which they are themed very annoying, this is an issue about which I find it hard to feel bothered. The main reason is that I think the...