News Holiday decor and entertainment to expand to all lands at Disney's Animal Kingdom in 2019

[Chester&Hester Enthusiast]

Yes, I do. Christmas is a holiday on Earth, in America.

...and if you moved to another country that didn't traditionally celebrate Christmas, I venture that you would still decorate the outside of your house? Since you celebrate Christmas? You're acting like they're going to drape the floating mountains in garland. The humans aren't forcing their holiday on anybody but themselves.

 

[peter11435]

LOL, The Na'vi's still exist in this land right? This is still their planet right? Is Disney going to put a wreath around that funny shaman lady's neck and make her sing "Jingle Bells"?

Wow

Yes the Navi still live there.

Are you unfamiliar with how people all around the world celebrate their own holidays and traditions even when living in an area that traditionally celebrates other traditions?

The last sentence once again implies you didn’t even read the article. But I’m sure it’s just an attempt at hyperbole.

 

[Chester&Hester Enthusiast]

LOL, The Na'vi's still exist in this land right? This is still their planet right? Is Disney going to put a wreath around that funny shaman lady's neck and make her sing "Jingle Bells"?

Yes, just like Jewish people still exist in this country. Yet, there you are celebrating Christmas and forcing your Holiday upon them.

You might want to do a little reading into the backstory of the land. The humans and Na'vi have lived together in harmony for decades at this point. The only humans still on Pandora are there for research and conservation. They haven't taken anything from anybody. The design and message of the land make this abundantly clear, so it almost seems like you haven't even been to Pandora before.

Like, it's cool if your opinion was flawed in its logic, but to double down like this is kinda funny.

 

[HoldenC]

This is a message board, if you don't like it go to a different topic/page.

I'm just unsure why you are mad that the Na'vi are being forced to celebrate Christmas and not the "villagers" of Harambe or Anandapur. Or heck, why the kingdom around Cindy's castle has to celebrate Christmas? What about the Citizen's of Hollywood? You're argument makes no sense.

 

[Chester&Hester Enthusiast]

I guess you didn't read the article clearly. It says Pongu Pongu.

See, I'll eat crow when necessary. You're right, that was my bad. The point still stands though that this isn't forcing a holiday on anybody any more than you decorating your house for Christmas is.

I would imagine there's a reason that only the human-run location is being decorated and not the areas inhabited by the Na'vi.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Yes, I do. Christmas is a holiday on Earth, in America.

Now we know you're trolling.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Yes, I do. Christmas is a holiday on Earth, in America.

Ready to have your mind blown? Tokyo Disneyland, Shanghai Disneyland, and Hong Kong Disneyland are decorated for Christmas.

I know.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Now we know you're trolling.

Christmas belongs to ‘Murica. We invented it and then declared war on it. Just like artificial food dyes and drugs.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Christmas belongs to ‘Murica. We invented it and then declared war on it. Just like artificial food dyes and drugs.

Have Americhristmas!

 

[ToTBellHop]

Have Americhristmas!

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I so want that in the Hall of Presidents. I assume the pic was taken in the White House last year.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I so want that in the Hall of Presidents. I assume the pic was taken in the White House last year.

I doubt any place in the White House have ceilings that low with a vent in them.

Except maybe basement offices for the drones.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Now we know you're trolling.

Yes, I kind of wonder why people keep taking the bait! I mean, getting indignant about Christmas being forced on a fictional alien race in a theme park?

Anyway, I think these plans all look good! For me, AK has been the standout park at WDW since it opened in terms of quality and theming. Really glad to see it growing and becoming so popular after a rocky start.

 

[wdwmagic]

Good to see, because DAK has always been lacking. But what really needs to happen is for WDW to get a headliner holiday offering of the magnitude of Osborne Lights. Guests used to plan entire trips around Osborne Lights, nothing introduced since has had any impact.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Yeah, you'd figure they would have put Osborne or something similar to it in one of the parks. Heck Universal should have just stole the idea and bought Osbornes. God knows they've got plenty of regular looking city buildings.

I would hope they could push the envelope now. Regional amusement parks basically have Osborne now.

 

[HoldenC]

I would hope they could push the envelope now. Regional amusement parks basically have Osborne now.

Heck many neighborhoods have, less spectacular of course, them too

 

[Tony the Tigger]

Heck many neighborhoods have, less spectacular of course, them too

I think WDW can do better than Osborne.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I think WDW can do better than Osborne.

They thought Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! was just that. While it’s a good show, it’s no Osborne.

The biggest challenge is where to place such a display. Streets of America was a uniquely large waste of space 10 months of the year. It’s too hard to place a light display in Stitch’s Great Escape.

 

[Tom P.]

Are we really having a debate about whether or not Disney is being culturally sensitive to made up, fake people in a theme park land?

I mean, is that really a thing that is happening?

I feel like that shouldn't be a thing that is happening.

You know how they are redoing Spaceship Earth? Along with all those scenes of human progress, there needs to be one about the invention of the Internet and how humanity utterly imploded as a result.

 

[Chester&Hester Enthusiast]

I would hope they could push the envelope now. Regional amusement parks basically have Osborne now.

I dunno, it was really something special. I've yet to see anything that truly matches it.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Well, a Christmas-themed projection show with fireworks was supposed to make up for Osborn lights going away, until the fireworks part also had to go away and it then turned out to be just a lackluster clip show.

While Osborn was indeed a spectacle, it was spectacle that was becoming dated (with full strings of lights being on or off). The one canopy that had individually addressable lights to create patterns and images was rather sparse.

I feel DHS has made up for the lack of Osborn by a more fuller decoration of the whole park and with Sunset Greetings.

But yes, there certainly is room for a light show made up of lights (and not relying solely on projections). With Epcot now in need of an attendance boost and having the space, it should get a technologically updated Festival of Lights Garden.