Enderikari
Well-Known Member
I'm fine with people disagreeing with me, but the odds are not high that a true Disney parks lover could disagree with EVERY single thing I listed. I made mention of some of the parks' most beloved and most missed attractions and you toss them off like they're nothing. If you drank the Kool-Aid and believe Disney isn't capable of making bad decisions, then that's your opinion.
Hi, I am a Disney Parks lover, I would wager to say much more than most of the people on this board. I devoted a major portion of my working life to making the guest experience at Walt Disney World the absolute best it could possibly be. I bleed magic out of my pores (its an uncomfortable condition, I know) and still use my annual pass on AT LEAST a weekly basis.
My love of Walt Disney World isn't "drinking the Kool-Aid." It stems on appreciating what I have before me. Some of the parks most beloved attractions? Sure, fine... people dug Mr. Toads; people miss 20K. But millions of people danced the Macarena too... Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. Toad WAS CARDBOARD CUT-OUTS. 20K was FISH ON STRINGS. Sure, you can associate happy memories with it, sure you can pine for the good old days. But to automatically dismiss the changes as a "bad" decision is your very own opinion, and certainly not a Universal one. (The point I made to a group of my co-workers yesterday involved asking how many times their kids have seen Wind in the Willows?
The point I am trying to make, is that from these boards and others (Micechat is the absolute worst), I can see another form of Kool-Aid being passed around. They like to call themselves "Disney Purists" but I can vouch for the fact that they have no love for Walt Disney World. They hate everything about it, and love to spread around their opinions as fact. They delight in the demagoguery of watching easily led people accept every bit of bile spewn forth from their heads.
I hope you enjoy your Kool-Aid, sir... I've heard its good frozen...
I hope its grape (I love grape kool-aid)
The point where you really lost me was your Horizons comment. Horizons was the best attraction in Future World and fully encompassed what Epcot was all about. The detail, storyline, design.. everything.. is unparalleled. If you are so interested in backing up statements factually, then you can't comment on a ride that you yourself can barely remember.
I barely remember COP II - Electric Bugaloo? No sir, I remember it well enough... My statements stemmed from the fact that nobody, besides the folks who post here and other sites, remembers anything else about that ride (if they even remember it at all). Unparalleled is a big word, and far too large a scope to use in this instance. I personally find the educative qualities, the animatronics, and the storyline of American Adventure more than on par with Horizons. I prefer the level of immersiveness that comes from The Seas with Nemo & Friends, and Soarin. I love the detail that stems from Small World.
Got anything else, or should we just agree to disagree?