See, I love it. Plaza Inn is too peppery.the actual fried chicken doesn't cut it. It's so flavorless
See, I love it. Plaza Inn is too peppery.the actual fried chicken doesn't cut it. It's so flavorless
A few years ago, they moved the Pan for Gold back to it's original location near Ghost Rider's entrance. The Volcano was replaced with a firepit outside of the park.per a Los Angeles Times when it was announced it replaced a warehouse, offices and the steam plant. Another article says the Volcano was demo'd and the Pan for Gold was moved. GhostRider was also the last attraction commissioned by the Knott family.
Unfortunately, that's the difference between Disney and everyone else. By the standards of everyone that's not Disney, that's a stellar family coaster lineup, albeit with typical Cedar Fair height requirement inflation where almost no height requirements are under 48 inches even if it should be/would be under a different operator.I guess by family coaster I meant something well themed and in the 40 inch height requirement range.
That's actually where I sat last time! There are only like four tables though, they could stand to add more. It wasn't an issue when I went in October and no one was there, but I imagine those tables might be easier to nabWalk back behind Starbucks and there's a nice shady area with tables next to the Ghost Rider fence. Or I will sit at a Starbucks table.
Unfortunately, that's the difference between Disney and everyone else. By the standards of everyone that's not Disney, that's a stellar family coaster lineup, albeit with typical Cedar Fair height requirement inflation where almost no height requirements are under 48 inches even if it should be/would be under a different operator.
That's actually where I sat last time! There are only like four tables though, they could stand to add more. It wasn't an issue when I went in October and no one was there, but I imagine those tables might be easier to nab
It's 100% a Cedar Fair thing, they always have inflated height requirements vs. everyone else, and requirements are standardized regardless of state. Allegedly it's because of their insurance requirements, but who really knows. But at some point over the next year Magic Mountain will suddenly raise height requirements to match the other CF parks (as will every other Six Flags park), and a lot of kids will find abruptly themselves unable to ride things that they had been able to do in the past just fine.Right, I still can’t figure out why something like Jaguar has a 48 inch height requirement.
Is there any reason why something like that would be impossible for them to build though? I mean Disneyland is right down the street in the the same state with the same rules/ regulations.
The log ride’s height requirement is 4 inches shorter than Splash Mountain. Granted, the last drop isn’t as steep.
That's a shame. I haven't been for a while but there were a lot more tables last time I went.That's actually where I sat last time! There are only like four tables though, they could stand to add more. It wasn't an issue when I went in October and no one was there, but I imagine those tables might be easier to nab
Just spent a bit of time trying to wrap my brain around how this track layout works to create two different rides out of the same three major coaster sections. This is brilliant! Both layout settings cover the exact same sections of track, but use 2 switches, a reverse launch and a lift/launch hill to create two different experiences by alternating whether you begin forwards off the lift or backwards down the lift. What a great, creative use of space and resources!
I love both their accents so much.Good ol' THEME PAHK WHIRLDWAID ON YOUTUBE!
Universal isn't even having the success that some of the fanbois claim, they reported attendance and revenue also being down year over year for Q2.So Six Flags and Cedar Fair have now merged, and we now have another theme park operator, Parques Reunidos, looking to explore the sale or merger of ITS parks in the US, which operate as Palace Entertainment, operator of Castle Park, Raging Waters, and a few Boomers locations near San Diego, and many historic parks in the Northeastern US.
As I've said, basically the entire theme park industry is struggling right now, and Universal's success is an anomoly:
https://www.reuters.com/markets/dea...ness-parques-reunidos-sources-say-2024-07-30/
Universal isn't even having the success that some of the fanbois claim, they reported attendance and revenue also being down year over year for Q2.
With inflation and the cost of energy being what they've been for the past few years, I can't imagine there are any industries that rely on non-essential products aimed at working-class and middle-class family consumers that are having a good year.
If you are suddenly paying 20% more for groceries, and 30% more for energy (gas, electricity, heating/cooling), then something in the family budget has got to give. Luxuries and decadence like expensive theme parks are easy to replace with a family trip to the lake or the beach or a campground. Or just a round of mini-golf and a backyard barbecue with S'mores.
S'mores and mini-golf don't offer Lighting Lane upcharges, either.
Tell that to all the people here who are constantly like "buh buh buh Universal" when I try and frame the current state of Disneyland as Pretty Dang Good in the context of an industry-wide time of struggle.Universal isn't even having the success that some of the fanbois claim, they reported attendance and revenue also being down year over year for Q2.
I'm glad you liked it, but I remain nervous.View attachment 805699
This Californian-in-Florida is so Happy to Finally Have Something Positive to Say About a Remodeled Disney Attraction!
Just got back from Magic Kjngdom and my first viewings of the new Country Bear Show. As a huge CBJ fan, I wanted to go in cold, with no prior knowledge of the details. I’ve avoided all videos, reviews and song playlists, and nervously entered the building prepared to have, at best, a mixed reaction. The great prop-filled display cases in the lobby gave me hope, but I kept my guard up. A few minutes later, I was having a great time.
The Country Bear Musical Jamboree is WONDERFUL! I am over-the-moon happy with the results. The show has renewed my faith by demonstrating that there ARE, in fact, people left in Imagineering who “get it,” love the legacy of the attraction they were tasked with reinventing, and know how to deliver a show full of genuine humor, wit, charm and character.
Is it perfect? Well… it’s darn close. I was disappointed by only two things:
The best things about the new show:
- For me, it feels a couple of minutes too short. Another quick song by the Five Bear Rugs would have fixed that.
- (And I knew this going in) No Thurl Ravenscroft voicing Buff. That’s unavoidable, of course, and Buff’s new voice actor (Fred Tatasciore) does a fine job of bringing the character to life. Once I adjusted to NOT hearing Mr. Ravenscroft, I had no problem accepting the new voice. The personality is intact.
It all works. There are no misfires. The show is joyous, playful, light on its feet and proud of its history and cast.
- The team who handled this knows these characters and their past, and it all carries through. I was worried that they’d go too far with the rumored “Grand Ol’ Opry” style, but this show feels like a natural, in-character follow-up to the Christmas Show and Vacation Hoedown. Nothing feels jarring or out of place.
- The return of Rufus! Keeping the continuity flowing, as this show takes place after Vacation Hoedown, Rufus the sleepy unseen stage hand (and original occupant of Brer Bear’s Splash Mtn. cave at DL) remains employed, adding some Muppet-Show-Like backstage mayhem to the proceedings.
- Max, Buff and Melvin are a bigger part of the show than ever! These three beloved talking heads really get a chance to shine here, adding liveliness and humor to the seating process, the exit process, and everything in between. They take part-in some way-in just about every song, and Buff’s quick, wonderful groaner of a Dad Joke (You feel he’s waited fifty years for a chance to finally use it) gets one the show’s biggest laughs.
- The Disney Song element is nicely downplayed. The show starts with an original new intro song and closes with the CBJ classic, “Come Again.” The word “Disney” is never used, and the chosen countrified Disney songs are each perfect (or hilariously wrong) for the characters who perform them; the Disney film aspect is never intrusive. Most importantly, this comes across as a themed Country Bear Show (in line with Christmas and Vacation Hoedown) not a show with Disney shoehorned into it.
- The refreshed animatronics look fantastic, and Max, Buff and Melvin no longer make clicking sounds as they animate.
- This show took my least favorite Disney song ever, “Fixer Upper,” and used it in a context that made me smile.
I was originally skeptical, but now I truly believe this revamp is a genuinely smart move that, by presenting its country humor in the context of familiar Disney songs, makes the show more mass-audience friendly. All four performances I attended played to full houses, and the crowds laughed and applauded throughout.
Here’s my take: I love both the original CBJ and VH, and I love this show (Christmas was ok, but by far my least favorite CB show).I'm glad you liked it, but I remain nervous.
The incorporation of Rufus, an element never included in the original show but associated with the shows that got more play in California, doesn't reassure me in the slightest; it in fact confirms my suspicions that the biggest "problem" with CBJ for some people in Imagineering is that people at Disneyland specifically didn't like the original show or the whole enterprise enough, and so now we have "fixed" it by not only bringing it more in line with what corporate Disney expects of their parks, but somehow have ALSO found a way to make it more like Disneyland's when that wasn't at all what people in Florida asked for, given that they (rightly) rejected Vacation Hoedown when it played in Florida originally.
I'm sure this sounds like a crazy conspiracy theory, but given all of the pointless time and energy wasted over the last thirty years to make Magic Kingdom more and more like Disneyland, the "correct" version of the US castle park, for reasons that satisfy only people in Burbank and the cottage industry of people who have nothing better to do but complain on the internet about how Disneyland is automatically good and Magic Kingdom is automatically bad, I don't think it's THAT off base or easily dismissible to come to such a conclusion.
Yes. Played purely for laughs.Just checking, do the bears still sing “A Whole New World”?
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