Castle Cake Apologist
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So, was Walt the original Doom and Gloomer? Cuz we're really just wanting them to uphold his standards and philosophies.
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News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot
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tirian
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Skibum1970
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I miss the old EPCOT rides, while acknowledging that they needed some updating. Good rides, such as Horizons, gave a long ride time and were enjoyable. WOM was the same. I'm also one of the few who really enjoyed the Life pavilion. I thought Body Wars was fun and Cranium Command funny.
Oh, the Test Track no longer exceeds the speed limit on an interstate. In fact, it is probably five mph less than the posted speed limits.
geekza
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I have an irrational love for the Swiss Family Treehouse. I understand.
The Empress Lilly
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The Treehouse is unmitigated brilliance! (As is WoM, btw). The Treehouse is the one attraction I ever wrote a review of here. Quintessential Disney, what sets the MK apart from the wannabes. Not characters, nor flashy E-tickets.I have an irrational love for the Swiss Family Treehouse. I understand.
Great minds think alike: https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/swiss-family-treehouse/reviews.htm
geekza
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I went out and bought the DVD of the film so that I could show it to my wife before we go. She's never seen the film nor visited a Disney park. It's definitely a film of its time, but I still really enjoy it and hope she does too. I figure it may at least give her an appreciation for the Treehouse in MK and forestall at least some eye rolling when I insist on visiting it this November.
meyeet
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My kids (ages 4-11) love the movie. We probably watch it about once a month.I went out and bought the DVD of the film so that I could show it to my wife before we go. She's never seen the film nor visited a Disney park. It's definitely a film of its time, but I still really enjoy it and hope she does too. I figure it may at least give her an appreciation for the Treehouse in MK and forestall at least some eye rolling when I insist on visiting it this November.
Was thinking the same thing when I saw the new aerials. If it is true it is stepping down, would be a shame they didn't reverse the step down and keep the full height farther from the park and at least add some architectural detail from the park view.
Rich Brownn
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One of the problems of these new, short rides is it leaves the impression there's not much in Future World. If you add WoM, Energy and Horizon that was a hour and 15 minutes of ride time, just one one side. Now if we give Guardians the benefit of the doubt of 3 minutes, thats like 14 minutes total ride time on that side.
peter11435
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But 195 minutes in line...
EricsBiscuit
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Like I have been saying. That's a good chunk of War and Peace
WoM >>>>>Test Track
smile
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I have an irrational love for the Swiss Family Treehouse. I understand.
tho i will admit...
it was my fault for falling in love with something too good to be true
smile
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top o' the pops vs. prog rock masterpiece -
seems obvious to me both are valid in this world
... just obviously not at disney world anymore
in having been a living witness to what was and could have been, i must take solace
smile
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wdwperry
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It says a lot considering that it's probably the least offensive of all the Future World attraction replacements since 95.
sedati
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Just curious, name one thing you learned from the World of Motion ride.
Lensman
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After visiting WDW for the first time in 1987, I used to joke with friends that one of these days, Disney was going to build an attraction where there was only a line and no actual ride - the "Standing in Line" rides, so to speak. At the time, I said it might not be all bad because some of the ride queues and pre-shows were pretty interesting on their own.
At the time I think I found The Living Seas fairly confusing from this perspective. Between the pre-show movie, the Hydrolators, and the Seacabs, by the time I got to Sea Base Alpha, I wasn't sure if I was in the attraction or the post-attraction exhibit area.
This as opposed to Journey into Imagination where the "main course" was clearly the ride with the pre-show movie and an extensive post-ride exhibit area in the Imageworks. But all that plus the water gardens really gave me the feeling that the attention to detail in the queue areas might allow them to stand on their own one day! Ha!
V_L_Raptor
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Writing humor into a mostly static-figure scene in which the characters also aren't speaking. (Also, some motifs just stick, like that sea monster.) I liked WoM kind of the way folks like the Haunted Mansion, honestly. Also, I miss the Water Engine and especially Bird and Robot, although they're not on the ride. (@marni1971, you don't by chance have any archival footage of Bird and Robot, do you? Multas gratias for the Water Engine reel, though...!)
To me, Test Track seems like much ado about nothing. Yes, they test cars. Okay. That's nice. Oh, look -- a CM parking lot! Zoom! Oh, all right, it's over. Do I want to get back in line for this? No? Fine... Now what?