Disney geek confessions

[Ghoulish Delight]

I confess that I'm starting to get excited about the Pirates changes. The AP newsletter that arrived yesterday seems really promising, with it's talk of "the original dialog", the "classic attraction", and "adding and upgrading", nothing about subtracting or replacing. The descriptions of the changes to Pieces of 8 sound awesome, and I'm totally looking forward to the pirate themed street performances.

But what really has me excited, what really makes me think that they're finally starting to "get it" over there was the trivia on the back of the newsletter. I know it's such a small thing, but in the past, those trivia questions would have been something like, "What song do the pirates sing?" "What part of Disneyland is the attraction in?" "What's the name of the restaurant inside the attraction?" Lame. But instead, these were the questions:

"Name 8 different types of animals that can be seen inside the attraction." (CP and I came up with around 14)

"In what scene can you see sheet music?"

"How many scenes have maps?"

"What song other than Yo Ho can be plainly heard in the attraction?"

"Other than ride vehicles, how may boats (floating or partially submerged) can be seen?"

"How many full skeletons are in the attraction?"

"How many Jolly Rogers are there, and where?"

"What flag is flying above the attraction facade?"

See what I mean? These are good questions. These are MouseAdventure worthy questions (assuming MA ever be run such that we had the freedom to feesibly be sent ride a popular attractiion). These are the kinds of questions that make me think they really do understand what makes the ride great and what would be really stupid to screw with. It's definitely got my hopes up.