Of course, you have to ask yourself if Extreme Ghostbusters should get the shaft in exchange for this series.
These need not be mutually exclusive.
Interesting possibility for a living Freddie Mercury.
Yes, interesting is the word. Seems crazy, but then again you have Sir Brian May as a world renowned astrophysicist OTL, so why not? Certainly less crazy than some of the politicians we've had in the US. That said, probably not going there.
Considering that TSR created 2nd Ed. Dungeons & Dragons rules in 1989 an Gary Gygax created Dangerous Journeys in 1992 OTL any chance someone at either Marvel, Disney, or both putting pressure on Gygax to create new rules for Dungeons & Dragons (may something similar to Dangerous Journeys)?
Seems possible. Likely some sort of 3rd Ed. a lot sooner.
However, speaking as a Brit, part of me would really like to see Disney, what with Anglophile Henson, base more productions in the UK.
Yes, there will still be plenty of stuff shot in Pinewood and Elstree, fear not.
To anyone who says this is not a political timeline- you are in fact wrong. Just because this timeline is not about Presidents and elections directly with a more 'pop' focus. Disney is very political and politics plays a huge part in what they do, and what impact they have on the broadcasting, theme park, and Western cultural landscape.
There's the old saw that "everything is political." While not an overtly political TL I was never going to just ignore the politics. And the politics will affect the culture and vice versa.
Besides ACC, I wonder who got which refineries, stations, and . Selling off that much can't launch no butterflies. Same goes for the lobbying side. I wouldn't be surprised if down the line different official got elected because of it, and that really got the butterflies flapping.
I figure Bass Bros. got a few refineries and such at a good price. Gotta keep the shareholders happy. I'm sure that jpj will be keeping this all in mind on the politics side.
The Smithsonian mentions do intrigue me as I have a fascination with it lately. It makes me think we could get an earlier Smithsonian Channel done with Disney instead of Showtme and by extension ViacomCBS (which is unlikely to exist ITTL).
Interesting idea...
I wonder if Disney will eventually get permission to extend the monorail from their Anaheim park to Port Disney in Long Beach. That would probably be a multi-year long project I could see happening in the 2000s.
Might be a mite too impractical. Monorails,mwhile cool, aren’t exactly as good as regular light rail and trams.
Simply extending
the existing monorail and making it bi-directional is going to be a pain.
Eh, that financially it will depend on whether they can get Anaheim and Long Beach on board. To do that, they’d probably have to full on have stops/regular transportation at places between Long Beach and Anaheim. Maybe two monorail tracks, one for public transportation and one between the two parks?
As for logistics, that’s more complicated, hence why I said this would probably be a multi-year project. Despite the fact Anaheim and Long Beach are basically right next to each other, it’d probably would take years to build the monorail tracks simply due to have to temporarily close streets for every level of track.
As for buses, it makes sense at first, but A) I doubt Disney wants to deal with their buses having to deal with LA traffic with no alternative, B) Long Beach is likely going to see a huge economic boost due to Port Disney which will increase traffic, and C) as more people go to Port Disney as time goes on, traffic will increase.
The buses are fine perhaps in the first few years, but eventually adding a monorail system will make a great deal of sense.
To be honest, this post still astonishes me at how Jim Henson and Frank Wells managed to get the approval of DisneySea, and all in a convincing manner. Anaheim must be simultaneously relieved and angry that they didn't get the second gate, with Long Beach getting the coveted park (now expanded into a separate resort!).
You've all also forgotten the biggest challenge of the monorail: cost. A Disney-style monorail, not counting the price of the easement rights or relocating obstacles or disruption to existing roads and structures, is about
$50 million per mile today according to Yesterland. Accounting for inflation, the 30-35 mile monorail from Disneyland to Port Disney would cost around a
billion dollars in the mid 1990s (puts pinkie in mouth) just for the time and materials to build it.
Yea, a short 2-5 mile spur might be an option. A 30-35 mile line through the middle of the established urban sprawl Greater LA not so much, unless the people of LA really, really want to reduce the Bus Traffic and are willing to pay much higher taxes, or if some serious lobbying for fed dollars pays off.
Also, I realise this probably butterflies Aquarium of the Pacific, on the site of the hotel.
It does, since DisneySea is essentially Aquarium of the Pacific with Oceana, being a far larger and more sophisticated counterpart to the aquarium.
I doubt we'll see something like AoTP in Long Beach due to the existence of Oceana essentially replacing it (there's no way it could compete with Disney on their turf anyways). Maybe a lot of employees from AoTP OTL end up working for Disney instead since Disney is motivated in turning it into a real working aquarium.
AotP is butterflied for sure, or relocated to, like Oxnard or somewhere farther to the north. Oceana will be AotP squared, and done with that "Disney Detail". And yea, all the people who worked for AotP OTL can certainly work for DisneySea.
The documentaries resulting from these (no doubt with a few in cooperation with National Geographic, cue the iconic anthem and yellow border) would definitely wind up on the family tv, even if we have to rent the videos from the library!
Roy Disney's ears are buzzing. May totally steal this idea.
