[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
I too want to see Asbury's treasures restore...However i also realize that times change and attitudes on recreation change. So does Disney: February 10, 2008 _Media & Advertising_ (http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/media/index.html) : Will Disney Keep Us Amused? VISIT Disney’s California Adventure and you will find a noisy reminder of what happens when a company loses its focus and cuts corners. The Walt Disney Company built the park on the cheap in 2001.… Now, Disney is embarking on a $1.1 billion, five-year effort to get California Adventure on track. …. Consumers’ fixation on instant gratification and personalization has been reshaping the entertainment industry for some time, but it has finally caught up to the theme park business in visible ways. To address shifting tastes, the broader amusement park industry will have to rewrite its operating rules, said Jerry Aldrich, the founder of Amusement Industry Consulting. Engineers, paying attention to scale and sight lines, want to find out how a planned addition would affect the existing park. _Will Disney Keep Us Amused? - New York Times_ (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/business/media/10ride.html?sq=disney&st=nyt&scp=3&pagewanted=all) **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565)
