Recent content by Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

The only one that comes to mind is Timekeeper and even then that's one AA supplemented by video screens. I guess Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy is the same as Timekeeper?

Interesting. If the CBJ was considered then, and language wasn’t a concern, I would what the reason for its scrapping was. Popularity? Antiquated-ness? The park only had Timekeeper in terms of AA shows and even then it had screens for most of it.

The language comment in particular makes a lot of sense- while they could’ve gone the Tokyo route with a mix of English and the local language, I imagine that would be hard for a story based show. Phantom Manor switches between the two but in a way that if you only get 50% of it, you still...

Very interesting to see how much stayed the same through all that, but also how much had changed! Looks like no Bears, though. I guess I’ll have to keep searching!

Oh whoops, totally missed that! Especially since the new figures at MK are so prone to breaking down, apparently. The whole "hydraulics for heavy movements and servo for light movements when it should be the opposite" thing people have mentioned. Wonder how much it would cost to fix that at MK...

Question- were the Country Bears ever considered for Disneyland Paris? Recently, during a livestream on YouTube (Piano Rob's Tune Town Lounge), I saw a "Behind the Music" parody skit about the Country Bears, and there's a line where they mention they played in "Orlando, Anaheim, and Tokyo; but...

Honestly, they should put it back in its original location, albeit with one theater. Bayou Country is clearly leaning into Bear Country for its theming (trashcans and cast member costumes have artwork of a bear with the slogan "A Honey of a Place Since '72" on them, which is directly lifted from...

There was supposed to be a water-based ride expanding the Country Bears universe, according to Jim Hill. Predating Splash Mountain, it was called "Moonshine Express" and was a log flume/shooter combo ride where guests were recruited by Henry's brother, the sheriff, to catch some "bad bears"...

This is incredible! For decades the "it was so popular in Florida we greenlit it right away" story was shared as if it was the truth, when in reality it seems like that story is yet another romanticized tale that Disney loves to tell about their parks. I'm still curious what made them think to...

Late to the discussion and not sure if this was mentioned, but there were some slight differences in the animatronics. The show audio itself was the same, but the animatronics were essentially "2.0" versions of WDW's, with added features like Shaker being able to swing his hips and Teddi having...

Oh duh, I forgot that ROI is the important thing lmao. Maybe they can turn all the good seating into Lightning Lane only seating 😂

I'm surprised at how expensive a fountain show would be to install, I figure the technology is pretty basic given it's existed for 60 or so years haha

How come they've never tried a World of Color type show in that lagoon? I personally liked River of Light before they IP-fied it, but a WoC + Drone type show would work well I think, plus you could easily swap out IPs or whatever

Not sure if this was replied to, but this post came up while I was googling the voice cast of the new show of all things, so I ended up looking for the clip. Here you go! (It's not flattering to the Country Bears, but it is funny that he made that joke the day the newest show opened)

Islands of Adventure now has a reference to Dr. Seeker lol