-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
The Miscellaneous Thought Thread
- Thread starter mickEblu
- Start date
One of, if not my first crush. As I got older I became more of a Mary Ann guy. Giligans Island used to play right before Weekday cartoons when I was a kid.
What the hell is wrong with you people?!?
How do you not choose Mrs. Howell as your crush?
Well our tastes change as we age. Who know's, in 10 years I might move on from Mary Ann to Mrs. Howell. I thought you would have been more of a Professor guy. LOL
Phroobar
Well-Known Member
You should have saw him in It Came From Outer Space. The aliens leave glitter everywhere.
SuddenStorm
Well-Known Member
Yep, wasn't there a scandal with the Unite Here Local 11 hotels union? The union leader had an insane multi million dollar home or something paid for by union dues? I don't remember the specifics.
What's more amusing is that a few years ago, when the CM's were making minimum wage, but then paying union dues- they were technically making less than minimum.
SuddenStorm
Well-Known Member
A certain game sequel just got officially announced, and I am very, very, happy right now.
Man, I was active on the Planet Coaster forums back before it released and when Roller Coaster Tycoon World was changing developers every few weeks.
I paid for the pre order of Planet Coaster and sunk a good 100 or so hours into it.
There was rumors on reddit a few years ago that Frontier was working with Disney to get the license for the next iteration- which would have been great as many of the models in Planet Coaster are heavily inspired by Disneyland (the runaway train coaster, the log flume design, and quite a few of the building sets).
I just hope this version has a better pathing system that actually resembles how a path works in a real theme park, and better more realistic park management and finance.
Phroobar
Well-Known Member
Remember when the CMs where "on leave without pay" during covid but still had to pay union dues?
SuddenStorm
Well-Known Member
I also remember how great Disney was to their staff during covid. Weeks of pay without working, and the way they brought everyone back.
I know Disney isn't a perfect organization but I can think of worse places to work for the pay.
Rich T
Well-Known Member
Happily, the word is PC2ās pathing allows much more creative freedom and actual plazas.
Iām still cobbling together info from various YouTubers who were invited to a preview (and who had to remain silent for the past couple of weeks
), but some of the other additions (besides the water park features) Iām really happy about (if true) include:- weather
- highly customizable flat rides and coaster trains
- objects can be scaled and mirrored
- new themes including mythology and tropical resort
- single rider lines
With much more to be revealed starting with a presentation on July 31st.
Apparently they kept much under wraps during the YouTuber preview.
Last edited:
SuddenStorm
Well-Known Member
View attachment 799616
Happily, the word is PC2ās pathing allows much more creative freedom and actual plazas.
Iām still cobbling together info from various YouTubers who were invited to a preview (and who had to remain silent for the past couple of weeks
- weather
- highly customizable flat rides and coaster trains
- objects can be scaled and mirrored
- new themes including mythology and tropical resort
- single rider lines
With much more to be revealed starting with a presentation on July 31st.
Apparently they kept much under wraps during the YouTuber preview.
I'll have to look more into it. I'll admit I grew disillusioned with it as it's incredibly time intensive, and I have this inherent need for it to actually look like a real theme park- which takes a ton of time and creativity that I lack. Both of these are my own fault.
Rich T
Well-Known Member
The first game certainly is a huge time sink, to say the least!
Iāve come to use the game as my Zen garden. Every month or so I start a new park and just work on it in brief sessions, slowly expanding it outward like a garden, and sooner or later I have a little park done.And after years of playing PC1, I just recently learned how to āfakeā shopping/entry plazas by painting wide swaths of ground instead of using pathing, then populating the fake plazas with AA people to make it all blend in with the āfunctioningā areas.
Donāt sell your creativity short! Although I love PC1 to bits, it seems that many long term fans have spent a lot of time finding work-arounds to its building system quirks. There are many things that are way more difficult than they should be. Iām hoping to see a lot of user-friendly additions revealed by the developer in the coming weeks.
TP2000
Well-Known Member
You forget the generation gap here. I watched Gilligan's Island in prime time, not on after school reruns in the 70's and 80's.
At that time in my adolesence, I wouldn't have dared admit to noticing that the Professor cut a rather dashing jib, but I knew for a fact that Mrs. Howell was the best conversationalist, the best dressed, and reminded me of the subversively saucy aunt's on my mother's notably patrician side of the family (my dad's side was definitely scrappier, but he married very well).
As such, I instantly adored Lovey Howell, while Ginger and Maryann were just sort of the backup singers to her divaness.
EDIT: Okay boys, after watching this again, with Ginger doing the Jerk and the Frug for her solo, I get it. I value your diversity, and I do understand what she's got. When MaryAnn does her solo with the Swim and the Watusi, it's nice too, but pales compared to Ginger. But I'll save the barstool next to me for Mrs. Howell.
Last edited:
Consumer
Well-Known Member
āYou ruined Splash Mountain, Bob. That was my legacy and you ruined it, you rat [illegitimate child]ā
Misted Compass
Well-Known Member
Epcot81Fan
Well-Known Member
I feel seen.EDIT: Okay boys, after watching this again, with Ginger doing the Jerk and the Frug for her solo, I get it. I value your diversity, and I do understand what she's got. When MaryAnn does her solo with the Swim and the Watusi, it's nice too, but pales compared to Ginger. But I'll save the barstool next to me for Mrs. Howell.
Phroobar
Well-Known Member
Wow! Actual mic conversation there. That is exactly what he would say.
SuddenStorm
Well-Known Member
"Tell me Mike, what was it like going through the Save Disney campaign back in '04? I might be facing something similar soon here"
Is Legoland worth the admission price for a family of DLR and USH passholders? $160 a ticket? I cant imagine it is. More importantly, would my 8 year old son who has pretty much done everything at DLR, USH, Knotts and just last week Sea World still find it fun? He loves lego's and theme parks and he's still pretty innocent but I feel like we would be kind of doing this backwards. I mean the kid was on Ghostrider a few months ago.
With that said, I'm sure my daughter would enjoy it and it's the only theme park in Southern California that we haven't visited. Kind of want to cross it off the list. Just feel like it may be a little anti climatic. Plus it's a little too far for a day trip. Not sure I want to drop 1k for a day at Legoland.
Sea World was fun. Unfortunately the Shamoo show is a sad shell of its former self. I don't appreciate Disneyland's operations and efficiency enough... until I visit parks like Knotts or Sea World. The rides load at a snails pace at Sea World and WOW was the mobile order process at Sea World an absolute joke. Journey to Atlantis surprised me and Manta is a great coaster and really fun with that mid coaster magnetic launch. Arctic Rescue was cool but probably my least favorite of the three attractions I rode.
Did the dolphin interaction and that was a lot fun. Unfortunately my son is too short to be to do the in water interaction so we did the one where you stand at the edge of the pool. Not too bummed though. They don't let you do much with the dolphins in the water. Probably better off waiting to do that somewhere like Cancun or Hawaii.
With that said, I'm sure my daughter would enjoy it and it's the only theme park in Southern California that we haven't visited. Kind of want to cross it off the list. Just feel like it may be a little anti climatic. Plus it's a little too far for a day trip. Not sure I want to drop 1k for a day at Legoland.
Sea World was fun. Unfortunately the Shamoo show is a sad shell of its former self. I don't appreciate Disneyland's operations and efficiency enough... until I visit parks like Knotts or Sea World. The rides load at a snails pace at Sea World and WOW was the mobile order process at Sea World an absolute joke. Journey to Atlantis surprised me and Manta is a great coaster and really fun with that mid coaster magnetic launch. Arctic Rescue was cool but probably my least favorite of the three attractions I rode.
Did the dolphin interaction and that was a lot fun. Unfortunately my son is too short to be to do the in water interaction so we did the one where you stand at the edge of the pool. Not too bummed though. They don't let you do much with the dolphins in the water. Probably better off waiting to do that somewhere like Cancun or Hawaii.
Last edited: