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Hmm. I may be missing the timeline here. As far as I understood it, the original Thunder Mesa concept, pre-MK-opening, included WRE (of course), plus something like BTM (though not called that) and an outdoor flume ride (though not Splash Mountain). That plan was nixed (or, let's say...

Only in Paris, Mike. ...I'll let myself out.

To be fair, WRE was always part of the Thunder Mesa concept, which included an outdoor flume-ish ride as well, so it would have been a triple: WRE, STM, and Splash. But in that case we wouldn't have gotten WDW's PotC (presumably). So total ride count unchanged. One can argue whether WRE would...

I would say these sorts of things are getting the camel's nose into the tent. I can't say that charging for more FastPasses would surprise me at this point. I suppose I would be surprised if they stopped providing some Fastpasses as part of a normal ticket, but then again, maybe they they will...

You may have elaborated on this before, but do we know what the entrance to this area (from the "hub" side, not from SWL) is going to look like? I'm having trouble picturing the transition. For that matter, presumably they have some demo work to do in that regard? When might we expect that to start?

Well, just to be clear, I guess I don't think it's a scam, in the sense that I don't think they are intentionally ripping people off. But I do think they've bitten off way more than they can chew, and I would actually be surprised if it got as far as 1/2 done. As far as I can tell, at the site...

That's the Orlando Skyscraper. I have my doubts about it ever getting built, frankly. What bugs me is there's a prominent "ride-throughs" YouTube channel that has featured videos on the project and encouraged people to invest in the company behind the project, without disclosing how risky or...

I just looked that movie up--I'll have to check it out. I (and presumably the movie) are quoting Churchill (after the Allies had turned the tide in Egypt).

No, it doesn't. That's a shame. The kinetics of a spinning paddlewheel would multiply the appeal of the whole area many times.

Not the end, and not the beginning of the end, but, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

Ah, right, fair enough. So there's no excuse, it's just a crummy figure.

To be honest, I don't think she is an AA. There's so little movement that I would just call her an animated figure. What always cracked me up was how squat the figure was, when the real Weaver is famous for being tall and lean. I have actually wondered if maybe they didn't secure Weaver's...

Seriously, it's this level of attention that makes me love our little community here. Satellite reconnaissance teams don't have the kind of diligence I see among our members. Also: Woo-hoo! Paddlewheel a-comin'!

Well, you wouldn't be the JT we all know if this wasn't your attitude, but I can't see how one would ever lead to another. It's not as if Disney doesn't have the financial resources to build, enhance, or refurbish all their parks. When they decide not to go forward with some park project, I...

To be clear, the parking spots were painted on as part of creating the area. The idea is that Dino-rama is a old-fashioned traveling carnival that just happens to be at Dinoland USA on the day of your visit. But this is the problem with the theme, that a fond recreation of a cheap carnival is...

What the h? Surely that's a stopgap until they come up with something better? This doesn't solve the problem.

To be clear, there is no reason to think the smokestacks and paddlewheel aren't returning. The name of the restaurant is, in part, because of the paddlewheel coming back, and the paddlewheel and smokestacks have been visible in every iteration of concept art. Frankly, the building will look like...

You can think of the Studios as getting both. Star Wars Land will be a major boost, and Toy Story Land will be half-assed. It's not what I would prefer, but you can see the thinking; TSL's rides will be popular and (relatively) cheap. SWL will bring the wow factor and (one hopes) remind everyone...

Pretty good form on the downward dog. Poly & Dole Whip. That's a nice day right there.

I think your predictions, both old and recent, make pretty good sense. I think it's pretty clear now that we will be getting the simulator-of-a-simulator conceit (which brings down Mission: Space but may work better here). Having multiple people linked to the same Navi is a reasonable story...