It has been years since someone shot a BB hole through the glass at the Grand Canyon diorama at Disneyland. Walt would have made sure that something like a BB hole would be fixed with a new pane of glass immediately. With the increased security, it's less likely than ever that fixing the glass would just encourage the perp to shoot it again. And that bullet hole really looks bad, as if you are at a run-down park where they just can't afford to repair the vandalism. Why aren't they doing anything about the bullet hole?
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How long has it been there? Either way, it is sad. I don't get to the park very often but I do recall on my last trip in December I noticed the skrim in the HM's graveyard looking really bad as well. The good news is that the park looked MUCH cleaner than when I visited in 2001.
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Originally posted by Disney Wrassler View PostI believe that stuff can be really expensive to fix and replace. I believe the same thing happened in Haunted Mansion and all they could do was design the hole as if it were some sort of spider web.
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Considering that the hole has been there for over 30 years, I'm going to assume that there is a VERY good reason for it not having been repaired. Probably a situation a la the HM bullet hole.
Honestly, I can't remember the last time I noticed the hole in the Grand Canyon.
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The hole has been there since 1974. This website quotes the following:
" As you're going through it look and you'll notice what's supposed to look
like a spider web on one of the sheets of glass. (It's on one of the
last ones you see) The story I heard behind this (from a HM Cast Member
and a good friend of mine) is that one night somebody actually shot
through the glass, leaving a bullet hole.
This was confirmed by Mark Keiser (Retlaw 72-76 Security 77-81) Summer
1974 "The guy that shot there presumably also shot the hole in the last
or second to last window of the Primeval World diorama. Later
investigation determined the hole to be .22 caliber (in both places), and
bullet fragments matched (courtesy of Anaheim PD) the holes in Adventures
in Inner Space (he shot up the snow flakes)."
There is another bullet sized hole beneath the duelist on the right, so
perhaps a deranged guest was shooting at "the man with the gun".
They knew that to replace the glass they'd have to take the roof off the
building first, so they decided to simply disguise it as a spider web.
BTW, there is a spare pane in the back lot."
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Originally posted by steamboatpete View PostIt has been years since someone shot a BB hole through the glass at the Grand Canyon diorama at Disneyland. Walt would have made sure that something like a BB hole would be fixed with a new pane of glass immediately."JESUS!!! That's Cold!" -- Walt Disney's final words.
"You hear people talk about, 'I don't think Walt would like this,' or 'I don't think Walt would like that.' You have no idea what Walt would want! No clue whatsoever! Because the people that worked with him day in and day out didn't know what Walt wanted. Walt didn't know what he wanted 'til he wanted it."
-- Randy Thornton, Walt Disney Records
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Originally posted by brassplayer View PostOne of the dinosaur animatronics has not been working correctly for years, his broken head stuck in a pool of water, and the first thing you mention is a BB gun hole????
Originally posted by Senator David Wu (D-OR)Don't let faux-klingons send real Americans to war!
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Originally posted by Hyperbole View PostYou're joking here, right? That dinosaur has always been like that.
Also, it doesn't sound like Walt to place one static dinosaur so close to two moving ones."JESUS!!! That's Cold!" -- Walt Disney's final words.
"You hear people talk about, 'I don't think Walt would like this,' or 'I don't think Walt would like that.' You have no idea what Walt would want! No clue whatsoever! Because the people that worked with him day in and day out didn't know what Walt wanted. Walt didn't know what he wanted 'til he wanted it."
-- Randy Thornton, Walt Disney Records
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yes,lets just say me and the dinosaurs and grand canyon gang are all GOOD friends and that dinosaur has been that way for a very long time but hopefully trains will fix it in january when they go down for refurb.Originally posted by LlamaLoverOkay I just have to derail this thread one more time because JCG that was not a bad joke, it was high-lar-e-us! It is a good thing I was not drinking something because it would have ended up all over my screen. This image of your cat, fully dressed, requesting a photo shoot (in an English accent mind you) just really got to me. Wow, I need to go catch my breath and maybe see what was in that bottled water I was drinking earlier...
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Originally posted by Disney Wrassler View PostI believe that stuff can be really expensive to fix and replace. I believe the same thing happened in Haunted Mansion and all they could do was design the hole as if it were some sort of spider web.
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BTW did you know that-there are 4 bunnies,5 skunks,6 deer,5 moutain sheep,2 crows, 1 hawk, 1 snake and 7 turkeys in the grand canyon.Originally posted by LlamaLoverOkay I just have to derail this thread one more time because JCG that was not a bad joke, it was high-lar-e-us! It is a good thing I was not drinking something because it would have ended up all over my screen. This image of your cat, fully dressed, requesting a photo shoot (in an English accent mind you) just really got to me. Wow, I need to go catch my breath and maybe see what was in that bottled water I was drinking earlier...
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Originally posted by Hyperbole View PostYou're joking here, right? That dinosaur has always been like that.
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Originally posted by Jungle Cruise Gal View Postyes,lets just say me and the dinosaurs and grand canyon gang are all GOOD friends and that dinosaur has been that way for a very long time but hopefully trains will fix it in january when they go down for refurb.
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Originally posted by Frogberto View PostDefine really "GOOD friends". Actually, no... I don't want to know.Originally posted by LlamaLoverOkay I just have to derail this thread one more time because JCG that was not a bad joke, it was high-lar-e-us! It is a good thing I was not drinking something because it would have ended up all over my screen. This image of your cat, fully dressed, requesting a photo shoot (in an English accent mind you) just really got to me. Wow, I need to go catch my breath and maybe see what was in that bottled water I was drinking earlier...
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Originally posted by Jungle Cruise Gal View PostBTW did you know that-there are 4 bunnies,5 skunks,6 deer,5 moutain sheep,2 crows, 1 hawk, 1 snake and 7 turkeys in the grand canyon.
Giving me all these juicy details and no visual proof...such teases!
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Originally posted by brassplayer View PostAlso, it doesn't sound like Walt to place one static dinosaur so close to two moving ones.
Does anyone have older video of the diorama? I cannot remember a time when that dinosaur moved, and it would be interesting to see what exactly was going on say 15 or 20 years ago. Our memories can certainly play tricks on us.
Originally posted by Senator David Wu (D-OR)Don't let faux-klingons send real Americans to war!
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