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The Miscellaneous Thought Thread
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PiratesMansion
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Look, I'm all for improving maintenance and uptime, but how about details?
How do I know it's not just empty words?
As framed, unless there's more that wasn't shared here, it's just "we'll do better, trust us!"
Drew seems to believe it and that’s good enough for me.
PiratesMansion
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Haha it was a joke
PiratesMansion
Well-Known Member
The Micechat article expands on this a bit re: maintenance and uptime, it sounds like they've made a more concerted effort to fix/improve maintenance and reliability issues, and it's resulted in a genuine, measurable increase in attraction uptime, ridership, and guest satisfaction year over year in 2025.
So good for them on that.
So good for them on that.
Perhaps it’s no coincidence that we saw long lost effects come back like the rope bridge effect on Indy or the not so long lost effects like the canons on ROTR fixed.
SuddenStorm
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I mean, most attractions looked the best I'd seen them look ever in 2025. And tons of things have been fixed.
If we hadn't had to deal with 2020-2024's changes, I'd be saying the park now is the best it's been in a decade.
If we hadn't had to deal with 2020-2024's changes, I'd be saying the park now is the best it's been in a decade.
Brer Oswald
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Even in 2023, when I last visited Disneyland, I was astounded how great most rides looked (even rides about to close) compared to their WDW counterparts. They just don’t care in Florida. I’ve seen people use “poor condition of rides” to defend certain closures. Then their replacements come and the maintenance is even worse than their predecessors. Clearly the problem is in management.
Disney Analyst
Well-Known Member
Who remembers? Haha
Distorian
Active Member
I really enjoyed the construction walls they put up during that entrance remodel. Modern Disney could never do something this charming.
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Distorian
Active Member
We often praise DCA 2.0 changes, and rightly so, but the removal of the Bountiful Valley Farm mural with giant blades of grass was a downgrade, even if the latter was more "immersive."
Of course, this doesn't compare to how bad it looks now. Just another of many examples showcasing early DCA's superiority to the present day park.
Of course, this doesn't compare to how bad it looks now. Just another of many examples showcasing early DCA's superiority to the present day park.
BrianLo
Well-Known Member
Thriving for the next 70: Disneyland’s expansion transition has arrived
Extending Monsters, dropping the Park Hopper rule and reinvesting behind the scenes
scottgustin.substack.com
I think the majority of the reason the media was brought in was this.
It’s interesting that they seem hyper concerned about the guest experience with the next construction wave… but like, who cares? All of this pales in comparison to every other project I can think of. Outside of the trolly, this is one of the least disruptive major project cycles I can think of compared to the numeracy of things occurring. Even once Avatar starts actually being disruptive, we’ll have new attractions opening with Avengers.
Distorian
Active Member
Thinking more about California Adventure, here's just a rattled off list of lands, experiences, and attractions that would have elevated the park.
- Mexican California plaza. Would be a good home to the Coco boat ride as well as a Zorro stunt show.
- San Francisco area with a China Town. A cable car dark ride coaster through the hilly streets of San Francisco. A Mulan dark ride. A Herbie dark ride.
- Buena Vista Street: A California Zephyr circling the park's berm.
- Grizzly Peak: A Gold Rush boat ride ala Pirates of the Caribbean or Western River Expedition within Grizzly Peak. A mine train through Grizzly Peak. Country Bear Jamboree, obviously. Just enhancing Grizzly River Run with animals, obviously.
- Cars Land: Autopia, obviously, but combine it with Goofy About Road Trips so guests are driving through a showbuilding seeing different landmarks in America (Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone, etc) or along Route 66 (Gateway Arch, Grand Canyon, dinosaurs, etc) before its finale in California. Drive-In theater restaurant, obviously.
- Hollywood Land: The Great Movie Ride, obviously. Real buildings instead of false fronts.
- Paradise Pier: Tidepools and more beach. Put in some sea otters and sea lions in the bay. A Mary Poppins dark ride along the boardwalk. A tunnel of love boat ride with underrepresented Disney princesses such as Rapunzel.
Obviously this is all just spitballing, but I really do think with proper attention, DCA could have been an all time great park.
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- Mexican California plaza. Would be a good home to the Coco boat ride as well as a Zorro stunt show.
- San Francisco area with a China Town. A cable car dark ride coaster through the hilly streets of San Francisco. A Mulan dark ride. A Herbie dark ride.
- Buena Vista Street: A California Zephyr circling the park's berm.
- Grizzly Peak: A Gold Rush boat ride ala Pirates of the Caribbean or Western River Expedition within Grizzly Peak. A mine train through Grizzly Peak. Country Bear Jamboree, obviously. Just enhancing Grizzly River Run with animals, obviously.
- Cars Land: Autopia, obviously, but combine it with Goofy About Road Trips so guests are driving through a showbuilding seeing different landmarks in America (Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone, etc) or along Route 66 (Gateway Arch, Grand Canyon, dinosaurs, etc) before its finale in California. Drive-In theater restaurant, obviously.
- Hollywood Land: The Great Movie Ride, obviously. Real buildings instead of false fronts.
- Paradise Pier: Tidepools and more beach. Put in some sea otters and sea lions in the bay. A Mary Poppins dark ride along the boardwalk. A tunnel of love boat ride with underrepresented Disney princesses such as Rapunzel.
Obviously this is all just spitballing, but I really do think with proper attention, DCA could have been an all time great park.
Editing this to add:
The idea of a prehistoric attraction in Hollywood Land is the kind of creativity needed yet missing from DCA.
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MoonRakerSCM
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Southwest... seat 10A... thinking to myself oh boy, I got a window seat for flying over the freshly snow coated Sierras... how nice. Not my photo but this was my seat-
WHAT PSYCHOPATH would even think of designing a seat like this?!?!?!??! Seriously ??!?
WHAT PSYCHOPATH would even think of designing a seat like this?!?!?!??! Seriously ??!?
Figments Friend
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He used to post here on the Forums, primarily during the construction of ‘Tiana’s Bayou Misadventure’, but has since joined the ‘Disney Influencer’ promotional brigade.
Basically, yet another social media marketing mouthpiece for the company.
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Phroobar
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How did you know what I do before bed?
I got my son the table top aracade from Target for Christmas. He’s played it like 3 times even though he asked for it. My wife and I play it all the time. It has Ms Pac-Man, Galaga and Dig Dug.
TP2000
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Oh, thank God. I was worried about you for a moment.