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A Spirited Dirty Dozen ...
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AEfx
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Crazy as it sounds, that's not crazy for a wedding (depending on what it includes). I know upper middle class people who pay $100k for a backyard wedding.
It's insane, but you would be surprised on how much people spend on their "special day". Makes me puke personally, LOL, but it's not out of line for what some of these people are willing to pay.
Figments Friend
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This.
So much this.
Had to 'quote' so this would be re-read.
Nails the defining principle that has lead to the issues many have with today's 'Disney'.
It hurts to see what has taken place over the last few years, as I personally know a few of those people who's 'love for the business ultimately cost them their jobs'.
Not to mention, a piece of their soul as well.
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truecoat
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For me, I find that park to have a couple good attractions but overall a disaster in design.
brb1006
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Then there's Disneyland Paris where not only can you find Mickey and friends in Halloween it holiday attire. But this includes other Disney characters same goes for Tokyo.
brb1006
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Meanwhile Paris and Tokyo have other characters dressed in holiday attire besides mickey and friends.
Magenta Panther
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Of course it isn't. It's just a old franchise that, unlike any of Disney's home-grown franchises, had to be sold to another company.
Magenta Panther
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And that's the difference that, sadly, some will never grasp. They can't tell the difference between artistry and acquisition. They really believe that Walt's development of stories like Snow White and Pinocchio is exactly the same as Robert Iger buying Marvel. What you stated has no doubt gone over the heads of some, but those of us here who truly understand the Disney difference appreciate your comment.
solidyne
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I know. That's why I said she uses pitch correction ("AutoTune"). Swift just uses more. And I've been a Madonna fan for 33 years, since I heard "Holiday" on Miami's Y-100!
The Westworld/Disney connection.....
Author and film director Michael Crichton was inspired to create Westworld after visiting Disneyland and going on the ride “The Pirates of the Caribbean,” where he saw the animatronic pirate characters and thought to himself “What would happen if these animatronic creations ran amok?” Sitting down at his typewriter, Michael Crichton swapped out pirates for cowboys in an Old West themed amusement park, and the rest is history. Although Michael Crichton has said in interviews he was worried for years after the 1973 movie came out that Disney would sue him over the concept for Westworld. Fortunately, that never happened as the western theme in the movie was just far enough removed from the Pirates of the Caribbean to avoid any outright comparisons to the Disney attraction.
Author and film director Michael Crichton was inspired to create Westworld after visiting Disneyland and going on the ride “The Pirates of the Caribbean,” where he saw the animatronic pirate characters and thought to himself “What would happen if these animatronic creations ran amok?” Sitting down at his typewriter, Michael Crichton swapped out pirates for cowboys in an Old West themed amusement park, and the rest is history. Although Michael Crichton has said in interviews he was worried for years after the 1973 movie came out that Disney would sue him over the concept for Westworld. Fortunately, that never happened as the western theme in the movie was just far enough removed from the Pirates of the Caribbean to avoid any outright comparisons to the Disney attraction.
zakattack99
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- In the Parks
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WOOP HERE IT IS!
Mike S
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Wow, I never knew he wrote it but now it all makes sense. That's why PotC is mentioned in Jurassic Park!!!
The_Jobu
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It's a good thing he saw the original PotC and not the current one...
NearTheEars
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And that's the difference that, sadly, some will never grasp. They can't tell the difference between artistry and acquisition. They really believe that Walt's development of stories like Snow White and Pinocchio is exactly the same as Robert Iger buying Marvel. What you stated has no doubt gone over the heads of some, but those of us here who truly understand the Disney difference appreciate your comment.
The only way a modern acquisition could come close is if they were to take those marvel characters and use them in nearly original films. Have they done that already? I don't know because I've never read a single comic in my life.
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
Have you been to DLP around Halloween?
asianway
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Basically a local newspapers' op ed to Andy Castro and his mates
Well, that's impossible since some people around here say it's going to be crap since Iger ordered retakes.Rogue One looks better than Force Awakens
Nmoody1
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Currently in HK - included in a regular days ticket:
Halloween decorations/music on Main Street
Mickey Minnie/Donald daisy/chip dale/goofy Pluto/Duffy Gelatoni meet and greets in halloween costume
Villain meet and greet in the evening alternating with queen of hearts/cruelly, oogie boogie/jack, big bad wolf/captain hook
Halloween decorations in Toy Story Land
Fantastic 'nightmare experiment' haunted walk through
Trick or treat locations in Adventure Land and with some meet n greets
Video posts themed to villains around the park - a virtual reality type experience
Kids fancy dress costume party
Daytime halloween Cavalcade
Nighttime villain cavalcade with castle projection show and show stop.
Main Street projections at park closing
Good to see the old, "Disney is business" mantra going mainstream, lol. The article aimed to make any dissidence by loyal guests appear to be nothing more than angry old people who dont want change or new attractions. What a joke.
It echoed the same tired statements we see here by brand defenders whose responses are usually nothing more than an ad hominem, straw man, or tu quoque fallacy, or in some instances, a combination of all three.