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[Parkscope Joe]

lol the term fast pass is ingrained in me. I prefer it to express pass.

And waaaaay better than lightning lane.

 

[Mad Dog]

And waaaaay better than lightning lane.

Yes. When they started lightening lane, bogged down by disability pass fraud, it was about as speedy as Fast and Furious at Universal is.
Since WDW cleaned up the disability pass policy, it's a bit closer to its name. But still a really terrible name.

 

[GA-MBIT]

lol the term fast pass is ingrained in me. I prefer it to express pass.

It is objectively the best name for the system, and it's absurd to me that the term is currently used by no one.

 

[alomar]

It is objectively the best name for the system, and it's absurd to me that the term is currently used by no one.

Isn't "fast pass" a trademarked name by Disney? So yeah, dumb Disney isn't using it, but no one else could even if they wanted.

 

[GA-MBIT]

I've had some issues with the aesthetics of certain lands, and I've brought them up here before. Potter looks ugly from the hub; Werewolf kills the forest look of DU and makes it look so much emptier; Dragons has plenty of areas that look out into vast Six Flags-y flat expansion plot space.

I now believe that most of these issues will be resolved with time. I noticed on my most recent trip that whenever an aesthetic issue like that came up, there was always foliage and trees already placed in the perfect spots to fix those quirks and cover up what shouldn't be seen.

I can't find it anymore, but somewhere on here someone made a collage contrasting Opening Day Volcano Bay, to what it looks like now. Despite faded theming or signage, it looks immeasurably better now simply due to the greenery growing in. It feels so much more jungle-y and tropical now. I can only imagine how much more forested, lush, and complete these lands will look in a number of years.

 

[Stitch_101]

I've had some issues with the aesthetics of certain lands, and I've brought them up here before. Potter looks ugly from the hub; Werewolf kills the forest look of DU and makes it look so much emptier; Dragons has plenty of areas that look out into vast Six Flags-y flat expansion plot space.

I now believe that most of these issues will be resolved with time. I noticed on my most recent trip that whenever an aesthetic issue like that came up, there was always foliage and trees already placed in the perfect spots to fix those quirks and cover up what shouldn't be seen.

I can't find it anymore, but somewhere on here someone made a collage contrasting Opening Day Volcano Bay, to what it looks like now. Despite faded theming or signage, it looks immeasurably better now simply due to the greenery growing in. It feels so much more jungle-y and tropical now. I can only imagine how much more forested, lush, and complete these lands will look in a number of years.

Yeah, and that same thing will help with complaints about not enough shade in Celestial Park. Allow the trees a few years to mature and grow, and the shade issue will be far less of an issue.

 

[Mad Dog]

I've had some issues with the aesthetics of certain lands, and I've brought them up here before. Potter looks ugly from the hub; Werewolf kills the forest look of DU and makes it look so much emptier; Dragons has plenty of areas that look out into vast Six Flags-y flat expansion plot space.

I now believe that most of these issues will be resolved with time. I noticed on my most recent trip that whenever an aesthetic issue like that came up, there was always foliage and trees already placed in the perfect spots to fix those quirks and cover up what shouldn't be seen.

I can't find it anymore, but somewhere on here someone made a collage contrasting Opening Day Volcano Bay, to what it looks like now. Despite faded theming or signage, it looks immeasurably better now simply due to the greenery growing in. It feels so much more jungle-y and tropical now. I can only imagine how much more forested, lush, and complete these lands will look in a number of years.

Just like the backside of Diagon, that completely filled in like a jungle within a year.....And Hagrid's quick growth made all the early
landscape skeptics look foolish. Lesson: Never underestimate how fast foliage/trees grow in Florida's hot steamy uncomfortable climate.