KatherineV
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Jul 11, 2016
I think the Alien swirling saucers looks fun and the new restaurant looks interesting.
I know it's a copy of the Mater ride in Disneyland, but I've never been on that so it'll be new to me. Probably not a ride I'd go on repeatedly but something I'd hit when the line was short, like we do now with Teacups.I think the Alien swirling saucers looks fun
As for Primeval Whirl, the very well executed theme of the entire area just somehow missed the mark. People just never "got" the fact that it was supposed to look like a tacky roadside carnival. That's the whole point. It achieved exactly what it was supposed to.
I totally agree w/what you said re: Paradise Pier @ DCA. I feel the same way. Every time we're at DCA, we pretty much only go to Paradise Pier for the Toy Story ride and then we skip the rest. We don't even eat meals there.I am totally one of those people that was never impressed by it, LOL. And it’s not that I didn’t understand that they were trying to theme it to “tacky roaside carnival,” its that I thought that it was kind of a lazy idea thematically in the first place. What makes Disney parks so special to me personally, is that the theming elevates it beyond carnival and amusement park status. I just never found that the theming of Dinoland did anything SO much more innovative that I didn’t look around and go “ok, so basically my state fair with cartoon dinosaurs.” What could they have done to wow me and maintain that theme? I don’t know, but the same Imagineers created Expedition Everest, and an African village that looks nearly identical to locations I visited in Kenya. So the land just ends up looking like “We Ran Out of Money Land.”
I consistently skip Dinoland when I’m at Animal Kingdom, and I consistently skip Paradise Pier when I’m at DCA for the same reason. When I’m at a Disney park I just expect more than a cheeky “oh but it’s MEANT to be a carnival!” Dinosaurs offer such a rich subject matter- the kind of innovative, immersive placemaking that could’ve been done...it’s hard (for me) to look at Dinoland in comparison to the rest of Animal Kingdom and not consider it a lost opportunity and a bit out of step with the immersion that exists within the rest of the park.
We’re looking forward to it, but won’t make a return trip until Star Wars is complete, not that we care that much about Star Wars, but we’re not that interested in touring a half done park under construction.I'm curious about this......who's looking forward to new Toy Story Land opening and who thinks it's no big deal?
I am actually excited about this, less for me but more that there will be more for kids to do. We focus so much on what the next big ride will be or what restaurant is coming that I think something that is really for the littler ones is great.
Plus I just want to see it!!!!
You can finally fully zoom in on Toy Story Land in the App. I'm looking forward to checking it out in a few months.
I'm not sure if it was just me or the iOS app, but it was clouded until today.
I've seen it posted by other people so fairly confident it isn't just you but for everyone it is now visible on the map
Not sure if you saw this, but yesterday iNSIDE Disney Parks published this video of CMs riding Slinky Dog Dash and then their reaction ... obviously it is biased since it is produced by Disney but it looks pretty fun!
The video also includes shots of Toy Story Land at night time and it looks pretty cool with the lighting!
I love that you said this.I know it's going to be more of a land to appreciate walking around.