Something Mysterious but new. Possibly a phased project where the buildings could be built first and the interiors added as and when.Yeah, Martin. Can you say something about the Mountain Project?!
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Rob562
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I've always thought that they should've built a scenery-only scale model of Mount Kilimanjaro that's visible off in the distance from some parts of the Safari... (Heck, the attraction is called *Kilimanjaro* Safaris, after all)
If placed far enough beyond the treeline of the savanna, it would definitely be pretty convincing. (As long as they could keep birds from landing on top of it somehow...)
-Rob
Captain Chaos
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The same way they keep the birds away from Electric Umbrella...
ChrisFL
Premium Member
Which would be much more funny if it really WAS electric
ChrisFL
Premium Member
It happed in about 1994, and stayed that way for several years, but I think they've slowly been moving back to that.
Captain Chaos
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That is where they get their chicken nuggets then??? :lol:
Captain Chaos
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Very slow.. Almost at a snail's pace... however, snails move faster...
themeparkdude
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I think its funny that so much blame "Al Lutz/Kevin Yee" and more believe its TDO making these budget calls. Everyone does understand that the funds are controlled in TDA right? TDO actualy has very little say in what happens when it comes to large scale projects. And as the company become more public with the one disney approach then hopefully it will become more visable to everyone out there.
SeaCastle
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Those executives never asked themselves "what would Walt do?", they just wanted results. However, what differentiated them from current executives is that they thought "if we build it, they will come". That mentality brought all of the expansions of that era.
Now, it's all about spending as less as possible on new stuff so that TDO executives can get their bonuses. However, things are slowly but surely getting better, and though we'll never be back to the levels of expansion and improvements that we had grown to expect with Richard Nunis and management in the 80's and 90's, there is some hope. (Case in point, look at how much the Magic Kingdom has improved recently with regard to upkeep.)
SeaCastle
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I died a bit on the inside when I was ready a July 2008 forum post, where it was almost definite that Space Mountain was receiving new audio, track, an exterior treatment, and the works.
And to think that 3rd shift had already spray painted where track would be cut inside the mountain...