tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post2493299740374398850..comments2023-11-05T03:44:32.728-08:00Comments on Disney and more: The Loss of InnocenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-57320098733067598702011-08-19T02:11:47.167-07:002011-08-19T02:11:47.167-07:00I totally see your point about happier times, and ...I totally see your point about happier times, and maybe I was more cynical in '92, but I remember watching this when it showed up on the Disney Channel back in the day and thinking it was too over the top *then*. This was sort of SOP for Disney, I remember that 35th anniversary special they did for Disneyland and thinking the same thing. The weird, forced cheerfulness just seemed really phonyspajadigithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796546096636247752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-60099129981014174742011-08-18T11:50:21.567-07:002011-08-18T11:50:21.567-07:00Having worked on the "Original" Disneyla...Having worked on the "Original" Disneyland Splash Mountain and the Paris Disneyland Thunder Mesa,I like the "Original" team, would like to see a more realistic Logging Ride in keeping with Big Thunder and Thunder Mesa's Lore. It could be designed as a largely indoors attraction like Pirates with outside drops. This would make it feasible with the Paris weather. When Walt DisWedWayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01093568522750602463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-17948515211964003392011-08-18T06:28:46.463-07:002011-08-18T06:28:46.463-07:00Brian, not only there is no sign of a Splash Mount...Brian, not only there is no sign of a Splash Mountain coming at DLP in the future but the last news i've heard about this - quite a while ago, i admit - was that the Imagineering itself was "not suggesting" it as a good idea to DLP management considering the rude winter weather in Paris - which is quite right, the winter are long and colder than ever in Paris, longer than in Tokyo Alain Littayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536386034439567179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-9363926914030185842011-08-18T06:20:33.077-07:002011-08-18T06:20:33.077-07:00You are right that it is all very happy and innoce...You are right that it is all very happy and innocent, however I can understand them celebrating the opening of Splash Mountain, as I think it is a very nice ride. Still hope that a modern remake of this ride will be built sometime in Paris! Alain, do you have any new signs for Splash Mountain to be built or even considered by DLP management?Briannoreply@blogger.com