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I love the PacNW, even lived there for a couple of years in my youth. Recreating it in the middle of the Florida swamp will result in something that might look like the Pacific Northwest, but in the heat and humidity of Central Florida, it will still feel like... a Florida swamp. That's one of...

Sigh.

AKL's arcade has one I believe. Not a ton of pinball on property AFAIK and sadly the resort has a reputation for not keeping the pins they do have in working order. For those willing to venture over to the Tampa Bay area, the Replay Museum in Tarpon Springs and Reboot Arcade Bar in downtown...

At least Future World embodied and reflected Walt's forward thinking and optimistic spirit. The current mess does absolutely nothing of the sort.

Subjective and agree to disagree. The fusion of Marc Davis' brilliant character design with the song make it more than the sum of its parts, and as timeless and "Disney" as the pirate skeletons playing chess or the dog with the keys. But tastes vary and at the end of the day it's all a matter of...

But what makes one experience timeless (Small World? Pirates?) and another stale? Simply by the fact that the music for those attractions was written by Disney composers/artists and did not come from somewhere else? Sure, "Blood on the Saddle" is no more original than Snow White or Sleeping...

Also, for those not already familiar with the material, it was fun as kids to see older relatives relate to the songs. Later as adults, it was just as much fun to decipher the lyrics and their meanings. "Did he really just sing 'Every time I looked cross-eyed, she'd hit me with a shovel?!'" I...

Heavens to Mickey Mouse, this is not looking good.

What the???

I was merely speculating for what it's worth. Nor do I have any inside knowledge. However, I think it's reasonable to question why things go wrong and ponder how poor outcomes such as this one could have been prevented. If the lights were designed not to withstand a certain degree of pressure...

Agreed, but again, isn't pressure washing the pavement fairly SOP for a theme park? Why install the lighting in such a way that it wouldn't be able to withstand it? Was the plan to simply warn cleaning crews in perpetuity to be really super extra careful when cleaning around them? What...

From a design perspective, I don't understand why pressure washing wasn't taken into consideration. They had to know that pavement in a theme park is going to be pressure washed. The materials used and the rundown look of the light covers so early in the project's life cycle points to value...

Sound dampening sounds about right. I always liked the aesthetic. Maybe it's a product of my age and the era I grew up in but I think it makes for a more welcoming environment than the hard surfaces and sterile modern look. Did Dreamflight/If You Had Wings also use carpeted walls in the queue...

Agree. The destruction really is a sucker punch, not only because of what was lost but also because of the absolute inferiority of what they replaced it with. Old EPCOT had such amazing bones. Even the triangles and tarps were okay because there was always a sense of possibility, a sense that...

Carpeted walls are such a part of WDW's and specifically EPCOT's DNA. Would love to know the history and rationale behind the design choice. There's just such a sense of comfort in the spaces where it's used, like a warm blanket but on a much grander scale.

I have to wonder if there ever was a commitment, even in the blue-sky phase, of a complete redo of Future World West into a full-on Adventureland or Animal Kingdom-esque exotic setting. It seems unlikely given the general lack of focus plus the already extravagant conversion of the central hub...

If only they had had a large indoor space with plenty of room for seating and tons of space for seasonal and special events....

Hi Sean! 1972 for me. My happiest childhood memory happened somewhere between 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the Skyway, and of course Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. I vaguely remember my younger brother and I getting some sort of pink-and-orange cup and plate set, and perhaps a Mickey balloon, but the...

I agree that "on the cheap" seems to be a large part of the trend (compare the Polyday Inn to Animal Kingdom Lodge, for instance), but Disney and WDI have not been exactly fiscally responsible-- or wise-- when it comes to their recent spending decisions. The amount of money spent on the hub redo...