DisneyLostBoy03
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Same. I thought that too. Oh well. Still hoping for some more new behind the scenes on this attraction. Just hope one day the attraction will come to Disneyland.
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Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway - Disneyland
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Phroobar
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That's different. He actually created the Mouse. Random "D"-list celebrity had nothing to do with it....no sillier than a statue of a man holding hands with one...
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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Why on earth would you assume this would only bring in D-list celebs??
Also, sweet Moses...I hope none of these folks show up!
Phroobar
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And anyone who has ever been on or is currently on the Disney Channel.
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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Well, like them or not, that would at least make sense...
Curious Constance
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I don't know that I'd call it art, but Fortnite is a lot of fun. I can't play myself (I can't manage to walk and look around at the same time), but I help my ten year old manage his challenges so he can get to Tier 100 and get earn a silly character. I think, generally, it's enough for a video game to just be fun.
Phroobar
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As long as they don't let Dove Cameron sing, we are good. She hurts Pluto's ears.
Rich T
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TROR, again-- There are games of every genre and type. They're right out there for you to discover (hint: most great, clever, non-violent games are on Nintendo systems.).
I don't play graphically violent games; I prefer the imaginative worlds of Nintendo and the games that play with interactions with art and music.
Nintendo's amazing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is as much fun as Space Mountain--and every round is new and unpredictable.
King K. Rool was just announced as a new playable character for Nintendo's upcoming Smash Brothers Ultimate this morning. To a non-game fan this means nothing. To Nintendo fans like myself, this was actually more exciting than the announcement of Galaxy's Edge.
There's a whole world of great games out there bursting with fun and imagination as well as fantastic music and animation. It's probably not something you'd be interested in (if you were, you'd probably have gotten into it by now), but the gaming world is just going to keep expanding and--fortunately--there are companies like Nintendo who are the Disneys and Willy Wonkas of a vast, varied medium that the mainstream media usually only sees as Call of Duty and Fortnite.
Rich T
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For me, it's more of a celebration of the films and all the fun and good memories the character's associated with.
VJ
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Thing is, Mickey is much more than a "cartoon mouse", and he definitely meant more than that to Walt.
“Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end. He popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner. Born of necessity, the little fellow literally freed us of immediate worry. He provided the means for expanding our organization to its present dimensions and for extending the medium of cartoon animation towards new entertainment levels. He spelled production liberation for us.” – Walt Disney
“The life and ventures of Mickey Mouse have been closely bound up with my own personal and professional life. It is understandable that I should have sentimental attachment for the little personage who played so big a part in the course of Disney Productions and has been so happily accepted as an amusing friend wherever films are shown around the world. He still speaks for me and I still speak for him.” – Walt Disney
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Phroobar
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It might have been that to Walt but to the rest of the world Mickey is just a cartoon character and symbol of a gigantic corporation that's revenue is larger than most of the world's countries national product. I see no reason to worship the Mouse.
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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In all likelihood, there'd be no Disneyland today if not for the success of Mickey Mouse...so...yeah, not really sure how you can classify him as "just a cartoon character".
Phroobar
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Not necessarily. They have nothing to do with one another except marketing. If Disney didn't create Disneyland some other company would have taken the risk. Otherwise we would never know what we missed.
Don't make me get out the Doc Brown chalk board.
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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I'm more referring to the success of Mickey cartoons, merch, etc. that allowed Walt to continue doing what he wanted, eventually creating Disneyland.
What's the old famous Walt Disney line.....oh yeah.
Rich T
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If Disney didn't create Disneyland, there'd be no Disneyland. There'd be other theme parks, but I doubt any would have the emotional impact on a fanbase that grew up on a library of wonderful family films. The storytelling and placemaking most likely would be nowhere near as effective, and it would most likely have been more like Universal Studios or Phantasialand.Not necessarily. They have nothing to do with one another except marketing. If Disney didn't create Disneyland some other company would have taken the risk. Otherwise we would never know what we missed.
Don't make me get out the Doc Brown chalk board.
Disneyland was right-time, right-place, right-artists lightning in a bottle.
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TROR
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Something as grand as Disneyland could easily be recreated with enough of a budget.
Rich T
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Yeah, grand. That doesn't make it work like Disneyland. It probably would have ended up more like this:
TROR
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Efteling does a pretty great job of recreating Disney magic.
Phroobar
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There were competitors out there. Walter Knott had the same idea as Walt Disney but didn't have the budget but would have eventually gotten there. Other parks where on the right track. The rise of the middle class suburbia is what made the modern theme park popular idea.