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Believe it or not, while the Disney characters do appear in all the parks, there actually was a time when, at the time of Epcot's opening in 1982, they did not have any Disney characters in that park at all, on the grounds that they clashed with the serious, scientific identity of that park, that it and the Magic Kingdom were two separate, distinct parks and that any characters that inhabited them should also be separate and distinct. Thus, Mickey and the gang were to be only in the Magic Kingdom and nowhere else. That was the real reason Epcot received such classics as Figment and Dreamfinder, as well as the short-lived Children of the World that appeared in World Showcase. But there were no familiar characters in Epcot as people knew them. Yes, Mickey did show up for the opening day of Epcot, but after that, neither he nor anyone else was seen there for two years! But as with Pirates not being included at the Magic Kingdom early on, guests complained about the lack of any familiar characters. Yet their complaints went ignored. It wasn't until Michael Eisner came in and felt that Epcot's was too museum-like with little to do for children that he ordered the familiar characters be added to the park, and the designers, who insisted that the characters to be restricted to the Magic Kingdom, gritted their teeth and let the characters come in. Mickey and the gang would be dressed in very '80s spacesuits in Future World and various international garb in World Showcase, such as kimonos, lederhosen and sombreros, depending on the pavilion in question. It was indeed a lesson learned about whether characters were or were not allowed in the parks simply because of said parks' identities and themes.

I had watched a video on Rob Play's site about why Disney-MGM Studios was renamed to Disney's Hollywood Studios, and more importantly, why it was called Disney-MGM Studios to begin with, which were mainly for legal and financial reasons. What really gets me is why everyone still refers to it as "MGM Studios" or even just "MGM", when the MGM name, as we speak, has been pretty much purged from the park's existence, for financial reasons, mainly, as the video explains. The park has come a long way since its beginnings as an actual studio. I personally refer to the park, either way, as just "The Studios". That way, regardless of MGM's existence in the park, I don't have to come up with a new nickname for it (although when/if they do change the name, removing the "Studios" part from it, I probably will have to find a new nickname). My nickname does not refer to either Disney or MGM in particular; it is deliberately vague and can go any way.

This is an idea I've had to improve the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland, based on what happened with Walt Disney World's version, only better, since the one in Disneyland is better overall.

This is a change so slight that it's not otherwise noteworthy. This will add in some special effects from the post-2011 version at WDW. These effects occur near the end after the gods, angered by all the celebrating, unleash a storm that plunges the room into darkness briefly. In the Florida version, outside the windows, the storm clouds are very visible with occasional lightning flashes. Disneyland's version will not only receive these same effects, but will also improve on them. As the Tiki Room War Chant intensifies, you can spot the clouds from the coming storm already gathering outside the windows. By the time the chant reaches its crescendo, the clouds have completely blotted out the sky before the storm finally breaks. It's not much, but it does provide another layer to a beloved attraction.