tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post3763184141562642496..comments2024-03-27T05:56:10.939-07:00Comments on Davelandblog: Cascade Peak 101Davelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10720475138513029144noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-11929627072602345272017-06-01T09:26:04.323-07:002017-06-01T09:26:04.323-07:00@ Anonymous 2, KS: Thanks for confirming that mem...@ Anonymous 2, KS: Thanks for confirming that memory. I can remember that cool spray of water. Used to be two places to see the back side of water.<br /><br />JGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-71062391296245750612017-05-31T12:54:22.938-07:002017-05-31T12:54:22.938-07:00Dave...when I saw the headline "101", I ...Dave...when I saw the headline "101", I thought of its meaning in Park operating terms. "101' is code for not operational. So I immediately thought I would be looking at Cascade Peak with the falls off!! KSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-12233415882137617762017-05-31T12:50:53.103-07:002017-05-31T12:50:53.103-07:00JG...those sisters were babbling on Cascade Peak. ...JG...those sisters were babbling on Cascade Peak. It was always a thrill to operate the train on hot days enjoying the coolness of Big Thunder's spray when going underneath it. Cascade Peak fit so well into the forced perspective of Frontierland that the place just doesn't look right without it today. I hope the new falls along the River work. It could be spectacular. KS Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-12279240147485556242017-05-31T10:13:06.175-07:002017-05-31T10:13:06.175-07:00Nice post Dave. A good history lesson for the for...Nice post Dave. A good history lesson for the forthcoming opening.<br /><br />Remember the mine trail spiel about the brooks named for the seven sisters because they were always babbling? Or was that at Knotts?<br /><br />Also...<br /><br />What Chuck and Fifthrider said.<br /><br />I suspect that the rock walls and waterfall design is at least partly intended to screen Star Wars Land from the railroad and distract train passengers from looking over their shoulders away from the river.<br /><br />JG<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-50680321440722599892017-05-31T07:37:04.630-07:002017-05-31T07:37:04.630-07:00I had the same thought that carried over well into...I had the same thought that carried over well into adulthood. I was 26 before I realized "wait a minute..." I guess it was because I was so familiar from childhood with what Cascade Peak was supposed to look like I never stopped to consider why a mountain would actually look like that.<br /><br />Cautiously optimistic about the new falls and genuinely impressed with the idea of a hidden "submarine pen" for <i>Fantasmic!</i> boats. Also hoping that this means that the Ft Wilderness site on TSI won't be needed for a changing room anymore and we can get a fiberglass clone of the old fort in its place.Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-76767309769005341022017-05-31T07:22:38.279-07:002017-05-31T07:22:38.279-07:00Walt himself knew the importance of dynamics that ...Walt himself knew the importance of dynamics that cross over each other. Schweitzer falls and Cascade Peak were just two examples. In more recent times I've observed Disney prefers to keep dynamics separate from each other, in a box, contained to their own attraction and never crossing over with others. I miss that. Based on the artist concept sketches for the new falls along the DLRR I'd welcome these falls too. If you're going to take one thing away ( track length ) might as well give the public something nice in return. ( Besides, the "Indiana" dog house can only get so many laughs until you just need something new. )<br />Fifthriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480975804451839176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29249921.post-63144364264193793552017-05-31T06:26:45.353-07:002017-05-31T06:26:45.353-07:00I loved the falls! The weird thing is that as a ch...I loved the falls! The weird thing is that as a child I never noticed that they made zero geological sense. Still. maybe that was part of their magic! I'm interested to see what the new falls will look like (and be named).Stu29573https://www.blogger.com/profile/11476618457938961470noreply@blogger.com