Well I got back last night, and am already going through withdrawl. Here are some observations and things I noticed/had questions about. This is not a trip report...I will post one of those later.
MK
Everything looked fantastic in MK, including the walls up for construction and whatnot.
Carousel of Progress: They really need to turn the sound down on the background music; unless you're sitting in the front row, it's nearly impossible to hear the scenes on the left and right. Does anyone agree?
Pirates: Why did they get rid of the flashing lightning by the Skeleton driving the ship at the beginning? It was just a standard storm cloud.
People Mover: new narration was AWESOME. Much better than the "NOW APPROACHING" junk. But I could have sworn they moved the "paging Mr. Tom Morrow" quote from Friday's ride vs my ride on it yesterday...maybe I'm crazy.
Mick's Philharmagic: this is in SEVERE need of digital upgrade. the beginning was so blurry and grainy i could barely make it out.
Fireworks: Didn't like them nearly as much as Wishes
Hall of Presidents: AWESOME!!! MUCH better than the previous guilt-trip over slavery show. This one was fantastic, and it was very funny to hear the crowd on this show. It was split between conservatives and liberals, each trying to cheer louder than the other starting with JFK all the way up to Barack.
Splash Mountain: WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS RIDE?!? I counted many AA's not working properly, or shut off, including the two rabbits sweeping the porch, Brer Rabbit hopping away after Brer Bear springs the trap, and the turtles. The new lighting looks good, but I felt like the song was not as featured as usual. Audio problems maybe? This needs a serious overhaul.
MSEP: Unreal. Watched it three times over my entire trip. Except Elliot and Pete weren't in the parade on Monday the 28th (not at the 9pm or 11pm parades). Has anyone heard why? This parade kicks SpectroMagic's butt.
Epcot.
Future world is in such a state of disaster. It's really useless these days to me. Soarin' is pretty fun, as is Spaceship Earth, but I wouldn't be broken-hearted if EVERYTHING in Future World was demolished.
Imagination is stupid as hell, the entire Land pavilion is less interesting than Baroque music theory, Mission: Space is a joke, and while I kind of like Universe of Energy, the whole educational aspect of Future World wore off me when I turned 15. While I was in Imagination, explaining to my younger brother about where everything used to be (in ImageWorks and the gift shop) this jerk of a cast member followed me around the entire time and was very rude to me; I think he was nervous i was going to try and run upstairs to the Rainbow Corridor :lol:
Hollywood Studios.
Twilight Zone: I went on this a record 10 times. New drop sequence would have been better if they didn't let light into the drop shaft, but it was one of the best yet. During the drops, you can clearly see the screen that plays at the end. Also, I could hear Rod's ending spiel just before the drops. Not big deal, but let me tell you, the star curtains are a joke. They look SO tacky. The projected image of everything in the elevator is useless, but I really like the creepy music just before the drop. I really hope they restore the 5th Dimension scene after SummerNightastic is over. On one of my rides, the window in the hallway scene didn't work. It was very strange.
Aerosmith: They actually had a Cast Member named Chris go and get Joe Perry's black Les Paul! It was great!!! When did they start doing this again?
Fantasmic: Best show on property. Did they upgrade the water sprinklers? It looked a lot better than it did last May.
Toy Story: Hardly any of the effects worked when I rode. The screens were blurry and out of focus, and I rarely got air blown on me or water or anything. It was much better when I rode it last May.
Animal Kingdom
Everest: I asked a young girl who was seating people if the Yeti was in B-mode and she looked like she might have a heart attack. She got real close to me and said "How do you know about that? Guests aren't supposed to know." And, of course, the Yeti was in b-mode and he sucked.
That's all really. I'll post a full trip report in the near future, including all of the new things I did this trip that I've never done before, along with more suggestions.
:slurp:
MK
Everything looked fantastic in MK, including the walls up for construction and whatnot.
Carousel of Progress: They really need to turn the sound down on the background music; unless you're sitting in the front row, it's nearly impossible to hear the scenes on the left and right. Does anyone agree?
Pirates: Why did they get rid of the flashing lightning by the Skeleton driving the ship at the beginning? It was just a standard storm cloud.
People Mover: new narration was AWESOME. Much better than the "NOW APPROACHING" junk. But I could have sworn they moved the "paging Mr. Tom Morrow" quote from Friday's ride vs my ride on it yesterday...maybe I'm crazy.
Mick's Philharmagic: this is in SEVERE need of digital upgrade. the beginning was so blurry and grainy i could barely make it out.
Fireworks: Didn't like them nearly as much as Wishes
Hall of Presidents: AWESOME!!! MUCH better than the previous guilt-trip over slavery show. This one was fantastic, and it was very funny to hear the crowd on this show. It was split between conservatives and liberals, each trying to cheer louder than the other starting with JFK all the way up to Barack.
Splash Mountain: WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS RIDE?!? I counted many AA's not working properly, or shut off, including the two rabbits sweeping the porch, Brer Rabbit hopping away after Brer Bear springs the trap, and the turtles. The new lighting looks good, but I felt like the song was not as featured as usual. Audio problems maybe? This needs a serious overhaul.
MSEP: Unreal. Watched it three times over my entire trip. Except Elliot and Pete weren't in the parade on Monday the 28th (not at the 9pm or 11pm parades). Has anyone heard why? This parade kicks SpectroMagic's butt.
Epcot.
Future world is in such a state of disaster. It's really useless these days to me. Soarin' is pretty fun, as is Spaceship Earth, but I wouldn't be broken-hearted if EVERYTHING in Future World was demolished.
Imagination is stupid as hell, the entire Land pavilion is less interesting than Baroque music theory, Mission: Space is a joke, and while I kind of like Universe of Energy, the whole educational aspect of Future World wore off me when I turned 15. While I was in Imagination, explaining to my younger brother about where everything used to be (in ImageWorks and the gift shop) this jerk of a cast member followed me around the entire time and was very rude to me; I think he was nervous i was going to try and run upstairs to the Rainbow Corridor :lol:
Hollywood Studios.
Twilight Zone: I went on this a record 10 times. New drop sequence would have been better if they didn't let light into the drop shaft, but it was one of the best yet. During the drops, you can clearly see the screen that plays at the end. Also, I could hear Rod's ending spiel just before the drops. Not big deal, but let me tell you, the star curtains are a joke. They look SO tacky. The projected image of everything in the elevator is useless, but I really like the creepy music just before the drop. I really hope they restore the 5th Dimension scene after SummerNightastic is over. On one of my rides, the window in the hallway scene didn't work. It was very strange.
Aerosmith: They actually had a Cast Member named Chris go and get Joe Perry's black Les Paul! It was great!!! When did they start doing this again?
Fantasmic: Best show on property. Did they upgrade the water sprinklers? It looked a lot better than it did last May.
Toy Story: Hardly any of the effects worked when I rode. The screens were blurry and out of focus, and I rarely got air blown on me or water or anything. It was much better when I rode it last May.
Animal Kingdom
Everest: I asked a young girl who was seating people if the Yeti was in B-mode and she looked like she might have a heart attack. She got real close to me and said "How do you know about that? Guests aren't supposed to know." And, of course, the Yeti was in b-mode and he sucked.
That's all really. I'll post a full trip report in the near future, including all of the new things I did this trip that I've never done before, along with more suggestions.
:slurp:
