No but I could ask the same about Disney, i.e., Star Tours and TSM. At least Universal is about to start construction on several new attractions that don't fit into those categories alone. They continue to innovate and raise the bar. Disney on the other hand is about to unleash the same old lackluster Mermaid dark ride that DCA has, a small step above a kiddie coaster, and a double spinner ride. Believe me it pains me to say that because it was Disney that inspired me to pursue the career I've been working in since I was 18. I grew up with the Disney that set the standard. Today's Disney, at least with respect to WDW, has mostly become a marketing machine profiting from yesterday's accomplishments and is no longer interested in standards.
Oh c'mon, Mr. Negative Burned Out Lightbulb ... you know Disney rulz and UNI droolz.
Everything Disney does is MAGICal. Don't ya know they have new Peoplemover tees ... and that's on top of tees with turkey legs on them!
I come back from a combo business trip/vacation (yes, one that included Disney hating on the left coast) to soooo much negativity. It does me good since I do depend on fanboi tears to survive.
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So ... let's see ... what's hot in the Disney UNIverse? Are folks actually suggesting that Disney is looking into DVC inside EPCOT? (Good, because as much as it makes me want to puke :hurl::hurl::hurl: like that brat in the Vegas McD's, it also is true ... and speaks so much to WDW being simply a real estate development that happens to have very stale theme parks along for the ride) ... Has anyone here mentioned that Disney is about (or already has) to unload Club 33 to an outside operator (who will likely combine memberships with the new Carthay Circle operation for more $$$)? ... Has anyone talked about why Disney is mocking up FP's on attractions that have no need for them EXCEPT as part of the new NEXT GEN project, and that Disney will soon be enforcing (or attempting to) FP return times down to the minute because their whole plan your vacation right down to the minute scheme will 'blow up' (using an insider's terms) if Disney allows the current 'your FP is good for any damn time you feel like showing up' model that has been in place for almost a dozen years continues?
OK, don't want to overwhelm your minds ... but how about the fact that major capital projects for two of WDW's parks were recently shot down because Iger/Rasulo/Staggs still don't see the need to actually keep their parks relevant ... just play on fanboi nostalgia and Wishes, Dreams and MAGIC! Anyone talking 'bout that? You weren't all on the Disney Cruise Line junket in Toronto getting all hot and botthered about your upcoming free cruises in March, were you?
How about those meetings in Burbank and Anaheim after California Gov. Jerry Brown showed up for UNI's big Potterfest announcement in Hollywood? How 'bout that spin that Disney was negotiating with J.K. and WB for Potter rights in Anaheim?
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Can't you just see Potter and Spidey at DL in CA and at UNI in FL? Yeah, neither can anyone else in the business.
How about the fact that DL just immediately gained a new major attraction because of it (and, no, I don't know what it is ... and neither does Disney ... just the power of that little wizard who lived)?
C'mon, guys/gals/inbetweens. I expect you to be on top of these things.
You at least did hear that UNI is closing Jaws and Amity in a few weeks for some immediate work (gee, wonder how that blue giants who hate the US military land is coming along for DAK? ... I'm sure they have some pretty renderings now that may actually look nicer than the Fantasyland stuff!) ... What about the new lagoon show that's coming along with some tech not seen in O-Town yet? Surely (and I will call you Shirley) that 'news' has broken, yes?
Who says WDW is stale (and has been for years)? ... Oops, that would be this Spirit.
He has lots to say ... but I think he is going back to the Witness Protection Program before the Disney Social Media folks realize 'that &*%$ is at it again!'
Of course, he might decide to write a thread on whether a day at DL is worth $80 ... or another on why folks are noticing that the Vegas mega-resorts all look the same and why there's a Disney related reason.