Recent content by Sir_Cliff

Must say, it's kind of strange watching all of this starting to open to the public due to the mixture of feelings it provokes. For one thing, nothing seems all that surprising as it feels like they have been building this forever and everything kind of looks and feels exactly like we all knew...

I'm sure we'd all be shocked at how much they are managing to spend on it!

If you're going to be too busy to watch the movie until June, then I guess you wouldn't have paid to see it in theatres anyway. Best of luck making it through the next few months!

Must admit that I am not sure I find myself agreeing with much that is being said about Disneyland Paris dining. On the one hand, I don't find the food terrible and think there are plenty of good as well as not-so-good options. Walt's is a particular favourite. On the other, I think there's...

The comics are very big in continental Europe with kids and adults. Having lived in Germany and The Netherlands the past 12 or so years, I can attest that you see various Donald Duck titles for sale at the supermarket and pretty much wherever you see any magazines or newspapers sold. I know that...

This may be taking things a little off-track, but I have been surprised how little Disneyland Paris draws on the ongoing popularity of and nostalgia surrounding the comics in Europe. You'd think something based around particularly the whole Duckburg universe would be popular, but they pretty...

The more we talk about it, the more of a good choice it seems. While not an especially "hot" IP, the film was huge in France and would move a lot of merchandise. Something along the lines of a Fantasyland dark ride would also round out the park's offerings very nicely; at present they seem to...

I wonder if they could do an elevated version of Mr Toad's Wild Ride based around The Aristocats? One thing that stands out from the film that could support a ride are the sequences with Edgar tearing around the countryside. I'm sure you could build from that to have a fun all-age dark ride...

That is very much my impression. This is obviously not a park for me, but what you would hope if Universal (or Disney) were to attempt something like this is that they would elevate it above a standard "small kiddie park" based on their experience and resources from running the larger resorts...

How much of that is because Florida is just warmer and supports these large sprawling resorts, though? I think Coronado transplanted to Disneyland Paris would be pretty unpleasant for most of the year. It makes a lot more sense in Paris to keep things compact and indoors. That obviously...

Indeed. I certainly respect the creativity with which they approached the assignment of creating a land based around dinosaurs.

I think one of the things you mentioned is an accurate description of what they're doing, and all the others are very different from that thing. Perhaps some people are looking to Disney vloggers to be public ombudsmen, but I think most understand they are providing entertainment and ultimately...

I think people are more saying that Tropical Americas has the potential to be a good fit for Animal Kingdom and that Dinoland USA fell short of the potential of a dinosaur-based land. I don't recall anyone saying that dinosaurs have no place in Animal Kingdom, though I might have missed that. I...

My impression was that the Las Vegas Loop was also a case of over-promising and under-delivering in that it turned out to be just a relatively slow, low-capacity and generally inefficient underground Tesla taxi service.

Many thanks for your observations, which were great to read! I feel quite the same. For a few reasons, I'm not super keen on travelling to the US anytime soon but also haven't been to the US parks in a good while and am not aching to get back. My last trip to WDW was fun, but it felt a lot more...