What's up with the Mouseplanet Homepage? It seems that the only thing on the front burner for the past few months has been information related to Walt Disney World, and I'm getting tired of it. If they're going to discuss so much about WDW, then they should have a totally separate area for them.

I'm sure there's plenty of info that can be said about Disneyland in California. I could care less about what's going on at WDW, when I don't even go there. I want to know about what's going on in the *original* Park and DCA.

So whoever is submitting all this info on WDW and making it top news on the homepage of Mouseplanet, STOP!! Let's at least compromise and make it even, cuz what's been going on lately is just ridiculous! But that's just my humble opinion.

Does anyone else share in my frustration over this?

Thanks~
Patrick:mad:

Originally posted by DsneNut
Does anyone else share in my frustration over this?
Yes (http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12160)

Look at the bright side: The fact that Disneyland and DCA aren't getting much coverage means we don't have to put up with Al's incessant <technical term for a female canid, used as a verb>-ing.

i must agree. I hate the amount of wdw stuff to. Most of what is said there should be threads not HOT topic's. I wish there would be more Al and kevin updates. There are alot of people out there that trash Al's work but how much of it isnt true. Maybe its time to find new "insider info" writers for disineyland for mouseplanet

What is the moderators take on the lack of disneyland writing?

In a recent article on JimHillMedia (http://www.jimhillmedia.com) the topic of a lack of information coming out of TDA and Burbank came up. We happened to tell one of our European sources about the current lack of anything new in the way of information coming out of either Burbank or Anaheim. Our source, quite casually, informed us that that was pretty much the same thing that happened to European Disney watchers after Mr. Rasulo took control of Euro Disney S.C.A. One day they were flush with information and the next, nothing.

You have to go into the guest columns and then go to the article called Jay Rasulo and the Chamber of Secrets. It certainly would explain why less information is being posted on all of the Disney Boards. So you can take that however you like it.

We're hearing you.

I think this long period without Disneyland content is one of those things that just sneak up on you. It is hard to notice while it is happening and you don't really see it until you pause for a moment and look at the big picture again.

Essentially, we had most of our regular people writing their regular content, but it just so happened that Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix and Kevin Yee have written about WDW topics (because that is where they'd been), and the WDW regulars kept doing their thing. Throw in a DLP story, a couple big DVD releases, and a brand new animated feature film and we are doing the same amount of work but the balance is out of whack a bit.

Next week should be somewhat better as we expect a David Koenig piece as well as a very good Jewel piece.

Thanks, Alex, for responding. This is something that I'd noticed recently too, but never brave enough to put into words. :)

I still love my MousePlanet. :cool:

Wow, three threads on the same subject. Must be a slow day in the world.:D :)

WOW! I didn't realize I would get such a response from my post on this subject matter. And to have so many people agree with me on it, that's really neat. I was worried that I'd be the only one and someone who's just complaining. I'm glad to see that there are others out there who feel the same way!

I, personally, enjoy reading anything that both Al and Adrienne have to write about. Whether it's good or bad, at least their topics are about Disneyland/DCA. It's entertaining to me, and that's how I take it...nothing more, nothing less. Altho I do like to put my *two cents* in sometimes, LOL!

So let's hope some things start changing, and soon! Thanks again to those who gave their input and agree with me, I'll sleep better tonight knowing this, LOL! (just kidding):D

Happy Holidays~
Patrick

Sorry to disagree with the majority here. I could give a rat's patootie about WDW, but the fact remains it has 4 theme parks to our 2, three water parks to our none, and about 15 hotels to our 3. Naturally, there is going to be a whole lot more to say about DisneyWorld.

I agree that sometimes it seems that MP is offering a steady diet of WDW with nary a DL bit in sight. But that's just the luck of the draw, I think.

I use to read the WDW stuff for a while. It was interesting to compare how WDW and DLR worked. But now I don't have as much time, so I pop directly over to the pad.

You know that the East Coasters think MP spends too much time on DL, don't you?

I just take it as it comes, and be thankfull for the info. these nice folks put together for us here.I'm sure some days are just plain slow news days.

And I love Jewel's reports, too!;)

Originally posted by innerSpaceman
Sorry to disagree with the majority, here. I could give a rat's patootie about WDW, but the fact remains it has 4 theme parks to our 2, three water parks to our none, and about 15 hotels to our 3. Naturally, there is going to be a whole lot more to say about DisneyWorld.
It's a matter of conditioning. We're used to getting 2-3 DL related articles a week. Take that away from us, we get cranky. Past experience has shown that, despite being smaller, the group of esteemed contributers always seem to find something interesting to say about DLR. We've all gotten used to the week or two here and there when DL doesn't get its "fair share," but a whole month was longer than we had been used to. Longer, at least, than I have ever witnessed.

I don't think anyone here is really blasting the staff for it. Just observing. As Alex said in one of the 78 threads (or 3, whichever) on the subject, it just happened that two regular DLR writers have recently been in Florida, so their columns ended up about WDW, which has skewed the mix. Nothing really "wrong" with all this, but as writers, I'm sure they are interested to know that the natives are restless. Afterall, what's the point if there's no audience?

You know that the East Coasters think MP spends too much time on DL, don't you? Yes, but I dare you to find a month in which there was a 5:1 ratio of DLR articles to WDW articles. As was pointed out in last month's "article mix discussion," in reallity, it's about 50/50 in the long run. Usually, there's a week or two deviation. And I never bother to say anything when that happens, it's expected. But a whole month catches a lot of eyes.

Originally posted by hbquikcomjamesl
Look at the bright side: The fact that Disneyland and DCA aren't getting much coverage means we don't have to put up with Al's incessant <technical term for a female canid, used as a verb>-ing.

Hear hear!! If forced to choose between no DL coverage and AL's DL coverage, I'll take no coverage please. Even when he's praising, he has to throw in a little dig.

Originally posted by Alex Stroup
Essentially, we had most of our regular people writing their regular content, but it just so happened that Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix and Kevin Yee have written about WDW topics (because that is where they'd been)...

I also have to say that I am now the proud owner of not one, but TWO retail stores. And it's December. So my MousePlanet time has been severly limited this month. :D

AVP
(Who has to go back to work now)

You know, it is funny that some folks are saying no Al column....

Don't they know that nobody is forcing them to read the articles, heck, they get to the main page, see that there is a new D-I-G, nobody forces them to click on the link, and open the article....

I am looking forward to both new David Koenig's articles, plus a new D-I-G. A bit of Kevin Yee would be nice too, plus some from AVP.

So, MousePlanet writers, please keep up the good work, and don't forget the West Coast;)

Happy Holidays to all, no matter which park they write about:p

The amount of posts on the DL board heavily outweighs that of the posts on WDW board, so it's safe to assume that the majority of readers on this site are Disnerlanders...So why the inordinate amount of WDW news? I mean...seriously, does anyone care about the room rates in orlando? lol.
But I digress:

It's so easy and spineless for people to moan and whine about the negative side of things. It takes guts to honestly praise anything anymore. For example, I remember when Space Mountain BARELY got its new soundtrack...all my disneygeek friends were saying "Jeez, I HATE the new music! Man I can't wait until they do something about that awful soundtrack! I love the classic version of the ride more!" And now that the soundtrack has left space mountain, do I hear all those anti-soundtrack people rejoicing and praising the decision? Nope, all I hear is "Wah wah, the music I loved so much is GONE!". When people like things, they keep quiet, but when people DON'T like things, they scream and shout, making sure the entire world knows their sentiments.

Blah, anyway, I'm rambling...sorry if it seems harsh. I love disneyland!

-Rem

Originally posted by The RX Droid
The amount of posts on the DL board heavily outweighs that of the posts on WDW board, so it's safe to assume that the majority of readers on this site are Disnerlanders...

Actually, no. It's safe to assume that the majority of the readers who post to MousePAD are Disneylanders, but you can not make the same assumptions about MousePLANET as a whole.

AVP

Originally posted by The RX Droid
And now that the soundtrack has left space mountain, do I hear all those anti-soundtrack people rejoicing and praising the decision? Nope, all I hear is "Wah wah, the music I loved so much is GONE!". Well, being someone who doesn't like the music, I would rejoice, except that it was not a decission, and it is not permanent. The sound system retrofitted to the old rockets was flakey at best. New rockets are waiting to be installed, sometime between now and the 50th. These will have updated and (presumably) functioning sound systems. The only decission was that in the mean time, it was better to just shut it off than to have it only working half the time.

Originally posted by Darkbeer
I am looking forward to both new David Koenig's articles, plus a new D-I-G. A bit of Kevin Yee would be nice too, plus some from AVP.

Sorry Darkbeer, but you won't be seeing any new D-I-G's or Kevin Yee articles here. Kevin and Al both left, and are now at http://www.miceage.com

Originally posted by RStar

You know that the East Coasters think MP spends too much time on DL, don't you?



I'm a midwesterner and this site in the past definitely spent way too much time on DL when there was nothing going on. You Californians seem to be really stuck up and have some impression that DL and DCA are the only important parks Disney runs. Lighten up. Expand your horizons. You might discover something.

Originally posted by disneysweans
You Californians seem to be really stuck. Lighten up. Expand your horizons. You might discover something. Let's see, you've been registered since 6/8/01 and you wait over 18 month to post your first message and you flame Californians???

Who needs to lighten up!:rolleyes:

Is there some problem with that? Just because I don't post here doesn't mean I don't visit here. I visit these boards quite often in fact, but have never found a good enough reason to post until now. I wouldn't call that a flaming of Californians either, let's call it a crisping.

OK guys, time out.

disneysweans - long-time reader or no, coming into a community and calling a group of the members "stuck up" in your very first post is probably not starting off on the right foot. Sort of like watching a party through a window, and then coming in the door and saying, "You know, I think all of you in the corner over there are really ugly." You may be right, but I doubt you'll be invited to come dance with them.

We're glad you finally found something worth posting about - but watch the crisping, ok?

AVP

Very well, but the thing is, starting off on the right foot or left foot makes no difference to me. If anybody here visits danimation, they might know that I like to start conflicts. I'll see what I can do about the cripsing.

Moving on, this is from some other topic: "In California metro areas its very common for residents to not know any of their neighbors. Communities are walled off, gated, and otherwise isolated from the rest of the community. "

There's another example of not willing to acknowledge other areas. And AVP, look at your little thingy for location, "Disneyland: The Original". That's a little snottish, isn't it?

Originally posted by disneysweans
And AVP, look at your little thingy for location, "Disneyland: The Original". That's a little snottish, isn't it?

I believe this is one of the branding strategies Disney uses for merchandise. Pretty appropriate for someone who writes a column titled "All About the Merchandise".


Not to mention Disneyland IS the original. Fact. Emotions not manditory.