Originally posted by pheneix
You'd think that by now Disney would have gotten a clue about Epcot. The place sure wasn't drawing 11 million people a year by being "hip and edgy" with Pooh shoved down our throats...
I don't know what side your on pheneix, but there's one thing I know, its that no matter how "well done" this new parade is supposed to be, the best it can get is steriotypical, and if done poorly, raceist.
Lord Alfred, think about this. You don't like being spoken to over a loudspeaker? Then why do you like parades at all? All the other ones are all naration and singing music. ToN isn't. Nothing to look at? This parade has consistancy. In the character parades you see a float here, then three characters, then a bit, then anther float. Wow, lots there. I guess you never saw ToN at night. It's the best thing to walk over WDW. It oozes with atmosphere, texture, and images.
And DisenyKrazed, how would you like it if we were depicted as a cartoon character for the USA? Do you think that would be inspirational? Accurate? Hell, even ORIGIONAL!?!
ToN is the most origional thing to hit the shores of Flordia since Epcot it self. No characters in sight. A parade about building a story, not hords of characters dancing to sysnthised music from "classic" Disney films. Go to AK, MGM, or MK for your "character" parade, let Epcot have it's ToN with lots of puppets and drums.