Recent content by Ploddish

Shame those chunks are collection only. It gives me hope really that they finally seem to have someone in charge who cares about the park's future. It's been rotting for what feels like years. Every time I would go home in the 2010s, I'd make a point of visiting. I've not been back now since...

I feel sorry for all the database programs that assume a given cred was always in one place at one time :(

Two from Disneyland Shanghai: Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure - realising just why the roof of the building was so tall. Also y'know, that bit after it. The queueline reveal of the TRON coaster was also super cool. Elsewhere, we somehow discovered I Corsari in Gardaland...

Is that bunting on the side of the tunnel? Nice to see they've decorated appropriately for whatever ritual this is supposed to be.

Interesting - I got quite a bit of airtime from Valravn. Nothing exceptional, but I thought it was quite present. It's probably why it's now probably my fave dive coaster.

I recall it was something like being trapped in a blender full of marbles. Interesting, but not good. RIP. I hope I never have to ride it again.

You did! I couldn't be arsed :p

We drove an hour to Hamburger Dom for the Easter fair only to remember it was Easter friday, and so everything would be closed. Whoops.

Nah m8 it's Dragon Mountain.

Re: The Smiler Has 2 Trains Crash Into Each Other [edit] Ninja'd by Sue

Yeah, exactly. The theme of ToT is mystery, so the addition of extra elements that only observant people notice fits perfectly within the narrative - and the fact that it's optional lets the person who observes it become part of the story without having to explicitly tell them that.

I think the reason it stops making sense for you is because it's not the reason you feel you'd be doing that action, though. There's a difference between going into a building and being told why you're going into a building, and your concept and theirs not matching up. It breaks the inherent...

So I've been ruminated on this for a while, and I think I've come to understand how I feel (and I think as an extension, how Joey feels) about this. So there's two separate things I should define before I get into this: Story (or Plot) and Narrative. I think they're distinct things. I think...

^Yeah I was tempted to post that myself - I love effects that leave me stumped as to how they're done for ages. For example, I love the mirror/painting/door intro to the Beauty and the Beast show in the new Fantasyland bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrQLHvBZ-9I#t=02m11s The production...

^Aside from that very minor part, you're cracked it! ;) P.S. If you're a fan of crawling in dungeons (or elsewhere now!), get on Legend of Grimrock 2. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5sA_tyTM94 It's pretty much perfect?