Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout announced for Disney California Adventure

[Stevek]

Really? That would be awesome. Where is the expansion pad, behind Luigis?

There is a spot next to Luigi's, near the side entrance to Bug's Land. Not sure it's big enough though. Beyond that, it would have to go in the parking lot behind TOT which appears to be a no go assuming Marvel expansion goes there.

 

[dweezil78]

Of course there is still a possibility that the sequel to GOTG will be a dud... Not likely but sometimes sequels fail... While I'm hopeful the movie will be decent, it would be funny if the franchise fizzled after they've gone to the trouble of reworking ToT.

No chance at all the sequel won't be a mega ginormous success. Nada. Now, on the off chance the movie is not very good, it's certainly possible the next sequel could not do well. But Guardians 2 is going to be all kinds of huge #s at the box office guaranteed.

 

[Phroobar]

There is a spot next to Luigi's, near the side entrance to Bug's Land. Not sure it's big enough though. Beyond that, it would have to go in the parking lot behind TOT which appears to be a no go assuming Marvel expansion goes there.

I think it would be big enough for a scifi dine in. That place next to bugs land could be the kitchen with a tunnel for truck access.

 

[Travel Junkie]

No chance at all the sequel won't be a mega ginormous success. Nada. Now, on the off chance the movie is not very good, it's certainly possible the next sequel could not do well. But Guardians 2 is going to be all kinds of huge #s at the box office guaranteed.

All signs point to it being very good. As indicated Marvel test screenings run different than most but still.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...ores-extremely-rare-100-test-screening-974277

 

[Californian Elitist]

The land was supposed to be "Car Land," and it was going to pay homage to the car culture in California. The way it was described made it seem like there was going to be a 50's/60's vibe. I remember reading there were plans for a drive-in and a ride in which Goofy was going on a road trip through California (can't quite remember), but of course the trip was reckless and Goofy was going to get himself into messes. The land was supposed to be generic with no IP attached to it. Just a celebration of cars in California. I was really impressed with the plans. I forgot where I read all of this and where I saw the concept art, but I think I may have read it in a D23 issue. I'll look through my old issues and see if I'm correct.

I have a whole slew of this proposed Car Land somewhere on my blog- but I'll be darned if I could find it![/QUOTE]

If you do happen to look for it (I hope you do!), please share with us! I found the concept art for the drive-in, but I can't find anything else, unfortunately.

 

[Stevek]

I think it would be big enough for a scifi dine in. That place next to bugs land could be the kitchen with a tunnel for truck access.

Let's hope so. It was one of those things I was really looking forward to as I did enjoy Sci-fi both times we ate there.

 

[Earl Sweatpants]

Forgive the off topic post but Knotts just announced it was closing today due to bad weather. I read heavy rain and 60 MPH wind gusts predicted.

Category 5 Major Pacific Storm Lucifer! Its not messing around.

 

[BrianLo]

You're not coming off harsh at all, and I don't believe you need to "synthesize" anything. You aren't being rude and you aren't trying to force your opinion on others, so I don't see an issue.

We are free to express your views all we want, ALL OF US, as long as we're respectful about it, something you've been doing all along. If someone doesn't like it, they can use the ignore feature. I remember a user telling me I was overexaggerating when it came to how I felt about SWL and I kindly told them to use the ignore option because my rhetoric wasn't changing.

Have you seen my anti-SWL thread? I respectfully express my opinion in a strong manner, moreso than you in this thread in my opinion, and it's pages and pages long.

If you should "synthesize" your rhetoric, then some of us should also, since we've been speaking in the same way. Too bad I won't actually be doing that, and neither should you. Please continue to express your opinion so we can therefore continue discussion, and don't change anything.

I don't think @HMF was being harsh either. Rhetoric is a weird American concept to me. You can be passionate and strong in your stance without trying to encite a reaction from others. That's what I feel rhetoric can sometimes wind itself into.

Rhetoric shuts down conversation as it just turns into people shouting their entrenched views back and forth at each other as both sides become increasingly funny to watch to outsiders. Passion, not rhetoric is what I was advocating!

@mickEblu has done a great job of being passionate while inviting conversation of the topic, without shouting rhetorical questions that don't actually invite a proper back and forth in a true discussion. Kind of make sense?

I don't want anyone putting anyone on ignore, we should continue to have healthy debate and discussion! Everyone's opinions matter

 

[SSG]

Category 5 Major Pacific Storm Lucifer! Its not messing around.

Grabthar's Hammer!

 

[SSG]

"As the leading edge of a low-pressure system arrives in Southern California, Orange and L.A. counties will see 3 to 5 inches of rain and flash flooding in the evening hours."

Stay dry if you can, folks

 

[Earl Sweatpants]

"As the leading edge of a low-pressure system arrives in Southern California, Orange and L.A. counties will see 3 to 5 inches of rain and flash flooding in the evening hours."

Stay dry if you can, folks

 

[BrianLo]

I'll disagree here. The obvious thing to do back in 2012 was follow up with thoughtful work that would improve DCA and increase capacity.

Instead they sat around for most of this decade. DCA is still a problem. Luckily by the parks 20th anniversary it should finally be in a solid and sustainable place. The fact it took 20 years should raise eyebrows though.

It was so Staggs to just sit there and waste time.

The one thing I will give credit for is the lovely airfield. They did an excellent job there.

Edit: I'll also further add that I think they're doing these expansions in entirely the wrong order. Note before I begin this, I'm approaching this solely from a roster and logistics perspective. Not artistic. At this point DCA has a lopsided relationship with Disneyland, with Walt's original getting millions more guests. Following Star Wars Experience, Disneyland should blow past the 20 million mark and end up who knows where. I wouldn't be shocked if it ends up being the top visited (by first ticket clicks alone which disadvantage MK) theme park in the world. We'll see if the anti local campaign has an impact, but I'm still betting we hit 20 Million.

It would have been far more wise to build the DCA attractions first, and create a more healthy balance between Disneyland and Disney California Adventure before SWE. That way Disneyland Park proper could handle more new guests while a greater share of the classic guests were drawn to all the cool new stuff at DCA. The two parks will never meet parity, but the gap can be lessened.

Disney California Adventure won't be getting its own major new attractions until 2020s (2021 comes to mind). So I imagine capacity constraints will plague both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. The time to be building was the last 5 years when they did basically nothing and enjoyed the fruits of Cars Land.

This is a strikingly reactionary business.

It's my fault for not clarifying that I mean fix in the context of "Disney is capable of improving their product", not fixed as in "Disney perfected the product, there is nothing wrong".

DCA 2.0 provided a ton of fixes, it fixed some of the bigger issues, but they certainly didn't fix everything.

I too am unhappy with Tom who contendly let capital spending bottom out thanks to his tech money draining solution. He would have been a bad CEO. Iger can be equally misguided and Staggs liked the parks more, but he had no spine to get things done.

 

[yookeroo]

I don't want anyone putting anyone on ignore, we should continue to have healthy debate and discussion! Everyone's opinions matter

I love the ignore feature. There are several posters whose opinions don't matter to me. Makes reading the board much more pleasant.

 

[Stevek]

Forgive the off topic post but Knotts just announced it was closing today due to bad weather. I read heavy rain and 60 MPH wind gusts predicted.

Yeah, it's supposed to be a bad one. I wonder what Disneyland will do as they closed for less rain a few days ago. I've been there when it's been very windy and heavy heavy rainy but not enough to close it.

 

[Phroobar]

Hopefully we get more water. This is really helping the drought.
http://www.californiadrought.org/drought/current-conditions/

Drought conditions have continued to improve, with about 11% of the state experiencing severe to extreme drought, compared to 20% last week. The area no longer experiencing short-term drought effects has increased from 40% to 41.5% over the past week. La Niña conditions have subsided and normal sea surface temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere are expected to continue through spring 2017. Despite these improvements, drought impacts on overdrafted groundwater basins, forests, and aquatic species in California are long term and will take multiple above-average precipitation years to be resolved.

 

[sunsetblvd26]

I love the ignore feature. There are several posters whose opinions don't matter to me. Makes reading the board much more pleasant.

I assume this whole ignore discussion is revolving around hmf? Yeah, I love the ignore feature too

 

[Californian Elitist]

I don't think @HMF was being harsh either. Rhetoric is a weird American concept to me. You can be passionate and strong in your stance without trying to encite a reaction from others. That's what I feel rhetoric can sometimes wind itself into.

Rhetoric shuts down conversation as it just turns into people shouting their entrenched views back and forth at each other as both sides become increasingly funny to watch to outsiders. Passion, not rhetoric is what I was advocating!

@mickEblu has done a great job of being passionate while inviting conversation of the topic, without shouting rhetorical questions that don't actually invite a proper back and forth in a true discussion. Kind of make sense?

I don't want anyone putting anyone on ignore, we should continue to have healthy debate and discussion! Everyone's opinions matter

The conversation hadn't been shut down though. People were, and still are, having a discussion. Besides a sarcastic post or two, everyone has been respectful, for the most part. We've talked about multiple things in the past few days. I haven't seen any harmful and personal attacks. The conversation is still going. Everyone who has contributed has been going back and forth with no issues. We're having debates. People have been voicing their opinions with no issues. There are disagreements, but no issues, so I'm not sure what the problem is.

I don't believe anyone was trying to invite others. We're just having fun discussion and debates. Maybe I should have used another word instead of "discourse," but everyone's been cool.

The ignore option is really amazing. I'm an advocate for it, and people should use it before deciding to attack others or potentially insult someone.

 

[SSG]

 

[HMF]

Well at least it won't look like an airplane took off from the airfield and crashed into the tower.

That "issue was rectified when Condor Flats became Grizzly Peak Airfield.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I was planning to hit up the parks this Sunday. If the weather today will be the same come Sunday, the trip will be cancelled. Sucks because I haven't been in a while.