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50 MAGICal Enhancements for the 50th ...
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gmajew
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Yeah i truly believe you are right the board and more important the street want to see this investment into the parks because the return on investment was huge for the competitor.
HMF
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Exciting, unless of course WDI has plans to ruin it even more.
Haymarket2008
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Magenta Panther
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I swear, if they pull any crap with Spaceship Earth.....the only character that is allowed in there is Dopey during the cinema section from past versions
Dopey was there? Really?
HMF
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Yes, in the old days The silly song from Snow White was on one of the cinema screens. Back in the days when self-referential humor was subtle.
OK, this really took off ... no one out enjoying the last weekend of winter 2017? Or watching Duke get upset in the NCAAs? Or how about 60 Minutes (very weak) report on companies, including Disney, firing IT workers and hiring foreigners (almost all from India) to replace them at half their salaries? Nah?
I have skimmed the next few pages and I am purposely being vague (want to keep my batting average high) not because this is rumor, because it is happening, but because what and how this will be marketed is still to be determined.
A new show scene in The Little Mermaid (an example) could be one thing, but so could a new resort restaurant with the name of one from the 1970s. The new 50th MK pyro show could be one, but so could Pandora as it appears in two months. Whatever Marvel thing in EPCOT could be one, but so too could the goldolas transporting you to the park. It could be a Star Wars themed resort hotel or it could be more deluxe or moderate inventory being turned into timeshare (BTW, Disney reps officially, by accident to be sure, confirmed to me DVC's future presence on part of the CBR site. Really! And, that is all I will say on that one.)
And I am hearing from multiple sources this and it is a bit different depending on who you are speaking with. So we are so far out, I think speculation can be fun, but also an effort in futility with Disney.
One thing to keep in mind is some of the 50 MAGICal Things will be big and some will be very small and weak. Just how this will go down should be fascinating to watch.
I have skimmed the next few pages and I am purposely being vague (want to keep my batting average high) not because this is rumor, because it is happening, but because what and how this will be marketed is still to be determined.
A new show scene in The Little Mermaid (an example) could be one thing, but so could a new resort restaurant with the name of one from the 1970s. The new 50th MK pyro show could be one, but so could Pandora as it appears in two months. Whatever Marvel thing in EPCOT could be one, but so too could the goldolas transporting you to the park. It could be a Star Wars themed resort hotel or it could be more deluxe or moderate inventory being turned into timeshare (BTW, Disney reps officially, by accident to be sure, confirmed to me DVC's future presence on part of the CBR site. Really! And, that is all I will say on that one.)
And I am hearing from multiple sources this and it is a bit different depending on who you are speaking with. So we are so far out, I think speculation can be fun, but also an effort in futility with Disney.
One thing to keep in mind is some of the 50 MAGICal Things will be big and some will be very small and weak. Just how this will go down should be fascinating to watch.
How about bringing back the Penny Arcade to begin with? Or making Main Street USA at least akin to the 1990s version with real shops and attractions and not one giant World of Disney crap outlet from Town Square to the Hub.
BTW, nostalgia is going to play a big part of this. Count on it. It was the 50th Anniversary that truly revived DL (not that it was doing poorly at all) on Burbank's radar. And really that was a marketing event very high on nostalgia and short on substance. A great new pyro show and new parade were the big highlights along with the start of retro merchandise lines being big. They also made sure the park and major attractions were in top show condition. They are going to milk WDW's 50th in very much a similar fashion.
I have a strong idea they are never going to fix the yeti and decided this many moons ago when things started falling on Guests. They don't want anything moving above Guests' heads and that includes a giant AA. Hope I am wrong.
HMF
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I see nothing wrong with nostalgia. (especially considering how crappy today is and the future is looking.)
Something will be added to the Mansion. Count on it. (This has just been suggested to me as a 'possibility' by someone at Disney, but you can take it to the bank this idea will happen. I am willing to go out on that short limb.)
No. That is not what I said.
Not sure whether I do or not. But can we talk about it on my other thread or on the DLP forum or somewhere else?
There have been many posts by myself and others already on the subject. The deluxe, moderate and value categories are disappearing. Disney will be using much more aggressive surge type pricing on select resorts (I wish that meant 65% discounts on resorts they aren't filling, but that won't happen.) based on location, proximity to a given park or parks and seasonal events. There will also be a building boom again with more hotel and timeshare units being added and/or converted.
The Bobs are practically wetting themselves over more FL timeshare AND a Star Wars themed resort (something I am, naturally, less than enthused about).
brb1006
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That's been there since the park first opened.
It's actually already started. You can probably point to last year as when they moved into this. One Disney is pretty much dead. And the 50th will be heavy on WDW history because nothing sells like Horizons tees, Adventurer's Club mugs and pins with pieces of Spectromagic floats in them. And with all the infrastructure work, WDW will be an ugly mess from now right on up to 2021 (indeed, likely, beyond it too!)
HMF
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Was there, It as with many other things was removed in 2007.
I would be shocked if Space Mountain didn't receive something. But it could be simply a special overlay. ... While I would love to tell you that the attraction would be gutted and replaced by a modern version I think that ship sailed with Phil Holmes in the 2007-09 period. There was an opportunity. There were plans.
If there are no moderate resorts, then you don't have to worry about backlash when moderate rooms are replaced by DVC villas. To be fair, though, the one they are starting with at CBR should have all new buildings, and a totally new theme. It will not be part of CBR. It will take the place of part of that resort as well as vacant land.