Curious Constance
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- Epic entertainment, including a rockin’ dance party and heroic show moments.
Marketing speak for a couple drunk 20 somethings and a twerking toddler or two.
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News Disneyland After Dark: Heroes Assemble announced
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Marketing speak for a couple drunk 20 somethings and a twerking toddler or two.
chadwpalm
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Darkbeer1
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Should I mention Cosstercon 43, to be held here in SoCal this June.
If you are looking for hours of Exclusive Ride Time and backstage tours, along with many other activities over 5 days, at a price per day lower than this 4 hour event. And both parks will offer discounts on the package price if you have their Season Pass.
Www.coastercon.com
And yes, this is a blatant plug.
If you are looking for hours of Exclusive Ride Time and backstage tours, along with many other activities over 5 days, at a price per day lower than this 4 hour event. And both parks will offer discounts on the package price if you have their Season Pass.
Www.coastercon.com
And yes, this is a blatant plug.
D.Silentu
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Even worse when you consider that this was nightly entertainment at DCA for so long.
Model3 McQueen
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"Hey guyst I got an idea. Leys..lets dresss up aome cast membets in super hero sruff, add a dance oarty amd call it ""Heroes assembly". We can charge extre fir it ane peeple will pay."
"I'm listening" - Disney Management
"I'm listening" - Disney Management
Ismael Flores
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what is it with these dance party things they keep coming up with? seems like every new entertainment they add now has some kind of dance thing.
If they are going to do these things they should at least make them entertaining.
how about taking advantage of the technology they already have installed in the parks. Maybe use the WOC fountains and projections to create some entertainment. invest a little money and it could be a yearly thing.
hollywood backstage has a useless stage with rigging that was used for some stupid show when parked opened. How about using it for a small stunt show.
They better at least install the projection system for the GOTG- MB tower. At least that projection look interesting when it was used for the opening
instead inhave a feeling it will be face painting and temporary posters plastered everywhere.
I also find it weird that they always need to make the specialty themed food exciting.
If they are going to do these things they should at least make them entertaining.
how about taking advantage of the technology they already have installed in the parks. Maybe use the WOC fountains and projections to create some entertainment. invest a little money and it could be a yearly thing.
hollywood backstage has a useless stage with rigging that was used for some stupid show when parked opened. How about using it for a small stunt show.
They better at least install the projection system for the GOTG- MB tower. At least that projection look interesting when it was used for the opening
instead inhave a feeling it will be face painting and temporary posters plastered everywhere.
I also find it weird that they always need to make the specialty themed food exciting.
TP2000
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The visual on that is perfect. You are not just a forum poster, you are a poetess.
While I doubt your visual is what TDA had in mind when some ballsy Millenial Hipster From Marketing pitched this idea to the Gen X TDA Suits who pretend to get what Millenials like, it's exactly what the reality will be at this event.
And thus, I will pass on purchasing a ticket to this upcharge event. Wake me up when they announce the Star Wars Land Previews, please.
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SuddenStorm
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Remember the DCA Galaxy of Heroes promotion that failed to bring any additional crowds to the park?
Is their marketing Dept really that incompetent, that they think another generic, bland promotion would go any different?
Is their marketing Dept really that incompetent, that they think another generic, bland promotion would go any different?
mickEblu
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Man, they are really dropping the ball with Marvel at the parks. It’s gotten to a point where I see a Parks blog mentioning Marvel and I don’t even click because I know it’s going to be about some lame Offering in the Hollywood backlot, a reskin of an existing attraction or underwhelming concept art for Super Hero land.
mickEblu
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I’ll admit I’m not a Marvel fan but I’d imagine Marvel fans have to be super disappointed with its presence at the parks so far.
SuddenStorm
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You know something's wrong when Universal has a better Marvel presence in their parks than Disney.
SuddenStorm
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Don't forget a meet and greet with a lousy costume that looks like they got it at Party City
mickEblu
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In the words of Sebastian Maniscalco... aren’t they embarrassed?
SuddenStorm
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They definitely should be... but I don't think they are.
We're talking about a management/creative team that gutted the Tower, bastardized Fantasmic (I'm still mad about this one), thought Mickey's Mix Magic was an acceptable Mickey celebration for Walt's Disneyland, Is giving us a Marvel Land that looks like a strip mall, gave us Pixar Pier, isn't running any night entertainment at DCA even though they have an excellent night parade, and thought that a chicken auction was suitable for Pirates of the Caribbean.
A team that reskinned a popular land and attraction while Splash Mountain, a Disney classic, rots.
A team that decided they could upcharge fireworks viewing from the top floor of the carousel theater.
A team that charged $300 to preview a botched reskin of a land that's almost 20 years old, 10 hours before the rest of the public gets to see it with their AP's or at normal ticket prices. A reskin where they couldn't even get the entry sign finished in time.
Seriously, there's something wrong inside Disney right now. I'd like to just blame Chapek, or Iger, or WDI, or current TDA- but really, something has to be off for all of those- since everything from seasonal promotions, to E Ticket experiences, to "new lands" are being executed horrifically.
Seriously... they think people will pay $100 for 4 hours inside DCA because of a reskinned attraction that's been there for over a decade, a scavenger hunt, "immersive" (that word is used way to much) photo opportunities, themed food, a dance party, and encounters with admired heroes. And their intern that's writing the announcement can't even make it sound interesting- but I guess they're trying to polish a turd and were dealt a lousy hand.
Perhaps I'm mistaken... but I thought DCA included meet and greets, a dance party, Mission Breakout, and themed food with daily admission- that's the same price but lets you in for 10 hours, not 4. This is literally upcharging for a scavenger hunt... but who goes to DCA to zig zag across the park looking for clues, for the price of $100?
They have to eventually realize that everything they're doing right now is hurting Disneyland's brand, it's public perception- that was carefully cultivated and earned over 50 years of excellence. Even if people are buying it, the experience can't be so great that most are gonna wanna buy it again.
What happened to Date Nites at Disneyland with swing dancing? Dapper Day is incredibly popular... imagine if Disney milked that by hiring a swing group or two and hosted a classier dance party that's reminiscent of what Walt was throwing in the '60s? And imagine how popular that'd be for Valentines Day?
Or if '90s night featured the '90s version of Fantasy in the Sky, or the original Star Tours film, or the MSEP (assuming it's not destroyed), the '90s Space Mountain soundtrack, 90s Disney character meet and greets, and the original Fantasmic (they could project the Pinocchio segment since he was gutted for the carpet). That'd be an event I'd pay hundreds for... it'd be excellent.
And somehow these last few years of creative mediocrity from the part of management and the Imagineers are supposed to do a complete 180 with Galaxy's Edge. I think this is gonna be a really interesting year to be a Disneyland fan.
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mickEblu
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Well said and in the words of the old guy that toasts during dinner in Titanic... Here Here!!
TP2000
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It's so pathetically bad in DCA that I think it might be a legal obligation. Like they have to keep using the
Now that Mission:Breakout is a couple years old, it appears TDA has to keep doing
Hey TDA suits, don't forget to order plenty of hot glue guns and flat vinyl signage and random patio umbrellas to make this latest event really POP! And don't forget to put up a bunch of generic crowd control ropes on random, unthemed industrial poles. Because... crowds!
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What’s to be embarrassed about? They are building it. They cleared the land. This event is purely optional. It doesn’t matter if few here chooses to go, but at least one probably will. Disney has more to worry about than theme park attractions. Their whole comic book and movie business is on the verge of collapse with adherence to Wokeness. Captain Marvel will likely underperform due to their lead actress Brie Larson trashing white male fans. Don’t white males review her movie she said. So are they allowed to watch it and give their opinions? Maybe skipping it might be safer. I expect Avengers Infinity War to underperform with such a bad lead-in from Captain Marvel.