I came back a few days ago from a great 9 day trip. I'm going to post some thoughts about the trip from park to park.
MK:
Saw the new Hall of Presidents for the first time. I was a huge fan of the previous version of the show and found it to be one of the most quoteable attractions in all of WDW (Yer darn right!). But I think they absolutely knocked this out of the park. I thought they did a great job with the HM refurb, but I think this is the single best addition to the MK since the New Tomorrowland in 1994/1995. Excellently paced show that never stops entertaining from start to finish. If you have limited time in the MK, you still can't miss this show. It's amazing to have something done in the MK that ISN'T aimed at children. Such a nice change of pace. Looks like at least a few people remember that the MK started out as a FAMILY park.
Tomorrowland is extremely depressing and then you add the Club 626 dance party to it....only thing left to do is replace the CoP with a gift shop and meet and greet.
If the Liberty Tree Tavern's Pilgrim's Feast is ever taken off the menu for lunch, the VP of the MK should be fired :lol:
Epcot:
Ate at Le Chefs de France for the first time ever. I was blown away. I know French Onion Soup is a pretty common soup, but I've never had it before and I went back later in the trip just for another bowl. Absolutely fantastic. And if you ever mind yourself missing the Fettuccine Alfredo from Alfredo's, the macaroni and cheese here is the closest thing I've ever had to it. I'll never go back to WDW on a long trip and not go back here.
Sum of All Thrills really surprised me. It's kind of like a poor man's Forbidden Journey and for an Innoventions exhibit, that's not bad. The preshow is the single worst in the parks now and that will hurt my re-rideability though. My gosh it had to have been made by the same people who made the most recent HISTA preshow. Horrible.
The Spaceship Earth finale is still a disgrace to the park. For an attraction to be picture perfect up to the very end and then to completely drop the ball is so sad. Hopefully they finish it the right way and give the triangles some purpose.
DHS:
The new Tower of Terror drop profile was great and I hope is added to the random sequences, but the effects for Nightastic just weren't good. I don't like the way they used the picture in the 5th dimension room and using curtains to cover the effects up in that room were disappointing. I will say that I am glad they tried this though. Effort was there and there were some good things added (the big band music entering the drop shaft was nice, although they need to bring that part of narration back on top of it).
Rock and Glow Dance party found a way to be more embarrassing than Club 626. I went to Guest Relations and complained about its awfulness. It's not New Year's Eve, so let us enjoy walking down Hollywood Blvd without terrible music blasting.
This park needs a major show overhaul. BatB, VotLM, Indiana Jones, LMA are all tired shows and need to be replaced. Not to mention the wastelands that are the Animation Building and Backlot Tour. Star Tours 2 will help the park, but there's still a lot of work left to do.
AK:
I don't know what is more embarrassing: Disco Yeti STILL being there or the multitude of effects not working on Dinosaur.
Also would it kill somebody to time the start of the preshow of Dinosaur with the actual admittance of the guests? If you aren't the first person in the room you can forget about Dr. Marsh. Horrible.
Great change to Flame Tree BBQ with adding sauce and napkin stations to the major seating areas instead of just one station. Great thinking there.
If you haven't walked around this park, ridden Kali, or ridden Everest at night, you've never really been to the AK.
MK:
Saw the new Hall of Presidents for the first time. I was a huge fan of the previous version of the show and found it to be one of the most quoteable attractions in all of WDW (Yer darn right!). But I think they absolutely knocked this out of the park. I thought they did a great job with the HM refurb, but I think this is the single best addition to the MK since the New Tomorrowland in 1994/1995. Excellently paced show that never stops entertaining from start to finish. If you have limited time in the MK, you still can't miss this show. It's amazing to have something done in the MK that ISN'T aimed at children. Such a nice change of pace. Looks like at least a few people remember that the MK started out as a FAMILY park.
Tomorrowland is extremely depressing and then you add the Club 626 dance party to it....only thing left to do is replace the CoP with a gift shop and meet and greet.
If the Liberty Tree Tavern's Pilgrim's Feast is ever taken off the menu for lunch, the VP of the MK should be fired :lol:
Epcot:
Ate at Le Chefs de France for the first time ever. I was blown away. I know French Onion Soup is a pretty common soup, but I've never had it before and I went back later in the trip just for another bowl. Absolutely fantastic. And if you ever mind yourself missing the Fettuccine Alfredo from Alfredo's, the macaroni and cheese here is the closest thing I've ever had to it. I'll never go back to WDW on a long trip and not go back here.
Sum of All Thrills really surprised me. It's kind of like a poor man's Forbidden Journey and for an Innoventions exhibit, that's not bad. The preshow is the single worst in the parks now and that will hurt my re-rideability though. My gosh it had to have been made by the same people who made the most recent HISTA preshow. Horrible.
The Spaceship Earth finale is still a disgrace to the park. For an attraction to be picture perfect up to the very end and then to completely drop the ball is so sad. Hopefully they finish it the right way and give the triangles some purpose.
DHS:
The new Tower of Terror drop profile was great and I hope is added to the random sequences, but the effects for Nightastic just weren't good. I don't like the way they used the picture in the 5th dimension room and using curtains to cover the effects up in that room were disappointing. I will say that I am glad they tried this though. Effort was there and there were some good things added (the big band music entering the drop shaft was nice, although they need to bring that part of narration back on top of it).
Rock and Glow Dance party found a way to be more embarrassing than Club 626. I went to Guest Relations and complained about its awfulness. It's not New Year's Eve, so let us enjoy walking down Hollywood Blvd without terrible music blasting.
This park needs a major show overhaul. BatB, VotLM, Indiana Jones, LMA are all tired shows and need to be replaced. Not to mention the wastelands that are the Animation Building and Backlot Tour. Star Tours 2 will help the park, but there's still a lot of work left to do.
AK:
I don't know what is more embarrassing: Disco Yeti STILL being there or the multitude of effects not working on Dinosaur.
Also would it kill somebody to time the start of the preshow of Dinosaur with the actual admittance of the guests? If you aren't the first person in the room you can forget about Dr. Marsh. Horrible.
Great change to Flame Tree BBQ with adding sauce and napkin stations to the major seating areas instead of just one station. Great thinking there.
If you haven't walked around this park, ridden Kali, or ridden Everest at night, you've never really been to the AK.
