Ear-Force One

[Mayonnaise]

Why am I suddenly thinking of a "Honda"?

I don't know... but I was having the same thought.

8^/

[Zazu]

A turd by any other name is still a turd? Am I thinking what you are thinking?

I think so Brain, but this time, can we fill all the vuvuzuelas with concrete before we start instead of after?

[CujoSR]

OK M... Your simple question was answered on the first post. And I Quote:

Anyone know if Disney ever flies this anymore?

So far as I know it's been sitting on the Backlot Tour for many many years.

Asked and answered. Second of all:

But this is not "Off Topic" forum.

I should point out that you did not post your question in the correct forum in the first place.

Walt Disney World Resort
Walt Disney World Resort Cast Members post your stupid guest tricks here. This forum is not for general Walt Disney World discussion. Please use the Break Room, for non stupid guest trick topics.

Frankly I am getting a little annoyed by everyone not following this information BUT like a cop on a freeway who can't possibly ticket EVERY car going over the speed limit, I can't possibly put everyone in the stocks for it, but like the cop I can pull over the fastest mother on the freeway and read him the riot act. My point?

Try not to get my attention unless you want it.

[Zazu]

If your not going to be helpful in a community board, then why are you here?

To complain about the stupid people we have to work with, of course!

You *did* read the large print on the home page, right?

As for "Ear Force One", that term was applied to the Company jet as well as the balloon, and there have been at least two Mickey balloons, the first made in 1987 {1}, the second in 2006 {2}. According to the company that operates it, the second balloon is presently in storage awaiting the call to service.

{1} Dave Smith.
Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition.
New York: Disney Editions, 2006, p. 210.

{2} Scott Spencer.
Ballooning With Disney.
Lighter Than Air America, Incorporated, <http://www.scottspencer.net/disney/factsteam/index.html> accessed 13 July 2010.

There! Now are you satisfied?

Oh wait, you've put me on your Ignore list, haven't you. So the answer you seek is here in plain sight, but you refuse to look at it. Now that is rich!

Shhh! Nobody tell him!

[Rob562]

Wait... I think I can straight a lot of this out...

Cujo: The "Backlot Tour" answer to the original question was incorrect, because the respondant was thinking of the plane (called "Mickey One") on the Backlot Tour. The OP was thinking of the Mickey-shaped hot air ballooon.

Mr. M: You have to realize that the CMs on these boards come here from all aspects of the company, from all type of roles, from both coasts, and even from other continents. Very few people, even CMs within the Disney company, are fully-versed in the minutia of Disney's past, especially when it refers to a hot air balloon that obviously hasn't been seen in a long, long time.
The "Backlot Tour" reply, while wrong, was truly an error in understanding by the respondant. They *thought* the name of the plane was Ear-Force One, and made a good-faith reply as such.


I pride myself on my wide knowledge of Disney park trivia, but even I am wrong sometimes. And when I do post something that's incorrect here or on Board Y, I'm corrected by others in the know.

So I don't know how the discussion spiraled downward into a discussion of FAA regulations and licensing and turd-calling, but I hope that's at least straighted *some* of the misunderstanding out.


As for the original question, *my* best-guess answer would be that it's probably been retired (or at least put into storage) and replaced with the Cinderella Castle balloon and the Spaceship Earth balloon. Rides in each of those balloons were prizes in the Year(s) of a (Two) Million Dreams promotion a few years back.

-Rob

[Mr. M]

OK M... Your simple question was answered on the first post.

Wrong! The answer give was about some air plane. Not the balloon called Ear-Force One

Second of all: I should point out that you did not post your question in the correct forum in the first place.

Then maybe there needs to be a forum for general questions for each park.
The Break Room is too "off topic" for such questions.

Mr. M: You have to realize that the CMs on these boards come here from all aspects of the company, from all type of roles, from both coasts, and even from other continents. Very few people, even CMs within the Disney company, are fully-versed in the minutia of Disney's past, especially when it refers to a hot air balloon that obviously hasn't been seen in a long, long time.

And again, that is why I asked the question openly, hoping that someone out of the large group here would know and answer.

As for the original question, *my* best-guess answer would be that it's probably been retired (or at least put into storage) and replaced with the Cinderella Castle balloon and the Spaceship Earth balloon. Rides in each of those balloons were prizes in the Year(s) of a (Two) Million Dreams promotion a few years back.

-Rob

Thank you for an actual answer. I do not know why that was so hard for some. Or even a "Hum. I don't know what happen to it, good question."

Anyway. Everyone else have fun trashing this thread.

[Mr. M]

OK M... Your simple question was answered on the first post.

Wait... I think I can straight a lot of this out...

Cujo: The "Backlot Tour" answer to the original question was incorrect, because the respondant was thinking of the plane (called "Mickey One") on the Backlot Tour. The OP was thinking of the Mickey-shaped hot air ballooon.

Thank You.

Second of all: I should point out that you did not post your question in the correct forum in the first place.

Then maybe there needs to be a forum for general questions for each park.
The Break Room is too "off topic" for such questions.

Mr. M: You have to realize that the CMs on these boards come here from all aspects of the company, from all type of roles, from both coasts, and even from other continents. Very few people, even CMs within the Disney company, are fully-versed in the minutia of Disney's past, especially when it refers to a hot air balloon that obviously hasn't been seen in a long, long time.

And again, that is why I asked the question openly, hoping that someone out of the large group here would know and answer.

As for the original question, *my* best-guess answer would be that it's probably been retired (or at least put into storage) and replaced with the Cinderella Castle balloon and the Spaceship Earth balloon. Rides in each of those balloons were prizes in the Year(s) of a (Two) Million Dreams promotion a few years back.

-Rob

Thank you for an actual answer. I do not know why that was so hard for some. Or even a "Hum. I don't know what happen to it, good question."

Anyway. Everyone else have fun trashing this thread.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Thank You.



Then maybe there needs to be a forum for general questions for each park.
The Break Room is too "off topic" for such questions.



And again, that is why I asked the question openly, hoping that someone out of the large group here would know and answer.



Thank you for an actual answer. I do not know why that was so hard for some. Or even a "Hum. I don't know what happen to it, good question."

Anyway. Everyone else have fun trashing this thread.

hehehehee

REALLY unclear on the concept of this board!

If you need to have trivia answered, perhaps you should seek a different discussion board.

choose any letter you feel is correct.

[Mr. M]

hehehehee

REALLY unclear on the concept of this board!

If you need to have trivia answered, perhaps you should seek a different discussion board.

choose any letter you feel is correct.

Yes, your right. What was I thinking coming to a board full or cast members to get info about Disney.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Yes, your right. What was I thinking coming to a board full or cast members to get info about Disney.

again, go to the home page and read the top two paragraphs.

unless you are a troll,

if so, then just continue your sillyness