Insider info/ AMA on WDW's 50th Ann.

[spresso81]

I find this decision to be very disappointing. Tokyo's Dreamlights parade should be the example parade for each park to emulate/build upon. It mixes both old and new technology while having great music.

Nostalgia is great but a brand new cutting edge parade with nods to history (maybe even a few re-created updated Spectro floats) should have been a no-brainer for the 50th budget be dammed.

 

[brb1006]

I hear crickets.

 

[Figments Friend]

So @Figments Friend would you like to share how credible I am with the rest of the class? I think @Queen of the WDW Screne was the biggest skeptic.

As long as you are okay with it.
Don't want to 'blow anyones cover'.



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[Disnerd2003]

Not too specific. We dont want any trouble with old Bob and Bob C. @Figments Friend

 

[Figments Friend]

But OP claims the decision was made in 2016 so to me that would have been long enough to create a new one.

TDO has to have the motivation to WANT a new Parade.
If they are not interested, then it's not going to be pursued.

I personally wish they had pursued.
A new nighttime light parade is long overdue for WDW.

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[Vacationeer]

The boss told us that it's too expensive. We run the most expensive parade (Festival of Fantasy) and have the most expensive fireworks of any Disney Park worldwide. Theres no room in the budget. Also, a new parade wont be done in time for the 50th.

Plus with anything new, there's a question how well fans will receive it. MSEP already has a strong fan base and the nostalgia factor is immense, especially if they build on that to make it even more enchanting and mesmerizing.

FWIW I enjoyed Spectro but MSEP really grew on my entire family. It always transported us into our happy place.

 

[Disnerd2003]

As long as you are okay with it.
Don't want to 'blow anyones cover'.



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@Queen of the WDW Screne

 

[Disnerd2003]

Plus with anything new, there's a question how well fans will receive it. MSEP already has a strong fan base and the nostalgia factor is immense, especially if they build on that to make it even more enchanting and mesmerizing.

FWIW I enjoyed Spectro but MSEP really grew on my entire family. It always transported us into our happy place.

This is the exact feeling that leadership has right now. Billy has hit the nail on the head.

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

@Queen of the WDW Screne

Saw that. I did not see where Figment actually said yep this poster is really credible.

 

[Disnerd2003]

Saw that. I did not see where Figment actually said yep this is credible.

@Figments Friend ?

 

[brb1006]

I find this decision to be very disappointing. Tokyo's Dreamlights parade should be the example parade for each park to emulate/build upon. It mixes both old and new technology while having great music.

Nostalgia is great but a brand new cutting edge parade with nods to history (maybe even a few re-created updated Spectro floats) should have been a no-brainer for the 50th budget be dammed.

And add newer floats (as of 2017 an updated section) and remove some of them.

That reminds me, Dreamlights is also able to have a Christmas version of the parade. This actually isn't the first time they used it. During MSEP's second run between 1998-2000 they made a Christmas variation that mixed Christmas medleys with the normal parade music in 1999.


The last time MSEP used this idea was during it's run at Disneyland Paris sometime in the early 2000s.


Here's a video that has the Christmas Edition of MSEP.

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

@Figments Friend ?

You certainly are putting a lot of pressure on that poster to publicly agree with you.

 

[RobbinsDad]

And I'm officially following...

 

[brb1006]

TDO has to have the motivation to WANT a new Parade.
If they are not interested, then it's not going to be pursued.

I personally wish they had pursued.
A new nighttime light parade is long overdue for WDW.

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The Disneyland section for this year's D23 felt like such a tease. Especially when they revealed their new daytime parade "Magic Happens" complete with a preview of the parade theme.

 

[Disnerd2003]

You certainly are putting a lot of pressure on that poster to publicly agree with you.

@Figments Friend dont feel pressured. It does seem that you are very pushy to have my credibility validated though, Queen.

 

[brb1006]

This is the exact feeling that leadership has right now. Billy has hit the nail on the head.

But Spectro fitted the nighttime atmosphere of the Magic Kingdom much better. Jiminy Cricket even hosted the parade!

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

@Figments Friend dont feel pressured. It does seem that you are very pushy to have my credibility validated though, Queen.

I asked @Figments Friend to come back to just give a yay or nay and YOU are the one that brought it up specifically saying yeah come agree with me.
Please Figment don't feel pressured at all.

 

[Disnerd2003]

But Spectro fitted the nighttime atmosphere of the Magic Kingdom much better. Jiminy Cricket even hosted the parade!

I'm not saying Spectro is gone forever... theres still "one little spark" of hope...

 

[FigmentFan82]

But Spectro fitted the nighttime atmosphere of the Magic Kingdom much better. Jiminy Cricket even hosted the parade!

I love Jiminy Cricket!

that's the end of my contribution

 

[Disnerd2003]

Well I headed in to the parks for dinner after work now so I'll let some questions brew and I'll return around 6.