Xenomorph Encounter.... do it.... I need my cute and adorable alien in a circular theater again... I need trashy merch of an Xenomorph in Mickey ear hats eating a dole whip.... I need to look at a cool AA of the coolest creature design ever....
I'll be in DLR in May so will be interesting to compare WDW (which I'll be in just prior to flying out to Anaheim for DLR).
We need to traumatize children again.
Yeah, except for Primeval Whirl. And whatever the heck was happening at Chester and Hester's. Boneyard and Dinosaur, yes, although I LOVE Indiana Jones at DL. You have no idea how excited I am for Indy at AK.
Then you look up at the Matterhorn with it's big gaping hole in the middle to remind you that the long gone Skyway used to travel though there
Yeah dinorama aside I’m a Dinoland apologist too. I’ve never been to Disneyland but the submarines seem like something cool and unique we don’t have in Florida.Yeah, except for Primeval Whirl. And whatever the heck was happening at Chester and Hester's. Boneyard and Dinosaur, yes, although I LOVE Indiana Jones at DL. You have no idea how excited I am for Indy at AK.
There are DL purists who will try to defend DL's Tomorrowland over WDW's and I'm like, if we're talking about the attractions...maybe, although Star Tours exists at DHS (and has a larger capacity there) and Space Mountain is different at DL, not necessarily better. Other than that...no. Especially not with Buzz in WDW being upgraded now.
Some will also argue the Monorail and the Finding Nemo subs. The Monorail unfortunately was from the cheap Eisner era and could use a cabin refresh. Sadly, although WDW's monorails need replacing, the cabin interiors were better made instead of cheap plastic. DL's monorails show some sad wear a tear.
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WDW's I think unfortunately will get replaced only when maintenance becomes more expensive than replacing/upgrading the system would be, but the cabins themselves have been better maintained, which is sad. And don't even get me started on the use of the horns on the monorails at DL...did you know monorails have horns? I did not until going to DL, and needless to say, it freaked me out when I heard them. And they still startle me; I hate the noise of them.
And the Finding Nemo subs in DL...I hate those things and think there's a special place in hell for them.
…that’s been there since Roy…so it’s now officially part of the Disney archives
…only after the first 27 years or so
I agree, Tomorrowland is ripe for expansion and I think that, if IPs are a requirement, they have enough decently popular sci-fi IPs they can put in there that can lend themselves extremely well to a good attraction. I'm just extremely happy Buzz is staying versus forcing the Wreck it Ralph circle into a square hole.
I did that last year. I went to WDW with my parents but had to work most of the time (I work remote) in September. And then I went to DL/SoCal on a solo trip for an actual vacation in October. And then I was back in WDW in January. I did the reverse when I graduated college. Took a long vacation and started in SoCal, then went directly to WDW.
And then in WDW when I go on Pirates. DCA's entry and DHS's entry are very similar, but DHS has an edge with the approach to the Chinese theater, and then the approach to ToT. Plus I dislike the smaller fair-type attractions at DCA. Another cheap remnant of the Eisner era. I spend time at Avengers Campus, at Cars Land, and then I'm like...yeah I'm done, time to go back to the other park. QS food is better at DCA than DHS, but not better than Epcot and AK. I like the TS places at DHS better than DCA. I go to the resorts, DL, and DTD for TS restaurants over DCA.
Actually, we did. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Pretty much the same ride but with the Nautilus submarines. It closed in 1994 and eventually was filled in for 7DMT and New Fantasyland.
Because parents can't read multiple warning signs? That's on them, not on anyone else. And, unfortunately, stupid won that game.
Is someone holding you at gunpoint and demanding you use as many laugh emojis as possible?I did that last year. I went to WDW with my parents but had to work most of the time (I work remote) in September. And then I went to DL/SoCal on a solo trip for an actual vacation in October. And then I was back in WDW in January. I did the reverse when I graduated college. Took a long vacation and started in SoCal, then went directly to WDW.
Sometimes, you're like "What is this?" after being on the opposite coast. I do that when entering DL (drives me up a wall) and then in Tomorrowland. And also with the castle, lol. It's so short.
Actually last time in WDW, most of the time I was in MK, I was like "this isn't DL and I don't like it" and I spent most of my time in the other parks. Especially because of the food; DL's food is SOOO much better than MK's (but don't go into Tomorrowland for food either, lol, go literally anyplace else). And then in DCA, I was like "this isn't DHS and I don't like it."
Funny how it was opposite at WDW, like DL spoiled me for MK, and then the other parks at WDW spoiled me for DCA. Oh, and Indiana Jones...I was on that at least once a day, and then came back to WDW to ride Dinosaur and was like "what is this?"
The lack of Joffrey's bothers me at DL too. I'm like, y'all are missing out.
Oh, and attraction photos are free at DL, so make sure you grab those.
Side note: I went to Knott's Berry Farm while I was out there, which is twenty minutes away. I was super impressed. Not sure what your plans are, but I highly recommend that park too.
We had 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, which closed before I was born. According to my parents, Finding Nemo subs suffers the same issue with being slow to load and taking forever.
I’m aware. Unfortunately I never got to experience it myself.
It's the curse of being an almost 30 millennial; I must use all the emojis, and I don't care what the younger generation thinks because we used them first.
I loved it when it opened
