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SICK Space Mountain Holiday overlay
- Thread starter Railfan Andrew
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Cmdr_Crimson
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One thing that still bugs me about this....Here we get this interesting idea adding a light show to Space Mountain, all new lighted displays at Tomorrowland Raceway, The return of The Jingle Cruise......And yet they don't have the time to bring back Country Bear Christmas Hoedown.....
prberk
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Exactly. The most appropriate attraction for a Christmas overlay is ignored.
Yes, people have said that it takes time to reprogram the bears -- yet, we can put a crane up over the castle in plain view for a month in the fall.
Yes, people have said that at least one song (Rudolph) may have rights issues now -- yet, they were capable during the last general update to edit out parts.
There is absolutely no reason why the Country Bear Christmas Special doesn't run during the holidays. None.
trainplane3
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Party only.
Cmdr_Crimson
Well-Known Member
I got a feeling they can change it if they want to coming closer to the holidays..
ImperfectPixie
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Forgive my ignorance, but why does Rudolph have issues?
Gitson Shiggles
There was me, that is Mickey, and my three droogs
Rudolph the character is owned by The Rudolph Company. He’s not public domain like the other named reindeer.
ImperfectPixie
Well-Known Member
Gotcha. I mistakenly thought it was a matter of the lyrics. Don't Rudolph and friends appear at Uni?
Gitson Shiggles
There was me, that is Mickey, and my three droogs
That’s at SeaWorld. There may be an exclusivity agreement.
ImperfectPixie
Well-Known Member
Thanks. I knew it was close to WDW but couldn't remember which park, lol.
Rudolph is not exclusive, he appears at Silver Dollar City, Dollywood, and Sea World Adventure Parks.
I believe that as a result of the Dreamworks merger Universal holds the rights to the Christmas special (along with the older Rankin Bass specials) and I could see them eventually adding them to their holiday events but for now they are happy collecting the license fees. I do not know who owns the rights to the song itself but it was published in 1949 so there is still a bit before it enters the public domain.
I believe that as a result of the Dreamworks merger Universal holds the rights to the Christmas special (along with the older Rankin Bass specials) and I could see them eventually adding them to their holiday events but for now they are happy collecting the license fees. I do not know who owns the rights to the song itself but it was published in 1949 so there is still a bit before it enters the public domain.
prberk
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Either way, they could solve this by paying the royalties (like nearly everyone else is, it seems) or cutting the song (like they did for other parts of the original show in the recent edits). No excuse for not having a Christmas show by the CBJ. The perfect setting.
It’s a bit hard to cut seeing as it’s part of the closing medley but I fail to see why Disney wouldn’t just pay it, especially since it’s already a part of the BGM on Main Street.
prberk
Well-Known Member
Exactly -- or, dare I say it -- record a new show or closing segment? We are talking about one of the largest, if not THE largest, entertainment companies.
Disney Maddux
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This was an awesome experience. I think I might actually prefer it to regular SM (which I absolutely love).
prberk
Well-Known Member
Well, apparently Disney is running the Rankin-Bass classic "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" on its Freeform cable channel. So, they are paying the rights to air it there.
Speedy71
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They might as well give us the haunted mansion holiday overlay.