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DLP has on sale currently at Flora's (ex photography shop on Main Street) and World of Disney a massive attraction merchandise collection. Tower of Terror, Pirates of the Caribbean, Phantom Manor, Big Thunder Mountain, It's a Small World, La Taniere du Dragon (Dragon's Lair), Peter Pan's Flight...

Have a great trip! I did Disney in a back brace as a teenager and that was a challenge then. Make sure to ask the cast members at Slinky Dog Dash, Big Thunder Mountain and Rock n Roller Coaster for the accessible row. It has a specially made door that makes it a lot easier to get on and off...

Economy car rental near MCO was notorious for advertising 10$ a day cars pre COVID. Once you took the rare shuttle there, you were stuck there (since strangely, the shuttle was never there to return you to the terminal if you changed your mind) until you agreed to their lies. You don't want our...

The singer who wrote the book on that style of touring is Mylene Farmer in France. She announces a tour every 3-5 years, book less than a month worth of dates across french speaking countries in Europe and every concert is a major event. It's a once in a lifetime experience everytime and she's...

New ride system from Intamin, using a custom 4 row spillwater boat. The lap bars originally designed for Escape from Pompeii are installed on the boats and it will have higher capacity than the Florida version.

Here is some history of Ocean Park and how it came to be to the state we are in today: -Park opened in 1978 as a zoo, on goverment land and paid for by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, who provides official horse racing bets, lottery and gambling in Hong Kong. It is a government organisation. - In...

By early 2001, there were two different shoulder restraints running on the ride and the original configuration was no more. This was the 1995 restraint and headrest: By 2001, this was running on the ride, with foam encased in leather pads to allow guests to lay their head on something soft...

Some corrections: In 2000, the original trains had to get replaced due to excessive forces that the compact ride was putting on them. One by one, trains (there were 6 of them) were cycled out of the ride and sent backstage. There, maintenance removed the original chassis and replaced them with...

Interesting choice to base the ship in Singapore. You have enough people in a 4-5 hours flight range to keep the ship booked most of the time and they can afford to. The lack of a casino will appeal to the muslim guests from Malaysia, south Thailand, Indonesia and Brunei that can easily reach...

Anyone have an idea of what that proposal was? I looked in my Disneyland Paris de l'esquisse a la creation book and I could not find anything.

https://outsidears.fr/2023/02/exclusif-pavillon-est-la-derniere-brique-de-la-zone-lake-promenade/ Outsidears just published an article discussing the missing piece from the lake promenade coming to the Walt Disney Studios. The east pavilion as they call it is located south of the new Rapunzel...

I am nearly the same size as that guy and I fit with no issues in Shanghai. Moving your feet and taking advantage of the moving leg pads will make you fit. If you're trying to look pretty for a selfie or a youtube video rather than trying to fit in, the silver metal bars won't lock in place.

Correct! You have to be in the park to use that function.

Congratulations and have fun! I'll address your point 1 by 1: - The Tokyo Disney website only sells tickets around 60 days in advance. I am going in march and need to wait a bit. - Fast Pass is gone, replaced by paid Premier Access for some rides and shows on the official app. - Lottery used...

Amazing post and great insight into the music business. I remember the golden era of the 1990s when every week, you'd have new songs from dance acts that would appear and dissapear overnight and yeah, the record store was the only way you'd get access to them. When DJ Robert Ouimet (Montreal's...

It mentions that both Disneyland Paris management and Walt Disney Company executives are not happy with the finished result of the main show on Avengers Assemble: Flight Force. The issue comes from the very nice queue and preshow, which leads to a very poor main show. WDI and the people...

The timing doesn't work as Cynthia Harris was named as Disneyland president in 1998. She was working at the Disney Stores beforehand according to my research and I am not sure how she could have refused the budget increase before opening. There was work done on the ride during the summer of...

Thank you for the kind word! Yes, I agree with you that WDI is too focused today on the tech rather than the whole package on an emotional level.

To be fair, Eddie Sotto ing off OLC to the point where they didn't build Rocket Rods there did not help the ride didn't help with the version in California. Add GM pulling from sponsoring Rocket Rods due to the Test Track fiasco and the ride was doomed. From another podcast he participated...

Those three rides you mention, you view them from a modern point of view where those rides are common today. I suggest you read Roller Coasters, Flumes and Flying Saucers for amazing insight into how Matterhorn Bobsleds, Pirates and Small World came to be. They did reinvent the wheel for those...