News Blue Sky Cellar has reopened for Pixar Pier Exhibit. And TDA gossip.

[Rich T]

At this point, I'm just waiting for the next DL parade to be completely shopping-themed, with an endlessly looped song called, "I'm Happiest When I Spend."

 

[Californian Elitist]

I'm all for personal responsibility. If you spend more than you can afford because you only have to swipe your wrist to pay for something, you have no one to blame but yourself. But it doesn't necessarily feel good to think of Disney investing all that money to try and make that the norm.

I remember being in a class for the Disney College Program when I was working at the park, one day listening to the instructor laugh and gloat about Disney making the money they lost from admission tickets during the free birthday admission and “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” promotions back from “just parking alone.” I looked around the class and no one was amused. That was my very first taste of the money-hungry attitude that is currently festering within the company. I was disgusted when I heard that.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I remember being in a class for the Disney College Program when I was working at the park, one day listening to the instructor laugh and gloat about Disney making the money they lost from admission tickets during the free birthday admission and “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” promotions back from “just parking alone.” I looked around the class and no one was amused. That was my very first taste of the money-hungry attitude that is currently festering within the company. I was disgusted when I heard that.

Stupid entertainment for stupid people. It’s exactly why you can’t have the stupid people who want to work at these places running them.

 

[Curious Constance]

The fact that Disney was so positive guests would blow their entire life savings just because they have a "magic"band on their wrists, which they thought would force everyone to abandon reason, pretty much proves to me they think the people coming to their parks are idiots.

 

[ford91exploder]

I'm all for personal responsibility. If you spend more than you can afford because you only have to swipe your wrist to pay for something, you have no one to blame but yourself. But it doesn't necessarily feel good to think of Disney investing all that money to try and make that the norm.

Yet the explicit purpose of the Mouse Arrest band according to Jay Rasulo was 'To Give Disney a bigger slice of the Guest's wallet'.

NextGen was the impetus to degrade the WDW experience by creating the toolset to easily monetize all factors of the WDW experience. And reduce the guest experience to an exercise in industrial engineering where the guest is seen not as a guest or customer but as 'work in process'.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

The fact that Disney was so positive guests would blow their entire life savings just because they have a "magic"band on their wrists they thought would force everyone to abandon reason, pretty much proves to me they think the people coming to their parks are idiots.

I requested no wristband and they obliged.

 

[ford91exploder]

The fact that Disney was so positive guests would blow their entire life savings just because they have a "magic"band on their wrists they thought would force everyone to abandon reason, pretty much proves to me they think the people coming to their parks are idiots.

From insiders like @WDW1974 we have confirmed that the executive suite indeed sees the parks as 'stupid entertainment for stupid people' Whereas Walt and the Nine old men, thought of the parks as immersive entertainment where you became part of the experience.

Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle took the park experience one step further in the book 'Dream Park'

It makes me very sad to see what has been lost.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

The parks are being de-charmed. DL has so much built in, it's impossible for them to undo it. Thank God.

 

[Curious Constance]

I requested no wristband and they obliged.

Yes, unfortunately they are forced to admit that not EVERYONE that visits is an idiot, BUT, if they keep building and offering things that cater to dumb people, they hope to remedy that situation shortly.

 

[Phroobar]

The East coast is too above the idea of going to a theme park for a vacation. The west coast has Disneyland so no need to cross the country. The rest of the country isn't know for smarts.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

^^ You've got to be kidding- I hope!

 

[MisterPenguin]

Yes, unfortunately they are forced to admit that not EVERYONE that visits is an idiot, BUT, if they keep building and offering things that cater to dumb people, they hope to remedy that situation shortly.

If you want to protect dumb people from being separated from their money, may I suggest prioritizing our efforts on banning gambling and state-sanctioned lotteries which provide nearly zero benefit and is addictive?

We can tackle businesses that provide a service at a lesser level than we would like afterwards.

 

[FerretAfros]

At this point, I'm just waiting for the next DL parade to be completely shopping-themed, with an endlessly looped song called, "I'm Happiest When I Spend."

How quickly we forget the Share a Dream Come True parade that debuted in MK as part of the 100 Years of Magic promotion in 2001. At the peak of the collectable snowglobe craze (killed off partly by TSA's 3-1-1 requirements, along with the rise of pin trading) each of the floats was designed to look like an oversized snowglobe, and the characters would "come to life" during a show stop. And you'll never guess what they sold in the gift shops...

 

[ford91exploder]

The parks are being de-charmed. DL has so much built in, it's impossible for them to undo it. Thank God.

You don't give The Bob Iger Companies policy of Damniato Memoriae enough credit. Iger will not be satisfied till everything walt worked on is gone.

 

[MisterPenguin]

You don't give The Bob Iger Companies policy of Damniato Memoriae enough credit. Iger will not be satisfied till everything walt worked on is gone.

Considering that Iger has a limited time to burn Disneyland to the ground. This is another one of your lies.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

How quickly we forget the Share a Dream Come True parade that debuted in MK as part of the 100 Years of Magic promotion in 2001. At the peak of the collectable snowglobe craze (killed off partly by TSA's 3-1-1 requirements, along with the rise of pin trading) each of the floats was designed to look like an oversized snowglobe, and the characters would "come to life" during a show stop. And you'll never guess what they sold in the gift shops...

In all fairness to the merchandise, it looks way better than actual parade floats.

 

[brb1006]

In all fairness to the merchandise, it looks way better than actual parade floats.

But I liked the parade floats (Especially the Pinocchio float)

 

[Rich T]

How quickly we forget the Share a Dream Come True parade that debuted in MK as part of the 100 Years of Magic promotion in 2001. At the peak of the collectable snowglobe craze (killed off partly by TSA's 3-1-1 requirements, along with the rise of pin trading) each of the floats was designed to look like an oversized snowglobe, and the characters would "come to life" during a show stop. And you'll never guess what they sold in the gift shops...

Would have loved to see just one performance of this parade with all the confined characters pounding on the snowglobe walls, begging for someone to free them.

 

[ford91exploder]

Considering that Iger has a limited time to burn Disneyland to the ground. This is another one of your lies.

Considering that Iger is there now till 2023 at the earliest i'd say he has plenty of time to purge Walt from Disneyland. Or did you forget his contract extension???

 

[ford91exploder]

Would have loved to see just one performance of this parade with all the confined characters pounding on the snowglobe walls, begging for someone to free them.

When i was there watching the parade used to wonder whether the globes had A/C