"On Integrity"

[Hot Lava]

They still need to come up with a show stopper and I don't think they are even close to imagining one.

IMO, it ain't Avatarland! Blech! I really hope they don't go forward with that!

 

[bethymouse]

Long thread. I guess I enjoy both DL and WDW. Not exactly sure about the "inegrity" though.

 

[wm49rs]

Long thread. I guess I enjoy both DL and WDW. Not exactly sure about the "inegrity" though.

Not sure anyone really is. Which is probably why it hadn't been discussed since January....

 

[bethymouse]

Oops!

 

[mharrington]

Sorry for bumping up this thread from so long ago, but I would like to address something that is somewhat different and yet sort of on topic:

Last year, Jim Hill wrote an article in which the $1.1 billion used to improve the California Adventure and compares it with a similar budget at WDW. You can read the article here: http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_c...-over-the-past-3-to-5-years.aspx#.Uo0JjKzW6x0.

Basically, the article argues that WDW has a similar budget to California, but given its size (CA's 500+ acres vs. FL's 40+ square miles), to see where the money is not nearly as nakedly obvious in Florida as in California.

Like I said, it may or may not be entirely on topic, but it does provide a comparison of where huge amounts of money budgeted for both resorts go.

 

[wm49rs]

An article from last year for a thread over six months old?

 

[Uncle Remus]

Sorry for bumping up this thread from so long ago

Just like you were "sorry" for bumping your other thread from months ago? I think you just like seeing threads you started on the front page.

 

[Uncle Remus]

An article from last year for a thread over six months old?

Yet it's sort of on topic! Haha

 

[mharrington]

Just like you were "sorry" for bumping your other thread from months ago? I think you just like seeing threads you started on the front page.

No, I'm not looking for excuses to keep threads on the front page. I just think it's easier and less hassle to keep old threads going than to create new ones from scratch.

An article from last year for a thread over six months old?

Were you being sarcastic?

 

[Uncle Remus]

No, I'm not looking for excuses to keep threads on the front page. I just think it's easier and less hassle to keep old threads going than to create new ones from scratch.



Were you being sarcastic?

Fair enough

 

[wm49rs]

Were you being sarcastic?

No more so than usual....

 

[PrincessMia]

I can only hope that people will start flocking to DL instead of WDW! That will certainly improve my WDW vacation experience.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I can only hope that people will start flocking to DL instead of WDW! That will certainly improve my WDW vacation experience.

This has been happening for well over a year, now. Doesn't seem to be making a difference in WDW's crowds.

 

[englanddg]

I'm not going to lie, New Fantasyland just doesn't impress me. A new restaurant, a new ride that we already have and a meet and greet. Even when the Mine Train pops up, I still think Disneyland's Fantasyland will be better, even moreso now that Princess Fantasy Faire is opening, and the new show in the Fantasyland Theater.

When you look at it, we have gotten more offerings than Magic Kingdom within almost ten years. Two or three (?) new firework shows, a new parade, a new bakery, the submarines (when did the submarines open?), refurbs. Some of these were due to the 50th birthday, which is special. The 60th is coming up, so I'm expecting something special. I don't know why milestone birthdays aren't taken as seriously for Magic Kingdom. I think its 40th celebration should have been bigger, but that's me. I was expecting them to do some really cool things. Maybe the age difference helps the feeling thatDL gets more. By the time MK turns 50, DL will be 66... Just a year year earlier, DL will be 65, another milestone age (I'm positive MK will be receiving lots more attention, though). After MK turns 50, DL turns another milestone age, 70, just four short years later.

Neither parks have received E-tickets. How about that? Where are the E-tickets? I know there's a rumor DL could be getting some but they're just that. Rumors. Nothing's been confirmed or announced, so I don't count whispers and rumors as fact.

Heck, the new WDW Fantasyland didn't impress my 8 year old little girl!

 

[Californian Elitist]

Heck, the new WDW Fantasyland didn't impress my 8 year old little girl!

I don't even remember writing that post LOL! The joys of thread bumps.

Your daughter is so cute. I know that irrelevant to the conversation, but it's true.

 

[englanddg]

"Walt Disney World needs to start thinking long-term now, now that forty years have breezed past. They need to seek out and maintain a roster of talent who know and have Walt Disney World bound into their blood and every fiber of their body the way Disneyland does. So far, the last two decades they've been content with Marriott hotel managers and accountants, people who don't see past the ends of their own nose. And lots of being led around by the wrist by Disneyland. But Walt Disney World, she isn't the second Disneyland. She's the first Walt Disney World. And she needs to start acting like it."

As a WDW fanboy, what a great summary!

 

[englanddg]

I don't even remember writing that post LOL! The joys of thread bumps.

Your daughter is so cute. I know that irrelevant to the conversation, but it's true.

Thanks! I had nothing to do with it (her being cute)! <grin>

 

[Californian Elitist]

Thanks! I had nothing to do with it (her being cute)! <grin>

Haha, well she's beautiful. She's blessed to have a dad who takes her to Disney. My dad never did that.

 

[ninjaprincesst]

I really don't care how great the actual Disneyland park is , at least WDW is not in the middle of gangland. The area where DL is located is just plain scary, I will not go for that reason alone.

 

[englanddg]

I really don't care how great the actual Disneyland park is , at least WDW is not in the middle of gangland. The area where DL is located is just plain scary, I will not go for that reason alone.

Um...yeah.

This is scary!


Funny though, I went with an Australian, and I guess they think that in America, we all walk around with guns and have gunfights and muggings everywhere.

It was amusing. She was actually in a very sanitized area. I would think to myself how shocked she'd be so see some of the small towns in SC, like Sumter, which has a per capita violance rate that's higher than NYC (or used to), and an AIDS infection rate that's in the national top ten.