That figure is considerably lower than what I've been told. My guess is that Disney (or Shanghai officials) downgraded the number to avoid the park having overcrowding issues.
As to your adventure, please share your tales and photos!
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That figure is considerably lower than what I've been told. My guess is that Disney (or Shanghai officials) downgraded the number to avoid the park having overcrowding issues.
As to your adventure, please share your tales and photos!
NearTheEars
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I'd agree, but it was still a pretty good film.
I like Dory's shtick in small doses, so I was concerned about the whole film being centered on her, but they did a great job with it.
These videos are all over. WDW Co. is going to have a very hard time saying it didn't know that gators AND IDIOT GUESTS were becoming more of a danger for all Guests. They have the makings of a very big mess/scandal that so many people knew about.
I loved it. I loved all the original UNI attractions. But you know me ... I was a Wand Waver before Harry Potter existed on paper or film!
So, you are saying they kept out a foamhead alligator that was supposed to be in the show because a real gator snatched and killed a child on their property? Is that what you are saying? ... Oh, and how's the show? (I don't see breathless threads on it, Soarin or Frozenstrom, so I'm guessing everyone just wants to pontificate endlessly over a child's death ... while ignoring the deaths of 49 others slaughtered in the same city ... 50 if you include the singer the night before!)
They won't. Ever. Save stuff like this for the Armchair Imagineering forum. You can also talk about Small World being moved to EPCOT there. And Mystic Manor coming to DAK. ... Oh, and ideas for that mythical fifth gate.
My guess is that they will do all sorts of things that appear to be aimed at solving the problem without actually facing the real issues. That is SOP at WDW.
I don't have to be there to know this park isn't better than TDS, even at opening. TDS is an absolute masterpiece.
On the subject of Tom, I wonder if he has any pics of gators at WDW!
Well, all you have to do is show photos of WDW in 1976, 1986, 1996, 2006 and today to see what TWDC thinks of trees ... and they just butchered the only big green area in Anaheim to place in two Star Wars rides.
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Is this a fact? I have heard rumblings. Not happy with my next visit in fall ... not at all.
BTW, I feel like I owe you an email, so expect one this week!
No idea. I like the idea that we'd ever not be on friendly terms with China. I don't know of two nations so intertwined over economics as the USA and China. So when I see the military's of each nation play games in the South China Sea or the US feign anger over the arrest and torture of HK booksellers (see NYT of late), I just sorta laugh.
We have to be in business with the CCP. Disney absolutely didn't.
It's show quality has absolutely been an embarrassment off and on over the last 10-15 years. I have never seen it worse than on my 2015 visits, but it looked much better last month.
As to the ride itself, it still is top-flight. But clearly it is now far behind Shanghai, Anaheim, Tokyo and Paris versions ... it is short and lacks so much of the wow factor the others all have.
BrianLo
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I have no idea what metric Marty would be using, but on pretty much none of them is it better than Tokyo Disney Sea. Well... merch is better.
However, on the scale of WDS to TDS it's certainly at the right end.
Nemo14
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I know I posted about this in the Seven Seas Lagoon tragedy thread, but it's worth repeating here.
There was a thread also about the shootings and many people voiced concerns and heartbreak over such a senseless happening, only to be told that they had no right to even grieve for the victims unless they were a part of the LGBT community. The thread got nasty very fast and I'm sure turned a lot of people off, myself included. Yes I'm still outraged that this could happen and my heart breaks for all the families involved, but I chose not to participate in the ugliness that abounded in that thread.
As far as the alligator thread is concerned, it has become a tiresome rant from a few people who seem to think that they must post the same drivel after every post, so it too has turned into yet another thread to ignore.
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Astro Blaster
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I've noticed that seemingly all official WDW social media accounts have not posted anything since the alligator incident. I wonder when they will become active again and what the first post will be...
lazyboy97o
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As far as I noticed, none of the shows were playing the day I was there. Didn't really look at merchandise or food.
I never saw Gurr but was only there for a few hours on a single day. Disney was not the reason I was in Shanghai so my attention was largely elsewhere when not in the park.
It's not the coaster itself which is the problem. It's a fun ride, but there is not much else to the addition. The strategy of late has been to try to create more distinct lands within SeaWorld Orlando. The budget just wasn't there for that. The same boxy buildings painted blue with a few props don't make it look like you're in a shipwreck. Those small bits of extra funds probably would have been better applied to the attraction to create some sense of immersion within the queue or station.
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Lee
Adventurer
I make exceptions for hard ticket events.
Everyday castle shows, multiple times a day, are an abomination that should be taken out and shot.
Disneyhead'71
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Both. And yes more of the same. But what it does, it does well. I like it. But I like "Universal" attractions. Overall, I like it more than Gringott's.
The problem isn't the attraction, but the balance at the resort as a whole. IOA is actually pretty balanced right now and this dark ride breaks up the entire SW quadrant of the park is just wet rides, but USF has way too many 3D attractions in relation to what else is there.
Mike S
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I doubt it for the Battle ride at least. The only "just screens" rides I can think of are Soarin', Simpsons, and Despicable Me. Star Tours as well if you don't count C3PO.
Ape, not monkey
The 360 scene makes it different enough from the other 3D rides imo at least until Fast & Furious opens. They could fix the balance easily by finally getting rid of Shrek and Terminator for dark rides and then of course there's Nintendo.