"Couples Welcome"

[Landsknecht]

only we turn talk of strip joints to talk of disney world lmao.

only time i've actually been was world in 82, two months after i was born.

Kind of like when some scadian friends and I were watching "Flesh and Blood".
During the bathtub scene one of the group observed that. You know you're a Scadian when watching a young Rutgur Hauer and a 17yo Jennifer Jason Leigh with "full frontal nudity", you're talking about HOW THE TUB IS HEATED!

[IK the Troll]

[QUOTE=Leffy;44761]only we turn talk of strip joints to talk of disney world lmao.[QUOTE]

Wow! This thread's just like Times Square!

[Leffy]

only we turn talk of strip joints to talk of disney world lmao.

only time i've actually been was world in 82, two months after i was born.

[Mike Taylor]

I haven't been to Walt Disney World since 1971. I was only a few months old when it opened.

[KiaKat]

My first time to EPCOT, my mom was pregnant with my little sister, and I was a toddler.

The park had been open for less than 6 months.

I *loved* it. Mom says, to this day, how shocked she was that I preferred EPCOT over the Magic Kingdom.

[RazorJAK]

Before last year, the last time I had been to Disneyworld was BEFORE Epcot was built. It was still in the planning stages.

I loved it.

Though the Animal Kingdom was the park area we went to twice. :-)

[Evandril]

That's the one park I've been the longest since visiting, good to know it's still as impressive as ever

[Nimue]

I was there in November, nothing seemed broken, but there were long lines due to it being Thanksgiving holiday. As far as I could see there was plenty educational about The Land (even though we were never able to get on the hang gliding ride because the line was always more than a two hour wait), the Living Seas (with lots of Nemo stuff, including Turtle Talk with Crush with my kids adored), Journey into the Imagination was still there (but it has Eric Idle now, which can never be bad), as well as a few others we didn't get to. I didn't even look twice at the preachy Ellen Degeneres conservation ride for the record. You could apparently rent Segways to get around the park. All of the different countries had activity stations for the kids. And the fireworks show was awesome, even to my sister who had already seen it five times. If anything was tired, it was MGM Studios because they had mostly the same things they had last time we were there. Truthfully, I didn't sense any kind of decrease in the "magic" of the place, but that's just my opinion. Oh, just a note, if anyone plans on staying at a resort, the Wilderness Lodge is lots of fun, both kids got to sleep in a top bunk, and the Beach Club Resort has the best pool evar.

[Evandril]

I know every time I've visited a Disney location, be it World, EPCOT, or Land, I've loved it, and wished I had FAR more time I could spend there.

There are flaws, and if you're looking for perfection, 'tis not going to happen...but I know I visited them all growning up, and with my teenage sons...And I don't see the 'decrease' in the magic, myself...To be honest, it seemed a more impressive place with modern tech being added in, though I missed the Capt. Nemo ride...Poor subs *sniffsniff*

[KiaKat]

I'm just comparing the newer rides to the really old ones. I can still go on the Great Movie Ride in MGM, which hasn't really changed in...well, as long as I can remember, and it's still the same quality.

But the newest rides seem to break down more often. As much as I *adore* Disney, there are some things that need to be changed. It's not the same mystical place it was...even 10 years ago, let alone 20. The magic and mystery should be increasing, not decreasing.

Ah, I'm just blowing smoke. I still love the place. And I always will.

[Sehson]

EPCOT has been changing from day one. Just not in the right direction.

At least Spaceship Earth will be open again when I go this year. It was closed for renovation last year - supposedly they're updating it...

I believe it was open when I was there in January.

Epcots theme is both technology and the global community. They've lost some of the we're going to push technology at you that they originally did becuase it put alot of people off. Now they're incorporating it via stealth/ subliminal aclimation, as to not scare the well monied techno-phobes away.

Yeah, see, that's the thing... It's not really educational anymore. It's more entertainment.

And the educational bits are becoming somewhat broken down. Hell, Test Track doesn't always work correctly, and the Mexico ride is now narrated by the Three Caballeros.

It's still about education you just have to look for it, remember alot of people are actually put off by the education thing so it's a little more stealthy, but it's still there all over the place if you look.

And the rides, well as much as they get used it's expected that they will need overhauls and maintance every so often. Just from an engineering stand point I'd be scared as hell if they didn't.

[KiaKat]

Yeah, see, that's the thing... It's not really educational anymore. It's more entertainment.

And the educational bits are becoming somewhat broken down. Hell, Test Track doesn't always work correctly, and the Mexico ride is now narrated by the Three Caballeros.

[Evandril]

I've only made it there once, but would dearly love to go again. I'm thinking, possibly, Disney knows something about marketing and the like, so I'm willing to trust 'em *shrugs* Getting the American public to go spend lots of money someplace educational is impressive in and of itself

[KiaKat]

EPCOT has been changing from day one. Just not in the right direction.

At least Spaceship Earth will be open again when I go this year. It was closed for renovation last year - supposedly they're updating it...

[Evandril]

Yesh, Figment is a big favorite of mine I dislike the idea of Disney changing EPCOT, but if it's changed and bringing in money, rather than the same and closed, I'm happy. I know Figment had gone away for a while, I'm hoping he shows up more now that he's back...Though people confuse him for Spyro when they see the shirt.