Savethemagic

@_ElectricalFire I understand that - how ever he should be parks focused since the experience division is where the majority of the money is now made.

Interesting. Josh’s first message to employees didn’t mention anything about Treating every guest as a VIP, and the message wasn’t guest focused at all. Instead it would seem his priorities are; great storytelling/creativity, embracing technology, and operating as “One Disney” (what ever that means). Everything should start and end with a focus on the guest.. you lose that and nothing else matters. The focus has been way, way, off of the guest experience for far too long. Seems like on day one he’s already missed the central issue.

Josh has a window of opportunity to make changes to signal to Disney fans that he gets it. We know the stuff we hate that he could change. I hope he does so, but I’m not holding my breath. We will soon find out how much of this was really Josh by what he won’t change.

@johnnyr1111 Agree. I am convinced that whoever they let handle the design had no clue what they were doing. They didn't understand what was wonderful about what was there. The rusted metal now has all the appeal of a junkyard. Such a downgrade to what was there.

@Savethedmagic Used to be my favorite spot to just sit and relax in any park. And look at those palm trees which = vacation. I have no idea what they were going for with what is there now

It was really amazing. What a loss to Epcot. I’m glad this is still on Google. Reminds me just how good it used to be before they bulldozed it.

@Dr_GrantSeeker @VedehiMajumdar Welcome back!!!

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@philmetzger25 Good point!

@Savethedmagic I suppose, meanwhile never ever trust a person to be a good guy if Jeff Vahle says nice things about certain people openly

Well at least it wasn’t him.. I guess we have that to be thankful for….

Disney should really bring back some form of Swan boats in the hub. I know they cut off the original path with the hub expansion, but they should be able to figure out how to fit a new path for them. It would be a nice addition to the hub and an increase in ride capacity.

@natemescher2020 Yeah but since that’s a massive scale down I don’t think they needed to bulldoze the river to deliver that.

@Savethedmagic I'm here for an Emperor's New Groove ride.

Maybe bulldozing the river wasn’t a great idea? Lots of backlash to this announcement. The issue always was that the Magic Kingdom was the wrong location for this. If they wanted to go hard adult/dark it should have been its own gate. They could have really done something innovative with the concept instead of this. The fans who really wanted this are absolutely going to be disappointed.

@WDWVacationer Yeah I don’t know I believe that. The MK has always had room for expansion without needing to do that. It’s a loss.

@Savethedmagic The river was bound to go at some point regardless.

@kenny_veldheer I have nothing against family friendly overall. And I agree studios would have been better than MK, but I think the anger is because people thought they were getting something else with this.

@Savethedmagic Villains Land should be at Disney Studios. It better matches the vibe there. Most of the complainers seem to be dinks. I'm always in favor of family-friendly.

@DisneyFan_1928 Agree. But all the art work led everyone to think they were. All that hype helped to blunt the backlash of bulldozing the river. “Oh it’s fine to destroy it, because I’m excited for Villains land” now the reality has set in.

@Savethedmagic They were never going hard adult dark at a Disney park aside from the bars

We all do.

Sorry to see Disney won't have live instruction with a CM, vs playing back a pre-recorded spiel. Ever focused on labor costs, it would seem. Disney wasnt built on offering cheap experiences. This is a fail, needs to be rethought.

Truly wonderful expression of imagineering artistry. It’s a shame that when Disney renovated the entrance fountain they didn’t preserve the original correct tile. It was themed design done right, and I wish the new projects lived up to this standard.

This is 100% true. I think you don't have to look any further than who was in charge in Florida. Under Iger's management framework, the resort's president has tremendous power. You can see the weakness in these decisions.

The better part of the story was how Mark took the prototype erector version, grabbed Marty Sklar one day in his office and then proceeded to demonstrate to Marty how this would work on the floor of the hallway outside Marty’s office door. Marty liked it and the rest was history. My source for this part of the story? I heard Marty tell it to me in person. He said “I liked it - true story” and chuckled.

Soarin's ride system was prototyped in Imagineer Mark Sumner's attic using an old Erector Set toy and string, mimicking the cantilevered seats that lift guests over a massive 80-foot IMAX-style dome screen. The setup syncs with scent cannons (pumping out orange grove or ocean smells) and wind effects for immersion; the high-res footage was captured by a custom helicopter rig with IWERKS cameras that filmed at 48 fps (double the standard) to reduce motion blur during the 4.8-minute soar. #EPCOT #DisneyFacts

@RelevntConundrm 1000%

@Savethedmagic To borrow an applicable phrase from Universal execs, water features bring the “park” to theme parks.

It's always amazing to me how old-school Disney would often integrate a water feature into so many of the designs. It's a design aesthetic that they avoid now, and that should be brought back. Water features add so much to the atmosphere of the parks.