The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

[BrianLo]

Anyone ever discover they have been sleeping on what qualifies as a theme park within earshot of where they live?

I’m kind of obsessed with Heritage Park down the road from us since I convinced friends / kids we should check it out. Yes, very aimed at a peak age of 5-9, but it was way bigger than I expected it to be and more developed.

A full Canadian steam train (trainset under renovation), horse and buggy ride, a streetcar style electric rail tram around the parking lot, a full sized river paddle boat that free roams through the reservoir…. Multiple shows. About 10 different scheduled street performances. Saloons, fur trading forts, First Nation Villages, Printing Presses and bakeries. Farmland. Animals. Character actors everywhere. An in themed turn of the century amusement park with 5 different flats. I don’t need a rolley coaster or the absolute hot slop that was Universal Kids. Sorry Universal, you suck at regional family offerings.

 

[Disney Analyst]

 

[DLR92]

lol nothing? Quite a few things actually including money.. It’s much different being born into something and it being a way of life. I have fantasized about doing crazy things like that though. My grandparents had their reasons for leaving. It’s an interesting thought exercise when you frame it the way I have. Objectively each generations childhood has gotten worse and in many ways overall quality of life as well. Of course who’s to say life would have stayed the same in their respective countries? Anytime though you are able to get by on a single income family you are at a clear inherent advantage when it comes to quality of life. Although there is no guarantee that would be the case in either Jordan or Sicily it seems much more common over there from what I understand and what I hear from family in both of those countries.

I don’t think labeling everyone childhood is bad. I met up with my childhood friends at Disneyland the other week. And this was unexpected. I comment how far different we become as now being adults in our 30’s. And simply was amazed how much changes they embraced now as adults. I thought it was very unlikable of one of my childhood friends to do body building. And have so much tattoos. While the other one who I was more closed to is still the same old friend I remembered. Just more refined and more confident.

It surely based on exceptional income. And how families interact within family, what where every individual been exposed to, determines how a child can go far in life.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Yes, Jordan. My mom was frolicking around the beaches of Sicily. My kids are stuck indoors in the San Fernando Valley all day. Progress? Maybe in some ways I guess.

It's the age plus just the days in which we live. I didn't want to be outside at their age either, but now if the weather is good? Outside. Though I have never had any desire to heard sheep. I'm a pool, on a beach, or out on a lounge chair with my Kindle is where it's at.

I think your kids are teenagers or younger... it's not like when Gen X/younger boomers were growing up that parents chased them out and said don't come back until the streetlights came on. I lived in an area where we couldn't walk places, other than maybe to the houses of other kids in the neighborhood. My parents would chase me outside and I was like "what am I supposed to do here?" I also have asthma and allergies, so I wanted to be outside when it was cooler and everything wasn't blooming. They'd find me outside at 9 pm and be like "what are you doing?" But I digress. For kids who DO live in areas where you can walk places, it's not like it's always safe.

Incidentally, my great grandmother was an accountant. I am...also an accountant.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Random, I know.

But there might come a moment where Disneyland faces the choice to have its most emblematic mountain look like the past or like the new reality.

 

[Distorian]

I bet it was Richard Kind.

 

[PiratesMansion]

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Random, I know.

But there might come a moment where Disneyland faces the choice to have its most emblematic mountain look like the past or like the new reality.

You forget that many people and companies in the US are VERY good at living in denial and have trained their whole lives to be better at it than anyone else.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

You forget that many people and companies in the US are VERY good at living in denial

 

[D.Silentu]

But there might come a moment where Disneyland faces the choice to have its most emblematic mountain look like the past or like the new reality.

What a striking image! That being said, I don't think we would ever have to concern ourselves with said choice as Disneyland's Matterhorn has as much in common with its inspiration as the castle does with Neuschwanstein.

 

[coffeefan]

 

[gerarar]

 

[Distorian]

"How do we increase attendance after disappointing summer numbers?"
"New rides"
"New shows"
"How about increasing the cost of admission?"
"Brilliant"

 

[PiratesMansion]

"How do we increase attendance after disappointing summer numbers?"
"New rides"
"New shows"
"How about increasing the cost of admission?"
"Brilliant"

I'm actually feeling good about the fact that they are (seemingly) starting to realize that there is, in fact, a price ceiling.

While it is obviously too late to open a new ride for next year, it is NOT too late for them to pivot with entertainment.

 

[Distorian]

No, I will not be watching this, but I honestly love that Disney has used their TV shows to advertise Disney parks and cruises since 1954. Some examples work better than others, obviously, but I just find this blatant synergy charming. I'm surprised they haven't done it more with movies, namely Jon Favreau's Magic Kingdom picture. Has that man not sacrificed enough to the Mouse to warrant his dream project getting greenlit?

 

[Andrew C]

RIP Mr Belding . Saw him singing Karaoke at Dimples in Burbank once. I think the internet already “killed him off” twice by now. To the point where my wife and I both thought he had already passed years ago.

Hey, Hey, Hey..what is going on here!?!

 

[AJFireman]

Disney+ will air the Super Bowl along with a couple of MNF games.

Curious if Disney will have any involvement with the Halftime show. Miley Cyrus is rumored to be a front runner as the Headliner.

Disney+ To Stream Super Bowl LXI, Joining ESPN and ABC To Give Fans More Ways to Watch

Disney+ and ESPN, in collaboration with the NFL, today announced that Disney+ will livestream Super Bowl LXI on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2027, providing another platform for fans to watch ESPN's first-ever Super Bowl production. All Disney+ subscribers in the United States can stream the traditional...

press.disneyplus.com

 

[Distorian]

Disney+ will air the Super Bowl along with a couple of MNF games.

Curious if Disney will have any involvement with the Halftime show. Miley Cyrus is rumored to be a front runner as the Headliner.

Disney+ To Stream Super Bowl LXI, Joining ESPN and ABC To Give Fans More Ways to Watch

Disney+ and ESPN, in collaboration with the NFL, today announced that Disney+ will livestream Super Bowl LXI on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2027, providing another platform for fans to watch ESPN's first-ever Super Bowl production. All Disney+ subscribers in the United States can stream the traditional...

press.disneyplus.com

Is Miley Cyrus's photo still at the exit of Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln?

 

[NobodyElse]

This needs to stay. Even if only as a reminder to younger designers that It's not always necessary to put an apostrophe in an attraction's title.