krankenstein
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DHS aka MGM Studios 20 years of photographic memories!
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EpcotServo
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How so? Is it all the popular restaurants? Oodles of details, themes, and stories? The excellent attractions, and entertaining shows? The characters populating the streets? The MGM Studios Classics still entertaining after twenty years? The Cast Members going above and beyond when it comes to bringing you into the action? All the new enhancements and refreshed exhibits?
Honestly if that's the case, more parks should "Lose their way" in the totally faithful and proactive way that's kept Studios fresh and alive in recent years.
vonpluto
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Heh. The Camels (or just one of them) is in ALand now.:lol:
And Osborne 10 years ago...WOW! Lighting tech has come a looong way.
Yeah, but they don't hand out free hot chocolate anymore.
Do they?:shrug::lookaroun
EpcotServo
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How so? Honestly?
I look at Studios in 89...91...94...95...99...today. Aside from that dark ride dry spell that Midway Mania took care of, the park (aside from the hat) is still the same park it always has been, if not hundreds of times better. They don't film anything, but that's hardly anything that tarnishes an excellent park.
How has it "Lost it's way"? The only major part of the park gone is Residential Street, and that still has the basics of movie making on display. The rest of the park remains the same it's always been, with new attractions and segments scattered about. No major ride has ever been demolished, yet Studios has the most new additions of any of the four parks.
It may look random...But Studios has ALWAYS BEEN random. Of any of the four parks behind Animal Kingdom, Studios has been more true to it's identity than Epcot or Magic Kingdom, that's for sure.
And Studios will always be 1000x times better than WDSP, so...What's the problem?
EPCOT Explorer
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Anywhere. I want to read this.:lookaroun:lol:
RNRguy
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i loved doug.. ahh.. memories!
Below is art from a walking tour that never came to be and HISTKPG construction.
_Scar
Active Member
Woah!^
I disagree with the DHS haters. It's a decent park that sticks to theme very well and has major potential. I think its main problem is retro-ness. The GMR is extremely dated, a classic but dated. So is Star Tours, which soon won't be. F! now pales in comparison to its Disneyland counterpart and soon TDS counterpart. HISTA playground is stuck in time (is it EVER going to be transfomed into a bug's life?). Backlot Tour could be so much more like it used to be or be taken away to make more room for greater and new possibilities. Muppets, hopefully, will be refreshed into the 21st century in a great way. Indy as a stuntshow only makes you crave his ride in Disneyland even more. And RnRC is starting to pale in comparison to other Orlando roller coasters and especially its next door neighbor Everest.
The major things, for me, keeping DHS relevant are TSMM, ToT, BatB, and their fine restaurants.
I disagree with the DHS haters. It's a decent park that sticks to theme very well and has major potential. I think its main problem is retro-ness. The GMR is extremely dated, a classic but dated. So is Star Tours, which soon won't be. F! now pales in comparison to its Disneyland counterpart and soon TDS counterpart. HISTA playground is stuck in time (is it EVER going to be transfomed into a bug's life?). Backlot Tour could be so much more like it used to be or be taken away to make more room for greater and new possibilities. Muppets, hopefully, will be refreshed into the 21st century in a great way. Indy as a stuntshow only makes you crave his ride in Disneyland even more. And RnRC is starting to pale in comparison to other Orlando roller coasters and especially its next door neighbor Everest.
The major things, for me, keeping DHS relevant are TSMM, ToT, BatB, and their fine restaurants.
EpcotServo
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They never handed out free Hot Chocolate at spectacle, they only did that during Passholder Previews...which were always wayyyyy too crowded. :lol:
Nope. And I hope it's better than a 90 minute tour, because aside from the Animation Tour, the Backlot Tour never saw any interesting filming anyways.
I blame the fact that nobody wanted to shoot movies in Orlando. I think both Universal and MGM would've had a thriving production schedule, but both scenes dried up quickly because nobody could afford to bring a huge production to Florida.
In the end, both Theme Parks are better off focusing on the Theme Park aspect.
I posted a pic of one of them at the top of this page.