jlpoirrier
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Aug 27, 1999
I had a crazy idea about Carousel of Progress on my way to work this morning. Before I detail it, let me give you a brief background:
I am probably in the majority on this board in that I truly love Carousel of Progress. I laugh at the corny jokes and sign along as we move from scene to scene. In the past couple of years, Ive gotten my wife, my brother and his girlfriend, and many other friends to join me in the chorus. Ive often looked forward to enjoying this attraction with my future children I think it paints an image of such hope, such wonder, that its just not to be missed.
I, like everyone else here, have been quite upset by the recent cutbacks at WDW. Of all of them, however, I think the closing of the Carousel of Progress is one that bothers me most. Although there are some here that wont miss this attraction as much as myself, I think we all agree that the closing of this ride in the first weeks of the heavily marketed yearlong celebration of Walts 100th birthday is simply a slap in Walt's face.
Most of us realize that e-mail, letters, and even phone calls are most often met with canned responses and petitions are generally ignored. We need to approach this in an innovative manner. This brings me to my idea: Lets all go out and buy Birthday cards for Walt - and leave them on the steps of the Carousel of Progress. I think this would really show our love for Disney, but our displeasure at the current state of things. We could each enclose some sort of form letter that first praises Disney for the wonderful memories they have given all of us, but finishes by expressing our disappointment the most recent budget cuts. On this letter, we could have a Web address (Id be happy to set up a site) that explains what were doing and why were doing it (we could even link to a petition). I could even setup a guest book type thing where you could upload scanns of the card youre leaving and/or a picture of it sitting on the steps. This way if most cards get tossed out, even if a couple make it to the desks of some of the executives, theyll be able to see the support.
Perhaps people who cant get there on their own could send cards to some of the locals (Im close, but still a few hours away) and they could take them to the steps for them. Additionally, we could all sign our cards indicating our status with the resort (2nd year Seasonal Pass Holders for my wife and I)
These are just some rough ideas I had this morning. If theres any interest, Id be happy to put together the site I mentioned above. Maybe others have some ideas and could really take this thing and run with it. Just let me know if I can be of any help.
Jason Poirrier
jlpoirrier@yahoo.com
I am probably in the majority on this board in that I truly love Carousel of Progress. I laugh at the corny jokes and sign along as we move from scene to scene. In the past couple of years, Ive gotten my wife, my brother and his girlfriend, and many other friends to join me in the chorus. Ive often looked forward to enjoying this attraction with my future children I think it paints an image of such hope, such wonder, that its just not to be missed.
I, like everyone else here, have been quite upset by the recent cutbacks at WDW. Of all of them, however, I think the closing of the Carousel of Progress is one that bothers me most. Although there are some here that wont miss this attraction as much as myself, I think we all agree that the closing of this ride in the first weeks of the heavily marketed yearlong celebration of Walts 100th birthday is simply a slap in Walt's face.
Most of us realize that e-mail, letters, and even phone calls are most often met with canned responses and petitions are generally ignored. We need to approach this in an innovative manner. This brings me to my idea: Lets all go out and buy Birthday cards for Walt - and leave them on the steps of the Carousel of Progress. I think this would really show our love for Disney, but our displeasure at the current state of things. We could each enclose some sort of form letter that first praises Disney for the wonderful memories they have given all of us, but finishes by expressing our disappointment the most recent budget cuts. On this letter, we could have a Web address (Id be happy to set up a site) that explains what were doing and why were doing it (we could even link to a petition). I could even setup a guest book type thing where you could upload scanns of the card youre leaving and/or a picture of it sitting on the steps. This way if most cards get tossed out, even if a couple make it to the desks of some of the executives, theyll be able to see the support.
Perhaps people who cant get there on their own could send cards to some of the locals (Im close, but still a few hours away) and they could take them to the steps for them. Additionally, we could all sign our cards indicating our status with the resort (2nd year Seasonal Pass Holders for my wife and I)
These are just some rough ideas I had this morning. If theres any interest, Id be happy to put together the site I mentioned above. Maybe others have some ideas and could really take this thing and run with it. Just let me know if I can be of any help.
Jason Poirrier
jlpoirrier@yahoo.com
