The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

[mickEblu]

$1,000,000,000 should have been more than enough to figure something out.

But where? Where would you have proposed they put it back in 2015 if you were in charge?

 

[Phroobar]

But where? Where would you have proposed they put it back in 2015 if you were in charge?

The rumor was the Simba parking lot connected by a new bridge to DCA. There was suppose to be a Star Wars hotel acting as berm.

 

[mickEblu]

The rumor was the Simba parking lot connected by a new bridge to DCA. There was suppose to be a Star Wars hotel acting as berm.

I was the biggest fan of that idea but it’s not zoned to be used for theme park area is it?

 

[Phroobar]

I was the biggest fan of that idea but it’s not zoned to be used for theme park area is it?

I think they could have fixed that as long as the berm was sound proof enough hence the built in hotel.

 

[mickEblu]

I think they could have fixed that as long as the berm was sound proof enough hence the built in hotel.

Maybe I just think it wasn’t really a feasible option between it being across the street, the zoning issue and the Paradise Pier hotel. If GE cost 1 billion how much more would it have cost we at the Simba lot? Would they have been able to complete the job in the same timeframe? I wonder if being in DCA/Simba was ever really even on the table.

 

[Phroobar]

Maybe I just think it wasn’t really a feasible option between it being across the street, the zoning issue and the Paradise Pier hotel. If GE cost 1 billion how much more would it have cost we at the Simba lot? Would they have been able to complete the job in the same timeframe? I wonder if being in DCA/Simba was ever really even on the table.

I think the DCA/Simba one was only one ride and a bigger hotel. Think Super Nintendo World with a built in hotel.

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

My misc. thought for today is: "I'm not in touch with everything youthful, but at least I learned something youthful this morning!"
* (especially if anyone 45 or older already knew this....they should brag here. I am clueless about snapchat...except for this new tidbit)
How many of you already knew about this?

What Streaks Are on Snapchat (and What to Know About Them)

Streaks or "snapstreaks" offer a fun way to keep photo and video conversations going with friends on Snapchat.

www.lifewire.com

 

[mickEblu]

RIP Alice Davis

Who do we have left from the originals? Bob Gurr and Rollie Crump?

 

[smooch]

My misc. thought for today is: "I'm not in touch with everything youthful, but at least I learned something youthful this morning!"
* (especially if anyone 45 or older already knew this....they should brag here. I am clueless about snapchat...except for this new tidbit)
How many of you already knew about this?

What Streaks Are on Snapchat (and What to Know About Them)

Streaks or "snapstreaks" offer a fun way to keep photo and video conversations going with friends on Snapchat.

www.lifewire.com

I have a snap streak with one of my closest friends that's 2,173 days long right now, which is just under 6 years. Streaks are meaningless and idk why I keep them going but it gives me dopamine seeing such a big streak of messaging my friends every day to keep in touch.

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

I have a snap streak with one of my closest friends that's 2,173 days long right now, which is just under 6 years. Streaks are meaningless and idk why I keep them going but it gives me dopamine seeing such a big streak of messaging my friends every day to keep in touch.

Years ago Tripadvisor.com used to give us "points" for posting reviews of hotels, restaurants and attractions.
Yet those points....no matter how great they totaled up to....those points were worthless. You could not redeem them for anything.
We regular posters used to joke about that all the time.

 

[Disney Analyst]

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

So if the service sucks, and the Disney look is all but gone, and the world renowned horticulture department has resorted to astro turf, and the maintenance is atrocious- what exactly is the Disney Difference?

Is this question even asked in the halls of Disney leadership? I doubt it.

 

[No Name]

I’ve never liked Fantasmic. It’s just a poorly-paced sequence of random things happening and it just doesn’t click for me. But good lord I like the Disneyland version so much better than the WDW one, not just because of the differences in the show itself, but mainly because you can catch a glimpse while walking by, instead of getting to an amphitheater 30 minutes early and some CM walking up and down the aisle trying to sell you glow sticks and stuff! It’s so manufactured and it’s got circus energy.

So, Disney World has a better version of Fantasmic than Disneyland now.

No.

 

[PiratesMansion]

I’ve never liked Fantasmic. It’s just a poorly-paced sequence of random things happening and it just doesn’t click for me. But good lord I like the Disneyland version so much better than the WDW one, not just because of the differences in the show itself, but mainly because you can catch a glimpse while walking by, instead of getting to an amphitheater 30 minutes early and some CM walking up and down the aisle trying to sell you glow sticks and stuff! It’s so manufactured and it’s got circus energy.


No.

Fantasmic, in any incarnation, has its highlights and its reasons for being celebrated, but has never held together for me as well as it has for many people, regardless of which iteration of it I'm watching.

Undeniably Disneyland had/still has the best version, but I bristle at the notion/implication given off by some fans that Fantasmic is the entertainment highpoint for the entire Disney corporation, and maintain that a lot of those 'sacred and perfect' moments of DL Fantasmic 1.0 were less intentional and more happenstance than anything else (to my understanding, more or less the same team put the DL and WDW versions of the show together, which would seem to support the DL version being something of a happy accident). Yet each beat and moment of DL 1.0 F! has become sacred and perfect as a result of people who watched the OG version too many times and thus determined that it was the end all and be all for everyone ever simply because it was that for them.

 

[CaptinEO]

Fantasmic, in any incarnation, has its highlights and its reasons for being celebrated, but has never held together for me as well as it has for many people, regardless of which iteration of it I'm watching.

Undeniably Disneyland had/still has the best version, but I bristle at the notion/implication given off by some fans that Fantasmic is the entertainment highpoint for the entire Disney corporation, and maintain that a lot of those 'sacred and perfect' moments of DL Fantasmic 1.0 were less intentional and more happenstance than anything else (to my understanding, more or less the same team put the DL and WDW versions of the show together, which would seem to support the DL version being something of a happy accident). Yet each beat and moment of DL 1.0 F! has become sacred and perfect as a result of people who watched the OG version too many times and thus determined that it was the end all and be all for everyone ever simply because it was that for them.

I saw Fantasmic only 2 times (both in 2015) before Galaxys Edge construction stopped it and I was not happy with the new version. I much prefer the first show I saw and have zero "nostalgia" for it. The vocalist, pacing, pirate ship, and music was arguably better.

The new fountains and lighting are good but why did they replace the vocals and add Friend Like Me which is already at another water fountain show a mile away?

 

[truecoat]

- LOOSE raisins?!?
- You mean you went there more than one Halloween?!?
- I hope this person didn’t own a rabbit.

When I was a kid, there was a lady that would hand out wrapped caramel apples. She spent a lot of time on them and put an address label with her name around the stick. And yes, they were really good.

The interesting thing about Halloween is that no kid has ever been killed or seriously injured by candy except a poisoned pixie stick by the father of a kid back in 1974. What goes through someone's mind that poisoning their own kid is even a thought? I'm glad I'm not a mind reader, I think I'd go mad.

 

[lazyboy97o]

The interesting thing about Halloween is that no kid has ever been killed or seriously injured by candy except a poisoned pixie stick by the father of a kid back in 1974. What goes through someone's mind that poisoning their own kid is even a thought? I'm glad I'm not a mind reader, I think I'd go mad.

You mean no kid who uses a litter box was given fentanyl Skittles?

 

[Californian Elitist]

I actually had a good turnout for Halloween this year. I did things differently and bought one bag of candy (240 pieces), juice (40 juice boxes), and an assortment of cookies (60 bags). By the end of the night, all the juice was gone and I had about 12-15 pieces of candy and maybe five bags of cookies left.

 

[truecoat]

I actually had a good turnout for Halloween this year. I did things differently and bought one bag of candy (240 pieces), juice (40 juice boxes), and an assortment of cookies (60 bags). By the end of the night, all the juice was gone and I had about 12-15 pieces of candy and maybe five bags of cookies left.

Did anyone do the potato experiment? Put a potato or two in with the candy and tell the kids to pick one.

Someone did this and more kids took the potato than the candy, lol.

 

[DrAlice]

Not gonna lie, I'm super excited for Disenchanted on Disney+. Enchanted is an all-time family favorite around here, so I hope they do the characters justice.