I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978
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Re: I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978
#2Better than many of my rollercoaster tycoon creations.
Re: I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978
#3The best part about it is his rollercoaster the Quadrupler would have been much more fun than Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
Re: I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978
#4When I was 10 I pitched a game to Lucas Arts. Sent a letter and everything. Their lawyers responded telling me why they cannot make my game.
Feel like that opened something in me..
Re: I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978
#5I just love everything about this.
I love that kids could be left alone in their home and would burn plastic over a gas stove to create models of roller coasters.
I love that Disney would respond to him and not even forget the typo in quadrupuler.
I love that he kept all that and thought of it as a foundational part of his personality (I think probably he was already like that)
Re: I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978
#6I just love everything about this. I love that kids could be left alone in their home and would burn plastic over a gas stove to create models of roller coasters. I love that Disney would respond to him and not even forget the typo in quadrupuler. I love that he kept all that and thought of it as a foundational part of his personality (I think probably he was already like that)
It's a nice reminder of how impressionable kids are. A little encouragement can go a long, long way.
Re: I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978
#7I really wonder where some people get this marvelous drive to create - as it apparently has resided in the author even before Disney replied.
Re: I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978
#8When I was 10 I pitched a game to Lucas Arts. Sent a letter and everything. Their lawyers responded telling me why they cannot make my game. Feel like that opened something in me..
HAHAHAHAHA I DID TOO!!!!!
Ahhhh this makes me so happy. My brother and I, like many, were so obsessed with all the LucasArts adventures, so naturally I mailed them in my idea. I also got a letter back. IIRC it wasn't from a lawyer, but it was definitely a soft "no." There's a chance I still have that letter somewhere.
Man, I am not a "good old days" kind of person but the 80s (well, late 80s early 90s) really were a different time.
Re: I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978
#9Love it. Reminds me of when me and my friends got tired of launching model rockets straight up, so we designed and built a shoulder-mounted model rocket launcher. We made similar drawings and made some dumb mistakes (a face full of rocket heat is scary), but we ultimately succeeded. Kids learn a lot through playing and dreaming.
Re: I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978
#10Cute story. This reminded me how in elementary school and middle school I used to draw pencil drawings of rollercoasters on my page to pass the time. Rollercoaster tycoon fan :)