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Do they ever use Philharmagic for Oogie Boogie stuff or are they just bringing back Muppet Vision?

And correct me if I’m wrong but Monsters land over at Epic isn’t really an attraction in and of itself the way the Potter land is right? So while maybe a little aesthetically similar Monsters land I feel like is just an entrance to the big E ticket as opposed to some full blown impressive land

Maybe if they scrap the Mummy (and transformers too) they could expand the JP jungle theming and transition to DK’s jungle theming next to Super Nintendo land. That Transformers building is an eyesore. But now you re at net gain of 0 attractions at best and eliminating two of the most popular...

They usually come back in January (sometimes November) just make sure you leave one day unused so you can upgrade when the keys become available. How many days do you have to use the 3 day ticket and when do they expire?

Oh I thought he had a major role on the attraction too.

All this talk about more Potter but what about more Jurassic Park? Talk about evergreen. And check out this segue… even though the park is surrounded by greenery it sure could use some more of it inside the park. More JP would bring that. I guess the issue I see is that the River Ride checks so...

I’m guessing he may have meant to put the Pirates ride there instead of the whole park but I could be wrong.

Maybe I’m just getting old but it feels that way with actors, musicians and celebrities too. I don’t know anyone’s name. There’s too much competition. Too much content. Too much accessibility with everyone on social media all the time. No mystique. Not to mention those early imagineers were...

And really how can you not have a soft spot for the early imagineers? They all worked under Walt and not only created Disneyland and many of the classic attractions but many of them also worked on some of the best animated films of all time.

No I agree. It is an interesting observation and I acknowledged that many of us around here have a bias or soft spot for Disneyland. I don’t think Bob Weiss can be placed over Hench, Davis or Baxter but objectively I can see why one would place him above X Atencio or Yale Gracey. Although like...

Absolutely a Disney legend. Up there with other legends like Anthony Anderson and Patrick Dempsey Edit: didn’t mean to diminish Fitzgeralds contributions. Just pointing out that that’s what Disney is doing when they make everyone and their mom a Disney legend.

I thought they used the Special Effects stage for Transformers? It’s still there?

Right and is Bob really associated with anything at Disneyland? He’s At DCA I know he worked on Cars Land. Definitely one of the greatest living imagineers. It’s true many of us around here probably have a Disneyland bias (and for good reason as many of the greatest imagineers worked for Walt on...

When I first posted my Mount Rushmore of Imagineers I was little iffy as I typed it up pretty quickly and had never really thought about it before but the more I read everyone’s responses I think I’m pretty good with my list. The only one I’m a little iffy on is X but I haven’t been convinced of...

That awful. Universal needs to respect their history more. For example E.T should have never been removed. I don’t blame Spielberg for being upset. People can’t build nostalgia for your parks if a ride can’t even last 15-20 years? I mean I understand the space constraints but I think they can do...

First time I hear those things. Not really a fan of those ideas. Yeah it’s tough to say. I will say the way they handled Splash Mountain leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I get the sense they weren’t really taking his advice or he was pushed out of that project and judging by the end result they...

That’s a good compromise but does that then cost us a full blown Monsters land? Ideally USH would get a unique Monsters land and attraction but that’s probably far fetched.

I’m going with Charita Carter for modern day.

Again I repeat… it’s a travesty that Tony Baxter isn’t more involved with WDI. He’s relatively young. He’s healthy. He is one of the greatest if not the greatest imagineer of all time and he’s sitting at his house a few miles from the park while WDI lost a ton of institutional knowledge and has...

It makes sense. I just happen to disagree with the value system and think that his body of work supersedes all of that.