I liked the movie Cars, but it's really - imo - one of the lesser Pixar efforts and notably one of only two Pixar films I don't have in my personal library. That's too bad, because I'm sure Cars Land will make me want to see it again.

But I don't believe it will make me think it's a better film. Some films turn out to be better in other forms.

My prime example, and imho only, is The Lion King. I never knew what the fuss was all about with that movie. Yawn. I loved the art direction, it had a few enjoyable characters. Some of the songs were good, but the story was a boring re-tread, and I never though the movie was nearly as special as obviously most humans on earth thought it was.

But then I noticed something interesting. I found the Elton John versions of the songs better than the movie versions. The songs were better than I thought. Then the Broadway show came out, and I found that superior in every way to the movie. More oddly still, I found Disneyland's Lion King Parade to be the best of all. So it was a movie that didn't much move me, but had the kernels of great entertainment that I found better suited to other formats.


I'm sure Cars Land will strike me the same way. I'll find it Better than the very cute movie, and I'll be satisfied with that - - happy in fact that one of the Pixar movies I liked least got itself a second lease on life with a new and different inCARnation.


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Meanwhile, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday cannot get here soon enough!

You're at the park Wednesday? Us, too!

Well, truthfully, I'll only be there from sunset on. Can't get there till after work. We'll be in DCA. If you're still around, give me a holler!!

Hey, after seeing that more people were going to be in the park on Wednesday, I called Disney Dining to see if I could add anyone to our 4 seat reservation at the Carthay. Alas, no. Place is booked up tighter than a showgirl's bustier. Yeah, that's right, I'm talking vintage now. Any youse mugs got a problem widdat?

Too much?

But, 8 pm, Carthay. Swing by, maybe that showgirl's got some wiggle room.

We might swing by just to say Hi. We wouldn't have time for dinner anyways, since it's going to be our first exposure to Cars Land and such. But a hello would be nice ... and if you folks are gonna hang out in the park after dinner, we could all hook up again for park-closing fun!

I believe I'm running around with Crazylegs and Ashley that day. Two small girls in a nice place like Carthay = no bueno. But I hope to run into you in the park at some point!

I was looking at the Carthay at noon today, and they were almost begging us to come in. They said we could have a table on the spot, but we had just ate at Flo's. :( Had I known.....