WDW1974
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Do an online search on Joan ... and I would expect an exec calling and a serious discussion with quite likely a huge discount on DVC ownership and incentives thrown in.
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Splash Mountain falling apart (literally?)
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Do an online search on Joan ... and I would expect an exec calling and a serious discussion with quite likely a huge discount on DVC ownership and incentives thrown in.
WDW1974
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Yet it's practically been ignored here as we debate the quality of Starbucks coffee. ... that tech debuted in TDL in 1999 ... was used at TDS in 2001 ... then nothing. But will appear at HKDL within six months and at DSP in 2014. And in the USA?! Still, nothing.
But I'm not in love with the BRAND and will likely get a SW AP again next year (last had one in 2010) because it's obvious they care about raising the bar.
WDW1974
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VP of DVC.
And make sure Staggs and Crofton get CC'd ... that would be a start off hand. Possibly MacPhee too as the head of Next Gen he should be reminded that some basics are MUCH more important than booking a meet and greet with Aurora on May 4, 2013 at MK at 3:10 p.m.
WDW1974
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Yeah, but you're a crazy UKer with three weeks to play with. The average American is lucky if they get two weeks and many split that up. Very hard to do one week in O-Town and hit WDW/UNI/SW parks unless you decids in advance that ''I'm going to only do EPCOT and DAK at Disney over two days, two days at UNI and IOA, one day at SW, one day at water park of choice and one day of stuff like DD and CW''
But the first step is giving up a WDW trip and having a Central FL trip that may or may not include some time at WDW parks.
WDW1974
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I agree, but I guess I was trying to be kind.At least in 1998, when you went around the property, the horticulture was properly maintained, they invested in something called paint, light-bulbs on buildings actually illuminated, and rides would go down because show scenes weren't properly working. They should be so proud of their new "standards."
I understand, but by 1998 I was already grading Disney on a curve. I was addicted to the Pixie Dust and loved DAK and the still very new Coronado Springs and relatively new Blizzard Beach ... but there were already cracks in the facade.
I'll grant you that many didn't really become apparent until post Y2K.
WDW1974
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Yeah, either trade up and visit other O-Town parks like IOA, UNI and SW and/or visit any other Disney resort on the planet (start with Anaheim as its closest) and/or take trips to non-theme park destinations like our amazing National Parks or amazing cities around the globe/
the.dreamfinder
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This!!! My family has decided to skip WDW and we're going to the UK and Ireland for 2 1/2 weeks instead in 2014.
copcarguyp71
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I may write some letters/emails just out of purely academic curiosity to see what happens but truthfully I do not know that discounts and incentives would do it for me. You never know and I guess it would entirely depend on what they put forth but if you go to a car dealership and get an awesome deal on a crap car then at the end of the day you still have a crap car if you know what I mean.
copcarguyp71
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How do I go about getting said letter into their hands and not into the hands of the secretarial pool...addresses or emails? I will try to do websearching but if you happen to have that information handy could you please PM it to me....I am curious to try this and see what happens.
RSoxNo1
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Penguin Encounter uses the LPS system, right?
I believe so. Or a hybrid of it.
jklakeview
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I don't know. I was on it yesterday and EVERYTHING was working. Every pop up head worked fine and everything looked great. I'm not sure what everyone is complaint about. The inside looked fantastic!
I don't know. I was on it yesterday and EVERYTHING was working. Every pop up head worked fine and everything looked great. I'm not sure what everyone is complaint about. The inside looked fantastic!
We're the scrims clean?
Prototype82
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I felt the same thing about the wand some years ago...
GoofGoof
Premium Member
This thread makes me sad for a number of reasons:
1) Splash is my favorite ride. It is sad to see it falling apart and even more sad to think about it closing forever (even if it was said in jest)
2) there are five times as many posts in the ridiculous Starbucks thread. Does that mean 5 times as many people are more worried about Starbucks on Main Street than a classic ride falling apart?
3) most of the people who are going to "cut back" their time spent at WDW are cutting back to a number of days that is at least double my annual days spent. This one isn't really sad, I am just jealous
4) the pixie dust must be wearing off. I am usually quick to defend WDW in these type of threads, but more and more I am finding I can't really find a defense. Don't get me wrong, I'm not turning in my pixie dust snorting card or making claims like I am going to cancel all of my trips or anything dramatic like that, but it is starting to get to me.
1) Splash is my favorite ride. It is sad to see it falling apart and even more sad to think about it closing forever (even if it was said in jest)
2) there are five times as many posts in the ridiculous Starbucks thread. Does that mean 5 times as many people are more worried about Starbucks on Main Street than a classic ride falling apart?
3) most of the people who are going to "cut back" their time spent at WDW are cutting back to a number of days that is at least double my annual days spent. This one isn't really sad, I am just jealous
4) the pixie dust must be wearing off. I am usually quick to defend WDW in these type of threads, but more and more I am finding I can't really find a defense. Don't get me wrong, I'm not turning in my pixie dust snorting card or making claims like I am going to cancel all of my trips or anything dramatic like that, but it is starting to get to me.
copcarguyp71
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This pretty accurately describes my feelings as well. Although I still enjoy going I find less enjoyment each time which is why we decided against DVC for our family. If they make no promises of upkeep or meeting standards and do not show me by example that they do care then I have no reason to believe they are worth a 40 year investment. Sadly our planned trip in 2014 may be our last for quite some time as DD will be starting middle school and I am beginning to wonder if it is worth all of the trouble we go through to afford, plan and book a WDW vacation with so many other options out there...these feelings make me sad.
ParentsOf4
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Splash Mountain has been declining for years. I suspect if you counted all the posts on all the threads complaining about the condition of Splash Mountain, there would be a lot more than posts about Starbucks on Main Street USA. In addition, the decline of Splash Mountain has been gradual. It's not as a dramatic headline grabber as announcing "Starbucks on Main Street USA". (Yes, I know that's not what was announced.)
WDW could "fix" the Stabucks problem by issuing a new announcement and (maybe) reducing the size of some signs. It's going to take millions to fix Splash Mountain and no amount of complaining on threads such as these is going to get Burbank to spend that kind of money.
pumpkin7
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I just don't see why they would let such a big, popular ride go into such disrepair? I know money, obviously, but they used to be on top of broken things as though they were fixed yesterday, but now they're just happy to let things get to the point where they have to pull the plug.
This time of year would be the perfect time to take Splash offline for a few months, fix (some?) of what's broken and put it back online before the summer period.
Is Splash going down for it's annual this year? I hope they at least try to fix some of what's wrong.
Saying that I remember riding back in 2010 when we last visited and I noticed a few things broken then (mainly in the queue, the projection of, I don't know what, was just coming up with a blue screen with 'Pioneer' on it, which looked fantastic, the turtles had no water underneath them, and a fish was broken. There was probably more but I didn't notice them.). So if they still haven't fixed any of those things in two years, I doubt much is going to change. It's really sad. I hope they aren't doing this with a view to letting it rot and then completely changing it all and retheming. Splash is a classic.
And when I saw that for the first time I thought that it looked incredibly fake, and little leota with her projected face. It just looks crap. Change it back! Why did they need to change it anyway!? WHY WHY WHY!"!!OE£KEJ!Prjwfhj
Sorry. I don't like change for changes sake.
This time of year would be the perfect time to take Splash offline for a few months, fix (some?) of what's broken and put it back online before the summer period.
Is Splash going down for it's annual this year? I hope they at least try to fix some of what's wrong.
Saying that I remember riding back in 2010 when we last visited and I noticed a few things broken then (mainly in the queue, the projection of, I don't know what, was just coming up with a blue screen with 'Pioneer' on it, which looked fantastic, the turtles had no water underneath them, and a fish was broken. There was probably more but I didn't notice them.). So if they still haven't fixed any of those things in two years, I doubt much is going to change. It's really sad. I hope they aren't doing this with a view to letting it rot and then completely changing it all and retheming. Splash is a classic.
Thats DL's current Bride you posted. WDW's looks like this.
Much more impressive IMO.
As a whole I honestly prefer the new attic scene to the old one though I do agree the Bride herself could look better, probably make her a projection/AA hybrid. Smurfette is currently at the Reagan Library if you want to see her again.
And when I saw that for the first time I thought that it looked incredibly fake, and little leota with her projected face. It just looks crap. Change it back! Why did they need to change it anyway!? WHY WHY WHY!"!!OE£KEJ!Prjwfhj
Sorry. I don't like change for changes sake.
WDW1974
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Depends on who it is going to, but usually a secretary is going to go over the email first, no matter who it gets sent to. They don't want execs emailing with guests.