Jennifer815
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- May 4, 2002
Before Tutto Italia, there was......
I am still SO bitter they left. Have not set foot in a restaurant in the Italy pavilion since.
Before Tutto Italia, there was......
I must say that I miss Bill and Sherry.
Bill: Let's do some environmental tests. Put up 2, 5, and 7.
Sherry: Seven?
Bill: Yeah, seven.
Sherry: OK.
Bill: After that, we're gonna subject your vehicle to some extremes in temperature as well as corrosive conditions to see how it handles nature's worst. And finally, we'll take you out for some handling runs.
Sherry: Off road or cornering?
Bill: Let's do the cornering. Um, I'm gonna send you through some hairpin turns and then we'll take you out and do the high speed loops. And depending on how your vehicle and you hold up, ah, we'll even throw a few surprise tests in there.
Sherry: Surprise tests?
Bill: Yeah, pick one.
You guys remember VMK?
And what I can't figure out is why Disney does not market more aggressively the "retro" side of WDW. If they sold new versions of old logo merchandise, it would be huge. Stuff like this:
There were characters. We went on all 3 ships. The first 2 years the characters were Disney characters. On the last cruise the characters were Bugs and Daffy Duck. The ships were not big. The Majestic was tiny..we didn't have a balcony or even a TV in the room. I remember the food as being delicious.By today's standards the ship was obviously pretty underwhelming, but for its time it wasn't a bad ship -I believe it(or at least one of them) was the original Love Boat. When I went on it they were pretty clear that it was a "partnership" and Disney's name wasn't on it, nor was it advertised as such. I don't even think they had characters on board ...but I can't be sure it was SOOOO along ago! But obviously Disney didn't like the lack of control and I'm sure they looked at the financial side and saw bigger opportunity running their own ships ...in addition to improving the whole experience. I haven't been on a cruise since -which is somewhat hard to believe thinking about it now.
Yeah, baby! I don't think the new "outer space" ornamentation Disney added to Tomorrowland has much relevancy. I liked the original twin waterfalls on either side of the bridge. And the retro '60s look is sort-of appealing -- looks like George Jetson's world.Original Entrance to TomorrowlandView attachment 79947
And what I can't figure out is why Disney does not market more aggressively the "retro" side of WDW. If they sold new versions of old logo merchandise, it would be huge. Stuff like this:
Great picture of River Country! Also in your pic, the Contemporary Resort without the out-of-place, over-size BLT next door.I might have missed this one but I wanted to make sure that Disney's original water park was featured. This was a great place.
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