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D23 - What a joke.
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Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
I knew it....
Would it surprise you to know that I was the head of the student government (several moons ago) at a big conference football school that had the largest number of Greek chapters of any school in the country?
So I worked with them all...with extra interaction with the traditionally minority ones as we had our first real cultural center built at that time?
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Close...but wrong power 5
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
None of those conferences have 10 anymore
Smiley/OCD
Well-Known Member
Could the OP be Katiebug's oldest son? You know, not getting his way, stomps his feet and has a tantrum...I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree...
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Could be Stamps...seems all entitled, angry and “tantrumy”
Mickey5150
Well-Known Member
What I don't get is that with the announcement of a SSE refurb it seems Disney is fixing something that fans have been crying about for years. The narration is changing, the end is being fixed and they aren't butchering the first half of the ride. You would think that would be enough to make people happy, but instead Disney announced even more changes to Epcot and people still complain. Lol, I just don't get it.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
They’re worried it’s more IP tie in.
If Epcot is all IP...it becomes magic kingdom 2.0, mgm 3.0, or DAK 4.0
Four IP loaded amusement parks are essentially useless.
Why? They can’t maintain any consistency that way...they’ve already shown it. Can’t keep little mermaid, toy story, frozen or lion king to just one park?!?
THE 1HAPPY HAUNT
Well-Known Member
so are the pigeons who like to poop.
Sharon&Susan
Well-Known Member
I think the statue looks fine, does it belong in EPCOT necessarily? No, but to me it looks like it’ll be a nicely crafted statue.
Jon81uk
Well-Known Member
and I see that as a good thing.
The biggest issue this year is that almost everything that was announced TWO YEARS AGO hasn't opened. They really need to hold off on announcing and confirming things until at least the ground has broken on the project.
With Poppins they have confirmed the rumours that it is coming, but not what the ride will be, which gives them something more to reveal later.
Universal demolised Dragon Challenge and did not confirm what was coming until around six months before Hagrids Motorbike coaster opened. This is a much better way to announce new rides as it also stops people putting off trips and waiting for the next big thing.
Jon81uk
Well-Known Member
And this is one reason why the parks had a bad summer, a lot of guests are waiting for Rise of The Resistance to open. Many people didn't go to WDW in 2018 as they knew Star Wars was coming. Waiting to announce a lot closer to open means people that already have trips planned, will start planning the next one to go to the newly announced stuff.
NickPytlinski
Well-Known Member
maybe disney have been concentrating on all the films they are releasing. the bread n butter of the company.
from what i have seen online, also tim tracker did a vid. i thought it looked pretty cool!
from what i have seen online, also tim tracker did a vid. i thought it looked pretty cool!
phillip9698
Well-Known Member
There seems to be a huge misalignment of what fans think this event should be and what corporate treats it as.
Fans want it to be more San Diego Comic Con where you get a chance to meet interesting people of the industry, sit in on exclusive panels, have great merchandising opportunities, and most importantly receive information or footage that has never been shown/shared/leaked/rumored/etc...
Corporate wants it to be a showcase for investors and shareholders, a big event where they can use the media to drive value.
They need to work on giving some meat to the people that are spending time and money going to this event and camping out to attend these panels.
Fans want it to be more San Diego Comic Con where you get a chance to meet interesting people of the industry, sit in on exclusive panels, have great merchandising opportunities, and most importantly receive information or footage that has never been shown/shared/leaked/rumored/etc...
Corporate wants it to be a showcase for investors and shareholders, a big event where they can use the media to drive value.
They need to work on giving some meat to the people that are spending time and money going to this event and camping out to attend these panels.
Eldon_Brasche
Member
I've been hearing the rumors off and on about a new country, perhaps even Brazil, and couldn't help but wonder if they were going to announce it at D23 as the big secret project until this whole amazon fire thing took hold of the news. This could offer an explanation for why they had to go a different direction. Not an expert here by any means, just a wild guess on my part.
Tom P.
Well-Known Member
I thought the announcements from D23 were very exciting. I am happy with the direction that they are taking both Epcot and Walt Disney World. My family and I are still fans of WDW and will be attending for many years to come.
To each his own.
You clearly haven't been to Tokyo, or even Disneyland.
BlakeW39
Well-Known Member
That's so not true. IP isn't the problem, but rather the correct or incorrect application of said IP is.
The inclusion or lack of IP makes a park absolutely no more or less unique. EPCOT's claim to fame shouldn't SIMPLY be the 'park withour characters'
If IP is executed properly then it is inconsequential to storytelling on a broad scale, or at least not detrimental to it. The way to make each park stand on its own is thematic and nor based on amount of previously existing franchise.
I've not been to Tokyo but I have been to California, and no it doesn't 'blow WDW out of the water' at all. In quality it's mostly comparable just on a smaller scale, although DL is... more filled with attractions than MK.
People are way too hard on WDW. I had massive expectations for DL and somehow it fulfilled all of them because it was the great... but if I had to chose one, I still think WDW is superior if not only based upon scale and diversity of park line up. DL is fantastic but I found DCA to be surprising weak - and it felt tiny in, honestly, kind of a bad way.