there is supposed to be some D23 event centered around the 40th this spring, but an exact date hasn't been release. I think it is expected they will be announcing something. I sure hope so, but I wouldn't be surprised if they they say "MSEP is staying, STII is opening, and you have great new merchandise to choose from" as their announcements
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there is supposed to be some D23 event centered around the 40th this spring, but an exact date hasn't been release. I think it is expected they will be announcing something. I sure hope so, but I wouldn't be surprised if they they say "MSEP is staying, STII is opening, and you have great new merchandise to choose from" as their announcements
JimboJones123
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And it was clearly a temporary thing.
This is the reason Disneyland gets all the special attention. If the birthday cake happened there, it would be applauded for something interesting to spin the gates. At WDW it was universally hated. I don't know why. Because DL embraces special and unique events and promotions, they keep getting cool stuff while we whine about the stuff we do get. Sigh.
Disneykidder
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I LOVED the castle cake. We got to see it 2 years in a row. I loved the way the towers swayed back and forth. Sure it was a pepto pink but it was innovative and definately made a statement.
I also liked the pink too. :wave:
I was hoping for Fantasyland to be opened by this summer, too. We can't wait for Star Wars, though.
I also liked the pink too. :wave:I was hoping for Fantasyland to be opened by this summer, too. We can't wait for Star Wars, though.
T-1MILLION
New Member
It was not the most attractive thing and I was not a big fan but I was not really bothered by it either. Back then there was actually tons of new attractions going on in what was still a really good era for the parks.
SeaCastle
Well-Known Member
You seriously believe Disneyland locals and AP'ers would openly embrace the transformation of their 55 year old castle and cultural icon into a birthday cake? I find that incredibly hard to believe. Disneylanders are much, much more passionate and purist when it comes to their parks than WDW fans are.
aladdin2007
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Very true, the 20th and 25th celebrations were incredible. They put a lot of care and thought into those, it was very nostalgic. If they cant even do a new afternoon parade for the 40th in place of that current tired decade old thing thats running now (it has only four floats left in it I think maybe five?), then the greed and cheapness of the current TDO is shining loud and clear. Very sad. Of course I said IF, but its not sounding like anything is in the works beyond the new Star Tours and some merch.
TP2000
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Perhaps. But the conventional wisdom on these boards for years has been that Disneyland is just a small, little locals theme park serving one faraway corner of the country, and hardly anyone visits that park who doesn't live within 50 miles of the place.
(Nevermind the gazillion Aussie accents and Taiwanese tour groups and Japanese office ladies that flooded Disneyland this past Christmas season, on top of the usual hordes of pale tourists in shorts from a dozen other Western states and provinces.)
But really, it's proven somewhere, or someone maybe posted it once, that Disneyland only caters to locals from SoCal and so it naturally gets all the new stuff and all the seasonal overlays and all the extra goodies and refreshed attractions and better maintenance.
Now WDW is the giant global resort with all that land and resources, and so it gets....
A couple rehabs a year, a thousand new DVC units under construction, and, um... a Little Mermaid clone in 2012. :veryconfu
Captain Chaos
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Perhaps. But the conventional wisdom on these boards for years has been that Disneyland is just a small, little locals theme park serving one faraway corner of the country, and hardly anyone visits that park who doesn't live within 50 miles of the place.
(Nevermind the gazillion Aussie accents and Taiwanese tour groups and Japanese office ladies that flooded Disneyland this past Christmas season, on top of the usual hordes of pale tourists in shorts from a dozen other Western states and provinces.)
But really, it's proven somewhere, or someone maybe posted it once, that Disneyland only caters to locals from SoCal and so it naturally gets all the new stuff and all the seasonal overlays and all the extra goodies and refreshed attractions and better maintenance.
Now WDW is the giant global resort with all that land and resources, and so it gets....
A couple rehabs a year, a thousand new DVC units under construction, and, um... a Little Mermaid clone in 2012. :veryconfu
Can't ruin the once in a lifetime vacation now.... You know that...
TP2000
Well-Known Member
Can't ruin the once in a lifetime vacation now.... You know that...
Oh, gosh, I forgot that important part of the equation... REHABS RUIN WDW VACATIONS!
inluvwithbeast
New Member
Oh, gosh, I forgot that important part of the equation... REHABS RUIN WDW VACATIONS!
Amazing. :ROFLOL:
Perhaps. But the conventional wisdom on these boards for years has been that Disneyland is just a small, little locals theme park serving one faraway corner of the country, and hardly anyone visits that park who doesn't live within 50 miles of the place.
(Nevermind the gazillion Aussie accents and Taiwanese tour groups and Japanese office ladies that flooded Disneyland this past Christmas season, on top of the usual hordes of pale tourists in shorts from a dozen other Western states and provinces.)
But really, it's proven somewhere, or someone maybe posted it once, that Disneyland only caters to locals from SoCal and so it naturally gets all the new stuff and all the seasonal overlays and all the extra goodies and refreshed attractions and better maintenance.
Now WDW is the giant global resort with all that land and resources, and so it gets....
A couple rehabs a year, a thousand new DVC units under construction, and, um... a Little Mermaid clone in 2012. :veryconfu
Maybe the biggest cheeses should move to Lake Buena Vista. That's why California gets so much attention
Figment571
Member
Alan: What progress has been made to improve the parks in 2011?
Executive: We put an 11 on the shirts.
Executive: We put an 11 on the shirts.
C.FERNIE
Well-Known Member
no just no lol :brick:
C.FERNIE
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do you know where you can get that music i loved hearing it! :wave:
RSoxNo1
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Just sent you a PM.
baymenxpac
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i have to agree. strangley enough, i was singing it at my desk yesterday.
Jedi Wizard
New Member
Ugg! I am pretty forgiving and willing to try/see anything but that had to have been in the top 5 bad ideas ever at WDW!
Jedi Wizard
New Member
Some other new things you will see compared to Sept 09:
Star Tours II 3D
Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun replacing Block party bash
Main Street Electrical Parade instead of Spectromagic
Maybe Captain EO instead of Honey I Shrunk the Kids in Epcot 3D
Sum of all Thrills (Opened in Oct 09)
Tangled Meet n Greet show where Story Time with Bell was.
The Magic, The Memories and You! show before Wishes now
Star Tours II 3D
Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun replacing Block party bash
Main Street Electrical Parade instead of Spectromagic
Maybe Captain EO instead of Honey I Shrunk the Kids in Epcot 3D
Sum of all Thrills (Opened in Oct 09)
Tangled Meet n Greet show where Story Time with Bell was.
The Magic, The Memories and You! show before Wishes now
Disneykidder
Well-Known Member
You said it! I can still hear that song now. I loved it and that's a good thing because it was everywhere!! I even bought the CD I loved it so much. Brian McKnight sang it on the CD.