Rolly Crump, as told in his book.I think it was John Hench (or was it Rolly Crump?) who told the story of Walt coming to visit the WED work room in 1965 where the Disneyland facade for Small World was being worked on, led by Mary Blair, while the ride itself was still operating at the World's Fair. Some lesser Imagineer had put a tray of fake trees on the roof of the model for convenience as they were placing trees and landscaping around the model while Mary Blair fussed over the actual building, and Walt saw it and loved the look. He thought it provided a good sense of depth to have greenery on the roof framing the modern wall of world icons and architecture.
The Imagineers had to pretend they had planned it that way all along! Mature trees were placed in big planter boxes and put onto the south end of the roof for its 1966 opening at the park. "Glad you liked our tree idea, Walt!"
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There's a Pandora shop in New Orleans Square. Starbucks is on Main Street USA. Red Rose Tavern, Troubadour Tavern, Main Street Fruit Cart, and The Spirit of Refreshment and Refreshment corner all hosted by Minute Maid, Dreyer's, Cuties, and Coca-Cola respectively. Cuties, Dreyers, and Coca-Cola also sponsor dining at DCA. Also at DCA you have Ghiradelli and Boudin, both in Pacific Wharf.
I'm actually a little surprised Disneyland has so few attraction sponsors nowadays; I remember when Siemens sponsored IASW not too long ago.
I really do think they've been making somewhat of a concerted effort (I think partly tied to rumors that Mazloum will take over as Chairman), but it feels like a game of whack a mole.
LNY was actually mildly disappointing for me this year, but it's still easily my favorite festival in DCA's line-up food-wise and entertainment-wise.
I'm curious, what about LL's theme is cringe to you? The food is invariably very good here at least.
Happiness probably ranks as my third-favorite after the original and Season of Light. One of the better iterations of the WoC formula, especially compared to Celebrate and One.
Given that the Rocket Rods retrofit removed all the tires, and the PM in MK uses linear motors, I can't imagine they'd bring back the tires if they brought back PM to DL. So maybe they can get Southern Edison to sponsor it instead.
Walt Disney's Peoplemover Presented by El Cajon Tire
Disney should capitalize on F1 fever by bringing in Pirelli as the tire manufacturer, just so F1 fans can come in and complain about the hard tires and that Disney needs to switch to the softs for better speed.
Only if we can get Sonny asking for the softs over the speakers, "Plan C!".
There are Ferrari fans who have seen this idea and had a chill run down their spine for no reason.
Part of it is probably just a leftover bitter taste from the Pixar Pier makeover more generally, but from time to time people will debate whether or not something is decorated or themed, and to me, LL is what I think of when I think of a place being more on the decor side of things.I'm curious, what about LL's theme is cringe to you? The food is invariably very good here at least.
It really shows how far gone Disney is that something as poorly done as Bugs Land, which was a bad carnival from the early 2000s, has more appeal than whatever the heck they tried to do with Avengers Campus.
I just watched the movie so I could understand your joke.
