Duckberg
Active Member
RIGHT! Until patrons put WDW on notice by NOT
coming mang. will do what they want to do to save a $$$. :brick:
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Lights of Winter not being displayed this year (2009)!?!
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RIGHT! Until patrons put WDW on notice by NOT
coming mang. will do what they want to do to save a $$$. :brick:
JustInTime
Well-Known Member
It's so weird that they would do that. It can't be that much more money to have to put up and on display. Plus I am sure it would boot Epcot's tickets anyway. I just don't get it.
I didn't think it would hinder the ambience that much until being there in person. I did not go to EPCOT during xMas last year so I did not see it. My father is very laid back in his opinions but noticed it right away. It really killed the entire main path to WS not being there.
It is staggering how empty Epcot felt without LoW. 2010 was the last year we went to Epcot during Christmas and will be the last until a comparable replacement to LoW is installed. In the past, our Christmas trips were 4 days minimum. We have cut that down to 2 and do not feel like we are missing anything.
Well, to be fair, if by that measure it means I'm going to end up paying for Disney's Next Gen investment, I'd gladly pony up a bit more for LoW to be displayed three months out of the year....
puntagordabob
Well-Known Member
Sadly my family agrees 100% with this assessment.
rsoxguy
Well-Known Member
Ditto.
PalisadesPkteer
Active Member
Because there were no Lights of Winter as the main reason and the reduced Christmas and Storyteller areas Disney feels is good enough. I stayed completely away fro WDW in December 2011.
I instead went to Sea World, Bush Gardens Tampa, Universal, IOA and Aquatica.
Here is the nice display Sea World had. Reminds you of a display EPCOT had once apon a time doesn't it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ak5EodyOdk
http://palisades1parketeer.imgur.com/all/
The photo of the Sea of Trees is 1 I took. I was there Dec 16 - 19 2011
tried fixing link to my photos on Imgur. hope it works now
I instead went to Sea World, Bush Gardens Tampa, Universal, IOA and Aquatica.
Here is the nice display Sea World had. Reminds you of a display EPCOT had once apon a time doesn't it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ak5EodyOdk
http://palisades1parketeer.imgur.com/all/
The photo of the Sea of Trees is 1 I took. I was there Dec 16 - 19 2011
tried fixing link to my photos on Imgur. hope it works now
Alektronic
Well-Known Member
I agree. Sea World really stepped their game for the Christmas Holiday Celebration and they stay open longer and offer more shows.
Epcot sadly only focuses on one thing now, the Candlelight Processional and how many dinner packages they can sell.
zooey
Well-Known Member
That bridge from FW to WS has always been a barren wasteland. LOW was nice for the season, but they should figure out something else to go over there permanently. I remember reading that there is a massive sinkhole in that spot and they were never able to find the bottom so that is why there is such a long stretch of bridge there in the first place.
disneyfan200
New Member
I know no one has talked about it in a while but maybe there is a rumor going around?? Any bus drivers or cm's want to chime in!!
Tip Top Club
Well-Known Member
They've been retired.
Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
I don't think it will happen as long as the Osbourne Dancing Lights are still in attendance at DHS.
danv3
Well-Known Member
Had to. After all, the technology was hopelessly obsolete.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Are the actual components still hanging around somewhere back stage?
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
I know...right.
Light up decorations are so....20 seconds ago. Just ask all those people who make their yearly Christmas Light-O-Rama displays.
wdw71fan
Well-Known Member
there are no plans to bring them back... Jokes aside, the tech used for the entire system was obsolete, and irreplaceable. Therefore an entire new system would have to be purchased.. and it's not happening.. The arches have been in the same location for quite some time and have not been touched in years..
Anyone that compares it to plain old Christmas lights is being silly.. That's like comparing household landscape lighting to the lighting in a high school football stadium.
Anyone that compares it to plain old Christmas lights is being silly.. That's like comparing household landscape lighting to the lighting in a high school football stadium.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Not really. The controlling software for home use is a lot better than what LOW used. There was not a lot of difference in the LOW lights and what a lot of people used for their own outdoor displays.
You obviously don't know too much about the lighting industry. Technology now is obsolete very quickly, but it can always be replaced and upgraded.