Things you hate Disney for doing

[X2CommNavISTC]

Originally posted by Foolish Mortal
Coke does'nt run a commercial every 2 minute's or have store's every 3 miles.

Your right. Coke is only sold in every gas station on every corner. Which is normally like 100 ft or so away from each other

 

[mkymaus]

Originally posted by wdwhoneymooner
Then whatever you do, don't move to Atlanta b/c it's Coke haven. HQ is here so they've got a near strangle hold on the market here.

Someone mentioned DINORAMA? :hurl:

LOL
No kidding, here is the irony....we almost moved to Atlanta this summer!!!!! We flew down, looked at houses....I HATED IT!! And the icing on the cake was the Coke thing...(no just kidding about that)...but yes, we almost did move down there.....Hey if I am going to move south...its Florida or bust!

:sohappy:

 

[SNS]

Dinorama goes with the Dinoland USA story.

It all began in the 1940s and 1950s. This small area in the American Southwest was the home to fossilized dinos. So, first, scientists from the Dino Institute showed up and collected the useful bones and studied them in the Dino Institute. Now, this, of course, caused tourists to want to come by and see the fossils, so a small business, known as Chester and Hester's showed up and built a restaurant and gift shop for those tourists, hoping to make some money. Well, as time went by, tourists stopped coming to the area, and consequently, everything closed. Over the course of the next forty years, everything got rusty, including some old cars left outside. But all this time, the Dino Institute continued researching...until one day! VOILA! They came up with the Time Rover. Immediately, they cleared out their laboratories of the fossils, moved them into the Dinosaur Jubilee they quickly built under a tent, and they completely renovated the inside of the Institute, knocking out walls and putting in a loading bay for their Time Rovers--of course, the whole area is still old, which is why it looks as it does. Now, after determining that it was safe to go back to the time of the dinosaurs, the Dino Institute decided to make some money by opening up the Institute and allowing for time travel for tourists. Tourists FLOCKED to the Dino Institute, and some new people quickly bought the old Chester and Hester's area, and opened up the restaurant and gift shop next door, as well as an area for kids at the newly-unnecessary dig site. Well, eventually the tourists got bored with the fossils, so the Dino Institute decided it no longer needed to have staff to run the Dinosaur Jubilee, so that area closed. With this new area open for rent and with tourists flocking in, Chester and Hester's decided to buy up the land and build a tourist trap to bring guests in! Thus, we have the new-looking Dino-Rama, and the rest of the town looking old.

 

[Mike-O-Wave]

Theming

That has to be the worst back story I've ever heard. They would probably justify Port-a-Potty land with some tale of how two crusty old prospectors named Vern and Festus thought they had struck gold and built a mining camp, only to find that they had actually only discovered Pyrite. The camp quickly closed down and all that is left is this big ditch were they dug and this wall of Port-a-Potties. See, it all fits in the theming if you know the back story to Vern and Festus' Port-A-Potty land!

 

[mkymaus]

Re: Theming

Originally posted by Mike-O-Wave
That has to be the worst back story I've ever heard. They would probably justify Port-a-Potty land with some tale of how two crusty old prospectors named Vern and Festus thought they had struck gold and built a mining camp, only to find that they had actually only discovered Pyrite. The camp quickly closed down and all that is left is this big ditch were they dug and this wall of Port-a-Potties.

LOL:lol:

 

[SNS]

Re: Theming

It's not an excuse, they had the storyline planned for years (you can even see elements of the storyline in Dinoland USA since it opened).

 

[xstechbabe]

For putting moving load belts everywhere... They cause such problems with people not knowing what they are... and they hurt when you step on them the wrong way... (hurt foot at TTA)

ARRGGHH AGRESSION!!!

 

[mkymaus]

SNS, we belive you, its just so darn dumb. What where they thinking?? I hope that imagineer is no longer employed with Disney.

 

[niteobsrvr]

Originally posted by mkymaus
SNS, we belive you, its just so darn dumb. What where they thinking?? I hope that imagineer is no longer employed with Disney.

Could you please explain while you feel it is "just so darn dumb"?

 

[mkymaus]

Originally posted by niteobsrvr
Could you please explain while you feel it is "just so darn dumb"?

Perhaps you need to read it again....
And I still think its dumb and boring....my opinion...sorry.

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It all began in the 1940s and 1950s. This small area in the American Southwest was the home to fossilized dinos. So, first, scientists from the Dino Institute showed up and collected the useful bones and studied them in the Dino Institute. Now, this, of course, caused tourists to want to come by and see the fossils, so a small business, known as Chester and Hester's showed up and built a restaurant and gift shop for those tourists, hoping to make some money. Well, as time went by, tourists stopped coming to the area, and consequently, everything closed. Over the course of the next forty years, everything got rusty, including some old cars left outside. But all this time, the Dino Institute continued researching...until one day! VOILA! They came up with the Time Rover. Immediately, they cleared out their laboratories of the fossils, moved them into the Dinosaur Jubilee they quickly built under a tent, and they completely renovated the inside of the Institute, knocking out walls and putting in a loading bay for their Time Rovers--of course, the whole area is still old, which is why it looks as it does. Now, after determining that it was safe to go back to the time of the dinosaurs, the Dino Institute decided to make some money by opening up the Institute and allowing for time travel for tourists. Tourists FLOCKED to the Dino Institute, and some new people quickly bought the old Chester and Hester's area, and opened up the restaurant and gift shop next door, as well as an area for kids at the newly-unnecessary dig site. Well, eventually the tourists got bored with the fossils, so the Dino Institute decided it no longer needed to have staff to run the Dinosaur Jubilee, so that area closed. With this new area open for rent and with tourists flocking in, Chester and Hester's decided to buy up the land and build a tourist trap to bring guests in! Thus, we have the new-looking Dino-Rama, and the rest of the town looking old.:veryconfu

 

[niteobsrvr]

Re-reading it will not help me understand your point because one has not been made yet. Calling the attraction Dumb is fine, but I am trying to get a feel for WHY you think it is dumb.

The story parodies the development of most tourist areas. Without Disney, where would Orlando be today. Certainly a lot of the businesses, especially the over the top roadside carnival types, that popped up along 192 and I-drive would not exist. This same type of situation exists in Anaheim, Branson, MO, Pigeon Forge, TN and so on.

 

[mkymaus]

Originally posted by niteobsrvr
Re-reading it will not help me understand your point because one has not been made yet. Calling the attraction Dumb is fine, but I am trying to get a feel for WHY you think it is dumb.

The story parodies the development of most tourist areas. Without Disney, where would Orlando be today. Certainly a lot of the businesses, especially the over the top roadside carnival types, that popped up along 192 and I-drive would not exist. This same type of situation exists in Anaheim, Branson, MO, Pigeon Forge, TN and so on.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I LOVE DISNEY.....I HATE THE DINO CRAP. SORRY. MY OPINON, DEAL WITH IT.......

 

[Mr.MissionSpace]

I never went on Alien Encounter before it closed.
I also miss Horisons.




BUT I LOVE MISSION SPACE:sohappy:

 

[Mr.MissionSpace]

DINORAMA WAS A WAIST OF TIME AND MONEY.:brick:



I do kinda like the cheep prime evil whirl

 

[stitch rocks]

Originally posted by mkymaus
Yes, after awhile the parade did get old...but dang the music lived on!! We would just walk and walk and sing .... "Whayla! Whayla, Whayla!!" Whayla-whay, Oh whayla whaY!"

I have that CD in my disc changer in my car and for those long rides- I crank it! :lol:

hahaha... such a good song.. i love it... it's my offical study music... i'm getting everyone addicted to it...

 

[Mr.MissionSpace]

I Miss Mr. Toad and the original figment. the other two stink.:hurl:

 

[Legacy]

Okay, I keep reading the same things over and over, and the one thing that is getting to be irritating is this whole debate on Dino-Rama.

Now, do I like it? Heck no I don't like it. I think it is a blasted eye-sore in what is the most beautiful theme park in Orlando. I remember when you turned to the corner to head to Dino-land and just past the Olden Gate Bridge you saw trees. Now you see the tacky spin wheels of Primehivel (whatever) Whirl. I know the back story... I knew it when it first came in. But when I saw it first hand I realized that no amount of back story can be accepted for something that makes a corner of Animal Kingdom look like 'South of the Border'. There is no excuse for that. Disney should have higher standards than some cheap land filler with an off-the-shelve wild mouse coaster. If I wanted a wild mouse coaster I would go to a six flags and get the exact same experience. Disney is suppose to be better than that and with Dino-Rama, it wasn't. To the 'Purist' it comes off as an ineffective quick fix on an ailing park, and that is why so many of us don't like it. Animal Kingdom needed Everest or Australia... Shoot, give us the Excavator for crying out loud. Don't give us a midway and one of the cheapest to build coasters available.

And here is a whole in the back story... where in the world did Chester and Hester get the money for this venture? If I were them I would have started with a better store.

Okay, rant done.

 

[Dizknee_Phreek]

Boy, i could go on and on with this topic!! hmm, where to start...

1) changing the middle of Adventureland to 'Aladdin's kiddie carnival'...good idea, but not there.

2) leaving 'Epcot' above SSE

3) leaving that hat in front of GMR

4) even considering messing with Imagination the first time

5) the rumors of Discoveryland...yeah, they're just rumors, but they get me all worked up for potentially nothing.

6) taking away possibly the most magical daytime parade ever...ToN

7) tearing down Residential St...that's not a real biggie, but still...it's just going to create a problem with finding a place for the Christmas lights. it was the perfect place for them. all they had to do was update the buildings.

8) making Nova Era leave (not really the company's fault, but the guy who did it worked for Disney, so...)

9) making CoP seasonal

10) putting a building in the Main St. ally to make more room for merchandise

11) changing the pizza in Future World...which eventually led to the restaurant's death

12) changing Dixie Landings to Riverside (don't know why, but that upsets me)

13) letting Wonders of Life, The Land, and Living Seas fall deeply into outdatedness

14) Dinorama....everything about it!

and most of all...
15) failing to meet Walt's expectations of quality for his parks

most likely, there are more things i could add to the list...but that's all i could think of at the moment.
great question, btw!

 

[General Grizz]

I agree on a LOT of your points. But remember, making CoP seasonal OPENED the CoP. Even the media was convinced it was down for good!

So it's a good thing. And right now, too. We'll see what happens with Stitch opens, and I guess that's the test.

As for WOL, I'm kinda glad it's unchanged. Better that than fear Toy Story or stuff going in there... :lookaroun

 

[General Grizz]

Originally posted by Kicker
But when I saw it first hand I realized that no amount of back story can be accepted for something that makes a corner of Animal Kingdom look like 'South of the Border'. There is no excuse for that.

AMEN!

South of the Border...LMAO! You are now 403232.4 miles away! Prepare yourself!

Almost as bad as the latest Disney billboard: "NEW SPINNING COASTER" now at Animal Kingdom. Have you seen that?! That is just a CRAP billboard!