Spirited News, Observations & Thoughts IV

[lebeau]

Uni Disney is like Apple these days... it could sell a pile of dog poo and people pixie dusters would go crazy over it and think it was the best thing in the world! lol

Fixed that for you.

 

[flynnibus]

someone tag me please when you all come to your senses and stop trying to convince someone with their eyes closed. pages upon pages of just rehashes..

 

[marni1971]

how do we know they have loaded 1 million riders... uh oh... data mining... they are collecting data... how dare they... we should boycott... I blame NextGen

Dear oh dear....

Probably by photocells at the ride entrance that every attraction in the main Orlando parks has and has had for decades.

To the other question, one of the four elevators keeps stalling. It's being worked on.

 

[RyenDeckard]

Um...I hate to say it but waiting for a bus for hours on end is already deterring guests from exploring the entire resort. The "spread out" WDW model no longer works. If it did then DLP, HKDL, TDL and Shanghai would all have adopted it.

That's not a great example as all of the resorts you mentioned are hard pressed for space, Orlando is the only place TDC was able to get a massive amount of land because they did it in secret and it was a swampland when they did.

 

[bubbles1812]

FunSpot?


look... we all hold Disney to a higher standard than any other... I get it... but there is no need to jump ship and yell Armageddon

If everyone had jumped ship... there would be no one here. An yet you notice, people continue to post. They ain't leavin'. You seem to not know the difference between negativity and legitimate criticism.

 

[ScoutN]

Dear oh dear....

Probably by photocells at the ride entrance that every attraction in the main Orlando parks has and has had for decades.

To the other question, one of the four elevators keeps stalling. It's being worked on.

Look now don't start coming in here making sense and all.

 

[RyenDeckard]

if Disney built Transformers and it had as many problems as it does right now at Uni... everyone would be upset and thinking Disney is going to shut the doors and go under

If Disney built Transformers in under a year, I don't think anybody would have an issue with it having technical issues. People have issues with the way Disney is being run because it's being run poorly. Universal has it's share of issues as well (security, guest service, express pass, ride maintenance, aging attractions), but Universal is actively taking steps to correct their issues while Disney is receding into doing what Universal used to do.

 

[RyenDeckard]

how do we know they have loaded 1 million riders... uh oh... data mining... they are collecting data... how dare they... we should boycott... I blame NextGen

That's not what Data Mining is, what NGE does is Data Mining. Making estimations/using sensors to see how many people board a ride is data. Having people input their personal data and then be tracked throughout the park using said data is data mining.

 

[GLaDOS]

Can we stop filling up a good thread with nonsense? Please?

 

[RyenDeckard]

38 pages already. I'm not to great at following this huge threads, so did I miss anything important? Besides the constant bashing of NGE? (which probably is justified)

Nope!

 

[RyenDeckard]

someone tag me please when you all come to your senses and stop trying to convince someone with their eyes closed. pages upon pages of just rehashes..

You're right, but I haven't slept and typing on my mechanical keyboard feels really, really good!

Some suggested reading.... http://www.rcid.org/ and their history.

I appreciate the replies and understand what you're saying, but I'm a big fan of cyberpunk and Reedy Creek/Disney just reek of Shadowrun style corporations. Sorry, but that's just how I feel about it.

 

[lebeau]

Dear oh dear....

Probably by photocells at the ride entrance that every attraction in the main Orlando parks has and has had for decades.

To the other question, one of the four elevators keeps stalling. It's being worked on.

So that means they are putting a strobe light on it I assume.

 

[DougK]

That's not what Data Mining is, what NGE does is Data Mining. Making estimations/using sensors to see how many people board a ride is data. Having people input their personal data and then be tracked throughout the park using said data is data mining.

Yes basically Universal knows they have had over a million guests board Transformers so far. Disney would know all of their names, their gross annual incomes, their credit card numbers, their favorite characters, etc!

 

[tissandtully]

Yes basically Universal knows they have had over a million guests board Transformers so far. Disney would know all of their names, their gross annual incomes, their credit card numbers, their favorite characters, etc!

What has the average wait time for Transformers been? I'm going to ride it for the first time on Saturday after I buy my new Universal AP

 

[WDWDad13]

I just don't understand all the negativity. Why can't we all just go to ORLANDO and have a good time and enjoy what everyone has to offer for us. Beer's on me (as long as its not butterbeer lol)

 

[marni1971]

So that means they are putting a strobe light on it I assume.

Amazingly, they're taking active measures to have it reliably running as soon as possible! Imagine that!

 

[marni1971]

I just don't understand all the negativity. Why can't we all just go to ORLANDO and have a good time and enjoy what everyone has to offer for us. Beer's on me (as long as its not butterbeer lol)

If you went in the 80s and early 90s you'd get it.

Now you're paying more for less, when others offer what Disney used to lead at.

 

[Funmeister]

That's not a great example as all of the resorts you mentioned are hard pressed for space, Orlando is the only place TDC was able to get a massive amount of land because they did it in secret and it was a swampland when they did.

Correct...in the late 1960's. Who is hard pressed for space? I have not heard any projects being cancelled because of lack of space. The only one that is hard up for space are Uni Hollywood and Uni Orlando and both of those are about to solve those problems.

It is bad business to have people out of "spending mode" when they are sitting waiting for a bus.

For example take four guests and send them to Universal and IOA for four hours. Take the same four guests and send them to the MK and ANY other Disney theme park of your liking. Which scenario has the guest potential to spend more money? Wait in less lines? and experience more shows and attractions?

A short walk from Universal to IOA ? 5 to 10 minutes
Monorail from MK to Epcot? No less than 20+ minutes in BEST CASE SCENARIO INCLUDING NO LINES AND A TRAIN WAITING WITH DOORS OPEN AT TTC TO GO TO EPCOT

 

[ShookieJones]

Can we stop filling up a good thread with nonsense? Please?

Preach.

I get there's going to be back and forth, (I'm guilty myself) but I'd think this thread would be best served with @WDW1974 posts and questions regarding those posts. We might keep this down to under a 100 pages of actual viable information.

You know what? We really need a whole other section on these forums called:

"Two Sides to Everything: Battlezone"
Or
"Pixie Dusters vs.Doom n' Gloomers: Fight to the Death"

no moderators -- everyone can go in there and blow off steam, hurt each others feelings and continue on with their day. I think we would also need some new emoticons

 

[WDWDad13]

If you went in the 80s and early 90s you'd get it.

Now you're paying more for less, when others offer what Disney used to lead at.

I did. Loved it then love it now. Times change things change offering change. Do I think they need to step it up {%^> YES but I can still have a good time just like millions of other people.