No Extra Magic Hours Starting 1/1/16? Update: EMH to Continue

asianway

asianway

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jrhwdw said:
Frozen Fun is NOT Lazy! More power to Frozen since it brought nightly fireworks back to DHS!

And SWW doesn't have to be all year, couldn't DHS make Star Wars a Spring event. LIke Frozen Fun is a Summer event?
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They had a year to plus up a show that took 6 days to write. They added projectors and modest decorations.watch DL Paris version of the show to see what they did.

WDW added an Olaf show with 4 dancers who shoplifted a Kohl's rack
 
AEfx

AEfx

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ISTCNavigator57 said:
Indeed. But, I do think SWW could easily become a five-week event and maintain demand over just being a five-weekend event.
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Well the hope is they really do up Star Wars Land and it can be "SWW" 365-days a year.

That's why when folks pooh-pooh Star Wars, it's like...dude, LOL...they can bring massive crowds who specifically book a WDW trip for SWW with what are relatively minor offerings - parade, a few small stage demonstrations (can't even really call them shows), etc - even the autograph part - if you look, you can get regional con's all the time that have the same Star Wars guests generally, and many, many more (where you are guaranteed an autograph if you pay, not a chance at one).

And they've been able to do this every year, even with the relatively light amount of Star Wars content being released in the past decade.

If they can get that many folks to come for what they do now, imagine how many folks will come to see major Star Wars attractions - particularly with all the Star Wars content coming out over the next decade (and Disney stating they plan on bringing out Star Wars for the next 40 years).

It's really not a bizarre notion, at all.
 
AEfx

AEfx

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Matt_Black said:
Indeed. The funny thing is that many of the folks that pooh pooh Star Wars RAVE about how HP is such a great addition to Uni, and that doesn't have near the cultural cache that SW has.
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LOL, I know, even folks here in other threads have tried to compare it to Jurassic Park - saying that JP holds more nostalgia, haha.

People just don't get it. I wish I wasn't a Star Wars fan because I know how it sounds coming from me, but what I am seeing/hearing on a daily basis is just astounding.

There is a 50-ish mom who works in an office I frequent who knows I like Star Wars, and actually asked me how to get the original movies to share with her 10-year-old daughter before TFA. I could tell you all about her, but suffice to say - she is pretty much the opposite of a Star Wars, sci-fi, or even really movie fan. Her idea of a good film to share with her daughter is usually something like The Sound of Music.

That said, she pummels me with questions about TFA ever since I mentioned it to her off-hand (never thinking she'd really care). She saw SW in theaters in 1977, is pretty certain she saw ESB but not even sure about ROTJ. But, her driving force is that she really, really wants to share with her daughter what she experienced with just the first film growing up. She thinks it's just awesome that she can take her daughter to a film that has to do with the one she saw and liked 40 years ago.

I see this over and over, every day, one way or another. And what I read of other people's experiences, it's quite the same. And this is the type of person who hasn't purchased a Star Wars product (even a movie ticket or home rental) since the 1980's. When you consider that, plus all the rest of us who have always loved Star Wars, and that we now have 3 generations of folks who it will appeal to...it's very very difficult to underestimate what this film is going to do, even if it is released during the holiday season (which actually very well could help as many families go to the movies during that period, anyway).
 
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doctornick

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Matt_Black said:
Indeed. The funny thing is that many of the folks that pooh pooh Star Wars RAVE about how HP is such a great addition to Uni, and that doesn't have near the cultural cache that SW has.
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I don't think there's much of a reason to bring up the whole HP vs Stars Wars debate (you're just begging for someone to post the infamous picture of people lined up on the opening day of the WWOHP at IoA). I tend to agree with you regarding the cultural cachet of Star Wars -- it's multi-generational, is enjoyed on multiple degrees of fandom and has a massive merchandise reputation. But it's safe to say that Harry Potter also has significant cultural presence as well and is also extremely valuable. No reason there is a need to quantify and compare the two in some genitalia measuring contest.
 
AEfx

AEfx

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doctornick said:
I don't think there's much of a reason to bring up the whole HP vs Stars Wars debate (you're just begging for someone to post the infamous picture of people lined up on the opening day of the WWOHP at IoA). I tend to agree with you regarding the cultural cachet of Star Wars -- it's multi-generational, is enjoyed on multiple degrees of fandom and has a massive merchandise reputation. But it's safe to say that Harry Potter also has significant cultural presence as well and is also extremely valuable. No reason there is a need to quantify and compare the two in some genitalia measuring contest.
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I agree with 80% of this, LOL - Potter is huge - but if Disney built a Star Wars experience commensurate with how quality the multiple Potter experiences are, I think it wouldn't be question - there wouldn't need to be measurement, we could just do a collage of two pictures - one of Daniel Radcliffe in his birthday suit from Equus, and the other from the key scene at the end of Boogie Nights with Dirk Diggler. :)
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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AEfx said:
I agree with 80% of this, LOL - Potter is huge - but if Disney built a Star Wars experience commensurate with how quality the multiple Potter experiences are, I think it wouldn't be question - there wouldn't need to be measurement, we could just do a collage of two pictures - one of Daniel Radcliffe in his birthday suit from Equus, and the other from the key scene at the end of Boogie Nights with Dirk Diggler. :)
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I think you are wishing Universal would build a Star Wars land, then. Disney seems to be in no rush to build anything impressive at DHS, unfortunately.
 
DVCOwner

DVCOwner

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CaptainAmerica said:
Nobody objected to the original posting of the rumor. Notice that it included a question mark. What we object to is the mischaracterization of that rumor as "fact" by subsequent posters. People take rumors and get all agitated about them and then whine and complain about how awful Disney is for doing a thing that they're not even doing.
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I agree with you 100% on this. I am glad the rumor was posted, but how all the Disney haters lined up to jump on this with the facts coming out was just wrong. After is was proven wrong I did not see a lot of people saying "sorry I was wrong"; they just looked for something else to complain about.
 
Irie

Irie

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CDavid said:
So, what exactly was the complaint? Who would not prefer to have a package delivered directly to them, as opposed to having to fetch it from the gift shop? Which is not a huge inconvenience, but still.
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I have no data or inside information to back up this theory, but WDW probably changed the procedure to cover their rear-ends. There was no signature procedure from the guests confirming that they had received the package. I am thinking a small minority would lie and say, that they never received their packages (when in fact they did receive them), hoping for a refund while keeping the merchandise.
 
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DVCOwner

DVCOwner

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Irie said:
I have no data or inside information to back up this theory, but WDW probably changed the procedure to cover their rear-ends. There was no signature procedure from the guests confirming that they have received the package. I am thinking a small minority would lie and say, that they never received their packages (when in fact they did receive them), hoping for a refund while keeping the merchandise.
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I think you are right on this. I remember several years ago I was at Walt Disney World and had booked for a large group all under my name. several times I had to check other rooms to find packages that where sent to me. Now they have me sign that the package is picked up and there is a lot better control on the items.
 

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