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Comment on First Toy Soldiers parachutes touch down in the Playland by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:26:31 +0000

The railings on top are there for safety when the workers were attatching the cables, so i think they will come down. It needs alot more themeing for it to look any bit ok! I dont know what they were thinking when they designed Toy Story Playland! I wish they had spent the money on one GOOD ride and not 3 bad ones! and to make things worse its not even going to be open until august!! so disappointing!

Comment on First Toy Soldiers parachutes touch down in the Playland by JJ

JJ — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:59:51 +0000

I think the whole of WDS needs some serious vegetation added to it. The main thing that comes to mind when one is in there is the amount of concrete. If you compare Disney’s Hollywood Studios in WDW one can see how lush it looks with the amount of greenery there.

Comment on First Toy Soldiers parachutes touch down in the Playland by Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:28:57 +0000

Lets hope after all the commotion at DCA John Lasseter and Robert Iger will point their concentration to our slice of the Disney magic here in Europe. The damage from Mike Eisner is still left and we need help!!!!

Comment on First Toy Soldiers parachutes touch down in the Playland by Twiddy

Twiddy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:10:16 +0000

IMO, I think that we should all just hold back and take a deep breath – we don’t know exactly what the Disney team have in mind as the designs are simply that – designs! What we need to do is stop with the negativity and think of some positives as we don’t have a clue what the finished product is going to be like.

Comment on First Toy Soldiers parachutes touch down in the Playland by JelleP

JelleP — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:15:41 +0000

^ I think the Studios need a lot of trees, just like the Disneyland Park. Not only to cover Toy Story Playland, but also in the rest of the park. When you look at the Disneyland Park, you’ll see that trees cover other themes from eachother, so you won’t be ably to see Big Thunder Mountain from Adventureland and the Orbitron from Fantasyland.

Comment on First Toy Soldiers parachutes touch down in the Playland by Boris P

Boris P — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:02:24 +0000

I agree John. I have vented my frustration elsewhere on DLRPtoday blog – more to do with opening date of Toyland. Tower of Terror is hideous, now this!

I appreciate DLRP is a smaller park than in the US, but the latest attractions are so small-scale in terms of ‘Wow-factor’. A series of houses with balloon clusters that rise and fall at some falls – all directly based on UP! would have been nice.

Comment on Playland engulfs Tram Tour, Parachute ropes drop by Boris Platt

Boris Platt — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:54:22 +0000

Now I am truly upset. When I last went to DLP, Pirates of the Caribbean attraction was “Closed for your future enjoyment”, so really frustrated that then meant an increase in the queues for other rides such as Thunder Mountain (so didn’t get to go on that one either).

I had booked with Short Breaks from here in the UK, and at the time of booking the official Disney site stated Summer 2010. Being optimistic, I am travelling mid-Summer and will subsequently miss the opening of the Toy Story Land that was being heavily featured as part of the next gen promotion.

With the launch of the Alice in Wonderland movie, i was expecting improvements to the attractions relative to that, but still the same, lame maze.

So, what’s actually new for me to see in the 4 years since i went last? No doubt by the time i go, thunder mountain will be closed for my future enjoyment too!

Comment on St David ends the Magical Party with a bang by Disneymagique

Disneymagique — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:21:05 +0000

It was very crowded on Saturday with St. David’s day. It began to clear up around 9pm.
I was surprised because there where fireworks just an hour later. I had no problem finding a good spot to film the fireworks.

Next week St Patrick’s Day, I can’t wait!!!

Comment on First Toy Soldiers parachutes touch down in the Playland by John321

John321 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:28:13 +0000

The frightening part is that this ugly tower is probably almost finished. If I look at the concepts, the only thing that’s missing are the horizontal beams connecting those overhanging platforms, but maybe they just omited them in the final design. The pesky railings on top also aren’t in the concept, so there is hope they might remove them too.

Even Jumping Jellyfish in DCA looks better, with at least a minimal level of theming tacked onto it.

They should move over some of those already nicely grown sequoias surrounding Sequoia Lodge and fence off the whole area with it. Something with considerable height is needed to make this disappear.

Comment on First Toy Soldiers parachutes touch down in the Playland by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:33:42 +0000

Is it just me or did it looks every day a little bit cheaper? :)

Comment on St David ends the Magical Party with a bang by Studio1

Studio1 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:51:47 +0000

Yes it’s good to see that mickeys Magical party is over RIP

Comment on St David ends the Magical Party with a bang by GL

GL — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:59:20 +0000

Bye bye castle decorations! You will NOT be missed! :) It’ll be good to have the old castle back!

Comment on Prince Caspian: French Narnia premiere at Gaumont Disney Village by Ann

Ann — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:55:11 +0000

Yeah!!! Im a big fan of Narnia!!!!!!!!!!!!! My favourite movie is Narnia!!!!! I collect Narnia photos and already now I have 478 pictures of Narnia!!!!!!!

Comment on St David ends the Magical Party with a bang by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:37:59 +0000

Thank god it’s gone! something that definatley won’t be missed… It’s great to see the Welsh fetival thingy happening Annually. I’d love to go to the one next year. I don’t think “what a relief” sounds too good in Welsh… “Dyna rhyddhad”, perhaps… “o’r diwedd!” (it’s about time”) works better.

Comment on Playland engulfs Tram Tour, Parachute ropes drop by matt

matt — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:03:38 +0000

tram tour was closed from 28.02.10 due 2 bad weather

Comment on Main Street’s Springtime windows span generations by Joe Soap

Joe Soap — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:48:04 +0000

Too bad the folk who do an incredible job of blending the diverse elements within these displays aren’t in charge of the Walt Disney Studios park asthetics. Lame.

Comment on Playland engulfs Tram Tour, Parachute ropes drop by Randy (ex CM)

Randy (ex CM) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:42:51 +0000

I commented on another issue earlier, but reading this article it reminds me that I really desire an improvement of Tram Tour and Armageddon. Especially in Armageddon it’s the cast inside the mainshow who can make a difference. If you are in the show, but don’t know what you’re about to see (simply cause you weren’t paying attention in the boring mainly french spoken pre-show), you really need funny Cast Members in the mainshow to know where to look.

My team in 2002 were “acting” on the voice of Colonel Andropov, walking around the show towards the spots where the effects were shown. It helps the spectators to see the SFX. Instead of seeing 2 effects and the flame, you see 10 effects, an open corridor where we almost flew into space and 3 flames. The people were thinking 2 things: 1) I’ve seen some cool effects, nice show 2) These guys are crazy, the do bring some magic into this attraction.

There is room for improvement if you look at the current cast in both parks!

Comment on RC Racer adds purple, orange splash to the Studios by Randy (ex CM)

Randy (ex CM) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:32:28 +0000

The critics are understandable in a way, but it’s always easy to talk about problem, instead of solving them. In this time of crisis, after a positive increase of revenues during the 15 years celebration – it’s now a fact that there hardly any money to invest in major attractions. We were lucky to obtain a coaster such as Crush and to get the Tower of Terror, but if you have no money to spend, this Toy Story theme is the best you can get sofar. It’s easy to compare those attractions with Six Flags, but these attractions you also find already in other Disney themeparks. Also in the amazing big financial moneymaker Walt Disney World you find such a part in the park (a Bug’s Life). An not to mention that the Rock ‘n Rollercoaster was already excisting in Six Flags Holland way before the Disney version came in Florida.

Spalsh Mountain is nice, but only fun in hot springs and warm summers. It’s an attraction which you have to shut down in winter. Even in rain it’s crap. Soarin is to expensive for the moment. Mission Space would be cool, a blockbuster, but it has major difficulties to operate properly. You have all wonderful ideas how it should be, but you are sometimes far from the reality how it can be, with the money there is (n’t).

Maybe it’s a good reason not to come for a while…to be suprised and amazed when a major attractions can finally be provided by external investors. Until then…enjoy the attractions you’ll find.

First necessary investment: staff who can bring back the magic!

Comment on Playland engulfs Tram Tour, Parachute ropes drop by J4son

J4son — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:58:53 +0000

When we last went on the Studio Tram Tour in August 09, the water, fire + truck falling effects failed to work in Catastrophe Canyon!

Comment on RC Racer adds purple, orange splash to the Studios by Joe Soap

Joe Soap — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:38:37 +0000

It makes me sad. Asthetics should come first. It’s supposed to be immersive.It’s been a while since I saw a track poking out of the Hollywood Hills. Lame.