Search results

DisneySea's entire Fantasmic show is done from barges, and nobody is complaining. If it is done well, whether or not they are moveable platforms or not is moot.

By chance do you know if the simple but effective cloud projections/gobos that used to be on all of the ceilings of the ride (and all but vanished when they added Johnny Depp) may make a return? I've rode all the Pirates in all the parks, and Florida's version easily had the most effective...

Dumbo springs to mind. There are a couple dozen of him in fantasyland.

I can confirm that MK managers keep hinting that something is coming to MK entertainment-wise but nobody seems to know just what. Or when.

This is correct...to enable them to maintain their status toward retirements and pension benefits, should they so desire.

To my knowledge, the work will begin after the ice rink departs.

This is slightly rose colored. Plenty of folks in the past 20+Years have been longtime performers and got cut with no offer of a full time transfer. And conversely, a few of these current shows have members that can and will do other things in the company. This is no more brutal than any other...

I confess that I haven't read this whole thread, so it may have been brought up, but a while back there was a rumor of Voices of Liberty in danger, I think brought up by Spirit. I was able to debunk that (sort of, as one never knows for sure) but explained that a bigwig had come in and wanted to...

This is correct. These are often events that prompt some internal housecleaning, and there was plenty at FOLK. Not necessarily a bad thing.

Tokyo has no access to almost anything underground. There is one tunnel the runs the width of the park but doesn't go near the castle. All of the castle performers have to march all the way through fantasyland in costume to get to the stage, which, like MK, is blocked off for all showtimes. MK...

Yeah, I believe they go off the schedule annually, though I could be wrong. Contract negotiations are always interesting in entertainment. A crap shoot sometimes! But I'm pretty confident that VoL is one of the safer acts in WDW. There are tons more that would save the same, if not more, and...

I'm in entertainment, and I'm in the same "branch" as VoL so to speak, so my network are people who are in the know, as much as possible given our front-line status. This also means I am a CM and get all my information from other entertainers, so take that for what it is worth. That said, the...

And three of them were brand new. Epcot's was only revamped but still new-ish. Now in order to get one new parade we have to kill two.

It means that whatever the unions agree upon is OK. I'm sure it is reviewed beforehand as much as possible to be sure it is within the proper parameters. It should still be able to be dynamic if done correctly. Just because it is a non-Equity role doesn't mean it has to be dumb. (FOTLK's floor...

I don't mean that anyone playing Snow has to be Equity. I mean anyone who plays Snow in FANTASMIC would be. Which would then eliminate her from being allowed to play Snow or any other princess in a non-Equity position. She could definitely go and be Ariel in VOTLM or any other Equity role...

I don't know anything about BPB's contracts vs. Fantasmic's. Heck I'm not event sure that the reason Snow isn't lifted is because of a union intervention. I was just commenting on why the speculation on making a quick fix wasn't as simple as was being suggested. There could be myriads of other...

Don't get me wrong, I feel that all of Entertainment should have 1 union. It would help even out the playing field a bit and also probably put out somewhat better product. But that is a pricey proposition, and I don't think we will see that happen. Considering Equity is also the Broadway union...

No I haven't been around QUITE that long. Have the most recent bargaining agreement only. She's lengthy.

Well, there would be tons of issues with the logistics of it, but off the top of my head? By making Snow White in Fantasmic Equity, that means Prince Charming must become Equity as well. Every face character in those roles would have to become Equity, which would mean they could not work as a...

Lot more than 2. And a LOT more complicated than just that.