Recent content by JeffJewell

"Finding Nemo" is the name of one of the remaining movies Pixar will be producing for Disney under their current contract. Jeff PS: Before any new movie, Imagineers trying to save their jobs start pitching ideas for attractions (sometimes new, sometimes "re-purposed") that tie into those...

What I've heard kicked around... ...is a clone of TDS' StormRider in the space between Land and Sea. But I've never heard of it being beyond the "kicking it around" stage, and even that talk was hottest before TDS actually opened. Remember that the amount of stuff "kicked around" in an...

Actually... ...this is not the first time Disney has bought from ETC... the CyberSpace Mountain simulators are specially programmed ETC products. Jeff PS: Oops, looks like mktiggerman beat me to this little revelation...

The big secret of the ride mech... ..is that it was purchased from ETC. It's a modified high capacity, low G-force version of their G-FET G-force trainer. This web page has a few more details and contact information: if you (or a computer manufacturer of your acquaintance) have the spare...

DogsRule!... ...you were thinking correctly. The last thing I'd heard is that they were considering the 100 Years Of Flight celebration to coincide with the opening of Mission:Space. I was one of a lot of folks who thought that was a silly idea for several reasons, but it really did appear...

WDWSmith2001... ...there's some truth to this, and in the case of the SkyWay, too. There was a combination of the cost of the changes (in addition to possible ADA changes, the 20K lagoon was actually beginning to leak, and there were cast safety concerns with the SkyWay), the relatively slow...

The REAL Flying Carpet of Aladdin... ...begins as an animatronic dark ride (although the shape of the ride vehicles and over shoulder restraints cause you to scratch your chin in puzzlement) through Agrabah, setting the story of Jafar plotting and sending Aladdin to retrieve the lamp. The...

Alberrisford... ...I think that Walt was a man driven by a vision, whereas Card Walker and Ron Miller, the guys who ran Disney after Walt died, were men doing jobs. Walt wasn't a traditional businessman, but found ways to harness the business side of Disney to the task of creating his...

My earliest WDW memory is... ...going on If You Had Wings with my grandfather, over and over again, because it didn't cost you a ticket. Jeff

WigglyWiggins... ...absolutely. The World Showcase entrance to Epcot (between the UK and France pavilions) is about a ten to fifteen minute walk, either down the Boardwalk or by the Yacht and Beach Clubs; Disney Studios, perhaps a fifteen to twenty minute walk beside a canal. There are...

It's about a half an inch. Really just enough to truly say "it moves" Jeff

Mr. Promey... ...the USA Today article does mention that attendance at Universal's California park was up 25%, but you're right, it's not as clean a comparison. See, that's what scares me. Does the ability to cut costs faster than people stop buying really mean you're in good shape, as a...

Mr. Promey... ...could you provide a link to the source of this data? Everything I have heard and read suggests the opposite; that Disney is faring significantly worse than its competitors, both in Orlando and California. USA Today article Jeff

Yes... ...the AK AP lounge has closed. I believe the "summer 2001" time period is correct. Jeff