I’m guessing the ranger is guide who goes with the guy in the suit to explain the suit and to keep people back...
The only thing I've seen the guide to the stilt walker do is act as a handler the way that costume characters have handlers to reign in guests doing stupid things and to make sure the CM in the suit is safe.
This help wanted is for an interactive comedian, something completely different.
I have definitely seen a mic'd guide engaging in "witty banter" with the guy in the Utility Suit on more than one occasion while in the park. I don't believe this is a new role.The only thing I've seen the guide to the stilt walker do is act as a handler the way that costume characters have handlers to reign in guests doing stupid things and to make sure the CM in the suit is safe.
This help wanted is for an interactive comedian, something completely different.
I have definitely seen a mic'd guide engaging in "witty banter" with the guy in the Utility Suit on more than one occasion while in the park. I don't believe this is a new role.
Hasn’t this ‘character’ always existed? Just in the last year I’ve run across individual ‘rangers’ without mics interacting and bantering with guests, pointing out flora and fauna... usually on some of the quieter loopy paths. Well removed from and not associated with the mech demos.
I wouldn’t say they were being played as comedic though... more like ‘slightly eccentric but earnest’... but I’m sure there’s a bit of leeway on interpretation.
I find it interesting that they’re cutting Citizens of Main Street, Hollywood, cultural acts across Epcot and AK, and other things, but they’re willing to essentially pay for an actor to consistently be out in Pandora, filling the gaps between the Suit’s breaks.
I find it interesting that they’re cutting Citizens of Main Street, Hollywood, cultural acts across Epcot and AK, and other things, but they’re willing to essentially pay for an actor to consistently be out in Pandora, filling the gaps between the Suit’s breaks.
Do you meaning cutting sets or cutting them altogether?
I was just speaking in generality - they've been cutting little things over the years that become noticeable after a while. From things like specific atmosphere characters to full shows like Muppets to less sets and less variety for Harambe's entertainment, cutting Mike from DHS... I just think it's interesting that they're taking savings from places like this to fund this.
Entertainment's budget seems not to have increased even as new lands open, so they need to make cuts in places where most people might not necessarily notice them. They've done a great job in my mind, but it doesn't make sense to me that as more lands open the budget for entertainment hasn't increased substantially.
If we're lucky, they're cutting the drummers to fund this!
I've always found the drummers bordering on cultural appropriation. Imagine if there was a show about Pocahontas without Pocahontas in it. Three white non-indigenous people that say they've been hanging out with her say that she's super cool, dress in outfits that resemble hers, and chant in broken language. We don't see the colors of the wind or Grandmother Willow, but we do hear the faint sound of animals screaming in the distance, which the performers say is a sign that we are aligned with nature. The end.
A much better show IMHO would involve puppets or simple animatronics of different docile animals in Pandora, in the style of "Pocahontas and her Forest Friends" meets "Voyage of the Little Mermaid". But that would require a purpose-built location and a stage. Or else, "The Pandora Players" use the drum stage to re-tell the ancient story of Jake and Neytiri like the Royal Theater in Disneyland.
I've always found the drummers bordering on cultural appropriation. Imagine if there was a show about Pocahontas without Pocahontas in it. Three white non-indigenous people that say they've been hanging out with her say that she's super cool, dress in outfits that resemble hers, and chant in broken language. We don't see the colors of the wind or Grandmother Willow, but we do hear the faint sound of animals screaming in the distance, which the performers say is a sign that we are aligned with nature. The end.
A much better show IMHO would involve puppets or simple animatronics of different docile animals in Pandora, in the style of "Pocahontas and her Forest Friends" meets "Voyage of the Little Mermaid". But that would require a purpose-built location and a stage. Or else, "The Pandora Players" use the drum stage to re-tell the ancient story of Jake and Neytiri like the Royal Theater in Disneyland.
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