I am furious that they took the old 80's style Mayan dancers from the begining of the attraction. They portrayed the true to life idea that Mexico is full of people in flourecent Mayan garb wandering the streets........oh sorry.........thought this was the rediculously pointless rant thread again.
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I am furious that they took the old 80's style Mayan dancers from the begining of the attraction. They portrayed the true to life idea that Mexico is full of people in flourecent Mayan garb wandering the streets........oh sorry.........thought this was the rediculously pointless rant thread again.
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Yes he has! He started taking his whiskey neat one day at the stroke of noon. About three hours later out comes the caber. I have to say I was impressed with it's size, but it did do substantial damage to the roof. I'm a Native American also beachclubbasics. This place was still a British Colony when my family moved here from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. So I know just how you feel about Pocahontas. I feel the exact same way about Elmer Fudd! Folks it's just a simple little relaxing ride for your enjoyment. It's not there to make an earth shattering statement reguarding the culture of Mexico.
The only reason I made the post you are referring to and the one prior to that, is the fact that someone is calling an attraction ruined simply because they added some animated characters to it to increase turnstile numbers and bring more people into the pavillion and its just silly. It is a positive thing no matter how you look at it, prior to the refurb you would be lucky to have someone riding in the boat with you if you went on the attraction, it was stuck in a 1980's time warp and was screaming for an upgrade. Now, looking at the videos, it actually has a line and still shows the finer points of mexican culture, while adding a fun spin to it via the Three Cabileros. The point of the attraction/pavillion is to bring more attention to Mexico and generate more business for the Mexican tourism board, which the refurb has done better than the old ride has in the past decade.) I was simply implying that to say the attraction is ruined is just silly. It implies it was a smash hit of an attraction before the refurb and it now has zero appeal, when in fact the opposite has happened. Stating ones opinion is one thing, but to outright make a bold statement such as the OP goes beyond that. :brick:
What about paying some kind of attention to the Mayan culture? One of the most advanced civilizations on the planet for it's time. All I am saying is that world showcase is about education and entertainment and I do not find Donald Duck in a Mayan temple entertaining or educational. If you really want to teach people about different cultures, a mariachi band and three birds is not really going to do it. If Epcot wants to change it theme from edu/tainment to Magic Kingom Part 2, then so be it. Remember...THEY are the ones who decided to make the park educational to begin with so of course, thats what we expect when we go there, right? Or were they lying? Or did they change their minds? Maybe not enough money was generated from the educational guests...they must make much more money from toddlers and teenagers. Those of us who have a problem with it will certainly be free to watch old videos from our couches, which is what I will be doing. Believe me, I do not need to sit through it in person to see how awful the remake is, I saw quite enough from the video. I just think with some better planning and ideas they could have used their resources and come up with something a little smarter than dumping charactors from a 50 year old movie into the existing scenery. Lets give a bit more credit to the people of Mexico instead of treating them as only background extras in a Donald Duck film......
