I got home from Christmas vacation a few hours ago, I'm still on Hawaii time, and while flying across the Pacific this thread idea came to me. Surprisingly, Hawaiian Airlines has no WiFi service on its planes, even the flagship routes to the West Coast on their big new A330's, so I had to jot these things down on a few cocktail napkins and wait until I got home.
Don't worry, I didn't have the stewardess bring me another Mai Tai each time I needed a new napkin.
This can be a fun thread to remember the past decade of the 2010's that is slipping away by the hour. Feel free to add your personal thoughts on each year or addition, fill in with your funny memories, correct a date we may get wrong, or add in anything I may have forgotten or can't read on the cocktail napkins.
We'll start with 2010, which kicked off the then new decade of the 2010's with literally a bang. DCA was the star of the show in Anaheim in the early Teens and 2010 saw the first in a multi-year remake and relaunch of the park everyone loved to hate.
2010 saw World of Color debut at DCA, and it set a new standard for Disney water shows on a massive scale!
The CALIFORNIA letters out front got in on the colorful act, right before they were ripped out for Buena Vista Street construction.
The first small phases of DCA's remake and relaunch also debuted that year, when the original Orange Stinger was replaced by Silly Symphony Swings. Normally you'd think "Who cares", but this retheme of an existing ride was a huge improvement over the cheap Pressler-era cement and steel it replaced and it proved that DCA's big budget rebirth was actually happening.
Meanwhile, on the other side of DCA, a new concept had been hatched to help soak up the crowds waiting for their World of Color Fastpass. It was part artsy street party, part dance party, part booze party. For the first time Disneyland visitors were introduced to glowy cocktails and the world would never be the same. Glow Fest was the sleeper hit of the summer, even though it was created mainly by outside contractors and had nothing to do with "Disney", and it laid the ground work for several more similar events in the future. The 2010's were here and Glow Fest proved that Disneyland was suddenly getting hipper and looser.
All those Annual Passholders were downloading new Apps like Twitter and Instagram to show their friends how much fun they were having at Disneyland and the times were changing!
Over at Disneyland, the 1980's nostalgia craze hit and they brought back Captain EO to the Magic Eye Theater in Tomorrowland. And it was still presented by Kodak, which wouldn't make it through the decade.
Don't worry, I didn't have the stewardess bring me another Mai Tai each time I needed a new napkin.
This can be a fun thread to remember the past decade of the 2010's that is slipping away by the hour. Feel free to add your personal thoughts on each year or addition, fill in with your funny memories, correct a date we may get wrong, or add in anything I may have forgotten or can't read on the cocktail napkins.
We'll start with 2010, which kicked off the then new decade of the 2010's with literally a bang. DCA was the star of the show in Anaheim in the early Teens and 2010 saw the first in a multi-year remake and relaunch of the park everyone loved to hate.
2010 saw World of Color debut at DCA, and it set a new standard for Disney water shows on a massive scale!
The CALIFORNIA letters out front got in on the colorful act, right before they were ripped out for Buena Vista Street construction.
The first small phases of DCA's remake and relaunch also debuted that year, when the original Orange Stinger was replaced by Silly Symphony Swings. Normally you'd think "Who cares", but this retheme of an existing ride was a huge improvement over the cheap Pressler-era cement and steel it replaced and it proved that DCA's big budget rebirth was actually happening.
Meanwhile, on the other side of DCA, a new concept had been hatched to help soak up the crowds waiting for their World of Color Fastpass. It was part artsy street party, part dance party, part booze party. For the first time Disneyland visitors were introduced to glowy cocktails and the world would never be the same. Glow Fest was the sleeper hit of the summer, even though it was created mainly by outside contractors and had nothing to do with "Disney", and it laid the ground work for several more similar events in the future. The 2010's were here and Glow Fest proved that Disneyland was suddenly getting hipper and looser.
All those Annual Passholders were downloading new Apps like Twitter and Instagram to show their friends how much fun they were having at Disneyland and the times were changing!
Over at Disneyland, the 1980's nostalgia craze hit and they brought back Captain EO to the Magic Eye Theater in Tomorrowland. And it was still presented by Kodak, which wouldn't make it through the decade.
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