DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

[Amy]

I've been at Six Flags Magic Mountain all day so I'm late with this!

http://micechat.com/blogs/dateline-disn ... -more.html

Latest update from Micechat: Goofy takes flight, Wilderness Exploring, Fourth of Color, Carthay construction, etc.

Six Flags?!
Hopefully I can see this latest update, my links have been hit or miss lately....

[mindflipper]

I've been at Six Flags Magic Mountain all day so I'm late with this!

Six Flags?!

Yes, there are other theme parks besides Disney and people can go to them...

[Wizzard419]

Six flags has been on an odd weight loss kick as of late, the recent big announcements/openings have been refurbishments of existing rides where they replaced the cars with lighter versions and possibly other small changes.

[mindflipper]

Six flags has been on an odd weight loss kick as of late, the recent big announcements/openings have been refurbishments of existing rides where they replaced the cars with lighter versions and possibly other small changes.

Trying to increase speed? Lower the amount of energy/electricity being consumed?

[Amy]

Six flags has been on an odd weight loss kick as of late, the recent big announcements/openings have been refurbishments of existing rides where they replaced the cars with lighter versions and possibly other small changes.

Trying to increase speed? Lower the amount of energy/electricity being consumed?

Allowing them to cram more guests in at once to increase hourly capacity?

[Wizzard419]

None of those actually, if I recall the capacity/speed of all the ones done so far have not changed at all or the speed is so slightly greater you won't notice. The benefit is actually that the rides get less wear and tear.

[Amy]

None of those actually, if I recall the capacity/speed of all the ones done so far have not changed at all or the speed is so slightly greater you won't notice. The benefit is actually that the rides get less wear and tear.

That makes sense, but I would think it would take a while before the cost associated with replacing the ride vehicles translates into a savings from wear and tear!

[Wizzard419]

One of the ones they re-did was X (now X2) which had such terrible reliability it was down for a long time (delaying the official opening by about 6 months as well as a few extended breakdowns).

[mindflipper]

The question is: can the lighter vehicles take the sometimes brutal wear & tear of the visitors/riders?

[Wizzard419]

Theoretically, yes. They were not as commonly used when the rides were opened. I think with X, the problem they had came from the new design of having a 3rd rail to controll the seats (which is probably why there are only 2 in the world). If there isn't as much force required the extra track/mech will not break down as fast.

[Amy]

According to a Budget Travel blurb I got this morning in an email, Disney has 2 of the "Must-Ride Theme Park Attractions"

**STAR TOURS—THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE
Disney's Hollywood Studios, Orlando
**THE LITTLE MERMAID: ARIEL'S UNDERSEA ADVENTURE
Disney California Adventure Park, Anaheim, Calif.

Here is a link to the article...
http://www.budgettravel.com/feature/10- ... newsletter

[Moviemaker137]

I don't know if any of you have Netflix, but there are a few hints and glimmers of what they plan to do with that budget of DCA - and with the inclusion of a Cars themed area, some nifty ideas on a 1920's Boardwalk style Mainstreet, and I even caught a glimpse of a Little Mermaid attraction that they'll be working on in the future for DCA SO if you have Netflix go type in Disney and pull up the behind the scenes documentaries - I swear they feel like the Disney vacation videos and they are sure to make you smile when you begin to imagine what Walt's dream was - which was the idea that imagination never dies and that it's constantly evolving. There's a line from Meet the Robinson's that I absolutely love and cherish and it's "Keep Moving Forward." In every interview I've ever watched of Walt Disney ( and I've watched quite a few ) Walt was always interested in progress. Always pushing forward, but holding on to glimpses of the past as he did so - and so I hope that with this new DCA budget they come in, guns blazing, and give DCA a proper overhaul makeover that will really knock the pants off guys like you and I.

Here's to a Disney Boardwalk! Here's to a Little Mermaid ride that they'd never have been able to accomplish over in Fantasyland! Here's to new ideas, new adventures, and gosh darn it I believe quite possibly a new era for the Disney parks in general. Now if we can only get some of the newer Disney films to reach this calibur of inspiration I'd be set for life... I wonder how much money it would take to nudge them into going back to hand-drawn animation on a regular basis?

MM137

[Wizzard419]

According to a Budget Travel blurb I got this morning in an email, Disney has 2 of the "Must-Ride Theme Park Attractions"

**STAR TOURS—THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE
Disney's Hollywood Studios, Orlando
**THE LITTLE MERMAID: ARIEL'S UNDERSEA ADVENTURE
Disney California Adventure Park, Anaheim, Calif.

Here is a link to the article...
http://www.budgettravel.com/feature/10- ... newsletter

Clearly the writer must have been deprived of oxygen at some point recently.

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Maybe he was in the water too long with Ariel's UNDERSEA Adventure and got the bends when coming back up too quickly...

[Wizzard419]

It's good they are letting him keep his/her job as a writer even though she clearly has severe brain damage.