Oh, they do still have a ways to go on the ride in general. Interior themeing is just getting underway, but they doing the ops walk through this evening and if all goes well with that, they are suppose to start with the ride vehicle programing tomorrow. They are aiming for a Memorial Day Grand Opening. With softs as early as early May.
Your possibly 2 comment makes me think we might get to play upstairs again. That would be awesome.
How dare you?! Disney is king... No one beats them! And you have the nerve to call yourself a Disney fan. Mickey Mouse forever!(meanwhile, construction continues at Universal...) -__________-
When I finally get to Florida to visit WDW, I will come back to California and patiently wait for you and @Cosmic Commando to move to the Golden State. I'll hold my breath while I'm at it to speed up the process.
I like that...
I have found that the people who like DAK, REALLY REALLY like DAK. And MOST others find it to be completely laking as a theme park and a mediocre at best zoo. I live in a swamp and I don't have to pay $85 to go enjoy animals in it. I took the kids for a day out around the area. And for less that $25 in gas I showed them Gators, Blue Heron, River Turtles, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, the cutest baby Armadillo, Sand Hill Cranes, Dolphin, Star Fish, Loggerhead Sea Turtles and Manatee. And icing on the cake was an Atlas Rocket launch and a really big cruise ship. Not a bad day out.
In this case, I know my own consumer behavior well. That is how I have gone close to 20 consecutive trips without every buying a single thing in any gift shop Disney has. I don't go there to buy stuff, I go for the park experience. Yes, I will buy water, Mickey Bars, Dole Whip Floats and lunch at a counter service place, but other then that...not interested. Note: Even the 19th visit when I bought a couple of T-shirts for my Grandchildren, it was out of guilt and not Disney induced guilt either.
You have no idea how much I want to move back to SoCal ... this year we had no fall here in paradise and 2013 has largely been days of 80-plus without much sun, but with lots of humidity. ... And please don't hold your breath, I have enough pressure on me as is!
Try living in the frozen wasteland also known as Minn-e-snow-tah freezing your tukus off when the temps don't get above zero all day. Our high today was -5°. Why do I live here???You have no idea how much I want to move back to SoCal ... this year we had no fall here in paradise and 2013 has largely been days of 80-plus without much sun, but with lots of humidity. ... And please don't hold your breath, I have enough pressure on me as is!
Big mall?
Here's an idea... If they want to add DVC to the Fort, why don't they add timeshare campsites? It is a campground after all, and I know plenty of people who would line up and pay a premium to have a campsite on the lake. Just think of all of those million+ dollar Prevosts out there that are just waiting for that special slab of concrete that they can call their very own (at least for a week or two out of the year). I know that DVC campsites wouldn't command the premium prices that DVC suites would, but the initial investment to add a couple of DVC campground loops would also be substantially less than what they were planning. Just a thought. Call it a 'smart' way to 'value engineer' the project.
If you get a chance, feel free to plant that idea in the ear of someone who can make it so...
But are these issues that budget could actually fix or would they just be bedazzling a soulless park which is the very sort of crass, blatant marketing that those who never understood Disneyland accused it of being? I just don't have much excitement for Shanghai Disneyland because I have a hard time getting excited about Iger's vision of theme parks.
