And to just take this WAY off topic....this is why we love....dare I say it....Dollywood!!! Gasp!!
It's beautiful, clean, friendly and they spend a few million on a new "big" ride almost every year. Yes, obviously smaller than Disney but they are doing something right. They are Building a resort, they have a GREAT water park and are not growing stagnant.
And yes, I ADORE WDW!!
I agree Dollywood is within a hour from us they really have steped it upAnd to just take this WAY off topic....this is why we love....dare I say it....Dollywood!!! Gasp!!
It's beautiful, clean, friendly and they spend a few million on a new "big" ride almost every year. Yes, obviously smaller than Disney but they are doing something right. They are Building a resort, they have a GREAT water park and are not growing stagnant.
And yes, I ADORE WDW!!
That is perhaps the most non-commital paragraph I have ever seen you post. Not only does it qualify you as a politician, but the wording is acceptance for people on both sides of the argument. I'm in awe!
What I find interesting and why I tend to think summer movie season will lead to a year-round tentpole calendar is how the exhibitors feel about this. For the past couple CinemaCons, the expo where the studios formally show their slates to exhibitors, multiple theater chain execs have pressured the studios to move their tent poles to a year-round schedule because these films compete against each other for screens, in turn theater goers, and that has created peaks and valleys in theatrical attendance (while they ignore requests from folks like Christopher Nolan to more regularly screen older films). Their argument is that when the tent poles are more equally spread through the calendar, the films will have less competition not only during their opening week, but during the crucial following weeks where exhibitor often have to throw these summer tentpoles out of theaters after 3-4 weeks to keep up with the newest releases which hurts grosses. The best example of how spreading tentpoles helps would be 'The Lego Movie' which served as counter programming to the norm for February, generally limited attendance save for Oscar nominated films typically targeted at adults.
PeopleMover was exactly what me and my friends were planning to do after lunch at MK.. saw it closed. Did Laugh Floor instead. Tomorrowland definitely is the king of low wait attractions (4 of them with 10 minutes waits every day of the year)
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I HAVE to visit Canada's Wonderland one day! It seems to be an amazing park!I believe Taft was the name of the company that built King's Dominion. They also made Canada's Wonderland, which has its own "International Street" at the front, and even the same trash can logo:
Unlike Taft's other parks, the Eiffel Tower was replaced with a mountain to look more Canadian, and behold - more trees! Like a theme park should.
When Paramount took over in the 90s they killed much of the theming to make way for the big flat rides and coasters they thought would bring in the crowds. Since Cedar Fair took ownership the park has been making better rides, while investing in entertainment, the annual Haunt event and keeping the place clean. It's not the top tier amusement experience early press material suggest:
but it still has some nice buildings here and there from the original 1981 design:
When season passes can be bought for as low as $60 CDN, it's a great value experience. Only problem is dealing with the crowds of North America's most visited seasonal amusment park (some years, even more people than open-year-round Knotts!). It's what happens when you have little to no direct competition and 6 million people live within a half-hour drive!
