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Walt Disney World

Magic Kingdom

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Alien Encounter
American Journeys
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin
Carousel of Progress
Delta Dreamflight
Disney Dreams Come True Parade
Dream-Along with Mickey Castle Show
Enchanted Tiki Room - Under New Management
Fantasy in the Sky Fireworks
Hall of Presidents
HalloWishes 2005 - 2006
Haunted Mansion
Holiday Wishes 2005 - 2006
It's a Small World
Jungle Cruise
Main Street Electrical Parade
Mickey's Boo To You Halloween Parade 2005 - 2006
Mickey's Philharmagic
Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Parade 2005 - 2006
Mission to Mars
Mr. Toads Wild Ride
Peter Pan's Flight
Pirates of the Caribbean
Space Mountain Work Lights
SpectroMagic
Splash Mountain
Stitch's Great Escape Preshow
Swiss Family Robinson's Treehouse
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Tomorrowland Transit Authority
Villain's Mix & Mingle Castle Show
WedWay PeopleMover
Wishes

EPCOT

Body Wars
El Rio Del Tiempo
Horizons (All Three Endings)
Illuminations
Illuminations: ROE
Illuminations: ROE Holiday Edition
Journey into Your Imagination (Figment & Dreamfinder)
Journey into Imagination with Figment
Living Seas
Living with the Land
Maelstrom
Matsuriza - Japanese Drumming
Mission: Space
Mo'Rockin
Nemo's Undersea Adventure
O Canada
Spaceship Earth
Test Track
Turtle Talk
World of Motion

DISNEY-MGM STUDIOS

Backlot Tour
Beauty and the Beast
Catastrophe Canyon
Fantasmic!
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
Lights Motors Action
Muppet Vision 3D
Osborne Family Spectacle of Lights
Rockin' Rollercoaster Starring Aerosmith
Star Tours
Stars and Motorcars Parade
The Great Movie Ride
Tower of Terror
Voyage of the Little Mermaid

ANIMAL KINGDOM

Expedition Everest
Festival of the Lion King
Kilimanjaro Safaris
Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade
Primeval Whirl

WDW MISC

Electrical Water Pageant
WDW Mark IV Monorails
WDW Mark VI Monorails
Wishes - MK Fireworks Cruise
Typhoon Lagoon

DISNEYLAND RESORT

Haunted Mansion Holiday
Believe in Holiday Magic
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Christmas Fantasy Parade
Disneyland Monorail
Fantasmic!
Indiana Jones Adventure - Temple of the Forbidden Eye
It's a Small World Holiday
Monsters Inc - Mike & Sulley to the Rescue
Pirates of the Caribbean
Tower of Terror

DISNEYLAND RESORT PARIS

Disney Cinema Parade
Disney Village
Alice's Curious Labyrinth
Villain Parade
Moteurs ACTION!
le Taniere du Dragon
La Cavalcade de Stitch!
Disney Cinema Parade
Le Chateau de la Belle au Bois Dormant
Armageddon les Effets Speciaux
Flying Carpets Over Agrabah
Hotel Santa Fe
le Passage Enchanté d'Aladdin
Pirates of the Caribbean
Studio Tram Tour
le Mysteries du Nautilus
Mark Twain Riverboat
Entrance and Main Street Tour
Its a small world
Fantillusion Parade

TOKYO DISNEY RESORT

20k leagues under the sea
Indiana Jones and the temple of the Crystal Skull
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jungle Cruise
Magic Lamp Theater
Peter Pan's Flight
Pinocchio's Daring Journey
Poohs Honny Hunt
Sindbads Seven Voyages
Snow White's Scary Adventures
Splash Mountain

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS - JAPAN

Animal Actors on Location
Backdraft
Jurassic Park the Ride
The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman
Waterworld

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS - FLORIDA

Twister! Ride it out!
JAWS The Ride


LAS VEGAS

Fountains of Bellagio
Insanity at Stratosphere
Big Shot at Stratosphere
Speed the Ride at the Sahara
Manhattan Express at the NYNY


SEA WORLD - ORLANDO

Blue Horizons
Penguin Encounter

MISC THEME PARK VIDS

Brer Rabbit's Burrow - Oakwood
Diggerland
Drayton Manor - Overview
Pirate Adventure - Drayton Manor
Drayton Manor Zoo
Excalibur - Drayton Manor
Oakwood - Overview
Six Flags Over Georgia - Overview
Dollywood Overview

Come on coach, let me play!

I'm finding it more and more difficult to understand WDW management every day. It appears that we have more gift shops than attractions and the next few refurbs promise... What? Could it be? No.. Is it? YUP, more gift shops. HUH?!? I'm not going to lie, my house is filled with Disney stuff. However I didn't move to Orlando for the amazing gift shops, you know?

Grrr.. It's Corporate America that is killing the mouse. The people responsible for the monstrosity that is our Tomorrowland are being promoted at exponential rates. Tomorrowland? Where? Our Space Mountain is a museum of what WDW and coasters *used* to be like. The people mover seems like it hasn't been refurbised since Regan was in office. (Heck at least we still have ours, DLs is just concrete waste) Pixar and Disney characters have exploded all over the place. Meanwhile every foreign park that Disney is affiliated with has amazing new attractions coming out. What gives?

Remember waaaaaaaay back when you would visit WDW and there was always a new attraction coming soon? Gave you a reason to come back.. It peaked your interest. You just HAD to come back. Heck you were planning your next vacation while you were in the parks.. Hmm.. What happened? Greed. That's what. I can't blame them. Disney makes bank. Good for them. Well I have a proposition for them. What if we took every Disney fan in the world and had them invest the cost of a typical Disney vacation. For fun, let's say $3,000. We take that $$ and put it into an account and form a corporation. Let's say there are 12.5 Million Disney fans out there. That would be $37,500,000,000. That's right. Thirty seven Billion dollars. Now what? We buy the American Disney parks from the Disney corporation. "We" you ask? Well that would be you and your 12+ million closest friends. Congratulations, you are now the proud owner of a great slice of America.

So we buy the parks back and let WDI get crazy. Bring back the excitement. Have them redevelop the parks. Turn MGM & DAK into full day parks. Restore Epcot to EPCOT Center and for crying out loud get rid of that hideous arm above Spaceship Earth. Turn Tomorrowland into a real land of tomorrow. Restore the Tiki Room back to what it was and fire whoever wrote the script for the current version. Turn the peoplemover into something that actually moves people.. GASP. Expand the monorail system. Get rid of the busses and do something truly forward thinking. Remind the other guys why they are just theme parks and we are the Vacation Kingdom of the World. For the love of God, pay our cast members a decent salary. We expect them to deliver magic to us for a poverty level lifestyle? Come on..

Ok, so can I convince 12.5 million people to chip in to my dream? Doubtful. It just seems obvious to me the few things that would generate happier guests and cast members. Let's keep it simple.

1) Happy Cast Members = Happy Experiences. Happy Experiences = Happy Guests. Therefore Happy Cast Members = Happy Guests. (Who said I never paid attention in math class?)

2) Build all the gift shops you want. Heck, put registers in the bathroom stalls for all I care. Just follow this formula. 2 E ticket attractions for every gift shop. What If you build an attraction with a gift shop? Oh well you get 2 more attractions. If ya can't beat em, join em.

3) Stop replacing attractions at WDW. We have the room. Start building. Create. Don't hack and slash. According to - Walt Disney's EPCOT Center Creating the New World of Tomorrow EPCOT is to be continually updated. Not open seasonally. "Nor will Future World remain static. Several displays are designed to incorporate advances as they come of age, and additional pavilions are planned in Future World's future."

So let's build Fire Mountian and Villian Mountain. Flush out a Villian land for MK. Bring back 20k in some sense at the park. Move all of the Pixar creatures out of Tomorrowland and into a massive pavilion in the animation section of the studios. Start a Jack Skellington Halloween party at the Studios every year. Bring back Future World. Add a few thrilling attractions and mix it up with Omnimover ones, I bet ya 5:1 people go to the 'slow dark rides' too. Bring back in-park transportation, it's hot out there!! Keep it up with DAK, finish the park. Fix the tram tour at the studios. Re-open River Country. Remove or fix the fastpass system. It doesn't work. Innovate, inspire, create, dare, dream. Remember when WDI was allowed to do all of that? Just do something please! I'd hate to have my child's first Disney memories be of a really well themed gift shop.

So come on coach, let me play. I certainly can't do worse than the last guy....

Comments? Concerns? Agree? Disagree? Tell me what you think here.

Theme Park Courtesy, Is There Any??

Hey everyone. Those who know me know that I'm a Disney freak. No, I'm not the guy who can tell you how many lamp posts there are on Main Street or how many feet from Pirates to Space Mountain, not my style. I'm a fan of the Disney parks and what they have done for me. What I don't understand is why guests trash our beautiful parks and act like animals. Is is the heat? Is it the cost? Is it the full moon? Let me explain...
Last night my wife and I head over to EPCOT for some dinner and fireworks. Typical weekend for us. (Insert Sarcastic Remark From Tocpe Here) We haven't gotten out of our car before we experience the night's first act of stupidity. I pull in to a parking spot, around Journey 5, quick walk into the park. A guy pulls in next to me, but decides to park parallel with me instead of pulling forward. No problem, I'm not in any hurry. I wait as he and his 30 kids and family members pile out of their mini van. Do they get out of the way to let us out of our car? Nope. They decide to take care of business right there. Still no biggie. I've been to the parks a million times, still plenty of time on the old clock, not a problem. The proceed to empty out over 4 bags of mcdonalds wrappers and trash all around their car. Where in the *questionable metaphor* do you live that allows this kind of behavior? It's disgusting. Do you literally live in trash so you aren't comfortable with the cleanliness of your surroundings? This was a family affair too. It wasn't dad sneaking trash out of the back, it was like some cult ritual. Even grandma got in on the action.

My wife and I decide to leave and get into the park. Desperate for a nice meal and a good view of Illuminations, especially after what we had just witnessed. So we are walking from Future World to World Showcase when we come across a man so drunk that he is screaming at the top of his lungs every foul word imaginable. He was creative with his coupling of the words, but still - THIS IS DISNEY MAN. SAVE THAT TALK FOR IOA.. Just kidding. So I go to the nearest cast member and ask them to call security, I mean come on, there are little kids and very distraught parents all around the guy.

We decide to head over to Japan for some shopping and a nice meal. Before we get there, we are blocked by a family who decides to take up the entire width of the walkway at World Showcase. This was literally a slow moving blockade. To add insult to injury, they are chain smoking like it was a contest. A petite Cast Member reminds them that this is a non smoking park and you can only smoke in designated areas. The woman responded, "Wea re out doors and in public, there's nothing you can do about it. Perfectly legal." And laughed at the cast member. I can only hope she called security on the lovely family. Why is it that people feel they can smoke at will in the parks? You can't claim ignorance of the policy, they beat you over the head with it. Ride the monorail? It says no smoking in the speil. Ride the tram or the boats? The operators tell you no smoking. Read a park map? Heh. Again no smoking. Come on people. What's worse is that you see cigarette butts in the World Showcase Lagoon, and in the planters & fountains. Please. Pathetic. No courtesy.

Finally it's time for Illuminations. My wife and I camped out in Italy for about an hour prior to the show. We had a great spot, nothing in front of me but a railing. 2 minutes prior to show time and a group of people literally try and push between me and the railing. During the show a woman behind me was trying to yell over the fireworks on her cellphone, attempting to direct her party to her location. Meanwhile, during the whole show, the same three people are trying to push through me to get to the railing.

This brings me to my question, where is this behavior acceptable? I could go on for days listing how rude people have become at the parks. What are we teaching our kids? I shutter to think what people will act like in 20 years. Please people, if you see someone trashing our park, do something. Tell someone. This is our park and it's not some local fair. This is the 'Vacation Kingdom of the World', let's keep it that way. Is there any theme park courtesy? Not much. But it's not too late to change.

I'm off my soapbox now...

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A New Look to Themed Attractions

Welcome to the new look of ThemedAttractions.com. We've been very hard at work building new new functionality and content into the site. We hope you'll enjoy some of the new features we've added.

 

•	We've upgraded our forums to a more robust forum software package.
•	We've completely re-vamped our portal (the main hub of the site). This will allow us to add updates more frequently and easier. Thus more updates.
•	We've moved our videos section into the forum section. So you'll need to sign up with our forum if you'd like to download videos. It's fast, it's easy and it's free. And with a 350GB bandwidth bill last month, we had to do something to keep costs down. :)

 

And there's a whole lot more in store. Stay tuned!

 

Third Horizons Ride Thru Added - Journey to SeaCastle

Take another ride on the attraction that was decades ahead of it's time, UnderSea (SeaCastle Resort) ending.  See the video in our Video Gallery .

Second Horizons Ride Thru Added - Journey to Brava Centauri

Join us down memory lane as we experience EPCOT Center's & WDI's greatest attraction ever. Space (Brava Centauri) ending.  See the video in our Video Gallery .

Main Street Electrical Parade - WDW '91

Long before Spectromagic there was the world famous Main Street Electrical Parade. Shot in August 1991.  See the video in our Video Gallery .

Old School Attraction Videos ONLINE!!!!

You know how we roll. Just added - Horizons ride thru (desert ending - mesa verde) and more of your favorite past attractions.  See the video in our Video Gallery .

YETI Update!!! WE GOT THE YETI FEVER!!!

As promised and requested, we have added two more everest ride-thrus so you can get your furry thrills on.  See the video in our Video Gallery .

MASSIVE VIDEO UPDATE!!!

Ok after many hours of digitizing and encoding we have our largest video update yet *21 Vids*:



 Test Track

 Star Tours

 Spectromagic

 Space Mountain with the work lights on

 Peter Pan's Flight

 Mr Toad's Wild Ride (Both Tracks)

 Voyage of the Little Mermaid

 Living Seas

 Jungle Cruise

 Original Journey into Imagination (2 Ridethrus)

 Current Journey into Imagination

 Horizons with all 3 endings

 Great Movie Ride on Opening Day

 Fantasy in the Sky Fireworks

 Electrical Water Pageant (Old & New)

 Backlot Tour

 Maelstrom

 El Rio Del Tiempo - The River of Time

See the videos in our Video Gallery Here

PEOPLEMOVER PETITION

Hey everyone.  I need all our members to stop downloading for a second and fill out a petition to save the Peoplemover at Disneyland.  Just imagine if we lost ours here at WDW. Believe it or not guests have more power than the shareholders, they just need to combine their efforts and speak with one voice.  Please sign the petition below:

Please sign the petition:


http://www.petitiononline.com/pplmover/petition.html

Please, let's get Disney's attention that something is needed again on those tracks. 

 

One of our members and long time subsonic radio member, G2-4T,  is heading up this fight.  You can read more about his cause here: 

http://peopleforthepeoplemover.org/

 

Ok, you can download again.  Thanks.. :)

OUR BIGGEST VIDEO UPDATE EVER!

WHAT THE?!?!?  THIS IS A MASSIVE UPDATE... IT'S LIKE WE HAVE A BARREL FULL OF THESE VIDS!

Alien Encounter Ride Through Video Shot in 1998 See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Body Wars Shot in 2002  See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fantasmic at Disneyland Shot by ThroughTheMusic See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Haunted Mansion ride thru video Shot in 2002 See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Journey in to your imagination starring Figment and Dreamfinder Shot in 1991 See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pirates of the Caribbean Shot in 2002 See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pirates of the Caribbean in Disneyland Shot in 2004 See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illuminations: Reflections of Earth 2000 Celebration Shot in 2000 See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spaceship Earth 2000 ridethru Shot in 2000 See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illuminations: Reflections of Earth 2005 Holiday Edition Shot in 2005 See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illluminations: Reflectins of Earth Shot in 2005 See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrowland Transit Authority Shot in 2002 See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

World of Motion ridethru See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spaceship Earth 2005 Ridethrough #1 Shot in 2005 See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spaceship Earth 2005 Ridethrough #2 Shot in 2005 See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spaceship Earth 2005 Ridethrough #3 Shot in 2005 See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANOTHER VIDEO UPDATE? YES!!!

JUST UPLOADED FOR YOUR DOWNLOADING PLEASURE!

Tower of Terror Ride Through Video Shot in 1998 See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rockin' Rollercoaster Ride Through Starring Aerosmith Shot in 1998 See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Muppet Vision 3D Shot in 1998  See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular Shot in 1998 See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

MORE VIDEOS?!!??! IS IT MY BIRTHDAY? WOW!

AWW YEAH! WE DID IT AGAIN! YET ANOTHER BATCH OF TASTY GOODNESS FOR YOUR DOWNLOADING PLEASURE!

Fantasy in the Sky - 4th of July Fireworks - 2006 Shot from the Polynesian See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

Fantasy in the Sky - 4th of July Fireworks - 2006 Shot from the Polynesian See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

Take a look at Mark IV Monorail Red at the boneyard. Relive the old Mark IV days here.. See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

More Videos Added.. ARE WE CRAZY?? Maybe..

MORE VIDS MORE VIDS MORE VIDS..

It's A Small World - Opening Day after DIsneyland style rehab. See the video in our Video Gallery .

 

 

 

 

 

WDW Monorail Video. EPCOT Beam.  TTC to EPCOT @ Sunset. See the video in our Video Gallery .

HUGE PHOTO UPDATE!

Our Photo Gallery has hit almost 10,000 photos and we aren't anywhere near finished uploading!!! Here is a list of the categories in our Photo Gallery Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom  EPCOT Disney MGM Studios Disney's Animal Kingdom Expedition Everest Lights Motors Action! Wishes Spectromagic Fantasyland Liberty Square Adventureland Cinderella Castle (Classic & HCOE) The Walt Disney World Monorail System EPCOT's 2006 Flower and Garden Festival Test Track Future World World Showcase Spaceship Earth  Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular Tower of Terror Backlot tour Downtown Disney Animal Kingdom Lodge Wilderness Lodge Old Key West Grand Floridian Resort and Spa Polynesian Resort Contemporary Resort Disney Characters Disneyland Resort Disney's California Adventure Alabama Adventure / Visionland San Diego Zoo Las Vegas Bellagio Fountains of Bellagio Luxor Mandalay Bay Paris Las Vegas Venetian NY NY Hotel and Casino  AND SO MUCH MORE!!!!!!  See the photos in our Photo Gallery .

Walt Disney World Videos

Here is a list of EPCOT videos we have added: Horizons (All 3 Endings) The Living Seas Preshow Film  Illuminations '91 Maelstrom at Norway Test Track at Night Journey Into Imagination with Figment  See the video in our Video Gallery .

Walt Disney World Videos

We have a ton of Walt Disney World Videos online, and more coming!!   Here is a list of our Magic Kingdom Videos Online So far: Main Street Electrical Parade American Journeys - CircleVision 360 Carousel of Progress '93 Delta Dreamflight Hall of Presidents '93 Pirates of the Caribbean '93 WedWay Peoplemover '93 Splash Mountain Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Spectromagic  Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Parade '05  Mickey's Boo To You Halloween Parade '05 Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin  Tomorrowland Transit Authority Wishes Holiday Wishes '05    See the videos in our Video Gallery .

Major Walt Disney World Video Update

Major WDW Video update! By request we've added Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Spectromagic, Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin and more. See the videos in our Video Gallery .

Major Walt Disney World Video Update

Major WDW Video update! By request we've added Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Spectromagic, Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin and more. See the videos in our Video Gallery .

EPCOT'S 2006 International Flower and Garden Festival

Hey all-

Below are just a few photos from EPCOT'S 2006 International Flower and Garden Festival. As always you can check out thousands of more photos at Themed Attractions.

EPCOT'S 2006 International Flower and Garden Festival

 

EPCOT'S 2006 International Flower and Garden Festival

 

EPCOT'S 2006 International Flower and Garden Festival