DizNee Luver
Luver of all things Disney!
- Joined
- Feb 2, 2009
I love the last sets of photos that you posted today! What fun! For some reason, all of a sudden I have a strong urge to spend time in A Bug's Land - I never get tired of that area because the little hidden gems and details are fantastic (just like they are in Toon Town and Cars Land), but I've noticed that I don't spend a lot of time in that land on every trip. I will usually skip it for a trip or two and then spend a lot of time there the next trip. I need to visit A Bug's Land more regularly.
I also particularly like the few shots around Goofy's Sky School because I have never looked in that specific spot. So those are new to me. I like seeing things in people's trip reports that I have never noticed before, because it's an endless discovery!
Likewise, I enjoyed the photos from inside the trolley on Buena Vista Street...because I haven't taken the time to ride the trolley yet and have only seen it from the outside.
But you know which photos are my favorites from the last few posts? The Toy Story Midway Mania pictures that you got near the end of the ride when your vehicle stopped! I love those! To me, those photos are pretty rare. Maybe in the 5-year history of TSMM there have been other people who have gotten pictures inside the ride - I'm sure there have been, somewhere. But, as I'm sure you will notice, we rarely (if ever) see any photos from inside TSMM on this board because it is such a go-go-go, jerky type of ride and it is almost impossible to get anything while moving around in those vehicles.
So I applaud you for being able to use your "paused" moment near the end of the ride to get a few shots! I feel like I am just seeing the details of the inside of the ride for the first time because I've never been able to look at anything as I was whipping around corner after corner!
I love BugsLand......yet another jewel in the Disney crown for details!!
When we walked out of BugsLand, the trolley was just sitting there empty.....so we asked if we could ride (thinking maybe it was sitting there for one of their many shows in it)....... we were able to ride!!
I tried to get some pics of the actual game.....but they came out blurry.....darned ol' 3D or 4D or whatever D it is.
Have you ever noticed that sometimes the vehicles in TSMM seem to be zipping along at a slightly faster speed, but that it may not be as fast on your next ride? My friends and I have commented on that in the past, where sometimes it seems like the ride is not too jerky and other times it literally catches us off guard when we whip around the corners because we're moving faster than we expected. I get the feeling that the ride operators speed it up a bit when they are trying to move people through the queue if it's a really long line, but they don't always do it.
Another thing I've wondered is how TSMM would work with a possible holiday overlay. Shortly after TSMM opened in 2008 there was some report (I can't recall the source) that said TSMM was already set up in some ways for future Halloween and Christmas overlays, and that it would be easy to put the overlays on it without too much trouble. Supposedly there was already Halloween and holiday-related dialogue recorded for/by Mr. Potato Head even before the ride opened.
While it would be no problem at all for Mr. Potato Head to entertain guests with Christmas songs or spooky, Halloween-ish banter as they moved through the line, I'm not sure that an overlay of any kind inside the ride would work unless they slowed the vehicles way down! Otherwise, how could we see anything? I love me some holiday overlays, but on HMH and IAWSH we can actually see the details and enjoy them. In TSMM I can't imagine that we'd be able to see very much because of the pace.
Maybe that's why the TSMM overlays have not happened yet? Maybe Disney can't find a logical way to pull off an overlay inside the ride? I suppose they could switch out all the games to holiday-themed games and that would be one way to do it, but they couldn't really add too many holiday decorations inside the ride unless they planned to slow it down??
Awesome awesome awesome! Sorry I've been away for awhile. I've been busy with packing for our move, buying our new cars, and working a lot more. I love the bugs land pics. Question, did you happen to see if the Heimlich the caterpillar statue was still there? I took a picture in front of it at 360lbs 2.5yrs ago and would like to take a picture in front of it at 230lbs. Going 5 days I'm gonna have try the trolley. Get the full DCA experience. I notice you take a lot pics of that snack place, have you ever indulged? If so, which was your favorite?
Love the update!!
Nice pictures!! I have never eaten at the Carthay before.
Great pictures, looking forward to more updates
This is good so far. I turn 18 tomorrow
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAITLIN!!!!
DH and I took our picture by the same "happily ever after" wall on our last trip!
Maybe you could suggest to Nick and Marie to take another photo like that if they go back (or another favorite place). I remember you regretting not having a special repeated photo when I mentioned mine in my TR.
I love the Animation Academy, such an under-appreciated fun place!
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