Recent content by zarpman

All this talk about the naming conventions, yet no one batted an eye when New Orleans Square broke that mold at Disneyland in the 60s. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It will come back, in some form, once all of the pandemic stipulations are removed. They reuse too much archival video that inaccurately shows the parks in their current state.

Not sure of the exact year, but the Transportation and Ticket Center colors were meant to match the Disney road signs when the "Disney Transport" brand was introduced (1989 I think, but I'm open for correction). That's also when the buses and trams moved from the orange and brown colors. Now...

In that case, I really hope that the lights encompass the entire sphere. While I prefer the clean look without them, they don’t look terrible until you see that the lights aren’t everywhere and then they stand out. Kinda reminds me of the 1995 Tomorrowland redo where they cheapened out and...

It could be an urban myth, but I remember hearing (perhaps in a tour) that the holes between the panels were intentional, and that a gutter system routed rainwater from Spaceship Earth into the lagoon to prevent water from running down the sphere onto guests below during showers. If this is...

Waiting for the “never saw the yeti work” post? :)

Planning a short 1-day getaway from the beach to play in the Magic Kingdom. Since we will be staying off-site, we will not have Magic Bands but the trusty RFID cards instead. How does Memory Maker One Day work with this setup? Do the photographers scan the RFID cards or do you still get a...

A few posts from the official parks blog make mention of shops now open at Disney Springs, yet I thought we hadn't made that official transition yet. All of the signage and the website still call the whole area Downtown Disney. I presume the newly renovated areas are already called Disney...

... yet no one argued that the icon is for marketing, which it clearly is. It helps guests orient themselves not just inside the park (a secondary purpose of a weenie) but in literature about the park.

Weenies are not icons. Space Mountain is a weenie. So is the Swiss Family Treehouse. Never have been used as park icons.

Debatable. I doubt Walt built Sleeping Beauty Castle to be the symbol of Disneyland. Even the original opening title sequence to the Disneyland TV show originally used the Main Street train station, not the castle. The castle was used for the Fantasyland segments. Magic Kingdom inherited the...

The idea of an icon is purely for marketing purposes. It has existed since Walt Disney World became a multi-gate location, and since most theme park operators don't have to try to market and distinguish multiple parks in a single location, this has not caught on outside of Disney. One could...

Unless it shows up in a landfill, I won't be happy. It's too big to be placed anywhere else, and while I love Mickey in Fantasia, it just doesn't fit in thematically anywhere on property... like the wand, it's too large and imposing for its cartoonish design.

Yes. All of this. I knew someone would fill in all the details. MGM thought they their name was being used as a theme park license, and did not like that their name was tied to productions at the park. I believe those "certain marketing contexts" were anything nationally, as to not confuse...

... not to mention that MGM doesn't own the original Chinese Theater name or design, and the MGM movies featured in the attraction are protected by completely separate contractual agreements. Nothing about MGM prevents Disney from using the facade or operating The Great Movie Ride. In the end...