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Ghoulish Delight · 04-09-2008, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

If you're going to dedicate something in DL to Mary Poppins isn't a carousel horse about the most appropriate thing? I haven't seen up close pictures of the horse yet. Is the dedication something that really sticks out or more subtle so that most people wouldn't notice?

I was comparing photos yesterday and it looks like the only changes are that the saddle cloth has been changed from pink to a light blue and some sort of crest has been painted onto the saddle itself. I have not seen detail on that crest.

Ghoulish Delight · 04-09-2008, 08:42 AM

Fair enough I suppose.

BarTopDancer · 04-09-2008, 08:44 AM

How about a Marry Poppins attraction?

NirvanaMan · 04-09-2008, 07:18 PM

Happy to hear that they may be bulldozing the Disneyland Hotel. I remember the first time I came to DL about 7 years ago and thinking, christ - what a dump! They are a bit of an eye-sore and massively underwhelming for those used to typical Disney resorts.

Nostalgia be damned in this case.

Of course, I didn't grow up here with them yada yada. That's just my "outsiders" perspective. I think I actually still frown a bit when I see them from the tram on the way into the part. 1960s Hilton indeed.

innerSpaceman · 04-09-2008, 07:31 PM

It's not nostalgia. I will miss the big rooms. For the same or higher prices, all that will be available will be tiny closet rooms. Rooms the size of the current standard Disneyland Hotel room will likely run $2K per nite.

Bah.

And the balcony suites in the Bonita Tower are so cool. I want to have that for one more big Disneyland Birthday.

Then let the bulldozers roll ... because, yeah, the hotel is ugly.

Oh, except for the waterfalls. They installed very cool new lighting a few months ago. Has anyone been at night besides me and zapp? It's worth seeing. Especially if it's soon to be history.

wendybeth · 04-09-2008, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

It's not nostalgia. I will miss the big rooms. For the same or higher prices, all that will be available will be tiny closet rooms. Rooms the size of the current standard Disneyland Hotel room will likely run $2K per nite.

Bah.

And the balcony suites in the Bonita Tower are so cool. I want to have that for one more big Disneyland Birthday.

Then let the bulldozers roll ... because, yeah, the hotel is ugly.

Oh, except for the waterfalls. They installed very cool new lighting a few months ago. Has anyone been at night besides me and zapp? It's worth seeing. Especially if it's soon to be history.

I appreciate the history and nostalgia behind the hotel, but it is falling apart. (And we must have been given the broom closet when we stayed, because our pool view room in the Sierra tower was frikken tiny!!!) The pool areas are cool, though. I wonder if those will stay?

€uroMeinke · 04-09-2008, 07:33 PM

So when is the hotel thing supposed to happen? We need to rent the swank suite at least once before it goes - that would be some party

Cadaverous Pallor · 04-09-2008, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

So when is the hotel thing supposed to happen? We need to rent the swank suite at least once before it goes - that would be some party

IN.

lashbear · 04-09-2008, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Chernabog

Cheese man and I went to a showing for Outfest, where Lesley Ann Warren was watching in the audience and did a Q&A afterwards... she looked fabulous. Best part was when the audience got her to get into character and say... "I'm horny!"

I hate you.

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Hmph, I was there too, I hope you realize.

You too.

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

It's not nostalgia. I will miss the big rooms..

Why? how many people do you want to have in the room at once?

....don't answer that.

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

except for the waterfalls. They installed very cool new lighting a few months ago. Has anyone been at night besides me and zapp? It's worth seeing. Especially if it's soon to be history.

I'm glad I got to see the waterfalls at least. Even if the dancing water thingy wasn't going.

BarTopDancer · 04-09-2008, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

Happy to hear that they may be bulldozing the Disneyland Hotel. I remember the first time I came to DL about 7 years ago and thinking, christ - what a dump! They are a bit of an eye-sore and massively underwhelming for those used to typical Disney resorts.

Nostalgia be damned in this case.

Of course, I didn't grow up here with them yada yada. That's just my "outsiders" perspective. I think I actually still frown a bit when I see them from the tram on the way into the part. 1960s Hilton indeed.

Nostalgic to me. It will always be the "super cool hotel that the monorail ran through* that I never got to stay in because I live so close" to me. However, since I've been in the hotel, and in the rooms, I no longer *have* to stay in it. I'll be sad to see a landmark go, but it can go.

*yes, I realize now that the monorail never ran through it.

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Oh, except for the waterfalls. They installed very cool new lighting a few months ago. Has anyone been at night besides me and zapp? It's worth seeing. Especially if it's soon to be history.

Went to go see it a few weeks ago, but they had turned the falls off. Any idea how late they are normally left on?

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

So when is the hotel thing supposed to happen? We need to rent the swank suite at least once before it goes - that would be some party

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

IN.

Ditto.

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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	It's not nostalgia. I will miss the big rooms. For the same or higher prices, all that will be available will be tiny closet rooms. Rooms the size of the current standard Disneyland Hotel room will likely run $2K per nite. Bah. And the balcony suites in the Bonita Tower are so cool. I want to have that for one more big Disneyland Birthday. Then let the bulldozers roll ... because, yeah, the hotel is ugly. Oh, except for the waterfalls. They installed very cool new lighting a few months ago. Has anyone been at night besides me and zapp? It's worth seeing. Especially if it's soon to be history.
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