The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

[Mac Tonight]

It's hard to pinpoint where your laser is. Very clumsy and random.

Believe it or not, the sights on the guns are actually pretty accurate.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

I don't know which one I am!

 

[TROR]

I'm pretty sure I'm the only person in history who has ever wanted this, but I wish they'd hang the screens telling you who got top 10 on Buzz Lightyear in the hallway leading up to the ride instead of at the end by the photo stations.

Also, twice now I've gotten the cart where the gun doesn't light up on the back when you hit a target which is very annoying.

The neglect this ride has received makes me truly believe it's on the chopping block. I would go as far as saying a replacement, not just an overlay, will be announced at D23 this year. Obviously there's no rumors of such, but there were none of Pixar Pier either so who knows.

 

[Mac Tonight]

I don't know which one I am!

Fair enough, haha. I typically start out by pointing my gun at the right hand wall as you first enter just to see my laser and find out how "off" it is. Or, point it at the head of the person in the car in front of me.

 

[Mac Tonight]

The neglect this ride has received makes me truly believe it's on the chopping block. I would go as far as saying a replacement, not just an overlay, will be announced at D23 this year. Obviously there's no rumors of such, but there were none of Pixar Pier either so who knows.

I wouldn't mind an overlay as I have no real connection with Buzz. But unless its making way for something like a Horizons 2.0, then it better stay a shooter.

 

[TROR]

Fair enough, haha. I typically start out by pointing my gun at the right hand wall as you first enter just to see my laser and find out how "off" it is. Or, point it at the head of the person in the car in front of me.

Mac Tonight murders other guests just to test the accuracy of his gun. Absolutely insane.

 

[Mac Tonight]

Mac Tonight murders other guests just to test the accuracy of his gun. Absolutely insane.

That's how you get top 10 baby!
If I have to leave bodies in the wake, that's the breaks!

 

[mickEblu]

Came up with a wonderful child switch hack yesterday. Not sure if it’s entirely within the rules though. PM me for details. Serious inquiries only.

No it doesn’t involve lying or showing them a baby that’s not yours.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

I noticed the pirate fortune teller is on the app. No idea what Play Disney Parks is. What does he have to do with it?

He's the bonus POTC pirate trapped in a box.

 

[Disney Irish]

I noticed the pirate fortune teller is on the app. No idea what Play Disney Parks is. What does he have to do with it?

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He's the bonus POTC pirate trapped in a box.

It allows you to collect different stories through the Play Disney Parks App.

 

[Kram Sacul]

I'm pretty sure I'm the only person in history who has ever wanted this, but I wish they'd hang the screens telling you who got top 10 on Buzz Lightyear in the hallway leading up to the ride instead of at the end by the photo stations.

Also, twice now I've gotten the cart where the gun doesn't light up on the back when you hit a target which is very annoying.

The only fun with Astro blasters is spinning the ride while your friend tries to aim.

 

[Snow Queen]

The only fun with Astro blasters is spinning the ride while your friend tries to aim.

Not true, there's also rubbing it in your kid brother's face that you shot cardboard cutouts better than he did until park security has to drag you away.

 

[Mac Tonight]

The only fun with Astro blasters is spinning the ride while your friend tries to aim.

That's why I ride alone

 

[TROR]

Very disappointed that Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood did not features a single reference to the Haunted Mansion. It opened the same day as Sharon Tate's murder.

 

[The_Mesh_Hatter]

The year leading up to Walt’s death, and the year following his death, was arguably the most successful 24 months of Disneyland. It saw the opening of two new lands, NOS and New Tomorrowland, and a plethora of new attractions including “it’s a small world”, the Primeval World, Adventures thru Inner Space, Carousel of Progress, the Peoplemover, and finally Pirates of the Caribbean. I would still argue this aggressive investment is unrivaled. It makes one envious of a parallel universe where Walt lived a little longer and continued the trend of ambitious investments into the original Magic Kingdom. What would New Fantasyland have looked like under the supervision of the same Walt who oversaw the ‘66/‘67 Expansion? How would he have reimagined the Nature’s Wonderland if he made investments that rivaled New Tomorrowland into a New Frontierland.

It’s just such a shame he died just when things were starting to get good.

Disneyland 66 Brochure at Yesterland

 

[Disney Irish]

The year leading up to Walt’s death, and the year following his death, was arguably the most successful 24 months of Disneyland. It saw the opening of two new lands, NOS and New Tomorrowland, and a plethora of new attractions including “it’s a small world”, the Primeval World, Adventures thru Inner Space, Carousel of Progress, the Peoplemover, and finally Pirates of the Caribbean. I would still argue this aggressive investment is unrivaled. It makes one envious of a parallel universe where Walt lived a little longer and continued the trend of ambitious investments into the original Magic Kingdom. What would New Fantasyland have looked like under the supervision of the same Walt who oversaw the ‘66/‘67 Expansion? How would he have reimagined the Nature’s Wonderland if he made investments that rivaled New Tomorrowland into a New Frontierland.

It’s just such a shame he died just when things were starting to get good.

Disneyland 66 Brochure at Yesterland

An interesting thought which has been debated since the early days of the internet. And the following is always also brought up.

Walt's interest in Anaheim was waning by end of his life as he was focused on Florida and urban planning. So likely he would have pushed Anaheim to the boys at WED and let them oversee things, while peeking his head in to give input every once in a while.

So in the end we might not have been that far off from where Disneyland ended up in the 70s and 80s.

 

[Disney Irish]

Very disappointed that Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood did not features a single reference to the Haunted Mansion. It opened the same day as Sharon Tate's murder.

I know you're probably slightly joking, but why would you expect a reference to something Disney in a non-Disney film by a writer/director that really has no love for Disney at all. Tarantino is on record saying he'll never work with anything Disney related again after Hateful Eight got bumped from theaters for the expanded Force Awakens run.

Everyone in Hollywood has short memories, but I tend to believe Quentin on this one.

 

[TROR]

I know you're probably slightly joking, but why would you expect a reference to something Disney in a non-Disney film by a writer/director that really has no love for Disney at all. Tarantino is on record saying he'll never work with anything Disney related again after Hateful Eight got bumped from theaters for the expanded Force Awakens run.

Everyone in Hollywood has short memories, but I tend to believe Quentin on this one.

There's actually a scene where a character is reading a biography of Walt Disney and says he's a once-in-a-lifetime genius. It's a film set in 1969 LA. It would've worked just as well as all the other 1960's references in the film.

 

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

An interesting thought which has been debated since the early days of the internet. And the following is always also brought up.

Walt's interest in Anaheim was waning by end of his life

That is just untrue. you have no proof his "interest was waning" he was just working on a new project he wanted to do since he did not have the space to do in Anaheim. He was active in the development of pirates and mansion (early stages) before he died. he very much was still into disneyland.

 

[Disney Irish]

There's actually a scene where a character is reading a biography of Walt Disney and says he's a once-in-a-lifetime genius. It's a film set in 1969 LA. It would've worked just as well as all the other 1960's references in the film.

I'm going to go see it in 30 mins.

I would assume that Tarantino would have had to get permission to use HM or Disneyland directly from TWDC as opposed to a biographer's book. And with how he feels about Disney he probably wouldn't want to do that. So its easy to make a reference without dealing with the actual company.