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Scotland would have been more prominently featured, but no-one in Scotland was prepared to pay for it! Even Pringle withdrew their sponsorship. Anyway, efforts are made to ensure that the UK Pavillion does reflect the whole country. Cast Members are recruited from England, Scotland, Wales...

I'm a huge fan of WS, but I'm going to play devil's advocate by saying that Disney themed attractions could work very well in some WS pavillions. By connecting in the culture and folklore of a country to something that people can relate to, then more people will absorb the educational element...

You can buy an Annual Pass for only €29 at DLRP, if you present your original ticket. Bear in mind that the repeat guest rate is very low at DLRP, so the low price is probably to encourage people to return.

I agree! A Mary Poppins attraction would be perfect in the UK Pavillion! The film itself is regaining popularity with the opening of the stage musical here in London. The show is getting rave reviews, which proves there's still a demand from today's audience. It could be a dark ride with...

:brick: Oh dear. Yet another negative thread. Considering this is supposed to be a fan website, why do a lot of recent threads contain nothing but moaning, complaining and whining? Constructive criticism and suggestions for improvement are one thing, but to sit around and deliberately...

Many of the restaurants in World Showcase are actually owned and operated by Concessionaires rather than Disney. Many of the restaurant names are actually the name of the company operating the restaurant. CM's who work there are also not directly employed by Disney and don't recieve the same...

Mmmmmm.... Foodelicious. Arrrrrghghgh... Chocolate Covered Marshmallows at MGM's Scarey Apothecary Udon Noodles at the Japanese Pavillion Oreo Milkshake and Chilli Topped Fries at ESPN Boardwalk Chocolate Souffle at Palo on Disney Cruise Line The entire Nowegian buffet (greedy, I know!)...

My wish list would be for a decent attraction in each WS pavillion. Italy- gondola ride (internal and external- reaching out to the artificial Venetian canal on World Showcase lagoon) Germany- 360 film (or even a Soarin' style film ride) Canada- replace the film with a bobsleigh ride...

I'd vote for Greece, India or Russia as they would bring something new to World Showcase. Egypt would be very similar (in terms of architecture and modern culture) to Morocco. Brazil and Australia would be better suited in Animal Kingdom. Spain wouldn't be significantly different from Mexico...

Disney have thought about Australia before. When i worked at Epcot years ago, I found a very detailed blueprint for a World Showcase pavillion named "The Commonwealth of Australia". This was to be located where the International Gateway is now between the UK and France. The pavillion...

21 is the standard minimum age, although younger may be recruited for specialist entertainment roles (although these CM's cannot drink the crew bar). Concessionaires (like the Spa staff who work for Steiner) can also be under 21, but these are very rare. I used to work on board. My advice...

Slight diversion....but could you imagine how cool WDW, AK and MGM would be if Walt (or someone like him) were still in charge? I imagine there would be innovative things like an extensive mass transit system covering most parks and resorts, no copied attractions with contrived theming...

United Kingdom.... Clever architecture...Beer! Fish and Chips. More Beer! And the British Invasion Did I mention the beer? :dazzle:

Someone asked why Port Orleans and Dixie Landings merged... The reason I heard was that the company felt the word 'dixie' had racial undertones which Disney wanted to avoid. As I am not an African American and I am not from the southern states, I don't know whether this is true....

When I was a CM at Epcot, I was told that Odyssey was closed down for sanitary reasons (not sure how true this is... cockroaches were mentioned, but i'm reluctant to believe this) The building is built on swamps with huge steel pylons which stand very deep into the mud- the building actually...

Every year, the french dismantle the real eiffel tower in paris to clean and paint it (the day it's put back together is actually a french national holiday called "la fete de la tour"). it's only logical that disney should do the same.... :animwink:

The epcot arm is by far the worst. Why take a geometrically perfect piece of architecture and add a tacky sparkly cartoon element? Even when it said "2000" rather than "epcot", it didn't look right. Hopefully the next hurricane will blow it away...

I think WDW offers great services, however there probably has been a decline in the quality of CM's over the years as WDW has got bigger and needed more staff. Initially, Disney could be very picky over who they could recruit, but in recent years (pre 9/11) they needed more and more people to...

the US is getting a lot stricter with all nationalities, even "first world" countries. europeans with non- machine readable passports (mainly french, belgian and german) need a tourist visa. also, children are no loner allowed to enter the states on their parent's passport without a visa, which...

countries i would love to see in epcot (my favorite park) greece- amazing mythology, architecture. hercules characters. india- culture, food and history. jungle book characters. brazil- huge fan base at wdw, fun cast members, carnival. emperor's new groove characters? (although that...