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News Main Street Photo Supply Co. Being Replaced By Plaza Point Holiday Shoppe
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socalifornian
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MacOS on a touchscreen was the most surprising thing
waltography
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If you have an iPad that can Sidecar to your Mac/Macbook it's a similar experience.
mickEblu
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I could be wrong but I think the stuff you are referring to are decorations. Not stuff they will be selling for the most part.
Supreme Leader
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I hope this store will be selling more unique items that can only be found in this store but something tells me it's going to be the same generic "Disney" holiday merch that can be found all over the resort or online. :/
EPCOTCenterLover
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I think the red and gold was an homage to the Kodak shop that was once a major sponsor of the park (and the original Journey into Imagination at Epcot as well).
TP2000
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I thought you were kidding, or exagerating. But then I clicked on the link and watched, and realized you were telling the truth.
If everything is "AMAZING!", like a theme park store selling Christmas ornaments, then nothing is actually amazing.
On the flip side, if you are actually amazed at this theme park store selling Christmas ornaments, then you must have been living alone in a dark cave for the last 40 years.
It's getting creepy. I'm not sure who they think they are kidding with this kind of stuff, but there it is.
Yeah, exactly. And it would have been a cute place to spend 10 minutes, and maybe you would have bought an ornament. But now, it's AMAZING! and you are immersed in THE STORY!
No, no. Keep going. Or just join me on my old-man grumblings lawn. I've got lemonade. (Also some gin.)
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TP2000
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When he said that I thought "Oh, honey, it's okay. I'm sorry they are making you lie so hard."
Castle Cake Apologist
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I think the absolute worst part of this one is the fact that they're not even showing us the store! Just randos painting props in a room somewhere that will (presumably) be displayed somewhere in the store.
Castle Cake Apologist
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It's the themed trash cans. The Disney Difference, I tell ya.
DrAlice
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If we don't get a Disney-themed Festivus pole, I say we riot!!!
KeithVH
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I am in line for the Airing of Grievances . . .
DavidDL
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Regarding the comments about story in instances like these; each Disney shop, restaurant or attraction supposedly has one. Even if it may not be obvious, some kind of backstory is normally woven in even where you might not expect it.
At least, that's the way it was when I worked there. During my brief tenure as a Food and Beverage CM in '06, I was told the supposed story behind the Plaza Inn on Main Street (I cannot remember it anymore) and was encouraged to look into others. I did learn that apparently, Redd from Redd Rocket's Pizza Port is an interplanetary explorer who was upset at the inability to enjoy his favorite types of food (I guess Italian) over the course of his travels. So he decided to plant some roots and open up the Pizza Port as an in-between destination for fellow space travelers to stop and grab a familiar bite while exploring the galaxy. -and so that they wouldn't go wanting like he did.
...you'd never get that looking at the place but.. yeah, it was there, I guess. As silly as it was, I did think it was sort of cute. I don't hate the idea that they'd still be thinking up little stories that hardly anyone will ever care about or understand in these smaller locales but I certainly hope if they plan to oversell it that they make it more apparent than some of their previous outings.
At least, that's the way it was when I worked there. During my brief tenure as a Food and Beverage CM in '06, I was told the supposed story behind the Plaza Inn on Main Street (I cannot remember it anymore) and was encouraged to look into others. I did learn that apparently, Redd from Redd Rocket's Pizza Port is an interplanetary explorer who was upset at the inability to enjoy his favorite types of food (I guess Italian) over the course of his travels. So he decided to plant some roots and open up the Pizza Port as an in-between destination for fellow space travelers to stop and grab a familiar bite while exploring the galaxy. -and so that they wouldn't go wanting like he did.
...you'd never get that looking at the place but.. yeah, it was there, I guess. As silly as it was, I did think it was sort of cute. I don't hate the idea that they'd still be thinking up little stories that hardly anyone will ever care about or understand in these smaller locales but I certainly hope if they plan to oversell it that they make it more apparent than some of their previous outings.
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TP2000
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Well, they aren't going to make it easy to find. You are going to have to be a "careful observer".
I'm expecting a few shelves with some Hanukah things, and a few Kwanzaa things. A Lunar New Year shelf or two. Does Diwali use decorations?
But really, at the end of the fiscal year, the cynic in me thinks (and TDA knows this too), the sales from this shop will break down into the following merchandise categories:
Christmas = 75%
Halloween = 20%
Lunar New Year = 2%
Hanukah = 1%
Kwanzaa = 1%
Other = 1%
TP2000
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Off-Topic Rant Warning, because it's not about this specific media statement about this specific amazing store that will immerse us, they are doing this lazy writing more and more about everything...
"Careful observers will notice displays that reflect seasonal holidays around the world and our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion." -Kelsey Lynch, Public Relations Director, Disneyland Resort
Do these PR people not read the words they type? Do they not have a good grasp on the English language? Did Ms. Lynch really mean to say that only "careful observers" will be able to pick out the displays and merchandise not related to Christmas? That the designers will purposely obscure those types of displays from the merely casual shoppers who aren't paying close attention? And that making the non-Christmas merchandise harder to notice actually supports an "ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion"???
Surely that's not what she meant with that sentence. But those are the words she used to convey her thoughts as a Public Relations Director, so maybe that's really what she meant?
We have an ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, so we're making the non-Christmas stuff harder to find than the Christmas stuff! Good luck!
"Careful observers will notice displays that reflect seasonal holidays around the world and our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion." -Kelsey Lynch, Public Relations Director, Disneyland Resort
Do these PR people not read the words they type? Do they not have a good grasp on the English language? Did Ms. Lynch really mean to say that only "careful observers" will be able to pick out the displays and merchandise not related to Christmas? That the designers will purposely obscure those types of displays from the merely casual shoppers who aren't paying close attention? And that making the non-Christmas merchandise harder to notice actually supports an "ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion"???
Surely that's not what she meant with that sentence. But those are the words she used to convey her thoughts as a Public Relations Director, so maybe that's really what she meant?
We have an ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, so we're making the non-Christmas stuff harder to find than the Christmas stuff! Good luck!
Plaza Point, an All-New Holiday Store, Coming Soon to Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland Park
A very special new shop is opening soon at Disneyland park! It’s an all-new holiday store called Plaza Point, coming to the corner of Main Street, U.S.A., and East Plaza Street.
disneyparks.disney.go.com
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EPCOTCenterLover
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Why do all the newer Disney promo pieces feel so manipulative?
denyuntilcaught
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Because that's what they're designed to do. Ever since the 60th or so, their comms teams have cranked their mastery of the brand voice up to an 11, so when you're people like us - fandoms who digest every release - it comes nauseating quickly, almost like consuming too many sweets at once.
But, it's doing what it's meant to.