The Official Spring/Spring Advantage 2010 Thread!

[CursedCarolers]

Just because we're having a lighthearted debate using quotes and facts to support our theories and opinions does not mean we do not have friends, nor are we obsessed with ourselves. It's a Disney board. I bet a lot of people, spent a lot of time reading books about the Disney company and Walt himself. Nothing struck me as know it all. It's a hobby and a passion.

Cheepono, the person was referring to the fact that Paradise Pier at DCA is basically what Walt described as the antithesis of what he wanted the conception of Disneyland to be like. Nobody said anything about getting away from California.

Jazstar, Congrats! but I don't see the need to be rude to Toffy. Not very Disney-like.

and Toffy, you do come off as somewhat condescending the last post of yours. You probably didn't mean it personally but I bet that's why they're coming down on you.

At any rate, this thread was the wrong place for this discussion anyway. Sorry for starting it.

 

[Disney_Princess_89]

At any rate, this thread was the wrong place for this discussion anyway. Sorry for starting it.

you have nothing to apologize for- I was the one who responded to Toffy and that started the whole debate- so I'm sorry

 

[sosmember]

At any rate, this thread was the wrong place for this discussion anyway. Sorry for starting it.

you have nothing to apologize for- I was the one who responded to Toffy and that started the whole debate- so I'm sorry

cheepono-Yeah, sorry about that. Wrong place wrong time. Like Carolers said, I didn't mean to sound like a know-it-all or whatever. I was just giving my opinion, but it was off-topic so sorry if it offended you.

Anyway, on topic. Elenadc-My family is from FL but we moved to OH when I was young. We have made the trip down and back several times a year, about 1000mi each way. In recent years we have been doing the drive straight 16hrs, but when I was younger we would usually do it over 2 days. It always worked out best to pick a place to stay on the way down for all the reasons everyone else has stated. It only messed us up a few times. Once we just had trouble finding a place with room but not for long (tourist season), and another because we stopped in Georgia (first mistake haha) and there happened to be a humongous convention in Atlanta and all the hotels within a 20mi radius of the city were booked solid. You will be going in an off time and that convention was a freak thing, you should be fine. Good luck.

jazstar87- Congratulations on being accepted! Still, what you said to Toffy was a little cold. Please take it easy.

Good luck to everyone else waiting!

 

[ZoeDisney]

Thank goodness, I'm so glad you guys made peace. Disney = Love

anyway, can I just ask a quick question and then we can stop this? sorry to stay off topic, but I'm wondering, why in the heck did they take off the Mickey Mouse from California Screamin' at DCA? I know they wanted to transform it into some more Cali-esque thing, but why take away Mickey???

 

[MaryPoppins86]

Thank goodness, I'm so glad you guys made peace. Disney = Love

anyway, can I just ask a quick question and then we can stop this? sorry to stay off topic, but I'm wondering, why in the heck did they take off the Mickey Mouse from California Screamin' at DCA? I know they wanted to transform it into some more Cali-esque thing, but why take away Mickey???

they took off the mickey on california screaming?

 

[ZoeDisney]

they took off the mickey on california screaming?

This is what it used to look like http://www.coastergallery.com/2005/CaliforniaScreamin7.jpg ...as you can see in my signature


and this is what it looks like now http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/parks/attractions/detail?name=CaliforniaScreaminAttractionPage

 

[ZoeDisney]

ooohh wait they just switched things around

http://s3.amazonaws.com/bk_store/images/photo_object/photos/4/5/4506801/img006-feed.jpg they replaced the sun on the ferris wheel with Mickey, so Mickey is still around! my bad I don't know anything, I'm an east coaster sorry

I still kinda like the old way better, especially at night http://www.fanartreview.com/farusr/33299/1307029California_Adventure_2_625.jpg


but anyway here's the full picture as it is today http://www.mouseplanet.info/gallery/d/87612-1/5_09_DCA_00096.jpg

 

[sosmember]

ooohh wait they just switched things around

they replaced the sun on the ferris wheel with Mickey, so Mickey is still around! my bad I don't know anything, I'm an east coaster sorry

I still kinda like the old way better, especially at night


but anyway here's the full picture as it is today [/URL]

The reason Disney gave was because they were putting Mickey on the ferris wheel and they didn't want the skyline/view of this portion of the park to be dominated by too much Mickey. I still don't know why they did the switch in the first place though. Mickey looked pretty cool with a looping coaster around him IMO.

 

[Sorahana]

you find out your exact work location when start your cp, i believe during traditions. as for how much you'll be making, that info would be in the acceptance letter.

This has actually changed. On day one or two you find out your work location when you're taken to casting.

Good luck to everyone still waiting to hear!!

 

[jazstar87]

Since when did we play nice? I guess, nobody truly read into what people say...

I guess, here down the rabbit hole I go.... at least, I will have some tea...

 

[jazstar87]

very interesting thread in deed....

 

[Disney_Princess_89]

I agree jazstar87!

 

[MaryPoppins86]

ooohh wait they just switched things around

http://s3.amazonaws.com/bk_store/images/photo_object/photos/4/5/4506801/img006-feed.jpg they replaced the sun on the ferris wheel with Mickey, so Mickey is still around! my bad I don't know anything, I'm an east coaster sorry

I still kinda like the old way better, especially at night http://www.fanartreview.com/farusr/33299/1307029California_Adventure_2_625.jpg


but anyway here's the full picture as it is today http://www.mouseplanet.info/gallery/d/87612-1/5_09_DCA_00096.jpg

The reason Disney gave was because they were putting Mickey on the ferris wheel and they didn't want the skyline/view of this portion of the park to be dominated by too much Mickey. I still don't know why they did the switch in the first place though. Mickey looked pretty cool with a looping coaster around him IMO.

i agree. although it looks nice. i still really liked it when they had mickey on california screanin'. i don't know, but there was just something about watching that coaster loop inside mickey's head.

 

[NotSoLittleAviator]

My vote would have to go to Walt Disney World as well. Yes it is not the original and it is not EXACTLY what Walt had in mind but Walt himself said that it would not only be bigger but BETTER than Disneyland. Walt felt that he fell short of his own expectations in regards to Disneyland. That is why he created Walt Disney World. For me there really is no debate here. IMHO i believe Walt would be more proud of WDW than DL.

 

[CursedCarolers]

I hate to tell you this, but if it's the over-analytical, "know it all" tendency of Disney fans that's getting to you, you're in for a ride. I'm not a fan of it all myself, but that's life with Disney. You'll hear it from CMs, APs, random guests, people who think they know everything about Disney, exactly what Walt would have wanted (to exacting detail, most of the time), and what needs to be done to "perfect" whatever park they happen to be in.

I do think it's a bit overdone myself, especially the people who say that Walt wouldn't have wanted whatever change is being proposed. Walt, the innovator, the one who said that Disneyland would never been finished as long as imagination existed, would be opposed to just about every change in feature animation, parks, etc? Come now. But, hey, that's just my opinion.

There are a lot of people who aren't like that (most, I'd say), and people on the opposite end (who know jack squat about Disney; frustrating with fellow cast, let me tell you), of course. But you'll have to deal with the fact that people feel very passionate about Disney and will go on and on about how x is a disgrace and how y park does it better and how z character should be out and on and on. It's a fact of life with the Mouse.

I'd say a lot of that is true. Different strokes for different folks.

I like to do the "What could make this park perfect?" kind of thing. Do you have a favorite sports team? Do you ever think of who they would need/what they would need to change to win the Championship and make your dreams come true? As people who put thousands of dollars into the company, generally we tend to have opinions on how it could be better.

As for putting words into Walt's mouth...I think that can get a bit overboard but it's not always without basis. 1. It's a huge company that's named after him and is (in large part) based on his creative work. 2. He was a man with a lot of dreams and a lot of outlets for expressing himself. We have a lot more to go by than any other artist throughout history. Narrating Walt's exact thoughts is a little strange, though.

I didn't know I was doing something wrong by all of this. I can't talk like this with my friends in real life, I thought I was in good company doing it here on a Disney discussion board.

 

[DOasDREAMERSdo]

I didn't know I was doing something wrong by all of this. I can't talk like this with my friends in real life, I thought I was in good company doing it here on a Disney discussion board.

I really hate to get involved, but could everyone just agree to disagree? :]

One of the great things about the DIS Boards is that there's hundreds of people who come from different places, are different ages, etc. but we all love DISNEY! Whether someone loves DL more than WDW or Wall-E more than Finding Nemo or whatever shouldn't matter..because they're all under the umbrella of a Company that I think we can all agree on makes some pretty amazing stuff

 

[sosmember]

Hey, just checking to see if any CS hopefuls have been accepted or if anyone has heard of any being accepted yet for spring 2010. It's been a little over 3 weeks for me and was told 2-4 weeks blah blah blah... you know the story. I'm not really worried that I haven't heard anything back since it seems like they haven't started accepting CS people yet at all. Just checking to see if that is the case. Thanks for any help.

cheepono- It appears that you only made your account so that you could be rude and hateful. If you want to be civil and take part in this thread I'm sure we would all welcome your participation. Otherwise, I will personally be ignoring your posts from here on and I suggest everyone else do the same.

 

[Salukfan]

I didn't know I was doing something wrong by all of this. I can't talk like this with my friends in real life, I thought I was in good company doing it here on a Disney discussion board.

Oh, I didn't mean to come off that way, if I did! I assure you, I've spent many a long night up with friends, discussing ways to implement the Kim Possible World Showcase game (failing at the exact name here ) at the American Adventure, and having long, analytical conversations about what the High School Musical character will be doing in fifteen years. I love all that stuff and spend much of my time doing it.

I tend to take issue with the people who are not theorizing, but are RIGHT and everyone else is WRONG and yeah. I have no issues whatsoever with discuss and theory, just lectures from people who know a lot of information, but take that as a license to lecture about all things Disney. Of course I can be as much as an elitist as the next person on certain topics (don't get me started on the Disney Princess collection!), but certain topics and attitudes hit my nerves like crazy.

Pardon me if that sounded ranty and/or long-winded, I do have a tendency to post a novel when I should be writing haikus.

 

[Sorahana]

cheepono- It appears that you only made your account so that you could be rude and hateful. If you want to be civil and take part in this thread I'm sure we would all welcome your participation. Otherwise, I will personally be ignoring your posts from here on and I suggest everyone else do the same.

Or we can hit the "report" button on their posts, that would help us alleviate the problem as well =).

I would get back on topic about the CP/CS and not debate that's not what the thread is for. Everyone be friends and chat nicely !!

 

[krisTXyn]

and by the way, I got accepted for Merch for SA 2010, and leaving on Jan 20th

congrats!!
i arrive jan 20th also