Rivers Rowe
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Reading the article, I have to ask, why is one guy in charge of Animal Kingdom and another in charge Of the other 3?
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Walt Disney Imagineering make significant appointment for upcoming Walt Disney World projects
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MansionGoer13z
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Cautiously Optimistic....And I'm emphansizing on the "Cautiously".
Joe is very much a DAK specialist.
If you ever watch a Documentary about AK , he knows basically everything and is interviewed for every ride and ever element on the ride lol. He wears this huge earring that looks like its going to snap his ear off. Some one can correct me if I am wrong. I laugh because it seems he is the only guy who knows anything about AK.
Enchantâmes
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I love it on this site you say anything towards another person it gets deleted without warning.
People have managed 5 million+ posts without having them deleted. The forum is moderated, so any posts that do not meet the posting guidelines are removed.
RSoxNo1
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JWG
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As a "youngster" in 1983 - I remember EPCOT Center Futureworld vividly. That and Space Mountain are my memories. I loved EPCOT. This was true in 1993 as well. As a high school kid, I still loved all Futureworld had to offer. I remember thinking, man - this place is dated and worn out but I still love it. Nearly 20 years later I still love Epcot, but feel it's severely lacking in theme and direction. I don't care that Mission Space replaced Horizons (ok, I do, but I get progress), but I do care that I don't know what I'm supposed to get out of Futureworld anymore.
Do any of these pots meet the posting guidelines?
All but the cracked one.....
jt04
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There's the kettle calling the pot cracked.
So quoted the expert....
twinnstar
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As a "youngster" in 1983 - I remember EPCOT Center Futureworld vividly. That and Space Mountain are my memories. I loved EPCOT. This was true in 1993 as well. As a high school kid, I still loved all Futureworld had to offer. I remember thinking, man - this place is dated and worn out but I still love it. Nearly 20 years later I still love Epcot, but feel it's severely lacking in theme and direction. I don't care that Mission Space replaced Horizons (ok, I do, but I get progress), but I do care that I don't know what I'm supposed to get out of Futureworld anymore.
Exactly! (and thanks! hehe) If it wasnt called Future World, i wouldnt even know thats what it was!
TP2000
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Kathy was the big VP in charge of Cars Land. She showed up in nearly every promotional video and PR piece they released about Cars Land in the last three years.
My sense, and from what Kathy has said about her own role in all that PR released on Cars Land, is that Kathy is like a top dog project manager role. In WDI show biz language they call that an "Executive Producer", but in the real world of major construction projects she's like an executive project manager, or program manager.
Assuming she takes on the same role she had with Cars Land, Kathy Mangum seems to have been moved out to WDW to be the head "producer" and manager of some major expansion/construction project WDI is doing for a theme park in WDW. The only thing Disney has announced on this scale is Avatarland, but there might be something else up their sleeve too!
Adam5897
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This is why i love disneyland they have a place for the old rides and experiences that will always be enjoyable and memorable (DL) And they have a place for the new ideas and technologies that are so amazing!
Walt made sure their was enough room for new ideas. He didn't do that so what is existing would be removed for something new. WDW makes it seem like they have the space issues that DL has. That should keep the classic magic kingdom rides the way they are. But dont get this confused with me not liking the new FL because i love it(every part of it that is new not taken down for something else). When WDW finds them in a situation similar to DL then they can start replacing the old for new but right now it shouldnt be happening.
Beholder
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I hope Kathy Mangum is given the oversight and a real authority to do this (whatever it may be) assignment with high attention to detail and thematic integrity. From what I can tell, Carsland looks great and if she's given this kind of budget, I'm going to be very excited.
It'd be nice if she were here to expedite the project (based on her trial and errors in DCA) and the timetables get moved up for construction. I know it's a different world in Florida, but I'm trying to see this from multiple angles.
It'd be nice if she were here to expedite the project (based on her trial and errors in DCA) and the timetables get moved up for construction. I know it's a different world in Florida, but I'm trying to see this from multiple angles.
Californian Elitist
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Exactly.
ellie-badge
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Ah, I feel bad cause I said Epcot didn't offer much for kids! I'm sorry again!
Don't feel bad! Everybody's entitled to their own opinion. As long as we're all adults about it, which we were, it's cool.
NoChesterHester
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People at that level aren't really the designers, they are managers.
On your other point, there is only one reason to spread out construction as long as Disney has in the past. Corporate accounting. Dragging out construction costs, but hits corporate budgets at a slower rate.