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This is exactly what I've wanted for Hollywoodland. Once Mystic Manor was revealed, a Norma Desmond-esque version was a freaking no-brainer for DCA in concept, if not in willing budget. It would truly elevate the park.

This isn't the first time the Swiss Family has been re-magined to include a daughter. This 1958 NBC TV production reduced the offspring to three. Two brothers and a daughter named Nadia who was nowhere in the original source. 1958. It also starred Walter Pidgeon, who was clearly in need of a...

Yeah, there was. The original book, in its many versions, was only a loose inspiration for the Disney movie, but one thing where the movie followed the book faithfully in spirit if not detail, was in the absurd collection of different animals all living on the same small island that would never...

Thanks for your concern. I do appreciate it. I actually own four homes, counting a duplex as two, and three of them are mortgage-free rentals. The duplex had a recent roof inspection with a positive report, and I just paid the bill for a new roof and gutters (including gutter screening) on the...

Dreams Come True:

Absolutely. When I was a young man, I did a hell off a lot scenic theatrical painting, and a simple low-concentration wash of paint to water selectively painted over this mural could easily change its nature. I've no Idea if that is coming or not, but until it is finished and revealed, neither...

I've been of that opinion since they first started putting in the plastic grass. The water saving is minuscule compared to where they continue to consume vast amounts. This is pure cost-cutting.

I agree that the Dreaming Tree is currently underwhelming. Since it's (unexpected by me) a real tree, the future is open to improvement. But the shrinking of the tree roots from the size in the concept art that kids would be able to climb on and crawl around down to the tiny trip hazards they...

I agree completely with all of this. Pandora built outside the berm is OK. Inside the berm, I would only want a ride in Tomorrowland or a film experience in the empty theater. If that.

Birth. Conception and "launched" ... well ... let's just leave it at birth.

OMG, a Sputnik reference! That means something to me. Sputnik and I were both launched a few hours apart. I was among the very first Space Age babies. :cool:

After reading this conversation about phone charging in the parks, I recently called my elder brother and sister-in-law who began a WDW vacation today, their first time without offspring along. I asked about their phone-charging strategy and it turns out that these grandparents are packing power...

I've lived in coastal Northern California my entire life, often in strenuous, sometimes extreme precipitation conditions, and this is the first time I've learned the word "graupel". Live and learn.

We have those in California too. He's just traded places with a Utahan outbound domestic transplant. 😎

I liked this part from the Los Angeles Times article cited by @Parteecia: The study also found that Utah’s largest share of outbound domestic transplants went to California. 😄

I think Hologram Walt has taken a step too far into the Uncanny Valley.

Oh my! I only get bears and the occasional cougar in my neighborhood (the actual animals, not the human versions).

My second choice from your list would have been Jungle Cruise. But off-list it would probably be Rivers of America with the Mark Twain. You know, since Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland isn't around anymore. Transportation seems to be something happening for me tonight.

I restarted my laptop, and vote is logged. :)

I've tried three times. For some reason it won't register. I try later.