My favorite is the misspelling of "Powerful(l)"
.... good gravy, marie
if it wasn't lame already, it's newspeak to boot
- embarrassing, really.
we know all that loot from 'we want's the redhead' merch would be particularly poor taste now (but apparently wasn't just a short bit ago); but this is still a rather poor substitute on many levels.
Reality check: In fairness it is to those of us that have been seeing the auction scene for years, to the newbie it is just fine and life will go on. Not everyone knows what it was like before the change and to them this will be, like it was for the rest of us, just another comical scene in a detail packed boat ride. What we can do is live with the personal satisfaction that we got to see it and these poor 'new' chumps never did. That makes us the best, doesn't it??
That, and other, exit lights have been there forever and is visible on all dark rides for the sake of safety. Fantasy is fine, but, reality says they do what they can to keep injuries down to a minimum in the event of an emergency.
What would be the purpose of hiding and exit sign when it is there to let people know how to get out of there in case of an emergency. You may not have ever seen it before, but, that doesn't mean it wasn't there. That is the problem with repetition, the more you go to an attraction the quicker one starts looking at other things that previously didn't catch there attention. That is exactly where the misconception that Disney is worse then it was comes from. It is not worse then it was it is just that all of a sudden one focused on something that they weren't suppose to focus on. As for the doorway, I have seen that stuff happen many times. It may just mean that at that moment they were working on a problem that required they have access. If it is still doing that every time you ride, then it is a lack of addressing a problem of light leakage, otherwise it is nothing at all except a situation while you are riding it and the Pixie Dust wasn't able to fix it on it's own. I remember sitting in the ending theater on GMR and having some maintenance people open up the door that I had never noticed was even there and bring in some step ladders and other equipment while we were there. Yea, I know, bad show, but, it also may have been the only time they could have addressed a problem without shutting the ride down completely.
I think that was done intentionally
Fair enough...so what does that mean then? I'm curious because I don't know.
In a few months Disney apparel will have a “letter” surcharge. I think they’re going to start with 38 cents per letter. An extra “l” really adds up over time. The big hope is that “Gooofy” and “Grumpie” catch on.
You are correct. It is shockingly bad and rips you out of the being in dark cave moment. The light leakage is bright enough that the you can see unthemed backstage areas - which makes it almost certain that rockwork, a wall or curtain was removed. In this past, this area always felt like a dark cave - I'm a stickler for this kind of stuff and would have definitely noted egregious exit signs. In general, Disney tended to be much better about exit signs in the past (also hampered by their legal dept, nutty fire marshals and litigation-obsessed culture - e.g., they added plain, Target-bought exit signs to the outdoor red canvas-covered queue at Haunted Mansion... really...)
You know, beyond just the laughably bad writing and politically correct censorship, there's also this weird group who seemingly want to rewrite history to make pirates look like cool and relatable people. Heck, role models. Pirates were not good people, they were criminals. Generally very violent and evil ones. I've said this numerous times before, and the original ride understood this- the pirates were the villains of the ride.
I get what you’re saying. But the idea of Pirates is more complex than either 1) they were murderous, evil people or 2) they were a cool and likable lot that we should all want to be like.
Lucky. You can find these online but they aren't $8.99
There used to be a massive Disney distribution center about an hour away from my house here in South Carolina that had an outlet store that would have discontinued Disney Parks merch for like almost nothing. Unfortunately, the distribution center is now closed along with the store 
