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i think it would be stupid to buy all of Cedar Fair--but I do have some advice for the Disney execs: pick and choose. For instance, in our area of the country (Minneapolis) we have two Cedar Fair parks: Valleyfair and The park at Mall of America. I think that it would be stupid to purchase...

Amen!! I also read somewhere that Disney was not expecting this to be a huge opening because of being sandwiched in between Die Hard and Transformers. They were planning on it being more slow and steady over the summer as people get the word of mouth and are looking for something for the whole...

I hope you are right, except it gives me less time to save $$ to purchase DVC contemporary points!! :goodvibes

Excellent point--almost every postponed project and problem with the expansion and maintenance of WDW is somehow related to the blow that 9/11 dealt the resort. I don't see them sitting with that vacant lot longer than they feel they have to. However, it should be noted that I said that they...

If this is going to be a regular hotel addition, they would/should put it up right away for all of the reasons you have given. But if it's part of DVC, they will want to control the market so that they don't have too many properties out there for sale. If you can generate demand by decreasing...

Just curious crazy4WDW, what's your source for that information?

My guess is that they are just preparing the land for future development. It looks like they are adding storm/sewer drainage, and they will leave it at that for awhile. I am sure we will not get any official word until the AKV's are close to sold out. right now they are not even close to...

The Israeli/Palestinian conflict has been going on for 60 years in it's modern form, and thousands of years before that. I don't think that we are going to solve it on this board. The fact is that there are some very smart people who know Arabic and would disagree with your assumption...

Call it whatever you like. My attack was against an ideology, not a race. There are many people in palestine who are peace-loving muslims and christians--I get this. Hamas uses a fear of the excesses of Western/American culture as a front to sway people to their side. I happen to think they...

Not to mention a U.S. Cultural Icon (representing infidels everywhere). There is something ironic about using Mickey Mouse to help get kids to pick up a weapon and kill the unholy westerners. Kind of like using a scantily clad female porn star dancing around a pole to promote chastity and...

Pressler did wonders for expanding the stores, but that, in essence, was part of the problem. The stores were no longer unique. They were not a destination, but a nice store in the mall. Granted, the big TDS problems were not a Pressler creation, but his era set in motion the problems...

I had posted these quotations on another thread, but they certainly seem appropriate here: "It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment." "We did...

I agree with you to a point. I would like to put in a plug for AK, however. Yes, it was built with less attractions, but as far as sparing expense goes I would disagree. AK is arguably the most lush and ambitious concept in theme parks in a long time. I have no problem with the fact that the...

To quote Dr Seuss: "if I ran the zoo. . . " I would first bring the rest of the parks up to the same quality as Tokyo Disney Sea. . . . and THEN think about adding a 5th gate. Each park has it's "issues" right now. I think if they invest the amount of money into the existing parks as a new...

HH: I know you are just calling it like you see it, so I am not upset with you. I I am upset with the fact that this is now the Disney philosophy. Hopefully someone at Corporate will adopt this old, antiquated, obtuse business philosophy: "It's no secret that we were sticking just...

I agree here. When I first read about the concept for the renovation, I immediately thought that they were trying to revive the themes that existed in the original "Horizons" attraction. It makes sense to me to work those into EPCOT's iconic centerpiece. The concept of future innovations in...

I have seen the video on youtube, and I think it is an improvement. I must admit, however, that I was never impressed with the original. The thing about it that makes sense to me is that the original film--3Cabelleros--was made as a more-or-less "educational" film to honor Mexico and South...

He was talking about the Wonderful World of Disney produciton of the Musical--with Whitney Houston.

You are absolutely right. I think management threw away the baby with the bath water with Disney Feature animation. I also think MTR is a step in the right direction, more pixar than DFA. I, too, think it was poorly marketed. You said it much better than I did. It will be interesting to see...

Now that I see my quote standing alone, It may have been poorly written I think maybe you misunderstood what I was saying. I didn't mean that WDW animation should be creating the same old recycled stuff that we have been seeing lately. I meant that by focusing on quality, originality...