Noah
02-07-2005, 01:04 PM
Hello everyone!
So what is the real story with the fate of the original disneyland railroad main street audio spiel's as well as the on-ride narraration? I believe Thurl Ravenscroft provided the voice for those narrarations. I would have to say that I do feel that the current spiels for the railroad are poor at best.
I notice now the current spiels are followed by a Spanish version spiel which is recorded at louder volumes and in a diffrent type of style than the English version. In my opinion it detracts from the experience. Now I understand due to state safety laws, Insurance reasons and perhaps a bit of political correctness Disney feels that it should implement Spanish translations of specific spiels (seems to mostly be safety speils at this point) but for gosh sakes could they please try and match the volume levels and preformances between the English and Spanish versions. Otherwise it is totally distracting for English speakers to have to sit through a 3 minute spiel in a diffrent language after already sitting through a 3 minute spiel in English. Thats about 6 minutes of spiel while you are trying to enjoy the journey.
In the good old days I actually enjoyed the short English spiel by Thrul Ravenscroft. Although today the only audio I enjoy on the train is the "Your Attention Please... The Disneyland Railroad is now Approaching......" at Main street station this seems to be the only bit of authentic audio left on the railroad.
Why did this happen? Where is the original audio? I have decided I am now going to find all the original audio for Disneyland put it on my I-POD and cue it up at the appropriate times so I can experience the attractions the way I liked them, with real authentic vintage Disneyland stars providing the voices.
Does anyone here have the original audio? (there was a website that had it but it is no longer operational) Does anyone else feel the same way about this?
So what is the real story with the fate of the original disneyland railroad main street audio spiel's as well as the on-ride narraration? I believe Thurl Ravenscroft provided the voice for those narrarations. I would have to say that I do feel that the current spiels for the railroad are poor at best.
I notice now the current spiels are followed by a Spanish version spiel which is recorded at louder volumes and in a diffrent type of style than the English version. In my opinion it detracts from the experience. Now I understand due to state safety laws, Insurance reasons and perhaps a bit of political correctness Disney feels that it should implement Spanish translations of specific spiels (seems to mostly be safety speils at this point) but for gosh sakes could they please try and match the volume levels and preformances between the English and Spanish versions. Otherwise it is totally distracting for English speakers to have to sit through a 3 minute spiel in a diffrent language after already sitting through a 3 minute spiel in English. Thats about 6 minutes of spiel while you are trying to enjoy the journey.
In the good old days I actually enjoyed the short English spiel by Thrul Ravenscroft. Although today the only audio I enjoy on the train is the "Your Attention Please... The Disneyland Railroad is now Approaching......" at Main street station this seems to be the only bit of authentic audio left on the railroad.
Why did this happen? Where is the original audio? I have decided I am now going to find all the original audio for Disneyland put it on my I-POD and cue it up at the appropriate times so I can experience the attractions the way I liked them, with real authentic vintage Disneyland stars providing the voices.
Does anyone here have the original audio? (there was a website that had it but it is no longer operational) Does anyone else feel the same way about this?