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[TROR]

The problem is that you're comparing ghosts to cars. You have to compare cars to Cars. Would a land themed to California's car culture and Route 66 with the same amount of detail and immersion be just as successful as Cars Land? You must think, do the people who like Cars the movie also like cars in general? Because the answer is probably yes. Do more people like cars than like Cars? Again, I'm going to say yes. So while some people may not like cars, there's probably less people who dislike cars than dislike Cars.

 

[TwilightZone]

The problem is that you're comparing ghosts to cars. You have to compare cars to Cars. Would a land themed to California's car culture and Route 66 with the same amount of detail and immersion be just as successful as Cars Land? You must think, do the people who like Cars the movie also like cars in general? Because the answer is probably yes. Do more people like cars than like Cars? Again, I'm going to say yes. So while some people may not like cars, there's probably less people who dislike cars than dislike Cars.

ugh that was confusing to read. but, I get the basic idea you're coming across. I think.

 

[yookeroo]

Also interesting to consider in the wake of TOT. I am legitimately curious how many TOT lovers had seen a Twilight Zone episode beforehand. I'm betting...not that many? Particularly among the younger set. That strikes me as an interesting case of a ride being beloved in spite of its IP.

Was it really beloved? I'm skeptical

 

[mickEblu]

Was it really beloved? I'm skeptical

 

[Phroobar]

Was it really beloved? I'm skeptical

No the DCA TOT was not beloved. You know that from all of our discussions on LP over the years. It's just these upstart millennials that grew up with it at DCA that fell in love with it. It was the best theming that DCA had at the time. Since then, it hasn't aged well.

 

[mickEblu]

Am i a millennial? I was born in 82. I don't feel like a millennial, yet I don't feel like the older peeps who talk $hit about millennials. What am I? Who am I?

 

[Deleted member 107043]

No the DCA TOT was not beloved. You know that from all of our discussions on LP over the years. It's just these upstart millennials that grew up with it at DCA that fell in love with it. It was the best theming that DCA had at the time. Since then, it hasn't aged well.

Remember how the opinion amongst many on LP and elsewhere in the online community was that DCA's ToT was low budget "quick fix" version of ToT for the park, which was in the midst of an identity crises when the ride premiered? This was fueled by the far more elaborate version that opened in Tokyo two years later. I remember having the impression that public reponse to the ride after it opened was kind of underwhelming, and that it wasn't until the more family-friendly DCA 2.0 additions (WoC, TSMM, LM, etc) began coming online that the park begin to see meaningful attendance increases. I was kind of surprised by the reaction last year when Disney announced the new theme and storyline.

 

[Kiwiduck]

Am i millennial? I was born in 82. I don't feel like a millennial, yet I don't feel like the older peeps who talk $hit about millennials. What am I? Who am I?

Apparently you are an xennial - part millennial and part generation X in your attitudes and cultural touchstones.

 

[mickEblu]

Apparently you are an xennial - part millennial and part generation X in your attitudes and cultural touchstones.

Ahhhh thanks. That makes sense. We re like a mini generation.

 

[Travel Junkie]

I can't wait until we start blaming Generation C for everything. (the group after millennials)

 

[Kram Sacul]

The Tower of Terror didn't live up the Twilight Zone TV show at all. It wouldn't have made any sense as an episode, which were usually intelligent and featured social and political commentary. The story of the TOT is quite stupid compared to the TV show. A hotel is truck by lightning and the elevator goes to...The Twilight Zone!

You're forgetting that quite a few episodes of the Twilight Zone had simplistic stories that didn't make much sense other than they were weird. The little girl who falls into another dimension, the talking dummy, the killer doll, mahines that come to life, etc. An elevator that goes into another dimension isn't that far off.

 

[Phroobar]

Am i millennial? I was born in 82. I don't feel like a millennial, yet I don't feel like the older peeps who talk $hit about millennials. What am I? Who am I?

Your just a Gen-X slacker like the rest of us. Why can't our kids be like us? Perfect in every way. What's a matter with kids today?

 

[mickEblu]

Your just a Gen-X slacker like the rest of us. Why can't our kids be like us? Perfect in every way. What's a matter with kids today?

lol that's true I pretty much just want to have fun and relax sometimes. Not a huge fan of anything else.

But seriously we are a pretty damn cool generation. We re like the last generation that played outside while at the same time being kids during the birth of video games. This and pretty much everything 80s is better than everything else.

 

[Practical Pig]

Why can't our kids be like us? Perfect in every way. What's a matter with kids today?

Way back in high school, I played Albert Peterson in Birdie. The kid who sang "Kids" decided to copy Paul Lynde from the movie, but studied him by watching him as Uncle Arthur in reruns of "Bewitched," and then amped up the camp. He delivered a performance that ... how can I put this without offending myself ... let's just say it flew way over the rainbow.

 

[Curious Constance]

I was born in 78 what does that make me? Besides old

 

[Practical Pig]

I was born in 78 what does that make me? Besides old

Gen EXcellent! But you're on the verge.

Cut-off dates vary by source, but the boomers, like me, ended around 1960-64 according to Wiki, and the Gen Xers ran through the late seventies to early eighties.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Way back in high school, I played Albert Peterson in Birdie. The kid who sang "Kids" decided to copy Paul Lynde from the movie, but studied him by watching him as Uncle Arthur in reruns of "Bewitched," and then amped up the camp. He delivered a performance that ... how can I put this without offending myself ... let's just say it flew way over the rainbow.

Is there a recording of this somewhere? If so I'd love to see it!

 

[Practical Pig]

Is there a recording of this somewhere? If so I'd love to see it!

I so wish! It's etched in my memory, but the year was 1974, and recording options were limited and cumbersome. I suppose if we'd had any AV nerds in the cast it might have happened.

 

[Disney Irish]

I was born in 78 what does that make me? Besides old

You're in the cool generation, just like me only born two years before you...

 

[Curious Constance]

You're in the cool generation, just like me only born two years before you...

Finally! Someone I'm not older than!!!