ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Ball lightning is actually very cool!
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Ball lightning is actually very cool!
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Seen it happen far too many times and when it happens one runs for the exits because disaster is soon to follow.
bhg469
Well-Known Member
Well actual ball lightning yes.. But we're talking 21st century Walt disney world here. We would be lucky to get tin foil and a flash light.
asianway
Well-Known Member
You need to tweet/email this guy. I'm sure he would love to rip Disney apart
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
This is the ultimate result of a toxic management culture focused on the bottom line at all costs, I remember WalMart in the Sam Walton days. The stores were no frills but clean and orderly and the staff helpful and the stuff was in large part made in the US.
Now the stores are filthy, staffed by sullen employees who are frequently forced to work 'off the clock'. One of the filthiest WalMart's I've ever seen is the one in Milpitas in the McCarthy Ranch complex.
The parking lot has garbage blowing through it and the store's floor looks like it has not been washed in a decade.
Sound like a location in Orlando that we all know and love to a lesser extent, WDW is obviously better cared for but there is a parallel between WalMart in the Sam Walton Days and WDW in the Eisner + Nine Old Men days.
Interestingly enough BOTH WDW and WalMart were MORE profitable then, in both cases absolute revenues were smaller yet investors realized a better return on every dollar invested.
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ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
This is PROBABLY what happened at DW's last visit to SSR, First room assigned was filthy mold on carpet + dirty windows - so this was probably a room held 'out of service' and had not been cleaned in quite some time.
They'll probly have to save the colored strobes for 7DMT when something fails on that and Im sure TDO didnt allocate enough in the budget for extra strobes, so for the FoF dragon they can just announce on the loudspeaker that your supposed to "imagine" it is breathing fire.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Wow - I'm told I'm the Negative Nelly on the board but y'all have me beat!
JimboJones123
Well-Known Member
7 Dwarfs Mine Train is actually going to open? Are you sure?
SirLink
Well-Known Member
To be fair it is Disney giving fans that Negative Reinforcement Therapy that people pay thousands of dollars/pound sterling/euros to enjoy.
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Not if its too windy, I hear that causes a lot of problems.
Ya, you have gone soft lately, whats up with that? lol. JK
ParentsOf4
Well-Known Member
Hey, don't badmouth Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (SDMT).
SDMT will be very nice for its target demographic.
Just ask yourself what has Disney done with the rest of the Fantasyland expansion and you'll know its target demographic.
Considering what they've done to it, I'm not sure the "New" Fantasyland has enough space for stroller parking.
It might be time for the Magic Kingdom to open a new land: "Stroller Parking Land".
bhg469
Well-Known Member
Not during wishes, too much dry grass, could be a fire hazard
Computer Magic
Well-Known Member
Being through FL I come to the conclusion WDW has become KiddieWorld. Even when KW (KiddieWorld) does spend money it doesn't target my demographic. I see why I don't target a return trip until 2018.Hey, don't badmouth Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (SDMT).
SDMT will be very nice for its target demographic.
Just ask yourself what has Disney done with the rest of the Fantasyland expansion and you'll know its target demographic.
Considering what they've done to it, I'm not sure the "New" Fantasyland has enough space for stroller parking.
It might be time for the Magic Kingdom to open a new land: "Stroller Parking Land".
jt04
Well-Known Member
Hey, don't badmouth Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (SDMT).
SDMT will be very nice for its target demographic.
Just ask yourself what has Disney done with the rest of the Fantasyland expansion and you'll know its target demographic.
Considering what they've done to it, I'm not sure the "New" Fantasyland has enough space for stroller parking.
It might be time for the Magic Kingdom to open a new land: "Stroller Parking Land".
Each stroller at the MK is one less at EC/DHS/DAK.
ParentsOf4
Well-Known Member
WDW clearly is targeting what I call "The Easy To Please" crowd. Why try to excel at what you do when it's cheaper to target a less sophisticated demographic who will appreciate a dumbed-down version of the product?
WDW has decided to value engineer its way to improved margins.
"Best-in-class" has become "good enough".
I really do miss the old WDW.
cheezbat
Well-Known Member
And that is EXACTLY how I feel. Yes I love thrill rides, but I don't need every ride to be a thrill. Sometimes I'm looking for a good boat ride, or water ride, or dark ride.
All we've gotten in the last 8 years at WDW have been rides aimed at kids.
What happened to the Pirates? The Big Thunders? The Spaceship Earths?
Nope. We only get short Mermaids and Toy Story screen shooters and character meet and greets.
jt04
Well-Known Member
I think anyone who experienced the old WDW misses it. It is an age old lament that can be applied to many experiences. At least you have your memories. Most have no idea what was there. And there is no way they could have preserved that. All in all, I am not sure they could have built out much better. And there are many good projects underway.
Hey, don't badmouth Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (SDMT).
SDMT will be very nice for its target demographic.
Just ask yourself what has Disney done with the rest of the Fantasyland expansion and you'll know its target demographic.
Considering what they've done to it, I'm not sure the "New" Fantasyland has enough space for stroller parking.
It might be time for the Magic Kingdom to open a new land: "Stroller Parking Land".
I love when you show those tiny slivers of your "doom and gloom" side. It brings balance to the universe. Please feel free to play my game in the General Dsicusion forum, would love to hear your answers.