Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Horizons!!!

[sshindel]

Disney posted a new T-Shirt available online today:

http://www.disneystore.com/disney-p...MP=DTPM-CMR&att=PARKS_Horizons_Flash_Facebook



So, let me get my venting done here, because it's kinda filled me with a special kind of rage.

This T-shirt is a slap in the face to anyone who loved EPCOT in it's glory years. Why would we want to celebrate the anniversary of something that DIDN'T MAKE IT TO IT'S ANNIVERSARY. As I said elsewhere, if I'm married, and I decide to get a divorce, I do not get to continue to celebrate my anniversary!

What other attractions should we start celebrating random anniversaries for? Toad? 20k? WoM? River Country "Celebrating 12 years of neglect and rot!"

Sorry, please feel free to join in and discuss if you feel strongly on one side or another of this.

 

[ciscobee]

LINK

 

[sshindel]

Looks like we both saw the same link. I started a thread over here a few minutes ago with my thoughts:
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/celebrate-the-30th-anniversary-of-horizons.877176/

 

[rael ramone]

Another reason for them to kill Imagination, to boost T-shirt sales

 

[George]

I went to the link before I read your post and had essentially the same thought process. Mine was a bit more simple though - "I'm not giving you money for an attraction I can no longer enjoy, (insert insulting nickname preceded by the inappropriate adjective of your choice)." What a bunch of crap. Plus, look at the specificity of the shirts. One for each ending. They KNOW a lot of people loved that attraction. It makes it worse.

 

[George]

After they run out of apparel ideas for the anniversaries of defunct rides, they'll have us buying things for rides that were never built. I've already pre-ordered my Western River Expedition thong and my good version of Kali River Rapids socks.

 

[ptaylor]

This is how much the company loved Horizons. How sickening that they are trying to turn Horizons into a money maker after they demolished it. Hardly an anniversary.

 

[Nemo14]

How incredibly annoying that they actually wrote "If we can dream it, we can do it" on the shirts.

 

[sshindel]

After they run out of apparel ideas for the anniversaries of defunct rides, they'll have us buying things for rides that were never built. I've already pre-ordered my Western River Expedition thong and my good version of Kali River Rapids socks.

I guess in some respects, look at the love out there for the Hat Box Ghost, a character they killed after days of use. Didn't Disney sell some merch based on 'ol Hattie?

Seriously. Let's all celebrate the anniversary (by sending money to Disney) of an attraction that they deemed not good enough to make it to said anniversary.

Likewise, I'm going to start a line of T-shirts over at Cafe Press of "Rest In Peace" shirts for rides that STILL exist, but shouldn't. I'm starting with the obvious, "RIP - Stitch's Great Escape - 2004 - 2014" and then expanding from there.

 

[sshindel]

C'mon who's buying one!

 

[awilliams4]

"Why would we want to celebrate the anniversary of something that DIDN'T MAKE IT TO IT'S ANNIVERSARY."

Reality folks. This happens all the time, not sure why this is different.

http://www.trenzshirts.com/p-3598-6...&catargetid=1608627785&cadevice=c&cagpspn=pla

 

[sshindel]

Reality folks. This happens all the time, not sure why this is different.

http://www.trenzshirts.com/p-3598-6...&catargetid=1608627785&cadevice=c&cagpspn=pla

I can go and catch an old episode of Lucy if I want these days, therefore I can still enjoy the comic stylings of Lucille Ball anytime I want, therefore the anniversary makes sense.

I cannot go and ride Horizons, ever again.

 

[DManRightHere]

That is a nicely designed shirt though...I never got to ride the ride.

 

[DougK]

Anything for a buck. This is disgusting. They have a right to make and sell these shirts, but remember we are not obligated to buy them!

 

[awilliams4]

I can go and catch an old episode of Lucy if I want these days, therefore I can still enjoy the comic stylings of Lucille Ball anytime I want, therefore the anniversary makes sense.

I cannot go and ride Horizons, ever again.

Here you go:

 

[sshindel]

OK, I give up. WDW is the worst place in the world....leaving now.

Oh, I don't believe WDW is the worst place in the world. Not even close. I just had a glorious time there for the last week and a half.

I do find it a little shady though that Disney is trying to make a buck off of a rather beloved attraction that they purposely killed. I guess it's just bitterness on my part, as they took my favorite ride in my favorite park, demolished said ride, gutted said park, and now are offering up a 30th anniversary shirt for something that lasted 16 years.

Here you go:

I was actually going to link to @marni1971 video to prove that watching something on YouTube is in no way like experiencing it in real life.


As great as that video is, it's nothing compared to experiencing the actual ride.

 

[Oddysey]

If they had just made the t-shirt with the robot and the Horizons sign, and left off the 30 years reference I would be more likely to purchase it. In my opinion, without the 30 year reference it is no longer insulting, and is a nice t-shirt that evokes a little nostalgia.

 

[wdwmagic]

If they had just made the t-shirt with the robot and the Horizons sign, and left off the 30 years reference I would be more likely to purchase it. In my opinion, without the 30 year reference it is no longer offensive, and is a nice t-shirt that evokes a little nostalgia.

I would agree with that comment.

 

[ABQ]

Well, I'm going to take a pile of heat for this, but if they wanted some realism on a T-Shirt, they could show a row of ride vehicles from Horizons with maybe 2 out of 10 with any riders on it.
Sadly, not unlike the current incarnation of Journey into the Imagination, Horizons was sadly under appreciated in the end and grossly under attended and had to be replaced. No, I'm not commenting on what has replaced it as it's nothing visionary like Horizons was, but to pretend that these long lost rides were so epic, so enlightening and so enjoyable that they were a must see for each and every visitor to the parks just does not appear to be supported by reality. Like Mermaid today, they were all walk ons in the end. Had Compaq, now HP not invested in Mission:Space, we'd probably be discussing the two side by side shuttered attractions in WOL and Horizons, because it wasn't generating any worthy interest at all. I too miss the attraction, as I miss Cranium Command and more, but it needed thousands of more passengers by its gate than it was getting.

 

[Oddysey]

Well, I'm going to take a pile of heat for this, but if they wanted some realism on a T-Shirt, they could show a row of ride vehicles from Horizons with maybe 2 out of 10 with any riders on it.
Sadly, not unlike the current incarnation of Journey into the Imagination, Horizons was sadly under appreciated in the end and grossly under attended and had to be replaced. No, I'm not commenting on what has replaced it as it's nothing visionary like Horizons was, but to pretend that these long lost rides were so epic, so enlightening and so enjoyable that they were a must see for each and every visitor to the parks just does not appear to be supported by reality. Like Mermaid today, they were all walk ons. Had Compaq, now HP not invested in Mission:Space, we'd probably be discussing the two side by side shuttered attractions in WOL and Horizons, because it wasn't generating any worthy interest at all. I too miss the attraction, as I miss Cranium Command and more, but it needed thousands of more passengers by its gate than it was getting.

This is Disney sacriledge!

J/K...well kind of