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I remember listening to a Retro Disney World podcast (thanks for the username inspiration, fellas!) where they talked about Symbiosis being brought to documentary film circuits for years after it left EPCOT, definitely high quality filmmaking behind that one. And while I also miss the Living...

Think I might have said it earlier in the thread, but I was kind of stunned when I got back to the parks this past summer and heard a number of people surprised to hear shows like O Canada were there at all, they had no idea. They're such good, solid experiences that it's a shame they don't...

Haven't been online here in a little while and...yeah, kind of sad to come back to this. I'm not going to sit here and 100% play the "back in my day" game; I know full well my parents took my brother and I to the parks in the late 80s and early 90s likely rolling their eyes a bit (with good...

I admit, I did a miniature version of it this year (did a more complete "tour" around World Showcase in 2015...that was a pretty long afternoon/evening), and I think what made it work was that I realized that it was the one day during my trip where I was actually spending a significant amount of...

Only going by video it seems nice enough, but yeah...I know why they did it, but getting A Whole New World at the end just made me slump my shoulders. Combined with the preview of HarmoniUS in the Odyssey, I'm feeling incredibly bummed about all of this.

Oof, yeah, if that preview is a sign of things to come with HarmoniUS it just confirms my worst fears. No thanks.

Obviously October 1 has come and gone, but I have to think the model in Odyssey doesn't mean anything is "imminent", as the twitter account said; if they intend to leave it in there for awhile, they'll likely want to space out the announcements, so perhaps there'll be word about things at next...

That's going to get even worse when the Little Mermaid live action film gets closer to release. But yeah, it hit me how tired I've gotten of them when I heard EPCOT Forever closing with Whole New World. Just...please stop, Disney. We all understand corporate synergy, but there's a line you've...

Yeah, pretty much; the allure at the time was 3D technology, which was having a renaissance in the 1980s, and given how Journey into Imagination placed an emphasis on experiencing imagination through all kinds of avenues including the arts and performance, I don't really see the issue. I think...

On the chance it's true that they were looking for the blue milk to be their version of butter beer, it kind of goes to show what they've missed about Star Wars vis a vis Potter. For Potter fans, a cup of butter beer probably feels almost like a rite of passage; there's no real significance to...

What's kind of sad in all of this is that the Muppets make for an IP that seems well-suited for theme parks and live experiences; so much of the humor of the old Muppet shows and movies involves the subtle realization that this frog, pig, bear, and other assorted weirdos are all just existing in...

Ha, I was at a Disney theme park trivia night a few months ago where one question was to name all the Spaceship Earth narrators. I didn't get credit because I said Vic Perrin and the people running it thought it was someone else in the original spot. If I remember correctly, I think a Marty...

I remember chuckling when I saw Moana because you could tell how little the filmmakers actually wanted to include animal sidekicks in the movie; they did a good job, considering, but you can just visualize the emails in your mind, corporate sharing notes and underlining "gotta sell those plushies!"

Yep, count me among those kids who liked EPCOT Center more than Magic Kingdom; I was born in '85, was lucky enough to go annually for most of my childhood, and while MK was always great EPCOT just felt right up my alley: focusing on the future, having a few less characters (I like the...

Just saw an Offhand Disney video in my YouTube subscriptions and, man...I wish I had the faith in current management a lot of the commenters there seem to have. Have to say, it's frustrating to see people continuously trotting out the old "Walt never wanted the parks to become museums" quotes...

Very much agreed on "if Disney makes it, it's Disney IP"; Disney had a massive box office hit on their hands for awhile in Pirates of the Caribbean, a success that only happens because it came from a theme park attraction Disney had already created. No, they couldn't get Country Bears or Haunted...

If I recall correctly, wasn't there some issue with the original JII's lines because Honey I Shrunk the Audience's queue was allowed to snake in front of it, creating a lot of confusion?

Man...said it elsewhere, but if ends up being something like "characters in SSE", that'd be a pretty huge blow to my park fandom. Fingers crossed, but yikes.

To give you an idea, the finale with the American flags is to evoke the bicentennial celebration.

Electric water pageant? I watched it while waiting for the resort monorail late last month.