G00fyDad
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Good lord. As long as I have known you here I have always thought you were female because of the Lilly. I just always thought that was a play on a real name of Lilly. LOL
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Main Street U.S.A. concrete replacement project begins tomorrow
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Good lord. As long as I have known you here I have always thought you were female because of the Lilly. I just always thought that was a play on a real name of Lilly. LOL
The Empress Lilly
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Quality. The devil is in the details.
Also, classic WDW had handpainted garbage cans, of phenomenal quality, of unique intricate designs. Unlike the modern bland industrial ones, they were not something one would overlook. Instead, they were a marvel of the World.
The Empress Lilly
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I know. It's annoying, poor user name I guess.
My name is intended as a permanent criticism of one of the great declines of WDW. They had a beautiful riverboat, sat in a Southern setting, with live music on board, and destroyed it for a concrete franchise restaurant. On the nineteenth century paddlewheel steam ship they removed the churning paddlewheel and the (steam engine!) smokestacks but added big neon signs.
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G00fyDad
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I know. It's annoying, poor user name I guess.
My name is intended as a permanent criticism of one of the great declines of WDW. They had a beautiful riverboat, sat in a Southern setting, with live music on board, and destroyed it for a concrete franchise restaurant with big neon signs.
I agree. The Disney of old is nothing like the Disney younger people know. It almost breaks my heart to see some of the things that have happened. But of course I just keep telling myself that it will never be like it once was. All we can hope for is for upper-management to leave and something better and different to take the place of the drab and dreary that is there now.
LL2WDW
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Another point of view is fine, but try not sounding like a d-bag when you do it. I mean, you came into the discussion sounding like you were surprised she even bothered to post something so stupid. My point here is that you might want to consider that you have a handful of posts under your belt and you should probably get a better handle on who knows what around here. She never said anything truly derogatory about the space. She offered her opinion and you text-slapped her for it. Hey, we're happy to have a new face around here, but lighten up a little.
My apologies to Empress Lilly, and for sounding like a d-bag (which, after reading back this morning, I can see I truly was).
The Empress Lilly
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Oh, I'm not that thin-skinned! Disney is a subject close to our hearts, and we all get passionate about it! But thank you nonetheless!
Wikkler
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The top picture was taken closer to the castle...
Edit: for the connaisseurs: do you note the dimishing of the forced perspective? In the top picture the castle appears much taller than in the bottom one.
Nevermind, it's already been pointed out before
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janoimagine
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I really miss those trees.
wogwog
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The bench in Town Square brings a nostalgic tear to my eye. I sat on one many, many years ago.In the earliest days of especially DL, but also WDW, MS DID look like an actual street to many visitors. After all, the MS time period was only a few decades old back then. Many of the older guests had actually known the MS time period, and the younger ones were much closer to MS's time period than we are today.
As a funny consequence, when the parks weren't too crowded, often the guests would all walk on the sidewalks, leaving the street empty. A real street in a real town. So adorable!
MS, early seventies:
For the connaisseurs: no strollers, no kids, average age of fifty, all fit and slender, people dressing up instead of dressing down to visit Disney. A more elegant audience for a more sophisticated park.
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RSoxNo1
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2020, Mine Train still in Test and AdjustIt's indeed very depressing.
But let's just hope idiots won't run the show for much longer.
Anyway here's the 2020 plans I managed to uncover, hopefully I don't get in trouble...
steve2wdw
WDW Fan Since 1973
It's hard to tell from these pictures....are there still curbs in front of City Hall, or has the concrete work sloped the sidewalks directly into the street (like the section in front of the railroad station)? It's my hope that maybe while widening the ramps, they've left most of the curbing in Town Square.
wogwog
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The street has been raised to within an inch or two of the curb height. It is too soon to tell if the sidewalk and curb will also be raised. Sidewalk work is still going on in front of City Hall.
Tip Top Club
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The Sidwalk will be lowered in front of city hall to match evenly with the street.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Oy. Looking at this weeks concrete photos reminds we there were construction walls at this same time of year in 2012 and these magical walls started to reappear in summer of 2013, still here in 2014. Lordie 3 years straight with main street walled. Why not just throw in the hub and moats. Pretty background for a new parade.