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That's exactly how they designed it. It's honestly fine. You design toward the wow moment and make that pop as much as possible. There literally is no solution for what you are asking for. The project's parameters are clearly set. Lose the scary forest. No re-rerouting the ride. Not a...

a) So they did get rid of the scary forest part. But it's actually ok? The witch's basement parts still hold the scariness. The all-important queen-hag transformation is still there (so at least they didn't go the Fantasmic route). b) It doesn't seem like they slowed down the ride, but...

A terrific ride. Very, very impressive. A very old school approach: conceive of as many gags using your characters as possible, and shove them together in clever ways as densely as budget and space allow. Helped greatly by their decision to not be enamored with the ride mechanism, instead...

Ok, but who owns the air rights above the Paradise Pier Hotel land?

Does anybody find the claim that Katella is too trafficky rather dubious? I go to the Resort District often. I have family who live in the platinum triangle. I've never heard anybody complain about Katella. It's usually pretty wide open. The main reason Disneyland Drive gets backed up is...

Ya I’ve suggested that before too. Or trade Anaheim’s desire for Gene Autry Way in return from giving them Disneyland Drive. Don’t know how feasible it is. My guess is utilities run under Disneyland Dr, and if that’s the case it can get very complicated. I would also make sure to route West St...

A third gate is a terrible idea because the core question is, "How many days out of their Southern California vacation are tourists willing to give to Disney?" In my experience, the answer is always either one or two and very, very rarely more than that (three is the absolute max I'd ever even...

What nobody's pointing out about that map is they've also extended in-park Disneyland space in the North all the way up to Ball Road. Seemingly splitting up the backstage areas with theme park space in between, and essentially taking out the large merchandise warehouse and parade building that...

Also, what is the road clearance required around electrical towers? I believe the road behind California Adventure was required per the old plan (to allow the parking trams to run from Simba to the east entrance plaza), but that's no longer necessary now. Disney should assume at least a...

If Disney wants re-zoning why don't they ask that the Paradise Pier Hotel land not be zoned for hotel use?

The LA County Fair cancelled and that is always in September, so mid-May seems ultra-mega-super-dupery optimistic. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-02-09/l-a-county-fair-canceled-covid-19-pandemic

Bit of a misfire here. I appreciate the fidelity of the set designs but I think we all know Universal can bring industry leading production value whenever they want. But it doesn't seem like they ever figured out a core idea for this ride. Is it a racing ride? Is it a competitive game ride...

I'll go to bat once more for my long-term idea: Sell a membership program where a customer pays an annual fee which grants them 50% off their personal ticket for that year plus food and merchandise discounts. Disney gets the upfront guaranteed money. Guests get heavily discounted admissions...

Ten thousand rooms. ...😳... That's a lot of rooms.

Sinbad at Tokyo DisneySea was twenty (20) years ago. It opened with the park in 2001. The tone of the ride was changed around 2007 or so, but that was mostly just changing the soundtrack to the ride. All the AA's remained (in fact, more were added since they added the tiger character to sell...

John Lasseter has been very successful after being removed from Disney. He's head of the major animation studio Skydance. Ostensibly they are under Paramount, but it looks like Apple managed to swoop in and take their next couple of films, which should be out in 2022. He literally faced zero...

"Bob Iger treated Disneyland with kid gloves — but took a sledgehammer to the ill-conceived DCA" What kind of stupid, inaccurate headline is this? Most of the old DCA is still there, intact. The only thing that could be considered "sledgehammered" was the 400 feet of shops lining the entry...

Seemingly unwittingly, I think Disney actually released the perfect fit for the Splash Mountain retheme. It's all there, from the general look/art direction, character variety, music, architectural space, and dynamic flowing water action. It's amazing what can happen when you give fresh...

That's one of my favorite pieces of artwork in all the Imagineering archives (at least of those that have ever been publicly released). However, it has always made no sense as a built environment. What's being depicted seems to be on four different levels and it's unclear which one is...

I still don't understand the "too-scary" criticism. Kids love being scared. Every kid I've ever met loves to be spooked and is drawn to the macabre. It's kinda human nature, it's why Halloween is universally popular across all ages. I kinda think whoever's in charge at Disney doesn't...