News Disney Jollywood Nights - Disney's Hollywood Studios Holiday Season ticketed event

[surfsupdon]

People are looking to be aggrieved. Leaving aside the obvious explanation for the change (that "jolly holiday" is meant to refer to the name of the event itself), it was very easy to check the validity of the censorship theory by watching a few minutes of the rest of the show. It turns out Mickey himself utters the word multiple times.

People would save themselves a lot of needless stress if they took a few simple steps before jumping to conclusions.

I watched the show online. I was not stressed. I just laughed aloud when the cast said to “sing along” to a song I never heard before…until I realized I did know the song. They just changed the chorus and never told anyone. THAT was the awkward part.

 

[LittleBuford]

I watched the show online. I was not stressed. I just laughed aloud when the cast said to “sing along” to a song I never heard before…until I realized I did know the song. They just changed the chorus and never told anyone. THAT was the awkward part.

You disagreed with me earlier when I said the event was clearly centred on Christmas, citing censorship of the word as evidence to the contrary. I'm happy to set the record straight if I misunderstood you.

 

[Squishy]

But if they really wanted to not reference Christmas at this event why would they pick a property to use at it that has the word Christmas in the title?

I agree changing words are a song along is a bit awkward and there are a ton of things wrong with this event, but I think this is searching for issues that aren't there

Jingle Bell Jingle Bam also references Christmas

 

[brb1006]

It is pretty cringe. Just use a different song if you're going to do that.

Hadn't seen the video, but that can't be real right?

 

[Squishy]

Hadn't seen the video, but that can't be real right?

 

[LittleBuford]

Hadn't seen the video, but that can't be real right?

What do you find so surprising about it?

 

[LittleBuford]

It's worth noting that the song in question both opens and closes the show. It's a mashup of "Jingle Bells" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", with the lyrics of the latter altered. So the idea that the audience has never heard the adapted version by the time Kermit encourages them to sing along at the end is also false.

 

[drew81]

 

[Squishy]

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[Fido Chuckwagon]

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They should just replace Ollie with Figment and this whole thing can be saved.

 

[LittleBuford]

They also refer to the Christmas trees as 'Holiday Trees' now, at least in the DHS tree lighting 'ceremony.'

For what it's worth, there are uses of that term here on wdwmagic.com going back two decades. I imagine they reflect Disney's official verbiage, so it's nothing new.

Confirmed dates for 2008 Holiday events at Epcot

Confirmed dates for 2008 Holiday events at Epcot

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[Magenta Panther]

Jeez. Did Kermit the Frog kill your mother or something? The Muppets are such a random thing to hate. They didn't do anything to you!

They haven't done much for Disney either.

 

[Magenta Panther]

Maybe you tried being a little creative the first 100 times you posted your hatred for The Muppets but now it is just sad.

Well, it makes ME happy!

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

People would save themselves a lot of needless stress if they took a few simple steps before jumping to conclusions.

If it makes you feel better or worse, I thought it was Sea World that changed the lyrics at first! It does make sense that it was part of the show - that wasn’t clear at first.

 

[LittleBuford]

It does make sense that it was part of the show - that wasn’t clear at first.

Neither was it at all clear that they were censoring the word, yet that's the conclusion you and others jumped to.

 

[brb1006]

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And we've found a new meme template for this site.

 

[JohnD]

Disney Jollywood Nights review​

Disney Jollywood Nights review

Disney Jollywood Nights review

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Apparently, the silent performers in the Nightmare Before Christmas show are from Cirque du Soleil. That would explain their excellent performance.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Can anyone explain Ollie? I like the character design. Was he a prominent addition to the event? A M&G or show character?

 

[wdwmagic]

Disney surveys guests about new Disney Jollywood Nights character Ollie​

Disney surveys guests about new Disney Jollywood Nights character Ollie

Disney surveys guests about new Disney Jollywood Nights character Ollie

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[Thumper 32]

Disney surveys guests about new Disney Jollywood Nights character Ollie​

Disney surveys guests about new Disney Jollywood Nights character Ollie

Disney surveys guests about new Disney Jollywood Nights character Ollie

www.wdwmagic.com

Oh good, it’s glad to see that their priorities are in the right place. Instead of, you know, focusing on any of the actual operational issues and failures of the event.