Tom Sawyer Isle Getting The Axe !? - Page 3

tracilicious · 10-03-2006, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Prudence

I don't blame them for following the money. I'll be sad to see TSI go, but I understand why. I'm most disappointed in the underlying condition: people (in general) don't read American classics any more. Parents have griped and complained about musty ol' tomes they consider inappropriate and gosh, we have to always give kids flash and whizz-bang every single time or we'll crush their precious widdle spiwits and we've lost our history. Heck, some kids don't even know how to play in an area like the current TSI. They're so used to interactive displays and touch screens that caves are just dirty and maybe a little smelly. And I can see this is turning into a "kids these days" on my part, so I'm going to go somewhere else and feel old.

Honestly, this sounds really out of touch with actual "kids these days." I think some of you are getting your information from tv or something. Every time we go to TSI we see loads of kids having a blast. Lots of these kids probably play video games, and read books! The horror! Oh wait, I did the same thing when I was a kid. No wonder I turned out so poorly!

Prudence · 10-03-2006, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by tracilicious

Honestly, this sounds really out of touch with actual "kids these days." I think some of you are getting your information from tv or something. Every time we go to TSI we see loads of kids having a blast. Lots of these kids probably play video games, and read books! The horror! Oh wait, I did the same thing when I was a kid. No wonder I turned out so poorly!

I "get my information" from people who work with kids and who aren't permitted to teach Tom Sawyer, in the specific, and who frequently report on a general decrease in freeform play. But it's a given that any of my sources are per se incorrect.

Sub la Goon · 10-03-2006, 06:58 PM

If I try to put myself back into "kid" mode, I can remember loving the stuff you could do and explore on TSI. My brother and I used to get ourselves lost from the parents for hours. Fort Wilderness was great to climb and shoot the guns and do all that crazy stuff.

But I must admit that adding pirates to the equation sounds like even more fun. The poor fort has been a ruin for a while and the latest "improvements" just seem kinda half-hearted. I just hope they keep the suspension and barrel bridges.

Throw in a couple of pirate wenches and I am totally sold!

SacTown Chronic · 10-03-2006, 07:13 PM

I can't get high with N****r Jim on a fvcking pirate island.

Gemini Cricket · 10-03-2006, 12:34 PM

There putting too much emphasis on those films. It's overkill, just like the overkill with 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire'. They showed that show several times a week, made a park attraction of it and then what happened? People lost interest and it disappeared. Overkill!
There's too much pirates in the park as it is. Merchandise everywhere, the stage show, the enhanced ride... Ugh.
Granted the retheme would improve traffic on the island, but it's not going to last long.
The idea of getting rid of the treehouses makes me nauseous.

Scrooge McSam · 10-03-2006, 01:35 PM

*officially worried about Wendybeth*

Gemini Cricket · 10-03-2006, 01:51 PM

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Snowflake · 10-03-2006, 02:10 PM

Gosh, I hate to be a stick in the mud about this. My mapping logistics for DL is pretty poor, but this does bisect Frontierland, right?

Why not redo Ft. Wilderness and make that a museum to the wild west and the expanding frontier. Anything wrong with keeping or expanding the wild west theming?

Failing that, I'd vote for a Louisana Bayou Island, with maybe a partially themed pirate area, like pirate caves. A snack shop serving beignets (get rid of the McD's french fries, wildly popular as they may be) It would leave the Mark Twain a logical part of the Rivers of America and they could re-theme the Columbia with a pirate museum, in the hold.

I find the piratization idea to be a little overkill, NOS is not only about pirates.

I loved TSI as a kid, I admit it. The whole Ft. Wilderness with the guns to shoot and all the caves and the keel boats, loved it. Yes, I'm a permanent resident of Yesterland in this regard.

DreadPirateRoberts · 10-03-2006, 02:11 PM

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Did you not notice? That be the same little island that we made you governor of on our last little trip

Gemini Cricket · 10-03-2006, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DreadPirateRoberts

Did you not notice? That be the same little island that we made you governor of on our last little trip

Will there be rum buried somewhere then? If so, I know a few pirates on this board who would dig that.

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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	There putting too much emphasis on those films. It's overkill, just like the overkill with 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire'. They showed that show several times a week, made a park attraction of it and then what happened? People lost interest and it disappeared. Overkill! There's too much pirates in the park as it is. Merchandise everywhere, the stage show, the enhanced ride... Ugh. Granted the retheme would improve traffic on the island, but it's not going to last long. The idea of getting rid of the treehouses makes me nauseous.
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Scrooge McSam What? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,635	officially worried about Wendybeth
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Gosh, I hate to be a stick in the mud about this. My mapping logistics for DL is pretty poor, but this does bisect Frontierland, right? Why not redo Ft. Wilderness and make that a museum to the wild west and the expanding frontier. Anything wrong with keeping or expanding the wild west theming? Failing that, I'd vote for a Louisana Bayou Island, with maybe a partially themed pirate area, like pirate caves. A snack shop serving beignets (get rid of the McD's french fries, wildly popular as they may be) It would leave the Mark Twain a logical part of the Rivers of America and they could re-theme the Columbia with a pirate museum, in the hold. I find the piratization idea to be a little overkill, NOS is not only about pirates. I loved TSI as a kid, I admit it. The whole Ft. Wilderness with the guns to shoot and all the caves and the keel boats, loved it. Yes, I'm a permanent resident of Yesterland in this regard. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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