Broken things :/

Californian Elitist

Californian Elitist

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rle4lunch said:
Just at DL this past weekend for a day trip from San Diego. The place didn't look too bad. Trying to think of something that was messed up (besides the wait time for RSR, lol), and I can't really... Besides Thunder being down for 3/4 of the year, the rides seemed to be up to snuff. And the surf and turf dinner at Blue Bayou was excellent. Along with the mint julep and creme brulee for dessert. :D
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I just had a mint julep for the first time two months ago... It was pretty good.
 
lego606

lego606

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NemoRocks said:
On my last visit two weeks ago, I noticed...
- Radiator Springs Racers is still missing the smoke rings, I doubt we'll ever see 'em again…
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Gosh... Imagineering just can't get smoke/steam to work with the rides, can they? (I don't blame em, with all the sensors and whatnot)
 
Cosmic Commando

Cosmic Commando

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Three or four, but I didn't discover it until the last week of my trip. There's only a few showtimes, so it's so easy to skip if you don't know, unfortunately.
 
devoy1701

devoy1701

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I was hoping there would be a thread like this on here. I will need to post something similar in the WDW forums, but this is a great place as well. After spending 5 days at the Disneyland resort last week, I do have a "renewed" appreciation for WDW as well. I guess with my second visit to the Disneyland Resort, I noticed that even here, in Walt's Magic Kingdom, things break, wear out, get rundown, etc...and it's not really a big deal, not even at WDW.

At Disneyland, I noticed paint and stucco on the ceiling in the queue to Splash peeling off (when someone starts, I guess everyone else just follows), lights burnt out on Main Street Marques, some of the geese in IASW not quacking, TONS of rust on the IASW show building (that building needs a serious exterior rehab), the Hats Pirate in PotC not shaking his hats like he used to, lots of chipped paint as mentioned in Toon Town, the Columbia in need of new paint job (I assume it's coming after the Mark Twain gets done). And Alice in Wonderland is truly an eye sore both from the ground AND from on the ride.

Anyway, the point is, with 16+ Million visitors every year and operations most days of 16 hours, things are going to get warn out/break, etc. I think the difference is how long things stay broken at WDW vs. DL and what makes an attraction "not show ready." These are the things that we deal with at WDW that I don't think you DLers have.
 
NemoRocks78

NemoRocks78

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devoy1701 said:
I was hoping there would be a thread like this on here. I will need to post something similar in the WDW forums, but this is a great place as well. After spending 5 days at the Disneyland resort last week, I do have a "renewed" appreciation for WDW as well. I guess with my second visit to the Disneyland Resort, I noticed that even here, in Walt's Magic Kingdom, things break, wear out, get rundown, etc...and it's not really a big deal, not even at WDW.

At Disneyland, I noticed paint and stucco on the ceiling in the queue to Splash peeling off (when someone starts, I guess everyone else just follows), lights burnt out on Main Street Marques, some of the geese in IASW not quacking, TONS of rust on the IASW show building (that building needs a serious exterior rehab), the Hats Pirate in PotC not shaking his hats like he used to, lots of chipped paint as mentioned in Toon Town, the Columbia in need of new paint job (I assume it's coming after the Mark Twain gets done). And Alice in Wonderland is truly an eye sore both from the ground AND from on the ride.

Anyway, the point is, with 16+ Million visitors every year and operations most days of 16 hours, things are going to get warn out/break, etc. I think the difference is how long things stay broken at WDW vs. DL and what makes an attraction "not show ready." These are the things that we deal with at WDW that I don't think you DLers have.
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This is a good post. Everything wrong at the DLR seems to get forgotten about here because "OMG TDO IS DESTROYING WDW WHILE TDA GIVES DL/DCA NEW EXPERIENCES/ETC.!!!1!" There's a lot wrong on both coasts, and it ain't right to give the DLR a pass because they've gotten some new things. I mean, like I said, the Alice in Wonderland exterior has been pretty darn embarrassing for like three years now. No one ever seems to mention it, though, because the Yeti is busted or the jumping fountains aren't working on Splash. "TDA" often needs to be put in check too.
 
Californian Elitist

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NemoRocks said:
This is a good post. Everything wrong at the DLR seems to get forgotten about here because "OMG TDO IS DESTROYING WDW WHILE TDA GIVES DL/DCA NEW EXPERIENCES/ETC.!!!1!" There's a lot wrong on both coasts, and it ain't right to give the DLR a pass because they've gotten some new things. I mean, like I said, the Alice in Wonderland exterior has been pretty darn embarrassing for like three years now. No one ever seems to mention it, though, because the Yeti is busted or the jumping fountains aren't working on Splash. "TDA" often needs to be put in check too.
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No one mentions it here because this is a WDW site. The Disneyland forum here barely gets any traffic. These things are always mentioned on MiceChat, a Disneyland site.
 
NemoRocks78

NemoRocks78

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raven24 said:
No one mentions it here because this is a WDW site. The Disneyland forum here barely gets any traffic. These things are always mentioned on MiceChat, a Disneyland site.
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True, very true - though it'd sure be nice if everyone who likes to throw around "TDA" as the golden child saw the big picture. There's plenty wrong here too that we'd love to get fixed, but we deal with it and enjoy Disneyland and California Adventure for what/how they are...
 
Californian Elitist

Californian Elitist

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NemoRocks said:
True, very true - though it'd sure be nice if everyone who likes to throw around "TDA" as the golden child saw the big picture. There's plenty wrong here too that we'd love to get fixed, but we deal with it and enjoy Disneyland and California Adventure for what/how they are...
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I agree. I've told people here Disneyland isn't perfect.

Out of all the problems at the resort, the one that really just drives me insane is Toontown. I really wish they'd close the whole thing down for a big fefurb. Hopefully that happens for the 60th in two years.
 
NemoRocks78

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raven24 said:
I agree. I've told people here Disneyland isn't perfect.

Out of all the problems at the resort, the one that really just drives me insane is Toontown. I really wish they'd close the whole thing down for a big fefurb. Hopefully that happens for the 60th in two years.
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Definitely! A complete paint job is desperately needed, the mountain needs to be fixed up, I'd like to see the Jolly Trolley tracks removed (if it's never gonna be used again), and a new attraction would be fantastic...
 
devoy1701

devoy1701

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so two other things I wanted to mention to you DLers...

Your Matterhorn is still horrible. Even with the new trains, what a terrible and painful ride. They need to rip and replace that track on the next refurb, and until they do that, we'll just admire it as a beautiful backdrop but nothing more. ay yi yi.

Your Haunted Mansion (which I've ridden both with and without the overlay now) is not as great as MKs. I think this is one place where they have gotten things right for us for once. What I love about yours is that you actually enter through the house, and that the house is to scale with a true antebellum style house (I've always hated that our house sits on a hill, but you enter through what appears to be a side, servants entrance). What truly surprises be is that without the overlay, your loading room is a HUGE waste of space and a missed opportunity! There is so much space there to do something incredible! You could have an expanded stairway scene like was added to ours a few years ago, but sheesh...do something!
 
Californian Elitist

Californian Elitist

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The Matterhorn is bumpy, but that's the point. You're slipping and sliding through a mountain, not a hill. Sorry you hate it, it's one of my favorites, though I hate the new sleds.

I say leave Mansion alone, it doesn't need to be exactly the same as Florida's. We don't want to off the DL fans... They're still mad about the changes to Pirates.
 
devoy1701

devoy1701

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raven24 said:
The Matterhorn is bumpy, but that's the point. You're slipping and sliding through a mountain, not a hill. Sorry you hate it, it's one of my favorites, though I hate the new sleds.

I say leave Mansion alone, it doesn't need to be exactly the same as Florida's. We don't want to off the DL fans... They're still mad about the changes to Pirates.
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I don't want the mansion to be the same. Yours already has some great elements that ours doesn't! Real Elevators, a walking hallway with the changing pictures and busts that follow you (ours our part of the ride), Hatbox Ghost (i think) shadow playing the piano in the attic. I'm not saying you need a stairway scene, but I can imagine the possibilities that could be done in that loading room!

You can keep the Matterhorn if that's what's is supposed to be. It is the most uncomfortable ride I've ever experienced, I think a true bobsled would even have a smoother ride, and to the point, I don't think that's what they were going for in terms of authenticity.
 

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