Backlot Tour "addition"

[gsimpson]

This is just a cute little reference to a current movie, why everyone is getting their undies in a bunch is beyond me. Once the planes movie has run its course I'm sure the retired old plane will return to its previous status as a retired old plane that gets pretty much ignored. I am curious where all you folks that hate the movie so much saw the movie? Out here in Phoenix it hasn't been released yet. It is amusing how many of the same people who condemned the company for going outside and buy Pixar instead of making toons internally are now slamming an internal Disney unit for not being Pixar. I guess the take away from such stellar logic is that Disney should not have bought Pixar and relied strictly on an internal division that creates toons that are "the worst".

 

[muteki]

Should be interesting to see how "temporary" this is, this time around.

 

[ddbowdoin]

that's about the only aspect of the backlot tour I enjoy, Walt's actual plane!

Now this, agh and I am never on the "gloom and doom" team.

 

[ToTBellHop]

True. 'It's Not Meant To Please Adults' seems to be the new mantra of Walt Disney World.

Lest we forget:

Walt Disney: "The idea for Disneyland came about when my daughters were very young and Saturday was always Daddy’s day with the two daughters. So we’d start out and try to go someplace, you know, different things, and I’d take them to the merry-go-round and I took them different places and as I’d sit while they rode the merry-go-round and did all these things- sit on a bench, you know, eating peanuts- I felt that there should be something built where the parents could have fun watching their toddlers having fun."

And then there's one of my favorites, still applicable today:
“Whenever I go on a ride, I’m always thinking of what’s wrong with the thing and how can I make it worse.” - Walt Disney

 

[WDWYankee15]

This is just a cute little reference to a current movie, why everyone is getting their undies in a bunch is beyond me. Once the planes movie has run its course I'm sure the retired old plane will return to its previous status as a retired old plane that gets pretty much ignored. I am curious where all you folks that hate the movie so much saw the movie? Out here in Phoenix it hasn't been released yet. It is amusing how many of the same people who condemned the company for going outside and buy Pixar instead of making toons internally are now slamming an internal Disney unit for not being Pixar. I guess the take away from such stellar logic is that Disney should not have bought Pixar and relied strictly on an internal division that creates toons that are "the worst".

This was temporary...

 

[ToTBellHop]

This was temporary...

So we can expect this plane to lose its eyes (or rust away to nothing) by about 2033. ~added to calendar~

 

[The Empress Lilly]

HAHA FOOLED YA ALL DIDNT WE? WE WUZ DRUNK LAST NITE WE CAME CRAWLING OUTA ECPOT AND SNEAKED IN TO TEH STUDOOS WITH SPRAYPAINT AND MADE SILLY FACES ON WALTS STUFF HAHA

 

[Hakunamatata]

This is just a cute little reference to a current movie, why everyone is getting their undies in a bunch is beyond me. Once the planes movie has run its course I'm sure the retired old plane will return to its previous status as a retired old plane that gets pretty much ignored. I am curious where all you folks that hate the movie so much saw the movie? Out here in Phoenix it hasn't been released yet. It is amusing how many of the same people who condemned the company for going outside and buy Pixar instead of making toons internally are now slamming an internal Disney unit for not being Pixar. I guess the take away from such stellar logic is that Disney should not have bought Pixar and relied strictly on an internal division that creates toons that are "the worst".

Point missed. Next round.

 

[ToTBellHop]

This is just a cute little reference to a current movie, why everyone is getting their undies in a bunch is beyond me. Once the planes movie has run its course I'm sure the retired old plane will return to its previous status as a retired old plane that gets pretty much ignored. I am curious where all you folks that hate the movie so much saw the movie? Out here in Phoenix it hasn't been released yet. It is amusing how many of the same people who condemned the company for going outside and buy Pixar instead of making toons internally are now slamming an internal Disney unit for not being Pixar. I guess the take away from such stellar logic is that Disney should not have bought Pixar and relied strictly on an internal division that creates toons that are "the worst".

I love Walt Disney Feature Animation projects. This is not one of their projects.

 

[flynnibus]

This is just a cute little reference to a current movie, why everyone is getting their undies in a bunch is beyond me.

Let's put a Tron helmet on Roy Disney's statue.... its just a cute reference...

 

[raymusiccity]

This is just a cute little reference to a current movie, why everyone is getting their undies in a bunch is beyond me. Once the planes movie has run its course I'm sure the retired old plane will return to its previous status as a retired old plane that gets pretty much ignored. I am curious where all you folks that hate the movie so much saw the movie? Out here in Phoenix it hasn't been released yet. It is amusing how many of the same people who condemned the company for going outside and buy Pixar instead of making toons internally are now slamming an internal Disney unit for not being Pixar. I guess the take away from such stellar logic is that Disney should not have bought Pixar and relied strictly on an internal division that creates toons that are "the worst".

I agree with you wholeheartedly . All of the 'nay sayers' have brought new meaning to 'lighten up' ! I'll bet you'll hear a lot more excited children on the tram when they see 'Walt's plane' smiling at them, than being bored with an historical description of it. It's a theme park...not a museum. Just say'in...

 

[dadddio]

And then there's one of my favorites, still applicable today:
“Whenever I go on a ride, I’m always thinking of what’s wrong with the thing and how can I make it worse.” - Walt Disney

Ummm, the actual quote was "Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved."

 

[Soarin' Over Pgh]

Let's put a Tron helmet on Roy Disney's statue.... its just cute reference...

I still vote for dead crow tied to Walt's statues head.

SYNERGY, yall.

 

[dadddio]

So we can expect this plane to lose its eyes (or rust away to nothing) by about 2033. ~added to calendar~

I think that we could have expected that plane to finish rusting away to nothing by 2033 regardless of whether they popped a couple eyeballs on the windows.

 

[sshindel]

Ummm, the actual quote was "Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved."

Look carefully at both quotes. They have been modified to make a point.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Ummm, the actual quote was "Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved."

Sorry, I'm pretty sure Walt's exact quote was: "Whenever I go on a Knotts ride, I'm always thinking they are Knutts and if I improve what's wrong with it Walt's park will Waltz straight over them."

 

[Goofnut1980]

omg.. that is funny looking!

 

[TalkingHead]

The elitist boards can complain all they want, but the fact is my shuttle was abuzz with excitment when we made our first run and nearly every camera was out to take pictures after the the canyon.

So, however upset posters may be, the guests were digging it up.

Yeah, but how smart could they be in the first place? They were on the Backlot Tour.

 

[olinecoach61]

Really, people were abuzz on the backlot tour?? Something for everyone I guess, in my opinion, that attraction needs some serious help.

 

[fauna]

Nope.