OK, I know that they blew their own horn on the "higher standard" thing and in very many ways have kept that. But, if you compare it to the utiladors which are not seen by the public and look at what we have gotten since Walt died, I don't know how anyone can think that the haven't kept that "higher standard" in many way. Why couldn't, for example, the Gondola's as a mode of transportation from resorts to the parks, not be right up there with the utilidors. Is it just because we refuse to acknowledge it or is it because we have seen that in theme parks resorts everywhere. There are mechanical elements of the Gondola that cannot be completely hidden, unlike burying thing underground. People here seem to be bent on the thought that Disney or anyone else can alter the laws of physics or, to make it simple, the very fact that these items are in the open and therefore will be seen, at least in part, from many places in the area. That doesn't make them against the "high standards" of Walt Disney, who put gondola's in Disneyland and, by extension, in MK with absolutely no attempt to make them something other then what they were. It's like we take the words, "higher standard" and apply it to anything we feel like applying it too. It doesn't work that way.
Soarin may be a big eyesore if that is what you focus on, but, where would you suggest they put that building and what way would you disguise a massive structure so that no one would ever have to see it. Some of the demands of a limited public about this stuff are beyond physical possibility. Like I said before, it is there and unless I actually think to look for it, I do not notice it at all, and for most people even if they do, they just plain don't care. That isn't a standard that is miracle seeking. If only someone would invent invisible solid structures we would all be happier.
