Some people really find it so very important to prove such things. Reminds me very much of the story of Jebediah Springfield. Just remember WWLSD.
Something about a Silver Tongue. :animwink:
Wait a minute...
Are you using the "wave" smiley to give me the "middle finger"?!
Also, Steve isn't always accurate either, actually.
impressiveYeah, that's what I mean. I'm not saying that everything he said was wrong... just that he's not reliable. He claimed to be an insider with direct knowledge of these projects, but he got this one really, really wrong, which means that either he made it up intentionally for giggles, or he got bad information from another source and isn't quite the insider he pretended to be.
Let's look at exactly what ReDis had to say about the HM in June:
Then, a month later:
And yet Lee tells us:
Then when someone posted a fake ride-through experience that mentioned effects that we now know weren't actually in the mansion, ReDis seemed to believe every word of it, and said:
And when questioned about the fact that his predictions (of which he supposedly had first-hand knowledge) didn't come true, ReDis didn't admit to getting any details wrong; he continues to insist that it was still true when he posted it in June:
Even though Lee tells us:
And Steve tells us:
So yeah, it looks like ReDis was really, really wrong on this one, and refuses to admit it. So either he doesn't have the firsthand knowledge he pretended to, or he likes making up extra details to get a reaction. Doesn't mean that all his info is bad; at the very least, he obviously reads a lot of rumor sites and quite possibly knows someone on the inside. But while his rumors are fun, they're clearly not reliably accurate. (Which is a shame, because some of the things he rumored sounded really cool... though at this point it looks like at least one of them was also completely made up.)
-p.b.
P.S. I'm not trying to be a spoilsport or jump all over any one person. I love the rumors as much as anyone. I just think it's important that we know when something is just a rumor and may not be 100% accurate, because otherwise we start expecting something that doesn't end up being in the final product, and people are disappointed that something was "changed" or "taken away" when it was never going to be there in the first place.
I'm sorry, but I don't believe there was ever any truth to two different versions of the HM. Not a bit. I'm not bashing you, either, by the way... Just the idea that it was ever on the table as a possibility.
And if it ever DID come up as a possibility, there was no way it got far enough for us to hear about it before someone said "wait a tic... we might scare the kids!!!!"
The logistics alone would have basically made it impossible. Don't forget, during its massive re-build in 04-05, Disneyland planned for and built two different versions for their Space Mountain. Even put up a sign that had both versions built into it... But it was quickly figured out that there wasn't any easy way to make it work, and it was completely mothballed with the exception of a couple grad nights. And that was just a coaster. Nothing nearly as involved as the HM.
I also find it curious that this exact same rumor was floated around during Pirates' major refurb. "Scarier at night!" some said. HA! There was even some copy that came out supposedly from Disney that referenced that fact. That turned out to be complete poppycock, and on top of that the person that designed that copy fessed up to it on another Disney fan site. Interesting to me that the same exact rumor came up from those "in the know" about the Mansion.
Those that say they're "in the know", yet suggested two different versions of our Mansion lost a good amount of cred in my eyes when they said that.
And since then, I've seen all KINDS of backpedaling on earlier predictions by a handful as well. Of COURSE they've posted to say "things have changed, they're not doing this or that anymore". What else would they do?
People on here know some HM Butlers, I'm sure. I'd be interested to see what they find if they look on the back of the pop-up heads. The pop-up heads that have the same face on them as 30 years ago. My guess? They'd see the same thing they've always seen for 30 years. :lol:
But just take my post with a grain of salt. :wave:
