s8film40
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I would actually prefer to lose Voices of Liberty over the Fife and Drum. Voices of Liberty is a nice show while you wait for American Adventure but Fife and Drum adds to the feel and theming of the area.
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EPCOT Entertainment cuts
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You could very well be correct and this all an honest attempt to bring in new entertainment. Or it could be that they are indeed pinching pennies. I really want to believe that decisions like this are made for enertainments sake but I cant remember the last thing Disney cut and replaced with something better, let alone something amazing. Im not talking about upgrading/refurbing attractions, but shows or acts that are now gone and there is something in its place that is better. Principle of parsimony, Disney is just being ran by cheap skates.
Animaniac93-98
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You gotta use Axe, bro!
Unlikely. While we may not like how the decisions of current management affect the parks, the owners of the company are pretty darned happy. The stock price has essentially tripled the last three years, as we've all lamented the treatment of WDW. From when Iger took over in 2005 until late 2011, the stock price stagnated. If you wanted to get rid of Iger, that was the time.
Ice or roller?
MAybe they should paint Off Kilter orange and blue
The Eiffel Tower. The American Adventure building. The pyramid in Mexico. I could go on.
As for entertainment, though, nothing as iconic other than Voices of Liberty, the Taiko drummers, Illuminations, the Chinese acrobats, the train garden, Mariachi Cobre, Musikanten...
Lots of Epcot icons, really. Off-Kilter is one of my favorites, but there are plenty.
This is what comes to mind for Disney. Cheap, bare minimum, most cost effective cheap skates
But how did they program those things to run the company????? Pure Disney Magic, I tell ya.
Does that mean they're going next?
DisUniversal
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wogwog
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Quiet please. Bob's people are listening. Not too long ago Philharmonic was cut from seven to five days. That saved 12 cast for two days a week. Lot of pennies there.
No.
I hope not.
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
^^^
You clearly misread his challenge. He said 3 things. Not more than 3. Never give more than you have to. It's just extra effort
I'm being 100% honest here, and this coming from someone who obsesses over Epcot (though truthfully, original Future World), I didn't know anything about Off-Kilter, not even that they had a name, until I joined these here forums and found out that they were a big deal to most.
In my opinion, they were good, and nice to listen to for a few scant minutes, but in no way were they something that should be deemed untouchable for 17+ years! Nothing at that park should be untouchable, in fact should be constantly changing. I want to see more turnover at that park, not less.
I also don't tend to care the reason why they are being replaced, be it contract disputes, "equity performers" being a nice fancy word people are throwing around, or if one of the members was caught in a 17 year embezzlement scheme stealing Disney Parks brand napkins daily to sell them on the black market. 17 years of constant, reliable work is amazing for a band of any kind! How many bands get to have that kind of gig?
The only question I have is the quality of the replacement. If they are good quality, I wont care how cheap they are and if the decision was made strictly for financial reasons. If they decided to replace them with one guy playing Oh Canada with a kazoo on loop all day, and did it because he could be had at the cost of 3 sugar packets a day, then I'll care, but not for the cost reasons, but the quality. And right now, we have no understanding of the quality of the replacement acts.
Saving money is something any company should strive to do. I have no problems at all with a company saving money. I do however have problems with a company saving money at the cost of quality. WDW has done way too much of that already in the last few years, but since I do not know if this is a drop in quality, I can't yet speculate in this instance if this is a bad thing or a good thing (or a neutral thing) yet.
And remember, all of this is my opinion on this instance. Your mileage may vary.
PhotoDave219
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I think I can. I think that Off Kilter packs people in constantly. I think its been proven that they have an insane fanbase. They're a staple thats been there as long as most everyone has been coming.
And my opinion, right or wrong, is youre picking the wrong people to argue with. Because the fact is that Off Kilter is an institution for 17 years. World Showcase Players have been there since the beginning.
And where are the Epcot fanboiz? Is it only their rendition of future world they care about?
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
Care to post the budgetary documents that would back up your assertion?
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
Good catch. I forgot all aboot that.You mean kilometerage.
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