45th Celebration

Bocabear

Bocabear

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World_Showcase_Lover007 said:
They might do a special anniversary early-entry event. For $45, you can enter the Magic Kingdom 45 minutes before park opening lol.
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I bet TDO Marketing has already seen this and is working on the advertising campaign... it will include unlimited priority seating into The Enchanted Tiki Room during the 45 minute early admission, a special Meet and Greet with PUSH the talking trash can, and all you care to eat relish and condiments from Casey's fixin's bar....At a special 45th anniversary rice of just $45.00 per adult , $39.99 for children under 3
 
Next Big Thing

Next Big Thing

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Bolt said:
At what age do you stop celebrating every 5 year anniversary? Just makes you sound old at some point.

I wouldn't care to celebrate my 45th - but someone better do something on my 50th.
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A place, like Disneyland or WDW, is different than a person. Celebrating the anniversary of those places strikes on the nostalgia chord. As a person, you're just considered "old" once you get to a certain age.

The difference is, people die. Disneyland/WDW will never die. Ironically, you'd think we'd celebrate human lives more knowing that we won't live forever, but that's just not how we're wired I guess.
 
NOLADisneyFan

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I'm not sure if they are doing anything besides selling fancy shmancy 45th merchandise, but I was wondering if any events or such have been mentioned recently.
 
hopemax

hopemax

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NOLADisneyFan said:
I'm not sure if they are doing anything besides selling fancy shmancy 45th merchandise, but I was wondering if any events or such have been mentioned recently.
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I'm even starting to wonder if they are dropping the ball here. For the last milestone anniversaries (MK 40th, Epcot 30th, AK 15th and DHS 25th) they released a bunch of limited edition pins and Vinylmation stuff on the actual anniversary. You'd go to the park early, stand in line for several hours to buy. But this go around, they've previewed a tiny amount of pins and T-shirts that seem like they will be available all year and hinted nothing about anything more special or limited coming on the actual day.
 
TP2000

TP2000

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ScottKC said:
Growing up in So Cal I remember Disneyland was definitely big on the 5 year anniversaries- right up to 50, I think 55 was subdued by Disneyland standards...a rarity. But 25,30,35,40,45,50 all had significant commemorations.
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Anniversaries are a big thing both in Anaheim and Tokyo. The Tokyo parks go in bigger than even Anaheim does. But then the 60th Diamond Celebration that just ended was really quite fabulous and lavish, and rivaled only the 50th for scale and expense.

Here's a summary of what Disneyland did for a 10 month celebration of their 45th back in 2000, from mid February through December, when they had some really lousy executives in the form of Paul Pressler and Cynthia Harriss:
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Some of that stuff was just routine freshening, like the big remake of Autopia, but the overall package was;
  • Parkwide 45th decorations, and lots of 45th merchandise in the shops
  • Believe There's Magic In The Stars fireworks (the first new fireworks show since 1958, and truly the hit of the anniversary)
  • Disneyland Parade of Stars (the parade that infamously had to change its soundtrack shortly after opening)
  • Autopia 2000 (just a major project that happened to open in time)
  • Cynthia Harriss in a pantsuit saying how "Fabulous!" everything was
Obviously they do things very differently in WDW. Anniversaries just aren't a thing.

But Disneyland's 60th just raised the bar on how to celebrate a major one with class and style and a very healthy budget. If WDW doesn't at least achieve the level of Disneyland's 60th with WDW's 50th in five years, it will be time to hope a sink hole swallows the TDO building for good.
 
brb1006

brb1006

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TP2000 said:
Anniversaries are a big thing both in Anaheim and Tokyo. The Tokyo parks go in bigger than even Anaheim does. But then the 60th Diamond Celebration that just ended was really quite fabulous and lavish, and rivaled only the 50th for scale and expense.

Here's a summary of what Disneyland did for a 10 month celebration of their 45th back in 2000, from mid February through December, when they had some really lousy executives in the form of Paul Pressler and Cynthia Harriss:
DisneyParks.jpg


Some of that stuff was just routine freshening, like the big remake of Autopia, but the overall package was;
  • Parkwide 45th decorations, and lots of 45th merchandise in the shops
  • Believe There's Magic In The Stars fireworks (the first new fireworks show since 1958, and truly the hit of the anniversary)
  • Disneyland Parade of Stars (the parade that infamously had to change its soundtrack shortly after opening)
  • Autopia 2000 (just a major project that happened to open in time)
  • Cynthia Harriss in a pantsuit saying how "Fabulous!" everything was
Obviously they do things very differently in WDW. Anniversaries just aren't a thing.

But Disneyland's 60th just raised the bar on how to celebrate a major one with class and style and a very healthy budget. If WDW doesn't at least achieve the level of Disneyland's 60th with WDW's 50th in five years, it will be time to hope a sink hole swallows the TDO building for good.
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And the last big anniversary held by WDW was the 25th and 20th.
 
U

UpAllNight

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Talk about not seizing opportunities.

Attendance plummeting across Disney World by some accounts, and they're provided with a perfect platform to get a little initiative back and drive some people through the gates, and they plan on doing....nothing?! Clueless management of a stagnant, lazy resort.
 
Next Big Thing

Next Big Thing

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brb1006 said:
And the last big anniversary held by WDW was the 25th and 20th.
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Actually the last big anniversary "celebrated" by WDW was DL's 50th, where Disney played Oprah and every park got something new in 2005... LMA, Soarin, Cinderellabration and Lucky the dinosaur and Everest a year later.

It was a rather weak but still an effort to get things in the park, which, funny enough, is not unlike this year where we saw things open at all 4 Disney parks... MRFF, Frozen Ever After, Soarin Over the World, Star Wars fireworks (and other SW crap), DAK at night, and hopefully Rivers of Light (along with interim show JB:AwM)
 
VJ

VJ

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brb1006 said:
And the last big anniversary held by WDW was the 25th and 20th.
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The 100 Years of Magic celebration in 2001 could have been seen as a celebration of Walt Disney World's 30th, but since then big celebrations have been few and far between.
 

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