EPCOT Beauty and the Beast sing-along coming to Epcot's France Pavilion

[AKL2003]

Touringplans ratings are as follows, which tend to align fairly well with Disney’s GSATs. The max is 5. Aside from teenagers, it would appear this attraction is not getting poor ratings. I like the “our rating” of 0 though, lol.

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And this is why we are getting the Epcot that we are getting...IMHO. Sad.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Touringplans ratings are as follows, which tend to align fairly well with Disney’s GSATs, moreso as time passes. The max is 5. Aside from teenagers, it would appear this attraction is not getting poor ratings. I like the “our rating” of 0 though, lol.

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The thing is, it's rare for anything to have an overall rating much below 4. I love the work that @lentesta and his team does, but I think his ratings need to be re-assessed as rankings.

 

[lentesta]

The thing is, it's rare for anything to have an overall rating much below 4. I love the work that @lentesta and his team does, but I think his ratings need to be re-assessed as rankings.

I thought I gave it 2 stars? I'll go back and check.

The Media Relations line of "This isn't necessarily what happened" along with Mrs Potts' "This is the true story..." voice-over, drives me crazy from the inconsistency.

Setting aside the question of whether we need a third attraction telling the BATB tale, do we also need to question whether Mrs Potts is an unreliable narrator? It's just sloppy storytelling.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

I thought I gave it 2 stars? I'll go back and check.

The Media Relations line of "This isn't necessarily what happened" along with Mrs Potts' "This is the true story..." voice-over, drives me crazy from the inconsistency.

Setting aside the question of whether we need a third attraction telling the BATB tale, do we also need to question whether Mrs Potts is an unreliable narrator? It's just sloppy storytelling.

From what we're hearing, maybe the stated rating was just a "Freudian accuracy slip"...

 

[lentesta]

From what we're hearing, maybe the stated rating was just a "Freudian accuracy slip"...

Like when politicians tell the truth by mistake.

 

[RSoxNo1]

I thought I gave it 2 stars? I'll go back and check.

The Media Relations line of "This isn't necessarily what happened" along with Mrs Potts' "This is the true story..." voice-over, drives me crazy from the inconsistency.

Setting aside the question of whether we need a third attraction telling the BATB tale, do we also need to question whether Mrs Potts is an unreliable narrator? It's just sloppy storytelling.

Perhaps they have The Joker, Tyler Durden or Verbal Kint/Keyser Sozay tell the story of Beauty and the Beast. I'd watch that.

Edit: Just listening to this week's show now, nice to see we both made the same joke.

 

[ptaylor]

This was the 11am crowd for the opening yesterday. Still amazes me that someone at WDI actually approved that sign for outdoor use.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

This was the 11am crowd for the opening yesterday. Still amazes me that someone at WDI actually approved that sign for outdoor use.


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At the very least, they could have put a glare-reducing screen on it.

 

[Horizons1]

At the very least, they could have put a glare-reducing screen on it.

$$$

 

[aladdin2007]

This was the 11am crowd for the opening yesterday. Still amazes me that someone at WDI actually approved that sign for outdoor use.


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It was empty after 12 yesterday as well...

 

[ImperfectPixie]

$$$

$45 for a 24" screen.

 

[Minthorne]

On my birthday I plan to see this and sing 'Let It Go' over every number.

Sorry, I can't hold it back anymore...

 

[xdan0920]

Still amazes me that someone at WDI actually approved that sign for outdoor use.

It would have amazed me years ago. Today it’s just par for the course. Guests flat out don’t care. So Disney doesn’t care. Or maybe that’s reversed? Either way, the end result is....the care that used to go into decisions like this, is gone.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

It would have amazed me years ago. Today it’s just par for the course. Guests flat out don’t care. So Disney doesn’t care. Or maybe that’s reversed? Either way, the end result is....the care that used to go into decisions like this, is gone.

To be fair... any other theme park (except maybe universal) would have just mounted the tv with 0 theming. It could be better but it could also be worse.

 

[xdan0920]

To be fair... any other theme park (except maybe universal) would have just mounted the tv with 0 theming. It could be better but it could also be worse.

We are really lowering the bar....The bar is now a line painted on the ground.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

We are really lowering the bar....The bar is now a line painted on the ground.

But does the bar sell overpriced "craft" beer at $8 for 5 oz?

 

[No Name]

The thing is, it's rare for anything to have an overall rating much below 4. I love the work that @lentesta and his team does, but I think his ratings need to be re-assessed as rankings.

Even if we view them as rankings, and even if they are somewhat off, this attraction would still rank significantly higher than many other attractions. For example, it would take a huge error in len’s numbers for this to actually rank lower than The American Adventure, and the American Adventure is good or something. My point simply is, regardless of what any of us think about it, we shouldn’t assume or pretend the BatB sing-along is rated poorly.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Even if we view them as rankings, and even if they are somewhat off, this attraction would still rank significantly higher than many other attractions. For example, it would take a huge error in len’s numbers for this to actually rank lower than The American Adventure, and the American Adventure is good or something. My point simply is, regardless of what any of us think about it, we shouldn’t assume or pretend the BatB sing-along is rated poorly.

Why should we assume or pretend it’s not rated poorly?

 

[No Name]

Why should we assume or pretend it’s not rated poorly?

You don’t have to because there are numbers that suggest so.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Even if we view them as rankings, and even if they are somewhat off, this attraction would still rank significantly higher than many other attractions. For example, it would take a huge error in len’s numbers for this to actually rank lower than The American Adventure, and the American Adventure is good or something. My point simply is, regardless of what any of us think about it, we shouldn’t assume or pretend the BatB sing-along is rated poorly.

This post confuses me.