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I don't know if it would have sunk the company. The fact is that EPCOT, the actual city, was still in the very early stages of planning when Walt died. If you look at the initial plans for what became Disneyland compared to the final park, the two are very, very different. Remember that Walt was...

High in a tower was a lonely goatherd Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee HOOOOOOooooooooooooooooo!

I think a mix of both can work well. When we went to see Mickey a couple of weeks back, the FastPass line experience was much like yours, however the semi-private nature of the Meet-n-Greet allowed for more personal interaction with the character. Directly in front of us was a family with a...

This is why older effects that can now be accomplished in a more dynamic way are updated over the years in attractions like Haunted Mansion and Pirates. Now, irrational EPCOT Center lover that I am, I will admit that World of Motion was not on the same level as those two rides or Spaceship...

They were tearing them out because they had not been maintained and updated properly and also because they were relying almost exclusively on corporate sponsorship, not because they were flash-in-the-pan attractions. There's a certain "Edutainment" attraction located in a giant geodesic sphere...

I'm of the opinion that you should hire people who have talents that lie in artistry and creativity to be in charge of an entertainment company, but that ship sailed a long time ago. :( The fact that the parks are now lumped in with "Consumer Products" tells me everything I need to know.

Day 2, cont. (again) Sorry this is taking me so long. I have a lot of thoughts to work through, since this was a really big trip for me. I promise that it wasn't all doom and gloom. :) Exiting Pirates into the gift shop (Was this the first attraction that dumped you into a gift shop?), I...

Oh, definitely. Had we gone back to Animal Kingdom for a second day, we would have gone that route. My wife, who is in no way a fan of coasters, loved Everest.

Wait until you see one of my photos in my next post.

Heck, there were Character Spots that didn't have a photographer when we were there recently. We even had to use my phone when we met Mickey in the Town Square Theater. I think that was due to a malfunctioning camera, however, so that's understandable. We saw at least a couple of other...

Not when we were there. Granted, we were there at a busy time, but it was downright ridiculous. There was no way that people were getting their money's worth during that week. We loved BTMM and SM, they just need some TLC.

At a certain point, I think during the last half of Eisner's tenure, Disney stopped building attractions based on creativity and innovation that were the envy of all other parks and started building attractions based on the potential for short-term profit. Their attractions are still more...

I don't know, man. Frozen was a solid film that has absolutely remained popular with a large segment of Disney's audience. Heck, it moved to Broadway this past year. (The show isn't great, but that's beside the point.) I think it has just as much staying power as many of their other animated...

I don't know that I agree with that. The popularity of shows like Cosmos and the BBC Nature documentaries demonstrate that non-fiction topics can be entertaining as well as informative. Attractions in the mold of EPCOT Center could be just as popular as anything in current Epcot if they are...

Even worse, it's just as much tied into the crappy remake of The Absent Minded Professor. Who remembers Flubber these days? My wife, a first-timer to any Disney park, absolutely loved Epcot... except for much of Future World. She loved Spaceship Earth, Soarin' (which, honestly, has nothing to...

Day 2, cont. "And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee." - Friedrich Nietzsche I have been at WDW when it was busy. I've gone during the middle of summer. I was at EPCOT Center the year it opened (and if you think about how large that park is, you can imagine...

Not that my or my wife's opinions are worth more than anyone else's, but we both quite enjoyed the current film when we saw it last week. It's dated, sure, but still has some lovely photography and Martin Short seems like a decent fellow, I must say. I have always loved the Circlevision films...

I mean, I'm quite attracted to the new Mary Poppins (as I am to 1964 Julie Andrews). Does that count?

I'm not sure if you're serious, but just in case you are, check out his website. Be prepared to spend more time than you thought possible, though.

We're one of the oddest-shaped states in the Union. Because of the two panhandles, we actually stretch pretty far if you drive fully north to south or east to west. :) Yeah, there were a few times when I had really melancholy moments. I lost my Dad back in 2010. He absolutely adored Disney and...