Goofy's Playhouse photo essay

[cstephens]

We've put up a photo essay of Goofy's Playhouse, the new play area for young kids in Toontown. Here's the link:
http://www.colddeadfish.net/dlr/goofysplayhouse.html. Thanks.

[Gemini Cricket]

Having never been inside Goofy's Bounce House, is that the way it looked before the refurb or were those decorations recently added?

[Ponine]

Love those pics!!!
I'd love to get a copy of the popcorn pic if you could part with it! I have a bunch of pics of cool Toontown stuff in my scrapbook.
Thank you so much for that!

[cstephens]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Having never been inside Goofy's Bounce House, is that the way it looked before the refurb or were those decorations recently added?

I never spent any time at Goofy's Bounce House, so apologies that I can't answer your question.

Originally Posted by Ponine

I'd love to get a copy of the popcorn pic if you could part with it! I have a bunch of pics of cool Toontown stuff in my scrapbook.

If it's just for your personal collection, you're welcome to just take it from the site.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by cstephens

I never spent any time at Goofy's Bounce House...

Me neither. The CM said something about me not being a kid and being too old to let in. Sheesh.

[CoasterMatt]

I only went in Goofy's Bounce House ONCE, and the results ended up on the nightly news...

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Having never been inside Goofy's Bounce House, is that the way it looked before the refurb or were those decorations recently added?

I have some pics... I'll try to find them for you.

[Hades]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Having never been inside Goofy's Bounce House, is that the way it looked before the refurb or were those decorations recently added?

From what I saw when I took my nephew there when Toontown first opened, I would say yes. The big changes were the removal of the air inflated floor inside Goofy's house (insurance reasons I highly suspect ) and the outside play area additions.

As a side note, you may have noticed the "Jack"- O - lantern in the garden. That was a retirement homage to Jack Lindquist, a long time Disneyland exec. I very cool looking likeness of him.

[mistyisjafo]

It looks very nice but I just don't get the whole concept. I mean I'm not taking my kid to Disneyland just so they can go down a little slide that I could put in my own backyard.

My other issue with the whole thing is Walt's original belief that the park should be a family group experience with the parents enjoying the rides just as much as the kids. Toontown, to me, misses this whole idea.

Well at least it looks nicer.

[cstephens]

Originally Posted by mistyisjafo

It looks very nice but I just don't get the whole concept. I mean I'm not taking my kid to Disneyland just so they can go down a little slide that I could put in my own backyard.

Well, no, that's not the only reason you're taking them there, nor should it be the main reason you're taking them there. Does anyone take their kids to Disneyland for just one thing? If anyone plans to spend several hours there with their kid, then yeah, I think that's strange, but then I remember it being strange that adolescents and teenagers and even some adults spent hours in the Starcade. It's also not big enough to hold enough people if *everyone* with a child between 2-5 wanted to bring their kid there.

Originally Posted by mistyisjafo

My other issue with the whole thing is Walt's original belief that the park should be a family group experience with the parents enjoying the rides just as much as the kids. Toontown, to me, misses this whole idea.

I think that line gets used too much without taking it in context. His kids weren't 2 years old when he made that statement. A 2 year old is not necessarily going to enjoy the other rides like an older child might, so I don't see the problem with having a space they can just run around.

And if we follow through with the whole "family group experience", then they're going to have to tear down Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, Big Thunder, Indy and any other ride where there's a height requirement.