A Spirited 15 Rounds ...

[doctornick]

Is a Joe Paterno comparison fair?

Depends on what you think the Joe Paterno "situation" was. He was told about a possible situation and put the witness in direct connection with the appropriate people. He was criticized for not doing more when he actually followed University and NCAA guidelines in what he did.

 

[Bairstow]

Well, looks like Shanghai's Toy Story Land is more of the same.

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Hmm. Looks like this expansion is going to have a comparatively large...footprint?

 

[HMF]

Is a Joe Paterno comparison fair?

It would be worse than that because Iger is not as naive as Paterno.

 

[Bairstow]

Is a Joe Paterno comparison fair?

Not in the slightest, because the conduct involved at Penn State and the kind of mental sickness indicated defies any comparison to "common" workplace misconduct.

 

[truecoat]

That last one is new, sort of.

New skin, I guess.

 

[FigmentJedi]

That last one is new, sort of.

New skin, I guess.

Nicer skin then what we're getting in Florida. Woody's Roundup has been sorely underutilized when it comes to all these Toy Story attractions.

 

[truecoat]

Nicer skin then what we're getting in Florida. Woody's Roundup has been sorely underutilized when it comes to all these Toy Story attractions.

Yeah, much more relevant to use a horse or tractor to pull a wagon then a flying saucer.

 

[Mike S]

Nicer skin then what we're getting in Florida. Woody's Roundup has been sorely underutilized when it comes to all these Toy Story attractions.

What’s funny is that Woody’s Roundup was the initial rumor for ours.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

In whatever incarnation, Mater's is just a FUN ride!

 

[the.dreamfinder]

In whatever incarnation, Mater's is just a FUN ride!

At least WDI’s getting its money’s worth for the nine figure development costs of that whip ride platform. Every Disney resort but DLPR will have one by 2020.

Nicer skin then what we're getting in Florida. Woody's Roundup has been sorely underutilized when it comes to all these Toy Story attractions.

With the Buzz/Green Alien version for DHS, why did we need another Buzz attraction?

 

[Rteetz]

At least WDI’s getting its money’s worth for the nine figure development costs of that whip ride platform. Every Disney resort but DLPR will have one by 2020.

With the Buzz/Green Alien version for DHS, why did we need another Buzz attraction?

Actually Paris already has basically the same thing but it doesn't "whip" it just spins.

http://www.disneylandparis.co.uk/attractions/walt-disney-studios-park/cars-quatre-roues-rallye/#

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Nicer skin then what we're getting in Florida. Woody's Roundup has been sorely underutilized when it comes to all these Toy Story attractions.

Actually Paris already has basically the same thing but it doesn't "whip" it just spins.

http://www.disneylandparis.co.uk/attractions/walt-disney-studios-park/cars-quatre-roues-rallye/#

Excluded it because that attraction isn’t built on the whip ride system designed for Mater’s.

 

[Rteetz]

Excluded it because that attraction isn’t built on the whip ride system designed for Mater’s.

I guess. It seems similar enough. It doesn't whip but it has the turn table type ride system and spins.

 

[FigmentJedi]

I guess. It seems similar enough. It doesn't whip but it has the turn table type ride system and spins.

That just makes it a Teacup ride in the Lady Bug Boogie style

 

[Mike S]

At least WDI’s getting its money’s worth for the nine figure development costs of that whip ride platform. Every Disney resort but DLPR will have one by 2020.

With the Buzz/Green Alien version for DHS, why did we need another Buzz attraction?

9 figures for a flat ride?!?!?!?!?!?!

 

[ford91exploder]

Yup. We need to get away from this idea that if it hasn't been big in the iPhone era, then it has no place in the parks. You update things. You freshen them. But people still love old movies. Even spoiled Millennials. The idea that because something is years or decades old that it has no appeal to people is BS of the highest magnitude.

You don't need a raccoon with a machine gun to be relevant. Will Rocket be relevant in 2026? How about 2035? Will people care or recall him sorta like comic fanbois recall Howard the Duck?

My bet is on 'Howard the Duck' if its remembered at all, its more akin to the 'creature features' which used to air on saturday afternoons on the local 'Independent' TV station. Fun to watch yes, memorable no.

 

[c-one]

At least WDI’s getting its money’s worth for the nine figure development costs of that whip ride platform. Every Disney resort but DLPR will have one by 2020.

With the Buzz/Green Alien version for DHS, why did we need another Buzz attraction?

Wait, nine figures to develop a ride that's been around since the heydey of boardwalks and Coney Island?

 

[Bairstow]

9 figures for a flat ride?!?!?!?!?!?!

Yeah, I'm gonna need more info about this one too.

 

[Pixieish]

My bet is on 'Howard the Duck' if its remembered at all, its more akin to the 'creature features' which used to air on saturday afternoons on the local 'Independent' TV station. Fun to watch yes, memorable no.

My husband is one of those weirdos that watches Howard every time it's on TV/Cable and LOVED that they included him in Guardians, lol.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Yeah, I'm gonna need more info about this one too.

Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree was a $100,000,000 ride. You guys don’t remember discussions about the ride’s cost back in 2011-2013 timeframe?