| # | Author | Message |
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| Kar2oonMan
Mon 5/5/2008 11:05a | Toddlers love cabanas.
No, wait. It's bananas they love, not cabanas. And puzghetti. Bananas and puzghetti, and a toddler is in hog heaven. |
42
| Kar2oonMan
Mon 5/5/2008 11:06a | >>Disneyland didn't have baby comfort stations for 50 years either but those ADD to the guest experience<<
Talk about a poo playground... |
43
| Tiggirl
Mon 5/5/2008 11:17a | Does WDW's Pooh Playground have to shut down in the summer afternoon? The playground by Goofy's House in Toontown does. I guess the surfaces they used get too hot in the midday sun.
~Beth |
44
| wahooskipper
Mon 5/5/2008 11:17a | I think is is puhssssssketti at our house! I didn't want to like Pooh Playground...if I can be honest about it. 2oony was critical of it long before I went there with the kids and I really wanted to come back and say..yeah, that was a waste.
But, it did exactly what I believe the intent was. My then 18-month old loved running around in there while the 5 year old was off doing something. I understood 2oony's remarks as I sat there and they certainly could have done more. But, to what end? If they only folks who don't like it are folks without kids or Disney purists then does it justify spending $5 or $10 million as opposed to $1 million?
Some of the "happiest" pictures of my 18 month old taken that day were taken while she was running around somewhat unsupervised (I was there but didn't have to hover over her like I certainly would at TSI) in Pooh's Playground.
Lots of folks could care less about the characters in the parks in any shape or form...but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be there. |
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| Kar2oonMan
Mon 5/5/2008 11:22a | >>2oony was critical of it long before I went there with the kids and I really wanted to come back and say..yeah, that was a waste. <<
T'weren't me -- I've never seen it! |
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| wahooskipper
Mon 5/5/2008 11:25a | Oops, sorry. I've got you confused. Well, someone was telling me about the grave injustice that was the Pooh Playground but it did not make me have a heart attack as apparently it should have. |
47
| plpeters70
Mon 5/5/2008 11:35a | Personally, my only problem with the playground was that they replaced 20K with it. They left the lagoon to rot for years, and when they finally do something with that area, all they do is fill in the lagoon and build a playground.
Plus, this was all around the time that they basically stopped adding new attractions to the MK. Sure, they would still replace old attractions with new ones - like Buzz and Monsters, but the actual additions were things like the Magic Carpets. |
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| wahooskipper
Mon 5/5/2008 11:46a | I think that is the take many critics have on it but that isn't the reality. They haven't replaced 20K with anything yet. At best the area Pooh's Playground now occupies was the loading station.
I don't think the thought process was: "Ok, we have this aging attraction we need to replace. Let's rip it out and put in a playground."
I think they closed the attraction and have not come up with any replacement. In the meantime, there was space available to do something small this is that. Something small but of benefit to many, many guests.
I think the very fact that additions (not replacements) are nearly impossible now in the MK due to the land available means whatever goes on the site of 20K better be darn good. Imagine the scrutiny it gets! |
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| plpeters70
Mon 5/5/2008 12:01p | "At best the area Pooh's Playground now occupies was the loading station."
Queue space then - either way, the park lost an e-ticket and gained a playground. Not exactly a great trade.
And as for them not having a replacement yet -- come on, when have you ever known WDI not to have an idea for a new attraction. I'd wager there were dozens of great attraction ideas designed for that space. This was almost definitely a money issue - not a lack of great ideas. |
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| wahooskipper
Mon 5/5/2008 1:54p | This is just a guess on my part but I would bet that they are considering a major update to Mickey's Starland (or whatever it is called these days). That area is pretty dated and could stand a makeover and even an expansion. It stands to reason that the site in question would make a good area for expansion. |
