Best. Christmas. Present. Ever. #christmas #disney #epcot (Taken with instagram)
A very vinyl Xmas. #vinylmation #christmas #disney (Taken with instagram)
Awesome.
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Please vote for me in this Disney Xmas Tree contest!!! I’m #14.
Walt Disney Signature Airline Chair_009. This is basically the coolest fucking chair ever (suck it Eames). And it’s only $4,000! But hey, free shipping at least… I need to win the lotto. (via Walt Disney Signature The Airline Chair by Cory Grosser - Shop Signature)
This may be my favorite picture in existence.
Walt loves hippos
I love this photo. Walt is such a goof for those stupid robot hippos.
My favorite Vinylmation pickup of the day. Adventureland from Parks 6.
There’s been a lot of complaining on the Internet in the wake of the Disney Parks / Avatar deal. Lots of people are upset at the prospect of Disney bringing an outside property/franchise into one of their theme parks. They say it isn’t right, and that the Mouse should focus on developing their own internal ideas.
I’m not saying that’s wrong, as I too would love for more original properties in the parks. I just think these claims are unfounded. This is not uncharted territory for Disney. There are numerous instances of Disney bringing in outside franchises. In every instance, the attraction has been at the worst average and at the best brilliant. Here’s a list of the ones I can think of off the top of my head. If you’re opposed to Avatarland on the grounds of it being an outside property, then you should’t be queuing up for any of the following.
1) Numerous Indiana Jones attractions - Temple of the Forbidden Eye at Disneyland & Tokyo Disney Sea, Epic Stunt Spectacular at Hollywood Studios, Temple of Peril at Disneyland Paris. (I personally put Temple of the Forbidden Eye near the very top of my list of favorite / most impressive attractions, right behind the Tower of Terror.)
2) Star Tours and the Star Wars inspired stage shows at various parks.
3) The Rock ‘n Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith
4) The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (arguably Imagineering’s crowning achievement - at least in my opinion)
5) MuppetVision 3D (at the time of its opening, Disney did not own the Muppets outright)
6) The Jules Verne inspired attractions and lands in various parks, especially Disneyland Paris’ Space Mountain and Discoveryland in general, and Tokyo Disney Sea. (I’ll admit this one is a bit of a stretch due to these properties being in the public domain, but I think they deserve a mention.)
7) American Idol Experience. (I haven’t actually seen this, so it may well indeed be an exception to my statement about all these attractions being at least average. But if so, it’s the only such one.)
Based on this track record, there’s no reason to expect Avatarland will be a subpar experience. If Disney can successfully slot Indiana Jones and Star Wars into Disneyland (the most sacred of all their parks), there’s no reason they can’t do the same with Avatar in Animal Kingdom. As such, I remain cautiously optimistic in regards to Avatarland.
Universal’s already got Harry Potter wrapped up, and now Disney has Avatar. I’ve come up with a few more tie-ins that other amusement/theme parks are welcome to use.
Busch Gardens Williamsburg - HBO’s The John Adams Experience
The Holy Land Experience - CS Lewis’ Christian Allegory Attraction Extravaganza
The State of New Jersey - Boardwalk Empire: Live It!
Six Flags - Eragon Land
