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I've thought about the Port Canaveral extension idea a fair bit. Back when Brightline was negotiating for right-of-way with Florida Turnpike Enterprise and the Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority, the Canaveral Port Authority was looking at alternatives, including an extension along 528...

I was thinking they might eventually make tickets available sooner than September 1. But the closer we get, the more it looks to me like the service will start in September.

Is that not a ride share/taxi pickup area?

Absolutely! I would add that many non-linear-narrative rides do have a natural progression from smaller, quiet scenes with less activity (the caves in Pirates, a floating candelabra in Mansion) to larger, grand scenes with a ton going on (they burn a whole village in Pirates, Haunted Mansion...

I feel like the portion of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge that works really well is the stretch between the restrooms and Smuggler's Run. A complex, multi level space, complete with robots roasting hot dogs on a spacecraft engine! Most of that stretch is in a partially enclosed shopping street...

Removing shade structures? That would be an unpopular opinion indeed! Or do you mean the walls behind the stage? Interesting thought regardless!

Another unpopular opinion: The boats on The Jungle Cruise are not very good ride vehicles. They have very poor sight lines, they are a pain to load and unload, the "middle" seats on the crates suck, and they don't evel look very much like The African Queen (either the boat from the movie or the...

I agree that both Universal parks, Magic Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios don't need any more roller coasters. But Animal Kingdom and Epcot only have one each. I wouldn't put a roller coaster at the top of my priority list for any park, but in the context of a new themed land with three or four...

I've stayed at both the Hilton Tokyo Bay and the Sheraton and both were very nice. If memory serves, the room at the Hilton seemed more recently renovated. But both had excellent service and we're very clean. (my visits were in 2018 and 2019)

I was sure that this venue was a similar size to the American Gardens Theater, but I just checked the construction photos and you are right. It is a much smaller venue. Are we sure there will be no fixed seating?

I would imagine that some of the programming that used to occur in the temporary stage at that location would remain. I know they used to have high school band performances there. But I could also see some of the programming in the American Gardens Theater moving here... The festival concert...

Until this discussion, it had never occurred to me that the backwards descent was anything other than a way to go downhill with more than the most gentle slope without throwing riders out of the vehicle. Like the backwards descent on Spaceship Earth. I typically think that practical or...

To clarify my initial point about Yeti not being very important to fix: I think maintenance and show quality are extremely important. But I would have the yeti be very low on the list of things to fix, even if we were limiting out maintenance priorities to show elements in Expedition Everest...

I went on Disneyland Paris' Space Mountain last September, and it didn't do much for me. Maybe it was just that the Jules Verne theme clashed so hard with the Star Wars overlay. Back on topic-ish: I think dinosaur is a solid second-tier thrill ride. I tend to go on it more often than...

I worded it poorly, I meant that there would be three Monsters, Inc. rides: Monsters, Inc. Ride & Go Seek! at Tokyo Disneyland would be the best Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! At Disney California Adventure would be second best Door Coaster at Disney's Hollywood Studios would be...

The movement of the Yeti in Expedition Everest didn't add much. If I had to decide how to spend a fixed amount of money on maintenance at DAK, almost anything else you could think of would be a better way to spend it. A Monsters Inc. Door Coaster would be the worst of the three Monsters Inc...

I have actually been on Dinosaur twice with the lights on. The first time was at the asteroid impact scene (we actually were evacuated that time! Sorry, no pictures.) and I couldn't be sure where it was the second time. The picture makes it seem like it is towards the end, but I actually think...

I think the geometry of the rooms would make projections very difficult to work. Projections throw a lot of light (think about Cosmic Rewind... Those issues with the track lighting up would occur here too). And the stuff you project would look too close unless you did a Spider-Man-style stretch...

I am pretty sure that Reverchon, the manufacturer of Primeval Whirl, is still in business. It is my understanding that the ride did poor numbers and was difficult to maintain (I believe two maintenence workers were killed on it over the life of the attraction). So it was easier to scrap than...

I think it will either stay until a new ride that is more popular opens or until boarding group drops stay open until park close for a few months on end. So, several years from now is my guess. I think the virtual queue drives sales of ILL, so it will stay in place as long as Disney feels they...