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The Miscellaneous Thought Thread
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Consumer
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The grass looks fake. The design is jarring and does not blend in. The location is right along the main path (who wants to see dogs pooping when they're entering Star Wars land?). Too many guests bringing their emotional support chihuahuas.
Yup. All of the above. Lol
It’s bothering me even more now. Terrible placement. Terrible execution.
This is to people with support dogs who need to take a poop on the way to Galaxies Edge what removing “Ladies and Gentlemen” was to the Main Street Electric Parade.
Disgruntled Walt
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Everybody has been pooping on Galaxies' Edge since it opened, so they wanted to give people another option.
Lol. They wanted to let the dogs join in!
smooch
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As someone who had a service dog for 6+ years... this is genuinely irritating to see. As others have pointed out, the fact this is so out in the open along a large, open pathway is insane to me. Not only does it annoy people passing by while your dog is relieving itself, but if people are annoyed by it they might say something to the person with the dog, and not management who placed it in an awful location. Even in high school I took my dog behind buildings out on real grass / dirt / etc. so students and teachers wouldn't see my dog taking a dump even if I pick it up immediately after.
I'm all for providing ease of access to those with disabilities, and as I said I even HAD a service dog I travelled across the country with. I remember at an airport going out of my way to a nice dog relieving section and while that took me an extra 10 minutes or so to do, but it was indoors, in a private area behind frosted glass / around a corner / not on a large, active walkway with thousands of people walking by you and your dog who is trying to relieve itself and might be overwhelmed with thousands of people walking by while the dog is in a vulnerable position.
And none of that is to even touch on the looks of the installed area / the sign in the surrounding context / etc. which does not look good either. I get it, DLR is crowded, and they want to find spots for these essential areas, but why not tuck it away even a little, like smoking sections used to be? Even putting them in an area where you can be around a corner, for a little privacy, would be so so so much better than a wide open patch of plastic grass that will be covered in dog urine and feces (looks, smells) while people walk by you and your dog.
If anyone else has had a service dog and has any input I genuinely want to hear your opinion on this, as like I said I am glad they're adding spots for those with service dogs to relieve, but they need to actually, idk, think about it a little bit? Maybe I'm a minority within the group of people this change actually affects or had experience with this issue and have an understanding on the topic, and I know this isn't a main SW:GE walkway (or is it? I haven't been in person yet so my understanding of the area could be wrong) but I just cannot imagine why anyone in Disney thought that: 1.) people with service dogs care so much about convenience to relieve that they don't want any privacy 2.) people walking by won't complain about the sight or smell of dogs relieving. Even as someone who had a service dog and am aware that my dog's relieving was more important than people being annoyed that it smelled bad briefly, but I don't want to be the one dealing with angry Disney park goers 3.) the dogs don't need any privacy? Yes, service dogs are trained to be in crowds and can relieve even in crowded areas, but why not give them an area they don't need to? And eliminate the other problems along with it?
SuddenStorm
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There are dog areas around the park- and they were all discreet and fit in well with their surroundings.
And now there's this.
Right I’ve never even noticed them except for I think one in the hub and/ or Town square?
And I get it. Now more than ever it’s harder to put show first especially in California. You have increased safety standards, disability access requirements and things like designated places for service dogs to take a $hit. But cmon Disney, you can do better.
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Too Many Hats
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At a screening of Die Hard right now. Inside Out 2 trailer just played. If there was ever hard evidence Disney has lost its way, it’s this cringe AF trailer.
PiratesMansion
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In fairness, Disney, and Pixar in particular, have had a lot of truly terrible cringy trailers over the years. I remember cringing at the Finding Nemo trailer, that's how long this has been going on.
It may well be garbage-they've certainly put out their fair share as of late-but they've had bad trailers for at least twenty years, even for movies that turned out to be classics.
Phroobar
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Just got back from Wonka. It was really fun with great original musical numbers. The story felt very Roald Dahl. It reminded me of the musical Madeline with some of the Rankin & Bass Santa Claus is Coming to Town. I didn't know Timothee Chalamet could sing. Well done Warner Brothers.
Too Many Hats
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To be honest, I was a little drunk when I wrote that comment. I haven't even seen Inside Out. But the premise oh no... here comes a teenager's anxiety! just feels dumb and obvious (much like how Elemental looked) in a way Pixar's earlier films never were. It certainly doesn't indicate the downfall of Disney animation/Pixar. But I feel like Disney/Pixar used to aspire for more (?).
Too Many Hats
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Too Many Hats
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Absolutely, Marion is such a fantastic character. The film respects the intelligence of its audience by making Indy's love interest a beautiful woman who has grit and is smart, independent, charming, funny, and capable of drinking any man under the table -- yet also feminine and vulnerable and sometimes needs to be saved by the titular hero.
I actually like the idea of going in the complete opposite direction for Temple of Doom and showcasing a female adventure companion/love interest who is more explicitly proudly into girly things and simply uninterested in roughing it in the jungle with Indy. I'll give George/the screenwriters the benefit of the doubt and assume that's what they were going for -- they just really, really botched the execution.