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  1. UncleScrooge

    Sticking with the name your grew up with?

    The studios will always be "MGM", and Epcot should still be EPCOT Center. I still refer to Inoventions as "Communicores" and Mouse Gears as "The Centorium"- God I miss that store!
  2. UncleScrooge

    Orlando High Speed Rail IS DEFINITE

    Of course crime is a contributing factor to people leaving the cities. Unfortunately, with increased population densities comes increased crime- it’s not exactly a selling feature. However, one cannot discount other valid contributing factors as well; such as the overall living conditions...
  3. UncleScrooge

    Orlando High Speed Rail IS DEFINITE

    Thank you! Only people who have lived it can truly understand. In what part of the city did you live?
  4. UncleScrooge

    Orlando High Speed Rail IS DEFINITE

    Unfortunately, mass transit systems only work well in compact, densely populated urban areas like those in the Northeast, or in countries like Japan. I grew up in South Philly, and the mass transit was efficient because the city is deigned like a gigantic grid, making the system simple and user...
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    Orlando High Speed Rail IS DEFINITE

    I am glad that the HSR project has been killed for multiple reasons. While the idea was noble, it’s implication was poorly conceived and short sighted. While we were lured by the bait of temporary jobs and “free” federal money; ultimately the extended operating cost for this infrequently used...
  6. UncleScrooge

    Project Z

    After reading through the thread and the various clues provided and/or implied; I am guessing that “project Z” (the E ticket Lee is referencing) is most probably going to be located in Tomorrowland. I would assume that it would be located on the large plot of land where the Galaxy Palace...
  7. UncleScrooge

    Chances of TRON attraction now that movie is out?

    I feel that good attractions don’t necessarily have to be base on highly successful movies (take Song of the South for example); but it does help. But despite its relative commercial success or failure, I hope that Disney does base an attraction on Tron; simply because I feel that the basic...
  8. UncleScrooge

    Things You Wish They would Bring Back

    The Country Bears Christmas show The original Tiki Room Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride...
  9. UncleScrooge

    Disney, Universal win insurance waivers.....

    Like in any case, the facts are debatable (which is how lawyers earn their profit :lookaroun), and if my facts in this particular case are incorrect; then I will gladly retract them. I was simply using it to illustrate many similar cases of a certain type. Regardless, whether at a conscious or...
  10. UncleScrooge

    Disney, Universal win insurance waivers.....

    -I never said it is valueless work or isn't hard; It is simply rather easy to replace, which creates a high supply of such a worker, which decreases the compensation they can demand. - Of course experience plays a role; I thought that I alluded to that when I used the word "expertise."...
  11. UncleScrooge

    Disney, Universal win insurance waivers.....

    Wilt Dasney, certainly the ramifications of the newly passed healthcare law in general play into my thoughts on the issue at hand; however the specific proposal to further cut Medicare reimbursements is not directly related. For me, it is more about the larger philosophical issue of what the...
  12. UncleScrooge

    Disney, Universal win insurance waivers.....

    I guess that pointing out that one has to pay for specialized skill, training, education and experience, is just as much a cynical way to shut down any nuanced discussion, as “they just make too much money; nobody should be allowed to make that much”. I was trying to illustrate that this is a...
  13. UncleScrooge

    Disney, Universal win insurance waivers.....

    I am a physician, and I love the fact that people believe that just because you use your mind and don’t work with your hands, somehow it is not real ”work”, and does not deserve high financial reward. While “white collar” jobs may not be physically demanding, they are (usually) very mentally...
  14. UncleScrooge

    Which park do you know like 'the back of your hand' ???

    I would say all of them (excluding the water parks). You know it's bad when you not only know where all the bathrooms or water fountains are but actually "rate" them.
  15. UncleScrooge

    Monorail expansion

    Just curious. I have never heard of this a happening. When does this occur?
  16. UncleScrooge

    Changes at Chef Mickey's

    This is sad. WDW relies on repeat customers, and people only return again and again when they don't feel like they are getting ripped off. Guests are already paying top dollar for admission, and then spend a lot more for the specific purpose of having meal with the characters; now only to...
  17. UncleScrooge

    Monorail Expansion?

    First of all let me say that I do not think that the monorail system will EVER be expanded; the building and operating costs would most likely outweigh any possible long term gain. A large scale expansion of the monorail to MGM, Downtown Disney, or to more resorts, especially to places like the...
  18. UncleScrooge

    Monorail/Transportation Idea

    Oscar Wild said it best: Youth is wasted on the young.
  19. UncleScrooge

    Monorail/Transportation Idea

    Thrawn has outlined his argument as to why he believes that a new monorail system would not work several times in this thread as well in may others. He just does not want to re-invent the wheel every single time he posts. Let it go.
  20. UncleScrooge

    Monorail/Transportation Idea

    Exactly. Only Something very limited such as what I proposed on page 2, would even be considered due to logistics and cost constraints.
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