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i went they day they started it. While it was kind of cool, it wasn't really that impressive. This whole halloween time isn't that impressive, to be honest. Maybe if they do it again, it will be better next year. I'm looking forward to the new Year of a Million Dreams attractions. LIke the Jedi training camp. Maybe this guy will be there?

Actually you're all wrong. Stengle is actually a secret agent/cyborg who's alter ego is God

the anime looks gay. Whats funny is when it was on I used to think that it was a program design for 9 year old girls, but when I actually saw it, it came to my attention that I was wrong.

My bad. I saw the "The Complex Rock Tour" on DVD. I thought it was the new one. Sorry. Or it might even be the same thing? I saw a promo for it at the anahiem pond and they used footage from that DVD. Now it could be because the show is similar, or its the same show with some tweaking at least.

I have to say its the best television show episode of anything that I've ever seen. I was rotflmaool through out the whole episode.

I saw it on DVD for music class.

How about "Tom Sawyer II - Injun ( Native American) Joe's Cave. That would be right out out of the Disney playbook. II, III, IV, and so on.... he died in the first one though.

Indeed. I could have sworn they repeated jokes last year.

I still don't know what was wrong with the old paint job. They should have kept the same design with the new, imo.

I didn't realize they had any anamatronics on the island.... Anyways, I also agree they're going over board with this whole pirates thing. It's cool that the movie is doing well for them, but it doesn't mean that people are going to disneyland just to become pirates. thats just one of many other reasons why people come. The main one? Probably the mouse. Don't see how Jack Sparrow would fit into the equation....

Disney Seas and Journey to the Center of the Earth.

An employee probably spilled thier drink on the control box and fried the system.

Good read. Unfortunately, the big stage show was subpar lsat year as well.

^ why? You still have a whole month left to go.

you mean the first drop doesn't jack hammer anymore?

and you have to admit that the trailer trash lifestyle is very convinient.

Who's Eddie and how would he fit into a Hostel themed maze?

^ the popularity of the attraction would die out if they did that. Also I thought Suburbian legends split?

Wow! Thats what happened to me too when I was there on friday. It really kind of erkked me. Ince its been filling up (it probaly hasn't done that since the park first opened) you'd think that they would add more show times. Who knows, maybe they will.

you sit your a** down for a 13 hour ride. Collossus isn't that rough where its not do-able. It's smoother then Ghost Rider. If I didn't have school I would do it, but alas, that is not the case.

^ as I gathered from reading other posts, Jacks not even there, just his spirit. Sounds pretty dissappointing, imo.

I'll probably go on Halloween night. That way I get to do something fun and exiting, instead of hand out candy to those annoying kids who knock upon my door. 13 days till Halloween Horror NIghts.

I think its CF's persistance to never follow through on original plans is a trait that has raped Knotts a lot of its charm. For example had they followed through with Perilous Plunge's original design concept, I'm sure the boardwalk area would still be a very beautiful place to walk through. I'm not so sure about the Xcelerator area, while the original diner theme was nice, I don't think one building would have made or broken the area. I think the main problem with the area around Xcelerator specifically is that there is far too much cement, and those crappy little games don't help any. In fact, they just make the area look cheap and tacky. Maybe building some shops instead would give the area a nice charm, assuming that the shops follow the good strong architectural theme of the 1950's. But I must say original concepts for PP sounded very nice. Heck, it sounded like something that they had planned for DCA (while not up to par for Disney standards, great for any other theme park with not so high of a budget) In the next couple of years, I would like to see Knotts concentrate on bring back the old charm it once had instead of building some brand new state-of-the-art thrill ride. While those are cool, its not what knotts needs. Knotts need to be pretty and have a great year-round staff to balance out the ruder seasonal staff (as that seems to be the trend for staffing in general) I think I read some where that Knotts has gotten rid of a lot of its Senior employees, which is really dissappointing, imo. Thats a big reason why parks like IOA and USF and Disney Parks are so warm and friendly, imo, because they seem to hire people who actually know what being courteous and friendly actually means. And they can follow through on it. So, maybe one day Knotts will improve, but for now, they're only a shawdow of its former self.

Anybody who was upset at Eisner for letting another non-Disney company have most of the control of a park need to rethink thier opinion. If it wasn't for them a park like DisneySeas would have never come around. It's just very pleasing to me to see the pinnacle of Disney Imagineering actually become a reality. I hope Bob Eiger will allow Disney to build more attractions and themed land as well as any future park with the level of detail that DisneySeas had. While, grant it, I don't think they can do that with every park (like I think going cheap on Hong Kong Disney was a good idea, although they could have put in a little bit more then what they originally did) But for parks like DCA which sits next to an already proven park, they shouldn't skimp out and try and make the lowest budget park you can possibly find. Your photos are really awsome, like an orgy of beauty.

^ bleh, its decently themed. More landscaped then themed, imo. But yea, as to the posts about the knotts of old. Whenever I ride the new rides, I always enjoy them, but when I get off and stair at the expansive cement flooring that lieth before me, I always think to myself about how much I miss windjammer and soap box derby. Especially the latter. I remember riding the parachute ride and having it scare the crap out of me, far more then what Supreme scream ever did. But I liked having the choice between the 2 because SS offered more air time (which also scared the crap out of me at the time it was around with an unnuetered sky tower) And I agree with the whole thing on Jaguar. I remember the days when I used to get exited seeing the fireball! It would explode and everyone was amused. The 42" hight was great! I was about 45" when the ride opened up. And then the kingdom of the dinosaurs. Its always pissed me off about what they did to it, with making it all one train and everything. What was so wrong with it before? And then you have Perlious Plunge. I remember being amazed by it whent hey were first building it, but when you think about it, was taking out all those rides really worth one giant flume ride? No, not really. And then you get to silver bullet. I was extactic the day they announced that a B&M was finally headed towards knotts. But had I known that it would basically ruin the most beautiful part of knotts, I don't think I would have been so excited. But it makes me wonder, how would Disney had changed the park had they had thier way? In the original plans, they weren't planning on changing much, except use that other lot across the street for the opening of the park as Liberty Square. While I'm know things would have changed, I think the overall atmosphere wouldn't have changed. Unfortunately, most of today's amusement park management styles don't think of the future or building something to be proud of. They just think of making a safe investment with little to no thought into it.