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They're going to use real dwarfs on the inside? Doesn't that violate some labor laws ;-)

Tony Baxter recently pointed out in an interview that it is hard to gauge whether an attraction will be a E Ticket before it opens. Before Epcot opened, the Imagination Pavilion didn't get the sort of publicity as the other pavilions, and it turned out to be a much bigger hit than people...

That's true. Iger was just making the point that Disney was going to be all about Star Wars and would look for new opportunities to bring them into the parks in order to excite Star Wars fans and to let investors know they want to maximize profit from this IP. Part of why Disney put out the...

I think Everest could have used a bigger budget. If you're going to built a Matterhorn decades later, you have the room to make it less of a box-type structure, and you can add some lesser "peaks" around the main mountain, instead of making it a big box. The tree to mountain transition is too...

I find the whole discussion topic of icons in Disney parks fascinating, maybe because I'm kinda nebulous on a definition of an icon in a theme park, perhaps an attraction feature which resonates with such a large percentage of guests that it becomes recognizable as representing said attraction...

I think BTMRR and GG both have their positives and limitations: GG 1. Much more explicit storytelling, great animatronic bears. 2. The rockwork is very good, at least to my eyes, it looks like they were going for a Grand Canyon feel, with the look of the rocks and trees. I'd like to...

It is interesting how Grizzly Gulch uses less rockwork than Big Thunder, which allows for more trees/shrubs in some areas . . .gotta have soil if you want more folliage than monument valley, though you can see how hard they worked to try to blend the rockwork underneath the track with the soil...

Very sad, that woman should not have died enjoying a thrill ride. Yes, morbidly obese people should lose weight, but they also should be able to enjoy a theme park, and if they walk a lot and avoid the "circus food" options, they might lose a bit of weight and get some needed exercise. In...

There's a great series of Tony Baxter podcasts on Miceage (amazing, and generous, that Tony took the time to give all of these free details/insights without having to buy, or wait, for a book, though that will probably be coming): http://micechat.com/36693-disneyland-ups-and-downs/ (You have...

As I said on July 6th of this year . . . http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/why-hollywood-studios-is-being-rebuilt.867235/page-75 Not at all surprised that some Star Wars land development stuff will be shown at D23, heard about the possibility many months ago. Disney did send out a...

That would be cool.

True, but in a park like DHS which is bursting at the seams, you can't take out a whole lot of attractions without causing a massive drop in attendance, and angry guests because there is a 3 hour wait for Toy Story because Muppets and other stuff is gone. I don't think the goal for Burbank is to...

You mean I can't ride Barnstormer anymore? It's gone? What about County Bounty? Did they keep that? Funny how a lot of toon town is still there! We all know that 20,000 was a single ride that was removed a long time ago . . . I think that if LMA, Backlot, Muppets, HISTK-play area, and SoA...

Given Osbourne's popularity, we'd probably see an alternative site being prepped (might take them 18 months just to do that and figure out how they want to design it) as a harbinger of the removal of Osbourne from SoA (working under the premise that that is even a likely scenario). They'd have...

Without a doubt, if somebody order 25% of DHS to be demolish and construction on Carsland to begin, it would happen. The question is whether or not such a move would make financial sense, whether Carsland even makes sense in Orlando, but more importantly . . . could the same $$ be spent...

With Carsland inside of DHS, yes, there are many logistical/fiscal issues.

Others have mentioned that there are obvious logistical/practical issues with regards to Carsland at DHS. Remember that a Disney CM spread rumors about Carsland/StarWarsland/Pixar rides at DHS being announced at DHS in order to antagonize/hurt people who run D23 at Disney (either to steal their...

Just said "it seems" there won't be a Carsland. DHS and DCA are different beasts, Carsland was built on a convenient parking lot at DCA, part of DCA's expansion plan, DHS would lose a lot of guests if they built Carsland inside of DHS, (possibly guests would get peeved with even fewer...

Not sure what that means, in terms of insider info or rumor, but I take it that there is no closing date yet? The facility is relatively new and would be expected to be in good to excellent condition. If SoA stays, due to popularity of Osbourne Lights, and there is no Carsland, is there any...

I've said before that DHS could get a great new E-Ticket, such as by putting the queue in Pixar Place and taking out the Backlot. What I think is far fetched is taking out tons of stuff to try to cram Carsland in. If no Carsland, then don't see why LMA would need to be removed, though it might...