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I really enjoy DCA (but again I also enjoy HKDL and
DSP too). I try and be fair in my criticisms as well.
Have you set foot in DSP? Have you set foot in any of the above parks?
If you're going to criticize something, then you should at least experience it and not let the Internet tell you what you should or shouldn't like.
I am extremely critical of Disney ... and have been on all of the parks above. But my criticism is fair and balanced because I've experienced what they FEEL like. And I understand plenty about the circumstances that led them to exist in the states they do.
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To read some fanboi posts, you'd think DCA is total crap and it is far from it ... and it wasn't crap on Day 1 either. It just wasn't nearly what it should have been.
DCA was a half baked idea created by Eisner, Pressler, and Braverman in the span of an hour at some holiday retreat. The complete opposite of Epcot Center's conception which was a passion project or Tokyo Disneysea which was OLC's commitment to give their guests an out of this world experince.
The park was created by many folks and it took more than an hour. Your hyperbole puts me in an uncomfortable position of defending Disney where I really don't want to. But you come off like a simplistic fanboi when you make some statements. EPCOT Center came about in a very different time and under different circumstances. And TDS was built and funded by another corporation. You can't compare DCA to them.
I agree with you on a great many things but I will never agree on this matter and I will never forgive them for trying to pull a fast one on their customers. Even as it is they will be lucky to get me and my family to visit DCA for the first time in 2012 and thats only if they don't cheap out on the new enterance, mermaid, and carsland. Even the sligthest hint of a budget cut will get me running in the other direction (into Disneyland's loving embrace)
You don't have to agree with me. But take some well-intentioned advice: learn to think for yourself by experiencing things instead of letting others do so for you. DCA is a quality Disney park today ... and only getting better. Sometimes, you need to open the mind and expand the horizons. Being a whiny fanboi who's not happy because he didn't get TDS won't do much for you. Things can surprise you. I was programmed to hate the AIE because I don't watch the show and don't like that kind of programming. But I went, experienced it and realized that a lot of money and quality went into it. I didn't let the Internet and my own biases blind me to the fact it is very well-done and a quality addition to a park desperate for them.
I had heard how great DLP was before my first visit. And it was. But it didn't blind me to how badly the park was falling apart in many areas.
I had heard how tiny and lacking HKDL was before I visited. But I went with an open mind and was immediately taken in by its beauty, charm, details, quality show, great cast and ... yeah ... potential.
I don't know how one can call themselves a Disney parks fan and got to DL, but not go to DCA (unless you only have a day, obviously!)
You have no idea what kind of park DCA is because you refuse to give it a chance and you let others convince you that it is crap when it is far from it.
I have news for you. If you think that it 2-3 years that DCA will somehow equal TDS (which you also haven't been to, right?) then you'll likely be and moaning down the road as well.
I believe in experiencing things before I rip them ... but that's just me.
Still looks nice though, and I hope it's a bit bigger than the Storyland Canal replicas.
), if Tim Delaney didn't have his budget slashed for PP, if the park opened with ToT and Armegeddon (both originally slated for Phase II development around 2006), if Superstar Limo didn't get slowed down and dumbed down by Princess Di's death, if they had embraced the APers instead of alienating them, if the park had the infrastructure for a lagoon show to begin with ... etc ... I am not sure whether the park would be in need of the extreme makeover it is getting.
