Tanna

Well, to be honest, my first thought was, "at least the circus will smell better." Elephants eat a lot of onions. Now I'm wondering if PETA is coming after my dog- She is a CDX; "Companion Dog Excellent". She does a pretty mean high and broad jump, which can be misconstrued as entertaining.

And they can be side glance vicious to persons or entities they don"t like.

I have a fondness for real pop art, because if it's short cycle of existence. It's not considered art, so it's disposable to all but the few who really appreciate it. Not talking Warhol style art, where he glorified another's art, but, for example, the artist who originally designed the label of Campbell's soups. Think of that cat at his drafting table, making a functional piece of artwork to signal to shoppers, "Not THAT soup- THIS soup.". And fitting all the text information into that design, that's work. The company that made that giant raptor probably had a blast, but each worker in the back of their mind knew they were imprinting a memory on each park goer, no matter how temporary the display.

strangely, my first thought was that he was recording the unusual event, being that the park kinda failed his kid.

I really hate that happening.

I'm left curious about how the rescue and rehab department will be funded now. That division of Seaworld was constantly shoving seals and turtles into the ocean. Without the park bringing in revenue, how long will they still be able to do that?

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/sheryl-sandberg-lean-lead-disney-article-1.2588895 There's a push for Sandberg, I can see the need for tech knowledge, almost everything media wise is now digital, and there's a push to make some of the tech public as a " grow your own cartoon" option, but she would need a passel of flunkies to handle the media end, such TV, publicity, etc..

Yes- he was looking ahead, and seemed alert. You are right. Now I am as stymied as you are.

Oh that poor man. I have a soft spot for park train engineers. I wonder if it could have been a medical emergency on the engineer's part?

My first thought was, "turn on the fan." I work nights, the next door neighbors bark all day, and during summer there is band camp two blocks from me. I just turn on the fan for white noise to drown it out. The dogs are one thing, especially if one has low self esteemed, touch, defensive neighbors, but I kinda like the band camp. It's like having a little piece of New Orleans in my life- they play a lot of jazz. The screams come at regular intervals on the ride; I'd think after a while, it would fade into the background noise of life.

I read that site, too. It was the day before this that I had mentioned to my niece that in my mind, the most dangerous amusement rides were inflatables. They didn't believe me at first. There are so many documented accidents with these attractions, and so many documented, I'm chagrined that the same accidents keep happening over and over.

Yes. There's so many tie-ins between merch and park at Disney. It's a great big machine with many mouse eared cogs.

Bkroz, Thank you so much. The Pov is difficult for me to figure out the ride itself. Those photos really help.

Or the ever present scene of going through the air vent or walking through the 10'x10' sewers that we see only in movies.

And don't forget possible animatronics. The hall of the collector would be boss, except I'd have to again explain the phenomena of Howard the Duck.

I understand you completely. I have a madness towards Bill Tracy dark rides, and there are so few of them left.I loved the look and feel and zaniness of them. I must say in retrospect, and in remembering, a Tracy dark ride wouldn't work today. We know too much. Refitting a ride over building a new ride might be a simple case of dollar in vs. dollar out. Building in a theme park, I would think, is a lot tougher logistically than regular construction. At KI, people were sent a comb, and viola, there's this beautiful roller coaster where a matchstick pile was stood, but we watched here in this forum the path to that- the tearing down of the SOB, (though we didn't see the behind the scenes budget and paperwork and catering to laws), We didn't see the meetings where the logistics of this new coaster were disussed- it had to fit a certain space, it had to comply with standards and laws, a crew to build it, paychecks, negotiations, etc.. The list of dogwork goes on. Theme parks have a finite space. Besides, what will make me, the customer, go to Disney? What will make me look at that saved dough I have and think, "This will be worth it?" I'll not joke, I love Marvel movies. Besides the fact that my husband and I get introduced at parties as "Rocket and Groot", I love GOTG. If I had a kid, I'd more likely spend that cash I'd been so stingy about on making a memory for that kid... Who would probably identify with a ride themed after GOtG than a show designed to be watched after Matlock.

I looked at the POV video, and can definately see a possible GOTG refit. With some boss music and Chris Pratt smarting off, it could freshen up. We're getting older, and these new people keep getting born, and from my experience, they switch the channel when Twilight Zone comes on. It was a great show back in the day, but really, who sits theough those marathons now. A sequel to GOTG is coming up, and Rocket is Beroved Helo to many chirrun.

I'd like to see an orca up close, but I won't take a boat to do it. That's like wanting to see the Pope and barging into his bathroom to do so.

I surmised that going after the small amount of orcas would open the door for PETA to campaign for the release of rest of the animals. For some, it is never enough until they knock on my door to take my deaf 10 year old rescue dog and dump it on the Scottish Moors. I belong to a club. When I go to a meeting, I arrive surly, say I'm tired, snap and bark at everyone until the meeting is over, and Certain People leave. Then I can be myself. Why? Because there are always people that ask for more, and are never satisfied. Thrill Biscuit will tell you, once an artist does one logo as a favor, there are people will always ask, then demand, more. Once you refuse, you are The Villian. Yes. You become Kurt Douglas. I don't give The Entitled the excuse to 'catch me in a good mood' to mooch freebies from me. I can't give one thing, because then they will ask for a hundred more things PETA was never going to be satisfied with a mere 30 orcas. The orcas were never really the prime target. They were just one step to a bigger agenda. Control. Added: I still want a stuffed toy Shamu.

I recall going to the Cincinnati premiere of the Gene Wilder movie, and I recall getting the chocolate bar. I saved the wrapper from long ago, but I can't say if I still have it. My aunt worked for a radio station, and we got tickets to premieres in Cincinnati because we were the only nieces/nephew who could stay in our seats and answer questions afterwards. i don't see me falling down twice and skinning both knees in my reckless rush to experience this eatery. Even though I was disappointed when the Wonka brand veered away from chocolate and into dextrose hard candy, I really don't like choclate.

You get a double "like" from me on that.I also like that there is a good eyeline across the area. I can take in a good amount of Planet Snoopy from where I stand, which is important when there is more than one kid. And yes, my desire for Tower Gardens to be grand again clouded my judgement on the location of the New Lost Parents. Of course it would be where the parent would likley to get lost. (I just see that blank area by the Eiffel Tower and wish otherwise.)

When reading, my first thought was at Tower Gardens, but I've not seen construction one going on in The Forbidden Zone. This is a great improvement. Any patron that had with them a passle of kids wil be grateful.

I miss news stories that just gave me the W's and the H. From what I understand, He was the last wild whale? The rest were hatcheried? Honestly, I didn't read the whole article. Just the headline and skimmed the rest. The discerning public will read less than that -only to the headline- and forward it to the Court of Public Opinion. Couldn't tell you if he was the last one brought in from the wild... I assume they've had some "rescue" whales brought in but really have no clue. Anymore, that's all a person can mentally digest is the headline- I don't blame you.

I miss news stories that just gave me the W's and the H. From what I understand, He was the last wild whale? The rest were hatcheried?

I'm used to poor hygiene as I work in a prison, but man did I feel like I got stuck behind every stinky person at the park last season. Ironically, I show a hygiene film from the 80's in my classes. Super cheesy and unfortunately ineffective as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Along the lines of the "Mister Bungles" PSA that they showed on HBO's Peewee's Playhouse, no doubt. The conundrum of stink is that those that stink are used to it.