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Would it be relevant to add a section describing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to the future trajectory of Walt Disney World? Dinarazek (talk) 00:50, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No, I don’t think so. Wikipedia is not

a place for speculation. GimliDotNet (talk) 07:08, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply

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I sure hope what I’m hearing is wrong. Because it is soo wrong. You are considered the top children experience in all that is Disney And now you are making the biggest mistake by listening to people that are trying to ruin our country. Please take it into consideration that the real people that count. The children and family values. Thank you Edna Spraggs 174.203.192.149 (talk) 18:14, 1 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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68.194.138.254 (talk) 19:05, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Seasider53 @RyanAl6 @(Oinkers42)

Wanted to start a discussion about the header image. I'm not a fan of the current image. The portrait aspect causes it to take up too much of the page and the castle is repetitive to other Disney parks and resorts. In my opinion, the infobox image should attempt to reflect the totality of the resort, not just "the lead icon of the lead park." It should also be something unique to the resort, to avoid all the Disney resort pages being various castles. I'd actually be open to an aerial image of the resort, but didn't see anything good in Commons.

Anyways, I'd really like to see us suggest images and try to reach a consensus. I'll start with my Spaceship Earth & Monorail image, which I think achieves the stated goals. -- RickyCourtney (talk) 18:28, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with changing the image. One of the primary problems with having the castles as icons of Disney’s resorts is that it creates ambiguity when we use the same or almost the same image for the actual castle park. This is a problem with Disneyland Resort, Tokyo Disney, etc. At least with Disney World we have other icons that can represent the resort. Also, as was said, the other resorts have similar castle images in their leads.

The proposed image represents multiple icons unique to Disney World while clearly differentiating itself from the lead images in the EPCOT and WDW Monorail articles. Plus, castles are already well represented as icons in other Disney-related articles, so we should acknowledge these other WDW icons which are well represented in branding but not on Wikipedia.

From a more subjective standpoint, I also just think the proposed image is quite aesthetically pleasing. RyanAl6 (talk) 19:01, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see why we're trying to be contrary for seemingly no reason: we should be using an image of something that almost everyone would say is symbolic of Walt Disney World, which would be Cinderella Castle. Saying "it's included everywhere else" isn't a valid reason for not including it in this article. Neither is "its height is causing me to scroll too much." If it does become the Epcot one, I can guarantee people are going to be changing it on their own quite regularly. (And, just for clarification, when you say it's "[your] Spaceship Earth & Monorail image", do you mean it's your preference, or you took the photo?) Seasider53 (talk) 10:25, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's not about being "contrary for seemingly no reason"; it's about making the best encyclopedia possible. Part of that is questioning the status quo. To answer your other question, no, it's not my picture, just one I picked from Commons.

I'd like to suggest another option: a photo montage of all the icons. That way, all parks are equally represented, and this solution is easily implemented in other locations. -- RickyCourtney (talk) 18:26, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be more open to that one. Seasider53 (talk) 19:10, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Seasider53: I have a suggestion for you. If you want to use a castle image for the montage, i recommend you to use the more recent file regarding the castle, which the foto was taken after 50th anniversary. Then, you can crop the image in order to fit into montage. Here's the more recent image.

103.111.100.82 (talk) 05:07, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]