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Anyone Else Not A Fan Of Dance Parties?
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Disvillain63
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I get enough 'dance parties' at school. They always use the guise of having a 'dance' to raise money for something. I teach in a school that is 2nd & 3rd grade only.
DDuckFan130
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I also teach (I teach 7th and 8th) and am in charge of our dances so I guess that's one of the reasons I don't mind the parties. I like to have a good time at the parks. And like I mentioned in my previous reply, we go so many times that I don't care about skipping Space Mountain if the lines are too long and hang out dancing to mainstream pop songs.
Do I wish the song selections were better? Duh but well we have a lot of rhythmically challenged people at those parties that thrive on the line dancing haha. I'd love to have more Latin music
I also teach (I teach 7th and 8th) and am in charge of our dances so I guess that's one of the reasons I don't mind the parties. I like to have a good time at the parks. And like I mentioned in my previous reply, we go so many times that I don't care about skipping Space Mountain if the lines are too long and hang out dancing to mainstream pop songs.
Do I wish the song selections were better? Duh but well we have a lot of rhythmically challenged people at those parties that thrive on the line dancing haha. I'd love to have more Latin music
The dance parties ruin the ambiance for me about as much as all the people speaking English in the China pavilion ruin the ambiance, which is to say, not at all. Now, if you put the dance party in a location that blocks access to something, it annoys me, but otherwise...what's bad about seeing people dance and hearing music?
Animaniac93-98
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Nothing says "high quality, magical themed experience" like hearing "Cotton Eye Joe" in Tomorrowland while DJs try to make the hyperactive brats even crazier.
^This...and then some!
Californian Elitist
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There's absolutely nothing wrong with music and dancing. I love going to parties and dancing and things like that. The problem is the execution. It's seriously cheap. Let's get a DJ, play wack music, add in some characters and call it a dance party. What is that? The dance party at DCA not only sucks but it takes up valuable space that can be used for something else. Thank God the dance party isn't going on right now.
Now, Mad T Party and ElecTRONica are the same concept as the dance parties, almost, and they're executed wonderfully. Live bands, good music, wacky and interesting costumed people, food and drinks and people who seem like they're actually having fun.
If you were going to a party, would you want an experience like this?
Or one like these? Be honest.
ElecTRONica:
Mad T Party:
bethymouse
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I don't care for any of it. I guess I think it just doesn't belong in the parks, but perhaps like a DTD type of event.
I guess I think it just doesn't belong in the parks, but perhaps like a DTD type of event.AintNoOtherMan
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I don't personally hate them. That said, I don't participate. There are other things I'd rather do in WDW.
englanddg
One Little Spark...
That was EXACTLY my experience.
I, personally, don't have a strong opinion on it either way. I wouldn't miss them if they were gone. But, knowing how my kid loves them, means that I can accept their existence, and even enjoy the show (through her eyes).
imagineer boy
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I hate, hate, hate, HATE them. Loud, annoying, obnoxious, out of place, just terrible.
CheshireCat12
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So I guess I'm in the minority here but we were in Tomorrowland late one night and saw Club 626 and got so excited when we saw Stitch dancing that we had to get over there when we got off TTA! It was just kind of one of those "kid" moments you get sometimes when you have to just cut loose and play. Plus we all love Stitch!
The Empress Lilly
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Well, in this case your snide sarcastic side commentary seems to perfectly coincide with careful analytical review.
These dance parties don't add a festive mood for me. Atmosphere killers, more often than not. Sweaty tourists dancing to old songs that were not cool twenty years ago to begin with. Daddies trying dance moves their bodies haven't been able to pull off since 1996. Kids above the age of eleven left completely embarrassed, horrified as they suddenly realise they will be bullied at school for having gone to Disney.
ive really been working on that lately.Well, in this case your snide sarcastic side commentary seems to perfectly coincide with careful analytical review.
Well, since you've asked me to be honest, I shall now comletely change my answer.
Continuing to be honest, I would prefer the Mad T Party to the WDW-style dance party, and prefer elecTRONica to both of them. But the question wasn't whether we would prefer the Mad T Party or ElecTRONica to the generic dance parties at WDW. The question was whether we believe that the WDW dance parties are ambiance killers, to which I honestly answered "No".
I would, however, piont out that the target market for elecTRONica and Mad T is adults...specifically those who might be cajoled into buying fairly expensive drinks. The target for the WDW parties seems to be drastically different -- kids. Indeed, kids that will probably not purchase anything because of the dance party.
Californian Elitist
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Well, since you've asked me to be honest, I shall now comletely change my answer.
Continuing to be honest, I would prefer the Mad T Party to the WDW-style dance party, and prefer elecTRONica to both of them. But the question wasn't whether we would prefer the Mad T Party or ElecTRONica to the generic dance parties at WDW. The question was whether we believe that the WDW dance parties are ambiance killers, to which I honestly answered "No".
I would, however, piont out that the target market for elecTRONica and Mad T is adults...specifically those who might be cajoled into buying fairly expensive drinks. The target for the WDW parties seems to be drastically different -- kids. Indeed, kids that will probably not purchase anything because of the dance party.
I know that wasn't the question, but you asked, quote on quote, what's bad about seeing people dance and hearing music. I answered you and said music and dancing aren't the problem, but the execution was and I gave you examples in Mad T Party and ElecTRONica. I wasn't expecting you to change your opinion, but to understand why the rest of us feel the way we do.
