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There are other changes as well.
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We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
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Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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what would it be like? would it be from one story or all of them? would it be a rollercoaster, darkride, water ride, etc.? i'm in a hurry feeding the ever hungry daughter, but i will post my ideas later. just had to post this before i forgot to!
It would be about Walt Disney. On a "train". A coaster that looked and sounded like a train, and started out going fast - through a "time warp" - back to Walt's town of birth, his childhood, etc. Then, slow down as he developed his cartooning skills - and crawl almost to a stop with the "birth" of Mortimor Mouse. Speed up again as his professional life picked up, keeping getting faster through all of the successes, and finally, come to a screeching halt with his death.
As you exit the ride - there would be a moving sidewalk, taking you down the path the Disney company has taken since Walt's death - the good, the bad, and the Horrid!
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It would be the Great Back To High school Ride!!! You look absolutely great and get in a Disney Car and go back to your 20 year Reunion. Of course your bod looks great while everybody else has put on the pounds. But thats ok. Oh by the way you invented the hot new product everybody wants so you are worth a Gazillion Dollars. And your date for the night is George Clooney or Sarah Chalke!! (Sorry just can't bring myself to say Angelina--this is my fantasy). Ok maybe this is not the ride you were looking for but hey its my brain. Sorry.
It would be about Walt Disney. On a "train". A coaster that looked and sounded like a train, and started out going fast - through a "time warp" - back to Walt's town of birth, his childhood, etc. Then, slow down as he developed his cartooning skills - and crawl almost to a stop with the "birth" of Mortimor Mouse. Speed up again as his professional life picked up, keeping getting faster through all of the successes, and finally, come to a screeching halt with his death.
As you exit the ride - there would be a moving sidewalk, taking you down the path the Disney company has taken since Walt's death - the good, the bad, and the Horrid!
I'd build the "Doors" rollercoaster from Monsters Inc. One- or two-man standing coaster cars that look like doors. Strap me to that puppy and send me flying through all the scenes from the movie!!!
I so think the Monsters ride at DL was a lost opportunity to immerse visitors in the experience.
Or how about Yzma's rollercoaster ride to her laboratory from The Emperor's New Groove? Except, the safety harnesses that pull down over your shoulders make you look like you're wearing one of Yzma's labcoats and goggles.
It would be about Walt Disney. On a "train". A coaster that looked and sounded like a train, and started out going fast - through a "time warp" - back to Walt's town of birth, his childhood, etc. Then, slow down as he developed his cartooning skills - and crawl almost to a stop with the "birth" of Mortimor Mouse. Speed up again as his professional life picked up, keeping getting faster through all of the successes, and finally, come to a screeching halt with his death.
As you exit the ride - there would be a moving sidewalk, taking you down the path the Disney company has taken since Walt's death - the good, the bad, and the Horrid!
Interesting idea. We went to the train show in Nashville last weekend and the Disney Railroad people were there. I can't remember the presenters name, but his father worked with Walt and created his backyard train. It was an unexpected dose of pixie dust close to home. That would be quite a ride...
i think the best ride i can come up with for WDW is a ride into a charaecters you sitdown in a ride and you have any disney charecter as your navagator thru this mild calm roller coaster ride for the whole family.
Interesting idea. We went to the train show in Nashville last weekend and the Disney Railroad people were there. I can't remember the presenters name, but his father worked with Walt and created his backyard train. It was an unexpected dose of pixie dust close to home. That would be quite a ride...
I don't really know what my ride would be about but it would definitely be a rollercoaster.....the bigger the better, the faster the better. Probably in the dark too......I love Rock'n Rollercoaster and Space Mountain. Im a speed junky
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