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This is a bit of a debate you raise here. Me and a friend once went to see the Guardians of the Galaxy Show at American Adventure. Framing the show was a backstory about how the guardians of the galaxy were helping the planet Xandar reach out to Earth, and Peter had suggested Epcot as the...

@WDW Pro you’ve gone too far this time! Forces of Destiny gave us the greatest moment in Star Wars history. Chewbacca snuggling with a Wampa! As you all might imagine, Chewbacca managed to get himself into a bit of a pickle. Luckily all the Wampa was interested in was cuddling! Soon Leah was...

Fine, I won’t directly call out anyone. Some posters on this board don’t add any opinions, but like to mock those who do have views and expertise. What they don’t realize is they become guilty of being an annoying caricature when they do it over and over. Not specific.

@marni1971 has stated that Disney considered installing permanent LED lights into the castle. They would be unobtrusive and allow year round manipulation. He could be more specific, but it would have essentially rendered the lights irrelevant. While I appreciate the attempt to mitigate a crane...

How do you honor something that has stood as an icon for 50 years? Change what made it successful! I'm not surprised, but I am disappointed. I really hope this isn't true. The Castle is wonderful and lifelike, changing it to a hip rose gold color is unnecessary. These temporary changes have a...

The fact he has the hutzpah to come out and say what anyone with half a brain thought, that Apple should have bought Disney, is impressive. Disney+ will be the one that got away. In a decade+, Disney will have 150 Million subscribers paying $30 USD a month as Disney slowly ramps up the price...

This is what I was trying to say. Admittedly it was my fault for lumping two different issues into one broad critique. I also used the word cartoony to describe both the weird Revit issues and strange content. The reason I did, is because while the Revit problem and the content problem are...

A cartoony vibe that seems to be the result of rendering things with 3D software. Pirates Cove at Shanghai Disneyland, “New” Fantasyland, and even Galaxy’s Edge all look fake. Their forms are ugly and unrealistic. Even Buena Vista Street suffers from this weird off vibe. The days when Disney...

Precision. Fantasy AT DISNEY does not mean impossible or alien. That’s a recent WDI idea to let all sorts of crappy choices get made. And so on and so forth. All architecture at Disney Parks has been rooted in reality.

Oh I’ve got to disagree with that. Spanish and Mediterranean fortresses and castles are beautiful and epic structures. They are super cool. While of course you might find some dull ones, others are awesome. Most every choice in fortress explorations has an architectural or real precedent. The...

I have to give credit to the Disneyland crowd. I had a number of criticisms (some of them in this thread) but never imagined that locals would reject it. I thought this was going to be a major success and that this would only be the beginning. But I rather arrogantly didn't think the Disneyland...

It's definitely weird. It has some design cues harkening to Cinderella's Castle. But it also has some other stuff thrown in. Weird. It's definitely not a castle though. Castles are inhabitable and useful spaces. This is not an inhabitable or useful building. It's really skinny and designed...

They had water features in the central courtyard? Why did they take them out? My whole life its felt somewhat like a sea of cement. That design also seems to drastically improve crowd flow. Instead of aimlessly walking around a circle of cement, there were clear arteries- the fountain of nations...

Haha I knew I was going to be called out for ticket booklets. The tickets were fair and affordable. You knew exactly what you were buying in plain English. In some ways it was actually more transparent than today. If you do research into the booklets, you’ll find that a collection of tickets was...

Disney took the lesson to abandon “theme” from theme parks. It’s really hard to convey themes or messages through physical spaces. The setting is just a tool that the artist uses to tell the story. The lesson Bob and Co took, was to build the setting minus the story. I could have been the...

I think you're claiming they said far more than they actually did. The poster wasn't looking for validation, but instead is observing mainstream (no matter the political persuasion) publications being critical of Disney's approach. Individuals critical of parks management tend to be told that...

And this is exactly the conclusion I would reach. 4/5 climate 1/5 human hunting. The American Bison are a radically different case. In 10,000 BC, there were fewer humans on the entire planet than there were Americans in the 1860s. Combined with speedy domesticated horses and long rage weapons...

For what it’s worth, I wouldn’t hold our Neolithic Ancestors completely responsible. While human contribution is a known factor, perhaps the more dramatic decline was from a warming climate. Ultimately, it’s hard to say with certain what fully did them in. One question I would pose (and...

Do you still have the conversations? I remember Serpico...

Certainly. I wish I had photos- I certainly could document this. But my descriptions will have to suffice. My specific criticism of the Polynesian’s roof (or more accurately roofs) come from poor care. They’re supposed to be an Earthy red color. Right now if you ride by on a monorail you’ll see...