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  1. JediMasterMatt

    Why doesn't WDW add more rides when they do major expansions?

    If WDW wanted to add more attractions that guests could experience they would. The sad fact is they don't want more. They are content with maintaining the status quo and have instead opted for optimizing the maximum amount of profit per guest they can extract. Virtually every move they...
  2. JediMasterMatt

    News New Haunted Mansion Grounds Expansion, Retail Shop Coming to Disneyland Resort in 2024

    This is not accurate. ECVs and powered chairs can be taken down to load. CMs encourage ECV and powered chair owners to park them; but, if guests are not able to stand and make the walk - they can take them down. We've done this hundreds of times. As the video shows, the infrastructure to...
  3. JediMasterMatt

    News New Haunted Mansion Grounds Expansion, Retail Shop Coming to Disneyland Resort in 2024

    That would be quite an undertaking and would involve redoing the entire RV system. In essence, this is what the Kuka RV system on Potter does. It's basically a modern omnimover that instead of a contiguous string of connected RVs in a conga line it is an independent RVs (on a robot arm)...
  4. JediMasterMatt

    News Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Historical Construction/Impressions

    Not possible because this iteration of SWL was designed for both DL and Studios. Can't effectively go below grade in scale in Florida. RotR's turntable and drop shafts are about as ambitious as you could get digging below grade and that is just for back of house mechs and not guest areas...
  5. JediMasterMatt

    The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

    Because of the Disneyland Mansion show building being only accessible from the park for those with mobility issues via the stretching room elevators (without routing them backstage). The elevators are a bottleneck that limits the number of mobility impared guests that can be taken down and have...
  6. JediMasterMatt

    The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

    Not sure if the question was in regards to the quantity of people in the portrait hallway or if it was referring to the "playful spooks consistently interrupting our ride 3-4 times". The two issues have some connection together as they both are impacted by the stopping of the doombuggies. Let...
  7. JediMasterMatt

    HKDL gets new castle, frozen land and marvel land.

    Ok EPCOT Center time travelers... who on earth had Maelstrom on their bingo cards being cloned 2x in the future? What a timeline we live in. "Full of surprises."* "Brand new experience"* *Your milage may vary. The new animatronics look nice.
  8. JediMasterMatt

    News Happily Ever After fireworks show returning to Magic Kingdom in 2023

    Most certainly. Remember definitely has the memberberries running strong through it with the heavily leaning on Disneyland's attraction history; but, on a purely technical level - HEA does everything that Remember did; but, on a much more impressive scale. More shells, lights, and effects...
  9. JediMasterMatt

    News Happily Ever After fireworks show returning to Magic Kingdom in 2023

    It's hard to the top of the castle in Cliff's excellent video; but, it does show a good job of her entering frame off of Pan's shoulder and then flying across to the castle and then upwards. This video shows her in more of a close up climbing higher and then reaching the window at the climax...
  10. JediMasterMatt

    News January 2024 Cast Member service celebration

    We were at the park this year for the "short day" and as long as you weren't paying full price - it was wonderful as the crowds were lower than I've seen the MK in years. We only were in the park for a couple of hours (3ish) and did a ton. If you are an AP or have park hoppers, I would...
  11. JediMasterMatt

    News Happily Ever After fireworks show returning to Magic Kingdom in 2023

    While I can neither confirm nor deny any water works from my eyes, I will share that one of the nice things about my nighttime spectacular photography hobby is that I get to meet a lot of nice people while waiting hours sometimes for the shows. I vividly recall this elderly couple that stood...
  12. JediMasterMatt

    News Happily Ever After fireworks show returning to Magic Kingdom in 2023

    One of these days, I'll get my HEA photos posted online; but, my penchant for Disney's nighttime spectaculars means that I get intimately acquainted with these and the various story beats of them. Of all of the MK's various spectaculars, Tink's flight in HEA has never been better built-up and...
  13. JediMasterMatt

    August trip - do I need express pass?

    There is another option to consider as well. When you stay at a deluxe Uni Resort, you get unlimited Express Pass on the day you check in AND the day you check out. In essence, it's 2 days worth of Express for one night stay. So, when you do the math for this, factor in the possibility of...
  14. JediMasterMatt

    Happy 40th Journey into Imgination!

    Leave it to a @marni1971 reminder of Journey into Imagination's anniversary to get me to log back in after a long period of lurking (sorry, been tied up with work). Sorry in advance for the long read ahead; but, trust me - it's worth it. I've shared this story in the past; but, it's a sad...
  15. JediMasterMatt

    Epcot Toll Plaza

    I'm not so sure of that... EPCOT Center's ship has certainly long since set sail. The toll plaza out front should've told ya.
  16. JediMasterMatt

    Former VP Details Original Star Wars Land Plans

    I'm really busy with work (pandemic response challenges at work) ; but, I just had a friend email me with questions about this article. I'll eventually try to put things into perspective; but, take my word on the following: - this article is based on the very early days after the Lucasfilm...
  17. JediMasterMatt

    Worst Street Shows

    Probably the guy with the cockatoo that's always loitering around the Harbor property entrance every night. It isn't much of a show unless you are a big fan of catching avian related germs and having to step through the mess it leaves on the ground. Either that or the afore mentioned High...
  18. JediMasterMatt

    News Reflections of Earth confirmed to be replaced by Harmonious

    If they wanted to go that route, they could just call it for what is is: Illuminations: Reflections of Marketing Decisions I'm still excited for this show as it will be technical very impressive. It's just going to be in the wrong park; but, then again - it's unfortunately going to be in the...
  19. JediMasterMatt

    Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance

    You are welcome and had good questions that I think needed covering again because information on this attraction goes back years and a lot of ground has been covered and a lot of conflicting information is out there. As much as many of us would love to have modern versions of 1980's EPCOT...
  20. JediMasterMatt

    Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance

    Internally, they feared less RVs and less uptime and were surprised they could push capacity up as high as it has been. They even feared days when it wouldn't be operational at all. It's possible that may still happen if maintenance needs more time than what they are being provided after...
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