Mac Tonight
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Same!
Something about being sick has always made me a bit existential and more “aware” of things around me. It’s good though to put life and other things in perspective.
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Something about being sick has always made me a bit existential and more “aware” of things around me. It’s good though to put life and other things in perspective.
For sure. Aside from just having more time and an excuse to shut down I think it goes deeper than that. I think the allowing yourself to shut down without feeling guilty is a big part though. Your mind starts to shut off which effectively is what people like Eckhart Tolle and Buddhists preach to do when not using the mind for practical purposes.
On second thought I guess I do experience silence occasionally like when I take my daughter for a late morning walk around the neighborhood. But it’s been awhile since I experienced this specific sort of silence.
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Mac Tonight
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Intentional silence is a good practice we should all make. Smartphones and headphones have made “silence” almost feel like a problem that needs solving rather than a discipline to be practiced.
I remember once a few years ago I was on a train going through the European countryside. I could have tuned out with an album or podcast or whatever, but I chose to sit there and just absorb the sound of the journey. I still think about that ride as a time when I experienced ultimate peace. I guess that’s why I enjoy riding the DLRR for several loops by myself from time to time.
You re right. And honestly even having kids isn’t a good excuse. The wife and I could take turns going for Walk or hiding out in our room but we choose to grab our phones to fill in the gaps instead of creating some intentional silence.
Mac Tonight
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Sadly, it’s become so common and ordinary to have our phones with us wherever we go that doing anything without it just feels… off? But it’s so freeing.
I think that’s just another reason I’m against Genie+. Disneyland was one of the places we actively used our phones the least.
Brer Panther
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Get a load of this It's a Small World knockoff I found on YouTube.
OMG! Down to even stealing the song in english!
waltography
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Aesthetically it actually not too bad; the cutouts are very colorful and a faithful rip-off of Mary Blair's style. It'd be much less creepy with louder music and less static dolls, though, the vignettes need way more movement. It looks like there are so many opportunities to have turntables and simple mechanics that I wonder if it's just poor maintenance or if it was built to replicate Small World's turntables but without any of the functionality.
Mac Tonight
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Finally got around to watching Encanto tonight. It was… OK. 6.8/10.
Overall I just found the story and characters to be somewhat bland, slightly predictable, and frankly not very memorable. Honestly, the “house” and it’s visuals were more interesting than anything else.
As for the songs… yeah… no. I’ve never been a LMM fan, but this time I almost found them to be annoying. The quasi-rap style he loves to use just doesn’t do anything for me and even now I’m struggling to remember how any of them even went. I sincerely hope Disney realizes there are a myriad of other talented lyricists/songwriters out there that would do very well with a Disney movie.
In the grand scheme of all 60 Disney Animated features, this one easily falls somewhere in my bottom 20. At this point I have zero desire to re-watch it, and I’ll be really shocked if that changes anytime soon.
Overall I just found the story and characters to be somewhat bland, slightly predictable, and frankly not very memorable. Honestly, the “house” and it’s visuals were more interesting than anything else.
As for the songs… yeah… no. I’ve never been a LMM fan, but this time I almost found them to be annoying. The quasi-rap style he loves to use just doesn’t do anything for me and even now I’m struggling to remember how any of them even went. I sincerely hope Disney realizes there are a myriad of other talented lyricists/songwriters out there that would do very well with a Disney movie.
In the grand scheme of all 60 Disney Animated features, this one easily falls somewhere in my bottom 20. At this point I have zero desire to re-watch it, and I’ll be really shocked if that changes anytime soon.
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Disney Irish
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And now Sidney Poitier, Mr Tibbs has gone home. He must have thought Betty was lonely in the afterlife.
Phroobar
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Looks like they did some work on it compared to the broken zombie doll version. You gotta love Spongbob, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Power Rangers get into the act. The Chinese will rip off anyone.
Phroobar
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Parents really need to hide in their room (with the door locked) more often.
Communicora
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I thought some of you Disneyland Railroad fans might have some photos or memories for this ailing gentleman
Freshbaked just put out a video where he does every ride in California Adventure in about 5.5 hours. Granted there is no Hyperion theater or WoC show right now and while they arent rides, they are major attractions that add an hour or 2 to the overall time spent in the park but still, CA needs some more stuff and I really hope they do the eastern gateway parking structure/pedestrian footbridge/expansion of CA plan, and phase 2 of Avengers Campus sooner than later. I still think CA is a great sister park to DL and is made of mostly exclusive stuff that is top notch imo (Cars Land, PP, Grizzly River, AC) as well as amazing food in Wine Country and the Wharf with bread and chocolate making tours...its a cool park, but it just needs a couple more major attractions (as well as smaller attractions) to make it feel like a full park.
DrAlice
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No Name
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DCA’s attraction lineup isn’t actually too bad in my opinion, the place just doesn’t really have any heart. It’s got some gaudy colors, lots of concrete, weird spacing, etc., even after two decades of work. I love the park more than most people but there’s a reason that a lot of places with worse rides have done better.
All this is to say I think some design improvements would be money well spent.
All this is to say I think some design improvements would be money well spent.
Magic Feather
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DCA is such a weird case study. On paper, it’s the most successful second gate (arguably including DisneySea). It has a great number of headliners (I’d say Guardians, Racers, Soarin’, Incredicoaster, Grizzly), and a massive supporting roster that makes it to where even on the busiest days, the park has something to do with no wait. Almost every land contains a good balance of headliners, supporting attractions, food and bev, and entertainment. That alone should make it better than all of WDW’s secondary parks, but if asked to rank Disney’s domestic parks, the vast majority of people rank it in 5th (sometimes 4th).
I personally have many theories for why this is the case, but I think it has less to do with the aesthetics and cheese (which have largely been purged from the park), and more to do with having Disneyland across the street.
I personally have many theories for why this is the case, but I think it has less to do with the aesthetics and cheese (which have largely been purged from the park), and more to do with having Disneyland across the street.
