Parks Game...taken to the next level??

[madonna31]

...hopefully it will get here soon...it said it offered a comprehensive history of WDW...that could be a good fact-checking resource

AND a good resourse for Higgs to get us with *new*questions on the Parks Game board...I see some Shacky's heading his way...

 

[Higgs22]

Originally posted by madonna31


AND a good resourse for Higgs to get us with *new*questions on the Parks Game board...I see some Shacky's heading his way...

LOL...That's a good point Madonna.....it would be useful for filling the trophy case with Shackys...

 

[Distriv]

Higgs, hows the intro. coming?

 

[Higgs22]

Distriv...it is coming slow...I have been busy at work, and haven't had the time I would like to do it....Now that summer is over, I will have more time to dedicate to it....

And I am waiting for a WDWNews CD-ROM from WDW Publicity...I should have it this week

 

[mrsapalm]

Just a reminder about sending me bios... you can include as little or as much about yourself as you choose. If there's anything that I see missing or have a question about, I'll contact the person individually to verify... and perhaps I could send a copy of my draft to each individual for final approval before putting all of them out for us to see.
Great progress while I was gone... I was wondering about it this past weekend, glad to see we're still full-steam ahead. Thanks to everyone who's making extra special efforts to see this become a reality!
-MrsAPalm

 

[madonna31]

mrsapalm - what *kind* of biography are you looking for?

Is it possible that someone could PM me their's so that I can get an idea of what others are putting?

Thanks!

 

[Racerjay]

Hey everyone, just wanted to drop an update on you.
i have been going through part 2 and saving the posts. now that i have a system down it isnt too bad. so far i'm through a little over 100 of the pages. problem is i'm losing ground.
I still need to go through it and get some of the 'fluff' out of it to shrink it down to a more manageable size.

I havent caught up on this thread yet so i'm not sure whats going on. Someone let me know if you think i'm on the wrong track.
if not, i will continue to rock along.

 

[mrsapalm]

Just to catch up... I'm still collecting biographies from everyone. Include your username, real name, and whatever interesting information you want. You can PM me or email me - whatever your preference. I won't include any info that you don't want included.
-MrsAPalm

 

[Higgs22]

Sounds like the project is coming along slowly but surely...

now if i just could find some time to write some stuff..we'd be in good shape

 

[wdwoldtimer]

Hi folks! I just stumbled on this thread.

It's nice to see you guys doing something more with the spirit of the thread. I have a couple comments off the top of my head, if y'all don't mind. Pardon me if you've already talked about it, I didn't read through the whole thread.

Are you aware that there is a website dedicated entirely to park trivia? I ran into it last week while trying to verify one of my questions. In fact, LOL, I think some players on the thread have borrowed some of the questions I saw there....verbatim. The site is here:

www.wdwtrivia.com

Distriv, this isn't your site, is it? I thought I saw an email or host named "distriv" associated with them. OF course...it's a pretty common name to use if you're into Disney Trivia lol. Anyway this site's existence is something to be aware of for good or bad.

Also, if you DO include questions directly from the thread, you might want to carefully verify the answers we've all provided. I'm pretty sure there's a percentage that are just flat out wrong. Even one's that were pulled from other sources on the net. More than once I've seen incorrect information out there. And I've also noticed that many of the sites "borrow" their facts from each other and have seen the same wrong information propagate across several of them.

You might want to consider bolstering some of the good questions from the thread with ones you derive first hand during park visits etc. It might even be cool for you guys to schedule a group trip for some question finding. eh?

Did you also know that Disney has their own series of trivia books? I have the first one, that deals mostly with Disney movies and characters, but there are "park" sections. I think they have published a few more since then and I bet the park sections have grown. So for one things, I would play the "we want to publish a Trivia Book" down, when talking with Disney. You don't want 'em getting nervous dat you're trying to steal their bidness. Also Disney actually has a couple ppl (and probably a whole department of ppl) they call "archivists" that have access to tons of facts, figures, dates and stuff. I know there was a guy...umm...Dave something (he's the author of the trivia books) who would regularly answer trivia sent into him in the Disney Magazine. This could also be a source of some info.

Also have you considered doing periodical publications instead of one big book? I guess it all depends on how you want to target your audience.

umm...one last thought....don't pass of the easy softballs as not worth including in the book. I think they are often more enjoyable for the audence and more fun to for people to try to verify on a trip than the "how many lbs of concrete were used to build the section of World Showcase between France and Morocco"....if you know what I mean.

Anyway, it's nice to see you guys taking the thread to the next level!! I just wanted to throw in my thoughts.

Good Luck CCers!!

 

[Distriv]

How do you do it, OT!? You sniff out all of my sources! I'm watching you...... (and no it is not my site but I have contributed)

 

[mrsapalm]

Thanks for the input OT. After all, you are the Master of the Domain. Would you include yourself in a "fact-finding mission" trip, should one be planned?
-MrsAPalm

 

[MickeyBabe]

Oh...Oh....Field Trip..... Love it!!!!!!

 

[Distriv]

Hows is everything going? I havent been here in a while so I was just wondering.

 

[mrsapalm]

Distriv - I was wondering the same thing recently. Thanks for bringing this back up... hope things are well on your end. Maybe we'll get this finished by 2005.
I know I've been so busy once I got rolling into the fall season, but it'll be slowing down a bit in the next two months, then pick back up until summer. But I guess it's that way for a lot of working warriors. Darn work... why does it always have to get in the way of the fun stuff in life?
Blah blah blah, chatter chatter chatter... can you tell I'm taking my 15 minutes of free break time right now?
-MrsAPalm

 

[Distriv]

Is anyone here anymore or do I have the thread to myself?

 

[mrsapalm]

I think my 2005 prediction still stands! Hi Distriv!
-MrsAPalm

 

[Higgs22]

Hey Distriv…

I’m still here…the project has been delayed for a little while I guess…life got in the way…but I am still interested…maybe I’ll get back to work…

 

[Higgs22]

Hey...this thread is still around...cool

Anyway...now that I am looking for a job...I was thinking about trying to revive this long-dormant project...what do you think?

 

[Distriv]

Hye Higgs, I still think this would be a great project.