Two Spirited Quickees...Imagination closing

[englanddg]

Ah ha! Now I know how old you are

I know, I get the gut feeling when a word is wrong, but I can't always figure it out.

The problem is grammar a lot of times. So many people use spell check for grammar...but spell check doesn't get that!

I was a frustrated newspaper editor...my spelling may be bad but my grammar is always right.

Well, I did say nearly...but it gives you a general idea, yes.

Grammar is something I've not been too keen upon, though I learned a lot when I finally got an old school teacher who taught us to diagram sentences. I tend to ignore the little rules. Such as using a comma before saying "too"...however, "too" vs "to" annoys me. As does people who write "loose" when they mean "lose"...

There's a short list of minor things that annoy me that I keep to myself most of the time.

People who are grammar fanatics annoy me, especially when they get put on a creative task, as they insist silly things, like commas where they break up a layout or picture, etc...long story (I used to do reprographics and layout work, similar to your editing work)...in fact, I used to put in grammatical and spelling errors just to throw those sorts for a loop so they'd ignore larger layout design changes I made. Yeesh, development by government committee...never fun...

Anyhow, neither here nor there regarding the topic of this thread.

 

[marni1971]

You're so dense I struggle to comprehend it.

That made me giggle

 

[Darth Sidious]

Couldn't they put the Sharon, Ozzy, Jack and Kelly lightacular elsewhere? Surely that basic concept can be applied with a new location... It just wouldn't be exactly the same.

 

[doctornick]

Couldn't they put the Sharon, Ozzy, Jack and Kelly lightacular elsewhere? Surely that basic concept can be applied with a new location... It just wouldn't be exactly the same.

Yes, but where? It would have to be someplace that can accommodate the crowds, with people sitting there watching them. And it would make the most sense for TDO to put them inside a gated place, so that people have to pay to see them.

 

[pixargal]

So happy to read that Journey is finally getting some love! What a great way to start off the day. Thanks, Spirit, for sharing the news.

 

[flynnibus]

This. I don't understand why TDO has the blessing of space and yet always seems to replace rather than add on. I'm not saying that they should never replace things, but there never seems to be a tendency to use expansion pads and add new stuff. Why not expand into the parking lot behind IJ for Star Wars instead of demolishing SoA and/or Muppets?

operating costs.... expanding means operating both the old and new attractions... that costs more

 

[flynnibus]

Where are people getting the idea that Autopia is so popular? It's really not.

It is - it has a monster queue and a huge capacity. It's busy all day.. and is 'unique' in that it gives the young people the ability to be in control and 'drive'.

Is it dated? Certainly - but is it forgotten? Hell no.

 

[bubbles1812]

You won't be going all that fast in the People Mover "route" inside the buildings. I think most people think of spaceships and Star Wars, not bikes like that, but I consider they were in one film, though younger audiences are more in tune with the last trilogy . . . though the ride sure as heck wouldn't be "coaster", and very doubtful that it will be based on the one designed for Tron.

I have to say that the endor bikes would look ugly as heck if they put those on tracks around TL . . . fugly in a Mad Max sort of way. Surely they'd want to build something that looks a bit more photogenic/futuristic?

Tron light cycles would look *gorgeous*, put some LED strips, flourescent paint . . . or whatever they decide to use, and it would look awesome at night. Return of the Jedi Imperial bikes couldn't even be seen at night and would look hideous during the day, and kinda like TL was under Imperial rule or something.

Dude, what are you talking about? The "younger generation" (myself included) knows the original trilogy just fine. My dad introduced it to me when I was 5 years old. Same with everyone I know.

On that same note, that speeder bike sequence is also easily recognizable. Yes, obviously people think of X-wings, the Death Star, the Millenium Falcon, as well when you say Star Wars, but it's not like no one knows what the bikes are. Isn't their a photo op where you can get on the bikes in WDW already? (Or there at least was). Never did I hear people saying "what are those?"

The rest of the content is your post is really dumb so I won't bother addressing it.

 

[flynnibus]

Autopia has a long wait because it has an abysmal capacity. Who the hell told you it has a high hourly capacity? Loading those suckers is not quick, easy, or cheap, and it builds lines because it can't handle the amount of people who want to get on it, which I guarantee you isn't as much as Space Mountain (which has a MUCH higher capacity)

Autopia makes up it's capacity with it's high # of loading stations and long ride time. It has a very high number of ride vehicles out on the course. What it 'sucks' at is labor.. it takes a lot of CMs to operate and in injury risky positions too.

It's no small world... but it's good good capacity.

 

[neoshinok]

Couldn't they put the Sharon, Ozzy, Jack and Kelly lightacular elsewhere? Surely that basic concept can be applied with a new location... It just wouldn't be exactly the same.

I think Downtown Disney (future Springs) could become the new home of the lights. Good reason to start charging for parking too.

 

[aladdin2007]

So, what are the chances that the upstairs area in Imagination will become accessible to guests?

word is the upstairs is not returning in any form.

 

[WDWDad13]

No, I am saying for a fact that if I wanted to see that light display in its current location then I'd be sure to do so this year because it won't have a place to be shown in 2014.

spread the lights out around Disney Springs
spread the lights out around World Showcase
Decorate the EPCOT ball or AK Tree of Life - lol

 

[Beholder]

word is the upstairs is not returning in any form.

That stinks. I loved that part of the pavilion as a kid and would have loved my daughter to have gotten the chance to see it.

 

[zulemara]

The lights have always been one of my favorite things to do each holiday season. Getting some nice hot cocoa, holding the one I love, and watching the lights was one of our favorite things. Even if it means an expansion, I'll be VERY sad if they go. If they go without an expansion, I'll just be ed!

 

[MattM]

You like Indy that much?

Thought that a bit extreme myself.

 

[DocMcHulk]

On the holiday lights, they may well stay alive, but marketing has been told they won't be able to be shown at TPFKaTD-MGMS, which will soon be known as TPFKaTD-MGMSandTPFKaDHS due to ''ongoing construction'' in the area where they have been held. If TDO finds another place for them, then you'll see them (although almost certainly not for one year). It's more likely that they'll see what happens when they don't have them and see if they can send them to Yesterland permanently.

I really hope they find a public display home somewhere in WDW. They are too cool to just ditch.

 

[IWant2GoNow]

Consider me already unimpressed if they shut Imagination down for 18 months & won't have the upstairs available to guests.

I'm happy that there are rumblings of a closing though. I just pray something worse doesn't go in there.

 

[DocMcHulk]

which will soon be known as TPFKaTD-MGMSandTPFKaDHS

Please tell me you have some find of quick key combination (maybe Quicksilver on Mac) that automatically types "TPFKaTD-MGMSandTPFKaDHS" so you dont have to type that every time.

 

[Mammymouse]

Couldn't they put the Sharon, Ozzy, Jack and Kelly lightacular elsewhere? Surely that basic concept can be applied with a new location... It just wouldn't be exactly the same.

Not trying to make more of this than it is but I assume you are making a joke on the name of the lights , although it is almost sacreligious to connect the two Osbornes.

 

[DocMcHulk]

Interesting that Imagination would be closed for 18 months. That puts a reopening around summer 2015 when Pixar's Inside Out is released. It's described as being about "the inside of a girl's mind"