How to Spot A Doombug: She's on the first doombuggy of the first open day after a long rehab.
My mom was surprised to hear that, since it necessitated being up early and at DL when the park opened. I'm surprised that any of that surprises her - she's a doombug herself. My childhood home was painted cream and green to resemble the Mansion as much as an LA tract house ever would. Anyway, I'll forgo a little sleep to beat the crowds.
Damn, it's good to visit the HM again. There have been rumors about the upcoming changes already being implemented, but that isn't the case. Yet, anyway. The only significant change I noticed was that the Popup Ghosts in the attic and cemetery got a makeover. Now, they look more like zombies - even creepier and kind of gross. Plus that torn wallpaper in one of the stretch rooms was fixed, and the projection on Little Leota and the singing busts looks sharper. Madame Leota's floating above her table again, but now it's harder to see the wires. The soundtrack seems to finally be in sync with the action (it was on the different doombuggies I rode, anyway). The green orb was mysteriously missing from the seance room, though, and the piano track in the attic wasn't turned on. And someone left a ladder propped against the wall next to Little Leota. Since the HM's reopening had previously been scheduled for Saturday, I'm not surprised a few details were overlooked.
Small World's missing accordion player is back in action, but someone needs to adjust that gondola in the Italy scene - you can see the machinery under the gondolier's feet. And that one egg in the rainforest scene seems to be broken again.
Overheard outside the HM exit: "They better not have taken out the Country Bears! We didn't come all this way for nothing!" Idiots. Winnie the Pooh moved into the old Country Bear Jamboree space way back in '03. You want the Country Bears, you have to go to WDW. Duh. You'd think anyone taking a long journey anywhere would bother keeping up on what's going on there. Walt himself decreed that the park should always be changing and expanding. I *could* have told them that if you ride Pooh and look up and behind you as you exit the psychedelic honeypot scene, you'll see a few familiar faces (namely Buff, Max, and Melvin). But, I figured they'd probably refuse to ride Pooh on principle alone.
Sharp-eyed regular visitors may have noticed a new prop on the Big Thunder Trail - a cartoonish covered wagon, occupying the former location of one of the long-retired stagecoaches. According to "Mouse Tales," stagecoaches, surreys, and covered wagons were once popular in Frontierland, but they were prone to tipping over. A couple of the surreys are still 'parked' at the ranch. And yes, the legend is true - "Marshmallow" and "Yam," last year's pardoned turkeys, do have their own little enclosure at the ranch.
I've heard about, but never saw, the old Golden Horseshoe Revue, owing to my little brother's unwillingness to sit still for a half-hour show (though, oddly enough, he'd watch The Country Bears with Mom while Dad and I rode Splash Mountain back in the day). And hey, I *am* fairly young, you know. The current show, featuring Billy Hill and the Hillbillies, was surprisingly amusing (and complete with another guest sportingly making a fool of herself on a 1/4-size violin - I play, so I know what it's supposed to sound like, thankyouverymuch), so check it out.
Pirates of the Carribbean went down for rehab the same day the Mansion reopened and it'll be down for four months while the new figures are added. The two pirates at the end, struggling to move a loaded treasure chest, will apparently no longer be seen there. I wonder what's going to become of them?
My mom was surprised to hear that, since it necessitated being up early and at DL when the park opened. I'm surprised that any of that surprises her - she's a doombug herself. My childhood home was painted cream and green to resemble the Mansion as much as an LA tract house ever would. Anyway, I'll forgo a little sleep to beat the crowds.
Damn, it's good to visit the HM again. There have been rumors about the upcoming changes already being implemented, but that isn't the case. Yet, anyway. The only significant change I noticed was that the Popup Ghosts in the attic and cemetery got a makeover. Now, they look more like zombies - even creepier and kind of gross. Plus that torn wallpaper in one of the stretch rooms was fixed, and the projection on Little Leota and the singing busts looks sharper. Madame Leota's floating above her table again, but now it's harder to see the wires. The soundtrack seems to finally be in sync with the action (it was on the different doombuggies I rode, anyway). The green orb was mysteriously missing from the seance room, though, and the piano track in the attic wasn't turned on. And someone left a ladder propped against the wall next to Little Leota. Since the HM's reopening had previously been scheduled for Saturday, I'm not surprised a few details were overlooked.
Small World's missing accordion player is back in action, but someone needs to adjust that gondola in the Italy scene - you can see the machinery under the gondolier's feet. And that one egg in the rainforest scene seems to be broken again.
Overheard outside the HM exit: "They better not have taken out the Country Bears! We didn't come all this way for nothing!" Idiots. Winnie the Pooh moved into the old Country Bear Jamboree space way back in '03. You want the Country Bears, you have to go to WDW. Duh. You'd think anyone taking a long journey anywhere would bother keeping up on what's going on there. Walt himself decreed that the park should always be changing and expanding. I *could* have told them that if you ride Pooh and look up and behind you as you exit the psychedelic honeypot scene, you'll see a few familiar faces (namely Buff, Max, and Melvin). But, I figured they'd probably refuse to ride Pooh on principle alone.
Sharp-eyed regular visitors may have noticed a new prop on the Big Thunder Trail - a cartoonish covered wagon, occupying the former location of one of the long-retired stagecoaches. According to "Mouse Tales," stagecoaches, surreys, and covered wagons were once popular in Frontierland, but they were prone to tipping over. A couple of the surreys are still 'parked' at the ranch. And yes, the legend is true - "Marshmallow" and "Yam," last year's pardoned turkeys, do have their own little enclosure at the ranch.
I've heard about, but never saw, the old Golden Horseshoe Revue, owing to my little brother's unwillingness to sit still for a half-hour show (though, oddly enough, he'd watch The Country Bears with Mom while Dad and I rode Splash Mountain back in the day). And hey, I *am* fairly young, you know. The current show, featuring Billy Hill and the Hillbillies, was surprisingly amusing (and complete with another guest sportingly making a fool of herself on a 1/4-size violin - I play, so I know what it's supposed to sound like, thankyouverymuch), so check it out.
Pirates of the Carribbean went down for rehab the same day the Mansion reopened and it'll be down for four months while the new figures are added. The two pirates at the end, struggling to move a loaded treasure chest, will apparently no longer be seen there. I wonder what's going to become of them?
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