The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

[Phroobar]

The log cabin near the animals had things to color. One time my son was there coloring. Goofy came by and tried to get his attention. My son would have nothing to do with it. He ignored Goofy. Goofy decided to sit down and color too. It was really cute since no one else was around.

 

[Alanzo]

People complaining about the lack of goats at Disneyland is turning a new corner for people complaining about Disneyland.

 

[Phroobar]

Do they still have places to sit and color? Sometimes board games were brought out by cast members.

 

[NobodyElse]

An overall terrible film that really doesn’t have any redeeming qualities.

I disagree.
My youngster used to mistake / replace the lyrics of "Savages! Savages!" for / with "Sandwiches! Sandwiches!".

 

[Rich T]

People complaining about the lack of goats at Disneyland is turning a new corner for people complaining about Disneyland.

Saying the goats were a fun minor attraction is not the same as complaining about a lack of goats.

 

[Rich T]

I disagree.
My youngster used to mistake / replace the lyrics of "Savages! Savages!" for / with "Sandwiches! Sandwiches!".

My niece did the same! it was her first theatrical film, and she came out of the theater happily singing about the sandwiches!

 

[mickEblu]

My niece did the same! it was her first theatrical film, and she came out of the theater happily singing about the sandwiches!

Pocahontas. Saw it at the Sherman Oaks Galleria when it was still a three story indoor mall. You don’t see three story malls anymore. Right next to the pet store where Rob Schneider told me not to put my finger in the parrot cage.

 

[Rich T]

Pocahontas is painfully boring and it rubs me the wrong way with how it inaccurately paints the story of a real person that existed. An overall terrible film that really doesn’t have any redeeming qualities.

Hunchback and PatF are “fine”. They are perfectly acceptable mid tier Disney films. But I don’t really feel the need to watch them again.

Pocahontas is a beautiful looking film with great music… and one huge plot hole that’s just glossed over (Pocahontas, who witnessed the death, never tells anyone — like, say her father THE CHIEF— that John Smith is innocent). It suffers from jarring transitions from comedy to drama, which is a problem a lot of Disney films from Lion King forward share.

 

[Suspirian]

I just watched a tour of Shanghai Disneyland's Tomorrowland why does it look like that???

 

[TP2000]

People complaining about the lack of goats at Disneyland is turning a new corner for people complaining about Disneyland.

To be fair, I started this by mentioning the removal of nearly all live animals from the park in the past five years. Not just goats.

Back in the 2000's-2010's, Disneyland had horses, and Cockatoos, and snakes and insects, and reindeer, and sheep, and donkeys, and cows, and a pony, and Presidential Pardoned turkeys (still hilarious!). And also goats.

Then our friend @PiratesMansion dove into the deep end of the pool over the subject of goats specifically. But the factual point is that Disneyland used to have a lot of live animals in the park, and now it's just two horses on Main Street. And I do not think that is a positive change for Disneyland. I'd love to see more live animals return to the park. Even goats.

 

[Disney Vault]

I just watched a tour of Shanghai Disneyland's Tomorrowland why does it look like that???

What do you mean? Care to elaborate?

 

[NobodyElse]

You don’t see three story malls anymore.

South Coast Plaza (West) aka Crystal Court still stands proud and tall.

 

[mickEblu]

South Coast Plaza (West) aka Crystal Court still stands proud and tall.

I must have went to South Coast Plaza East. Never heard of Crystal Court.

 

[NobodyElse]

I must have went to South Coast Plaza East. Never heard of Crystal Court.

It's right across Bear street. You can take the Garden Bridge to walk there from the original SCP.

The more you know...

 

[Rich T]

To be fair, I started this by mentioning the removal of nearly all live animals from the park in the past five years. Not just goats.

Back in the 2000's-2010's, Disneyland had horses, and Cockatoos, and snakes and insects, and reindeer, and sheep, and donkeys, and cows, and a pony, and Presidential Pardoned turkeys (still hilarious!). And also goats.

Then our friend @PiratesMansion dove into the deep end of the pool over the subject of goats specifically. But the factual point is that Disneyland used to have a lot of live animals in the park, and now it's just two horses on Main Street. And I do not think that is a positive change for Disneyland. I'd love to see more live animals return to the park. Even goats.

Well. at least the park still has feral cats, ducks and all those very clever food-swiping cafe birds. Magic Kingdom occasionally has bats.

 

[Disney Irish]

Well. at least the park still has feral cats, ducks and all those very clever food-swiping cafe birds. Magic Kingdom occasionally has bats.

There is a jungle full of animals if some are missing Disneyland's former animal residents.....

 

[Consumer]

I just watched a tour of Shanghai Disneyland's Tomorrowland why does it look like that???

It’s Chinese propaganda.

 

[PiratesMansion]

To be fair, I started this by mentioning the removal of nearly all live animals from the park in the past five years. Not just goats.

Back in the 2000's-2010's, Disneyland had horses, and Cockatoos, and snakes and insects, and reindeer, and sheep, and donkeys, and cows, and a pony, and Presidential Pardoned turkeys (still hilarious!). And also goats.

Then our friend @PiratesMansion dove into the deep end of the pool over the subject of goats specifically. But the factual point is that Disneyland used to have a lot of live animals in the park, and now it's just two horses on Main Street. And I do not think that is a positive change for Disneyland. I'd love to see more live animals return to the park. Even goats.

You act as if missing the goats had never, ever been brought up unprompted outside of this thread, when it has occured several times over the years.

The other animals are more interesting and get significantly less press about how Disneyland is lesser without them.

 

[mlayton144]

Honestly I think nostalgia plays a big factor here. Had there not been a petting zoo in Big Thunder Ranch for them growing up no one would be lamenting how Disneyland doesn't have goats. I also think it comes down to the Big Thunder Ranch itself being lost not the goats themselves. Well maybe the goats and other animals a little bit, but primarily the area.

To me I go to Disneyland to see things I primarily don't see in the real world, the fantastical. Having grown up going to petting zoos and regular zoos and such I don't really lament the loss of barn yard animals at Disneyland. As I can go see those things anytime I want for cheaper at a place not 20 minutes away from me, there is a little regional zoo near me with a petting zoo. And since I cannot see a life sized version of the Millennium Falcon in real life, to me that is more exciting than a petting zoo.

The only thing I would lament in the area is the BBQ, as I never really got to experience it as much as I would have liked.

Wait, you lament the loss of a BBQ joint? It’s not like there are 20 million BBQ places sprinkled throughout every state in America LOL

 

[Suspirian]

What do you mean? Care to elaborate?

Its very modern looking and drab. I know this is old news but I never really took a look at the park until now. It looks like they collaborated with a architecture firm for this which explains the lack of whimsy



EDIT: I keep seeing people say its the only one thats not dated, but it reads like the grounds of a modern luxury resort so much to me. Like Aria in Vegas. Also SOFI stadium lol