Listen to the inaugural episode of INTERCOT’s Insider Live. And I’m in it! That’s right, it’s an hour round table of me talking about Disney World. Well, not just me. But that’s not the point. The point is, I talk about beer a lot in there.
The new INTERCOT Insider Live is out. And I’m in it! I do cartoon voices!
Yes, it’s a podcast for Disney nerds. I’m a nerd for a lot of things. We’re pretty snarky though.
Old Universe of Energy theme song - EPCOT Center. I miss when EPCOT was like this.
Yes. With Horizons. And the real Journey into Imagination, not that new one that sucks. I love old Future World.
Disney Topics
Recording the INTERCOT Insider podcast tonight. Any Walt Disney World topics we should cover?
Noted.
Gotta love overly specific Walt Disney World signs.
Love the second to last one. Hooray for helpful tips!
Sweet! I have recreational diarrhea, so I’m good.
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A random personal opinion
The “hitchhikers on a stick” at the end of the Haunted Mansion are far better than the replacement digital tech with the “interactive” gags. Something worked well for 40 years inside an attraction and though people knew roughly how it worked, it still felt satisfying: you could see the dimensional ghost right there, following you home. It got talked about and was memorable for generations of guests. Swapping three-dimensional sculpted figures for flat animation doing Looney Tunes style gags is not a improvement or stylistically coherent even with the graveyard ghosts seen not 20 seconds earlier.
Sadly, it was decided subtle, creepy and more realistic looking (which I think better suits the Mansion) should go just because there was tech to make something different. The cartoony hitchhikers look like shit.
Changes for the sake of changing it isn’t always the best plan.
I wish I could like this ten times.
EP-Tapestry 2 by steve-stevens on Flickr.
i wish i was able to see this parade. with my whole heart.
It was pretty cool to watch. HOWEVER, World Showcase is just not set up for this. When the park was crowded it caused major traffic jams because there are only two directions you could go and neither offered much of a choice.


