DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

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Re: DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

Post by Wizzard419 » Jan Sat 07, 2012 2:10 pm

Yeah, all the IP violators have been excited and miffed about the change (those miffed are mad that they now have out of date copies).

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Re: DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

Post by elizabethswann » Jan Mon 09, 2012 5:00 pm

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

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Re: DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

Post by Wizzard419 » Jan Mon 09, 2012 6:43 pm

It gets the hose, full blast this time.

Now I see why they did not open the new place until now, they wanted to not miss out on sales by having an entire "block" closed.

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Re: DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

Post by elizabethswann » Jan Wed 11, 2012 7:39 pm

http://travel.usatoday.com/alliance/des ... e/601272/1

Mad T Party to replace ElecTRONica at Disney California Adventure.

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Re: DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

Post by Amy » Jan Wed 11, 2012 7:54 pm

elizabethswann wrote:http://travel.usatoday.com/alliance/des ... e/601272/1

Mad T Party to replace ElecTRONica at Disney California Adventure.
I'm giving you a big fluffy white towel with which you may dry yourself off after that naughty Wizzard shows up :twisted:

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Re: DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

Post by elizabethswann » Jan Wed 11, 2012 10:31 pm

Ha, thank you! :)

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Re: DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

Post by Wizzard419 » Jan Thu 12, 2012 9:23 pm

Non overhaul related topics get fire...

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Re: DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

Post by mindflipper » Jan Thu 12, 2012 9:39 pm

So would it be fair to say that the report card on the DCA overhaul so far would be:

World of Color +1
Little Mermiad -1
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Re: DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

Post by Wizzard419 » Jan Sat 14, 2012 5:27 pm

Didn't this topic start back before anything had really begun? Since Toy Story Mania is a +1 if not more since it was a creative application, though a little poor in execution since it takes forever to get on.

The theme changes to the rides Sun wheel -.5 (since I liked the old design better), the swings +.5, the crazy mouse +.5, +1 for the overhaul of the dining to fit in better, and removal of the maliboomer +.25 (since it was progress but not replaced with anything).

I also think Little Mermaid deserve more than -1 since it's the same as getting a bad gift in a pretty package.

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Re: DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

Post by garyman » Jan Sat 14, 2012 6:44 pm

I would give redwood Challenge +0.5 it is actually kind of fun. smaller kids can zip line go through trees. It is not a thrill ride but a definite improvement over tha old thing that was there.

Looking forward to Cars Land and Soarin over the World when it get released.

The walkway through Bugsland was also a good improvement for the park.

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Re: DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

Post by Amy » Jan Sat 14, 2012 7:11 pm

garyman wrote:I would give redwood Challenge +0.5 it is actually kind of fun. smaller kids can zip line go through trees. It is not a thrill ride but a definite improvement over tha old thing that was there.

Looking forward to Cars Land and Soarin over the World when it get released.

The walkway through Bugsland was also a good improvement for the park.

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I would agree that the walkway helps traffic flow through the park. I must have missed something somewhere along the line though ~ are they changing Soarin' in California to a more worldly theme? That would be excellent!

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Re: DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

Post by Wizzard419 » Jan Sat 14, 2012 9:03 pm

I forgot that redwood did a re-re-theme recently (if I recall it had no movie tie at first, then brother bear, and now Up).

The opening to ToT is good but it's kind of a wash since they pretty much just opened a gate. It neither harms nor helps, other than if you want to go from other areas of the park to there faster.

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Re: DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

Post by elizabethswann » Jan Mon 16, 2012 4:17 am

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

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Re: DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

Post by Wizzard419 » Jan Mon 16, 2012 12:46 pm

No hose today, since that would be against the spirit of the holiday, so go roll around in the rain outside or something.

They are going to regret all that copper in about... 3 weeks or so. Possibly longer. One big pain with those is that the oxide/patina isn't just on the copper, some of it will spread to the wall and you get this greenish drip thing all over.

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Re: DCA Gets A Worthy Overhaul Budget

Post by Wizzard419 » Jan Wed 18, 2012 11:44 pm

So I was there for lunch today, I noticed that Sleeping Beauty Castle appears to have some kind of saftey railing on the outside. Is that new or has that been there (it's silver colored and has scroll work on it)?

I also notice that they are reverse-aging condor flats as they were putting a fresh coat of paint over the intentionally rusted/weathered earth barriers and are possibly going to paint the name in new paint as well since they were painting around the letters.

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