"Westcot" My Final Opinion

Mr. Liver

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Feb 17, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/17/97

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My final opinion-
Westcot was designed as a Theme Park
California Adventure was designed as a resort

It's as simple as that

-Mr. Liver

geni...@aol.com

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Feb 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/18/97

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In article <01bc1d26$989e3880$LocalHost@kevinliv>, "Mr. Liver" <cpro...@cybertime.net> writes:

>My final opinion-
> Westcot was designed as a Theme Park
> California Adventure was designed as a resort
>
>

An interesting opinion though I'm not sure what it suppose to mean. However, I will note that WESTCOT also had a major Disney hotel within it's design. CA too is a theme park with a major Hotel with in it's design. Personally, three years ago I saw a WESTCOT video at the Disneyland Hotel and it stated that WESTCOT will be the first Disney theme park to have a Hotel inside of it. The physical size of both parks seem to be about the same. I for one like Disney hotels *outside* of the theme parks and this concept has never excited me. I mean, I love the way Epcot as the Y&B clubs and BW sort of in it's backyard. But I wouldn't go for some sort of themed rsort in one of the WS countries.

Genie

Mr. Liver

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Feb 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/18/97

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Mr. Liver

geni...@aol.com wrote in article
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It's just that I have felt that over the last two years I've seen a radical
change in the
way the park is run and in planning for the future.

In my opinion, The Powers That Be( please refer to Al Lutz "Premote Paul
Pressler" page for more info) any way the powers that be are making a
conscience decision to turn DIsneyland into "The Disneyland Resort". I
feel as though there ignoring the people who truly love the park and have
gone there for several years , in an attempt to make it a world wide resort
like WDW.

-My point, no one here in California can honestly say " wow there so smart
for putting in a theme park featuring things we could see for real within a
two-hour drive all in one place!"

California adventure is mainly for out-of-state, and mostly for
out-of-country, tourists.

-Another point, they are (once again IMHO) turning the park into a place
where you can spend a nice afternoon of fun and excitement, into a place
where you can't really enjoy it unless you spend two or three days there (
once again just like a resort ) and buy souvenirs that anyone in California
can buy at there local Disney store.

-Another good point, the price of admission has slowly increased, and
really the only good discounts are offered to tourist staying at a hotel.
If a guy comes out and stays at a friends house, and then decides I'll
spend three days at Disneyland, there better off buying a
Five-Day-Flex-Pass( which I believe are only available with tourist
packages) then buying the 80+ dollar three day pass. My friends who for
the most part are all "Teenage Punks",( I on the other hand are nicer and
more mature than them ) loved to go dancing on Saturday nights at the
tomorrowland terrace ( don't worry I didn't like the dancing thing anyway).
But now the price of admission makes that all most impossible. They can't
even afford to eat in the park anymore. This brings me to the conclusion
that to really enjoy Disneyland you have to be a tourist who plans trips
weeks in advance....

I have many other points, but for right now my anger has clouded my better
judgement.

Till Next Time....

-Mr. Liver

Shaun and Karen Buhler

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Feb 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/18/97

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Mr. Liver wrote:

> If a guy comes out and stays at a friends house, and then decides I'll
> spend three days at Disneyland, there better off buying a
> Five-Day-Flex-Pass( which I believe are only available with tourist
> packages) then buying the 80+ dollar three day pass.

I realize this doesn't address your main points at all, which is why I
left them out, but I thought you might like to know that the five-day
flex passes are available at all The Disney Stores, not just as part of
tourist packages.

The thing is, not all the employees seem to know much about them, so if
someone tells you they don't have them "any more", chances are (I've
learned form experience) that they mean their particular store is sold
out _at the moment_ . Also, the people at the stores may not be able to
tell you how the early entry works or exactly how the passes work. But
they do sell them, including one day's early admission but no breakfast.

I know it's not much, but I hope it's some consolation.

--Karen