New Lounge Coming to Disneyland

[Deleted member 107043]

What?

http://www.chipandco.com/new-lounge...ises-great-view-tomorowland-fireworks-267056/

Has anyone heard anything about this?

 

[Shigg. W. McGee]

https://disneyland.disney.go.com/dining/disneyland/tomorrowland-skyline-lounge/

Speculation is that it'll be located on the second floor of the Launch Bay.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Ah ok. For a minute there I thought it might be "fake news" lol.

How can they charge $45 to enter a dry lounge for 2 hours with a straight face? A complete ripoff.

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

@WDW1974 dropped that this would become a lounge of some kind months ago. This is truly a brazen and absurd upcharge - a shell lounge, one free non-alcoholic drink, a box of cookies and a potential glimpse of fireworks for $45? Who is the target market for something so incredibly lame?

Also amazing is that I've witnessed some TDA people patting themselves on the back for this garbage the past couple days. TDA - get better at your jobs. This is ridiculous.

 

[VJ]

Anyone else noticing that there are a lot more upcharges, lounges and parties like these at Disneyland since the "One Disney" initiative was ended, yet Disneyland had been relatively safe from upcharges of this nature previously? Wonder what marked the change of heart/mind.

 

[mickEblu]

Lame

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

Anyone else noticing that there are a lot more upcharges, lounges and parties like these at Disneyland since the "One Disney" initiative was ended, yet Disneyland had been relatively safe from upcharges of this nature previously? Wonder what marked the change of heart/mind.

One Disney had nothing to do with it. Upcharges are a Chapek mandate, so WDW and DLR have been independently coming up with a series of progressively lamer upcharge ideas.

 

[mickEblu]

One Disney had nothing to do with it. Upcharges are a Chapek mandate, so WDW and DLR have been independently coming up with a series of progressively lamer upcharge ideas.

This guy sounds like the worst.

 

[SSG]

 

[Deleted member 107043]

This guy sounds like the worst.

The worst are the people who actually pay for this junk.

 

[Phroobar]

They are going to put hand rails along the people mover track. It will be a great place to hock a loogie.

 

[Curious Constance]

There could be some truly amazing upcharge events they could hold at DL, many of which I'd pay for, but this is what they come up with?

 

[westie]

Let me get this straight, Disney creates a "lounge". But, instead of come in and spend some money, it's like, spend some money then you can come in? That's the reverse concept of a lounge. Nope, don't like it.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

There could be some truly amazing upcharge events they could hold at DL, many of which I'd pay for, but this is what they come up with?

Exactly! I mean we've already paid a premium to get in the park. For $45 bucks at least have some exclusive entertainment, an open bar, a dinner buffet, cool collectables, almost ANYTHING would be better than this.

 

[Phroobar]

Would it matter the location of this "lounge"? What if you could hang out in the basketball court in the Matterhorn?

 

[mickEblu]

The worst are the people who actually pay for this junk.

Them too.

 

[TP2000]

Anyone else noticing that there are a lot more upcharges, lounges and parties like these at Disneyland since the "One Disney" initiative was ended, yet Disneyland had been relatively safe from upcharges of this nature previously? Wonder what marked the change of heart/mind.

Bob Chapek.

Oh, @GiveMeTheMusic already beat me to it.

But even a casual observer could see that the change happened when Chapek came in. The plus side was he dismantled One Disney. The down side is he has apparently demanded the local executives find new ways to charge for things, with mixed results. This dry lounge idea is really dumb and just seems tacky.

 

[TP2000]

I don't think I've ever been in TL during fireworks; is the view anything special?

Nope, nothing special. You're looking at the entire show from the side, you can't see the Castle fireworks because the Matterhorn and trees get in the way quite a bit. You can't see the Matterhorn or Castle or Main Street projections, and the audio is bad.

But if you want to see a sideways view of fireworks without the special effects, above the dead carcass of Tomorrowland '98, then the second floor of Innoventions is your place! One free soft drink included, and only $45.00 per person!

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Can you imagine being on the team responsible for the execution of this knowing it'll be a flop while doing their duty to follow orders from leadership? I bet the backstage chatter amongst cast members is comical.

 

[Curious Constance]

Why can't they come up with something cool?