Disneyland Update: Party's Over, Here Comes Halloween, DL Hotel signs, and more! - Page 3

innerSpaceman · 09-29-2006, 11:30 PM

Alex, I'm not sure how many bites at the apple over how many decades a place called Disneyland should have at trying something new before failure after failure after failure leads them back to what Walt did.

oh, and don't be sorry, zapppop ... I'm glad there'll be a more final last Remember a month from now.

Tomorrow's will be the last bling Remember.

Alex · 09-30-2006, 12:18 AM

Surely you don't think there is nothing worthy among the many things at Disneyland untouched by Walt. A lot of what Walt did at Disneyland sucked. He just wasn't yet stuck with an antique crusted with decades of nostalgia that made it nearly impossible to change anything without excessive bitching.

But to answer the question I'd prefer that they keep trying in forever if necessary before deciding to just go with the past. Otherwise we might as well have wrap the whole place in Saran wrap in 1966 and shipped it off to the Smithsonian.

On a side note, I'm just going to say this publicly. Quite a few of the things mentioned in this thread will be appearing in the MousePlanet park update on Monday. Lest this generate more emails charging me with plagierizing, I want to point out that almost everything in this thread has previously been mentioned in MP park updates and now that they are actually happening I'll be repeating the information. I know that sounds all dramatic, but maybe it'll save me being called names.

€uroMeinke · 09-30-2006, 12:37 AM

Pshaw - like anyone needs a reason to call you names

innerSpaceman · 10-01-2006, 11:15 AM

Um, there was loud music and crowds and dancing last night at the re-christened and re-born Tomorrowland Terrace. It was the first time I've seen people having fun in Tomorrowland in a decade.

It was such an odd, but pleasurable sensation.

Not Afraid · 10-01-2006, 11:25 AM

Suburban Legends were having a great time entertaining the crowd on the stage while Mickie and Minnie in Halloween dress danced on the stage. It was nice to see the place happening.

Babette · 10-02-2006, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Suburban Legends were having a great time entertaining the crowd on the stage while Mickie and Minnie in Halloween dress danced on the stage. It was nice to see the place happening.

Ooooooh, the cute little skippies with tight jeans, hair askew, playing the trombones, hopping around and shaking their thang!

Didn't see 'em!

Babette · 10-02-2006, 06:01 PM

OMG! Do you know the tragic history of the Suburban Legends? I just did a search to learn more about them and found this Wikipedia entry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburban_Legends

I knew about the motorcycle accident when it happened because a co-worker's boyfriend works at Hyundai. The driver who fled never showed up for work, his family up and moved in the middle of the night, and his damaged company vehicle was found parked backwards in a remote stall at their corporate lot (405 & Euclid). I just never knew who the victim was until now. So sad!

Ghoulish Delight · 10-03-2006, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Babette

OMG! Do you know the tragic history of the Suburban Legends? I just did a search to learn more about them and found this Wikipedia entry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburban_Legends

I knew about the motorcycle accident when it happened because a co-worker's boyfriend works at Hyundai. The driver who fled never showed up for work, his family up and moved in the middle of the night, and his damaged company vehicle was found parked backwards in a remote stall at their corporate lot (405 & Euclid). I just never knew who the victim was until now. So sad!

Holy crap, I had no idea. That is sad.

Not Afraid · 10-02-2006, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Babette

Ooooooh, the cute little skippies with tight jeans, hair askew, playing the trombones, hopping around and shaking their thang!

Didn't see 'em!

Yes, that's the band that absolutely none of us were looking at.

innerSpaceman · 10-01-2006, 01:00 PM

In other update news, the Halloweenicization of Main Street and the Disneyland entrance is adorable, and a suitably acceptable pale version of the Paris treatment that would never survive a day of ugly American destructive love.

But the decision to advertise "Halloweentime" and proclaim it at the entrance bigger than I've EVER seen them proclaim any other promotion ... and then have ZERO in the Park beyond Main Street and the Hub seems beyond lame to me.

I hear they are planing on rolling out Frontierland next year, but I think that will be too little, too late. Main Street is the part you pass through when arriving and leaving, and people barely spend any time there as a "land." It left me with the impression that Disneyland is NOT decorated for Halloween, and that Halloweentime means the time you get there and the time you leave.

Oh, and the new signs on the Disneyland Hotel are a nice reminder that they aren't the office blocks they seem to be, but they are the most puny reminders of the glorious DISNEYLAND rooftop signs that could possibly be imagined.

Huzzah, the stupid Mark Twain 50th "banner" is gone, but when are they going to remove the un-gold paint?

All-in-all, I give the immediate finally-post-50th stuff a C+.

09-29-2006, 11:30 PM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Alex, I'm not sure how many bites at the apple over how many decades a place called Disneyland should have at trying something new before failure after failure after failure leads them back to what Walt did. oh, and don't be sorry, zapppop ... I'm glad there'll be a more final last Remember a month from now. Tomorrow's will be the last bling Remember.
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09-30-2006, 12:18 AM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Surely you don't think there is nothing worthy among the many things at Disneyland untouched by Walt. A lot of what Walt did at Disneyland sucked. He just wasn't yet stuck with an antique crusted with decades of nostalgia that made it nearly impossible to change anything without excessive bitching. But to answer the question I'd prefer that they keep trying in forever if necessary before deciding to just go with the past. Otherwise we might as well have wrap the whole place in Saran wrap in 1966 and shipped it off to the Smithsonian. On a side note, I'm just going to say this publicly. Quite a few of the things mentioned in this thread will be appearing in the MousePlanet park update on Monday. Lest this generate more emails charging me with plagierizing, I want to point out that almost everything in this thread has previously been mentioned in MP park updates and now that they are actually happening I'll be repeating the information. I know that sounds all dramatic, but maybe it'll save me being called names.
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09-30-2006, 12:37 AM	#3
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10-01-2006, 11:15 AM	#4
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Um, there was loud music and crowds and dancing last night at the re-christened and re-born Tomorrowland Terrace. It was the first time I've seen people having fun in Tomorrowland in a decade. It was such an odd, but pleasurable sensation.
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10-01-2006, 11:25 AM	#5
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Suburban Legends were having a great time entertaining the crowd on the stage while Mickie and Minnie in Halloween dress danced on the stage. It was nice to see the place happening.
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10-02-2006, 06:01 PM	#7
Babette Snubbed Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: cupcake heaven Posts: 433	OMG! Do you know the tragic history of the Suburban Legends? I just did a search to learn more about them and found this Wikipedia entry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburban_Legends I knew about the motorcycle accident when it happened because a co-worker's boyfriend works at Hyundai. The driver who fled never showed up for work, his family up and moved in the middle of the night, and his damaged company vehicle was found parked backwards in a remote stall at their corporate lot (405 & Euclid). I just never knew who the victim was until now. So sad!
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10-01-2006, 01:00 PM	#10
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	In other update news, the Halloweenicization of Main Street and the Disneyland entrance is adorable, and a suitably acceptable pale version of the Paris treatment that would never survive a day of ugly American destructive love. But the decision to advertise "Halloweentime" and proclaim it at the entrance bigger than I've EVER seen them proclaim any other promotion ... and then have ZERO in the Park beyond Main Street and the Hub seems beyond lame to me. I hear they are planing on rolling out Frontierland next year, but I think that will be too little, too late. Main Street is the part you pass through when arriving and leaving, and people barely spend any time there as a "land." It left me with the impression that Disneyland is NOT decorated for Halloween, and that Halloweentime means the time you get there and the time you leave. Oh, and the new signs on the Disneyland Hotel are a nice reminder that they aren't the office blocks they seem to be, but they are the most puny reminders of the glorious DISNEYLAND rooftop signs that could possibly be imagined. Huzzah, the stupid Mark Twain 50th "banner" is gone, but when are they going to remove the un-gold paint? All-in-all, I give the immediate finally-post-50th stuff a C+.
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