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Fighting Incredible Shrinking Disease
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lugnet.town
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Thu, 9 Mar 2000 05:14:24 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Reynolds & Mark Herzberg say EuroDisney a success
OK, no more Disney grumbling from me. I went to Epcot Center--my first dose of
DisneyWorld since I was a wee one (when I was actually scared by the
"Microscope" ride--your vehicle would be shrunk down in order to meet the world
of THE ATOM, and to prove it there was a clear tube showing the miniaturized
cars of the people who went in in front of you! I kept watching that tube for my
brother...)
Um, digression recovery...
Uh...
So I was at Disney for just three hours (delayed my friends with LIC!) and I
just felt this *compulsion* to go along with it all, smiling at all the shrubs
and parents with small children. It was just so, so, international
brotherhoodly. The uncola soft drinks were yummy. Boarding the monorail to go
back, they play a recording in English and Japanese, so I added
"Washdaclosindoahs" in my dialect. Was it the spell wearing off, or the spell
working?
OK, even more ickly Town sub-themes:
Paradisa Timmy Treasure Hunters: metal detector carrying Timmies search the
beach for old shoes, starfish, gold coins, and every other leftover piece.
Meat packing plant: prototypes of this set offer a choice of cattle
slaughterhouse or turkey processing.
Museum of Giant Bugs: probably really cool. Giant stag beetles put on display
under a big chunky glass dome modern museum! This is where Johnny Thunder grew
up.
Coin Shop: This one is easy. Pirate fans will buy extra copies.
Gym: the first minifig building to feature... Showers! A new use for those 1x6
roll bars: rows of washbasin faucets. Downside: this set reveals just how un-
limber is a minifig. Upside: exerbikes can blast through secret door in wall.
Possibly includes new female types.
Kite Shop: Crossover between Ninja and Town!
OK, those weren't ickly enough. The next Lego dumpster truck will come with an
actual DUMPSTER for the first time ever. "NEW!" in S@H takes on fresh nuance.
Some final crumbs. NOT SEEN in LegoLand town: fire hydrants, ugly poles for
hanging traffic lights, trash cans on corners, fire escape ladders, police call
boxes.. You'd think the cops and firefighters would see a need for these
things... and what about a convenience store?
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| (...) world (...) my (...) Yikes! I'd have run a mile...I mean, what would happen if they couldn't bring you back to normal at the end of it? Actualy DL Paris is running "Honey I Shrunk the Audience" at the momemt on a similar theme, all 3D glasses (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | Re: Fighting Incredible Shrinking Disease
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| [This followup was posted to lugnet.town and a copy was sent to the cited author.] In article <Fr52K0.E7F@lugnet.com>, olsone@spamcop.net says... (...) The Shell Select Shop, dude...I've got three. :-) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) I'd go along with that Erik. I went to Euro-Disney 2 weeks ago "for the kids" and although we had had enough of the tacky pretence by the third day, it is obviously a massive success story. Even in February with temperatures just above (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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