Really excellent watch. I appreciate you touching on how pointless the CommuniCore West demolition was. EPCOT has suffered far, far worse casualties over the years, but that is by far the dumbest thing they have ever done to that park.
New on my Substack tonight! My longest post to date, & as I'm sure you're all even more excited for, my first non-Disney one! This one's all about the highs & lows of owning my Chevy Bolt I got this past June. I promise it is more interesting than it sounds!!
open.substack.com/pub/dreamfin...
I feel like the entire attraction is as close to a total narrative failure as you can get. Nobody pays attention to the preshows, and even if you do, it’s so hard to pay attention to a complex narrative while overstimulated on a roller coaster. It definitely needs love whenever it gets redone.
Seeing this queue have constant issues years later is so funny because my instant gut reaction when I walked into Guardians for the first time was “Oh the entire second half of this queue is getting gutted and rebuilt next time they do something to this building”
To my friends who expected me there, I promise this wasn’t a decision that I made lightly. I was up late last night & early this morning trying to crunch numbers to see if I could make a last minute ticket happen but I just don’t have the money. I love you all dearly & will see you next time!!
I hope everyone at RetroMagic this weekend has an absolute blast!! I dearly wanted to attend this year, but life has been kicking my ass lately and I just couldn’t make it happen :(
I got to spend my morning today down the street with The General, a small consolation for not being with y’all
Miss you two, glad to see y’all hanging again
I hope everyone had a wonderful time at the RetroMagic Living Seas event tonight! I would’ve loved to come, but I just couldn’t make it work with my finances.
Spending tonight thinking about my first RetroWDW event in that same venue eight years ago. Feels like a lifetime ago.
I visited this car so many times at Test Track…mine’s even the same color! Huge thank you to everyone who helped me with raising money for a down payment. It was very difficult to make happen but a lot of time, hunting, and determination made it a reality. I am so happy with it.
Belated congratulations to Disney & GM on the opening of Test Track 3.0! With that being topical I’d like to take the opportunity to show off my new car, it’s a Chevy Bolt EUV!
I fell in love with this car at EPCOT years ago, & when my old car bit the dust it was my first choice of replacement.
Grrr yes you’re right, I was trying to count out everything and forgot about Perrin SSE
I love Test Track 2.0 in spite of it being replaced by something great and being disliked by a large portion of the community. I try to explain why here, and even if it's not your speed (heh), I hope by reading this you can at least understand where I’m coming from. open.substack.com/pub/dreamfin...
Test Track 3.0 soft opened to all guests today, marking a major milestone for EPCOT as its transportation pavilion becomes Future World's first to make it to a fourth incarnation.
That said, I want to take one last moment to talk about 2.0, one of EPCOT's most misunderstood attractions (link below)
It looks promising! I’m riding Sunday so I’m trying to dodge what I can, but what I’ve seen looks great. It’s actually topical for me because I’ve spent the last week in car shopping hell, on one hand I think that’s neat but on the other I don’t wanna think about cars anymore 😂😭
On the other site a few people have asked me about direct donations rather than bidding on stuff. I feel weird just taking money, but if anybody feels inclined I have some of these Wonders fun packs to mail out as a thank you! You get all these stickers and more.
Shoot me a DM if interested! 💛
Bluesky friends! My car’s engine blew last week (world’s crummiest birthday present) and I unfortunately have no money to take care of that right now. I’m listing some stuff on eBay rn to try and help with costs if any of y’all may be interested in anything.
Please check it out! 🫶
ebay.us/m/Fd7Aq7
This is the type (heh) of content I’m here for. Knew it wasn’t World Bold but it’s close enough for me, neat that it’s GM’s too
Checking in for my monthly attempt at being active here. Did you know they’re opening up a new theme park in Orlando? I checked it out the other day, seems kinda cool
Me in the national security group chat
I know a lot happened in 2020 so it doesn't surprise me that it fell through the cracks, but I feel like we don't talk about the life and swift death of Quibi enough. That had to be at least a top five funniest thing to happen that year
Here’s the details on the Stolen Kingdom art show. Less than a month away! If you still want to submit art, it’s not too late. Looking to have everything by end of the month. If you’re local, come out on April 12, it’s free! See some art and Disney artifacts from Horizons Discovery Island and more!
It looks like it should be poorly animated with some lasers and flame effects and iMovie transitions like the stupid X ones that Elon posts every other week
An idle Robie SR. made by Radio Shack somewhere in the mid-80s. He’s 50cm tall and has a cassette deck built into him.
I would like to show everyone my new son
Woke up from a dream I don’t remember and the only thought I had in my head once I was awake was “The AOL Instant Messenger guy is made of cheese”
I feel like this is probably some kind of vital message to share with the world sent to my subconscious for reasons unknown
Who up loving their retro tech and EPCOT Center
I’ll take a set!!
I have it set up in my bedroom right next to a big flatscreen TV that I never use, yet this little thing is getting used nightly. Idk what it is but there’s something cozy about it, and I don’t really have the greatest amount of nostalgia for CRTs either. Flatscreens took over before I was even 10.
Update on little TV! I tracked down an original remote for it on eBay, & once that arrived I was able to get into its service menu and calibrate a few issues with the picture. It’s still not perfect, but it’s working and looking great now!! Been using it for gaming and to watch old animated TV shows
I get that it’s trendy now and people want cheap film but it stuns me that anybody would buy these. You’re paying the same amount to develop a roll whether it’s 36 exposures or 10. Just pay the extra few dollars.