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New nighttime show 'Rivers of Light' confirmed to be coming to Disney's Animal Kingdom
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Cesar R M
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booooo.
I wonder.. if they had built as fast as Epcot.
Would they still be delayed (in the technical aspect and rehearsal aspect)?
regardless of the delay of the real show.
That awakening tree thing looks fantastic!
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
Dang yo. There goes my entire FP+ strategery.
Cesar R M
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I think the whole #THANKSHANGAI will become an humorous meme a la THANKS OBAMA for absolutely no real reason.
Cesar R M
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They will still get their cupcakes I bet...
Coaster Lover
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- In the Parks
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Makes sense. I mean regardless of if "everything else" is ready or not, if "everything else" is insufficient to keep a large number of guests in the park late into the evening, it makes n sense to keep the park open later and therefore makes no sense to offer any of the other night time offerings. I mean, night time rides are fun and all, but the primary reason the vast majority of park guests stay at the parks late into the evening is for the night time shows. If half your guests are going to leave AK at nightfall to go to one of the other parks for a night time show, makes no sense to keep the park open. I would (however) think that at least Tiffens should open. I mean, they can still make plenty of money from Tiffens as the park would still be open for the restaurants busiest time periods (lunch and dinner).
hopemax
Well-Known Member
I think it's a series of issues. With the rumored Shanghai induced 20% cutbacks at domestic theme park operations, my Dad and I were wondering how AK was going to manage to accomplish that while also needing to extend park hours. It's not like they will need to operate another hour to do the show but looking at 9 or 10 PM closings for a park that is pretty dead by 4PM even if it isn't closing until 6. 9 to 6 is a 9 hour day, so extending 3 or 4 hours is a 33-44% increase in operations when there is no guarantee that attendance will match it. That's a lot of additional expenditures for very little increased business. If you were the money guy and/or management AK, what would you do; which master would you serve? So I don't think WDW Management is upset that they can't run the show, until maybe after Shanghai gets its doors open.
Second, is show readiness. I know Disney thinks they can just "turn it on" when they need to, but there has just been so many changes in every business unit that I wonder at what point does Disney lose the ability to "turn it on." That they simply don't have all the right people anymore because they retired, got laid off in cost saving measures, found greener pastures elsewhere, etc. If we're supposed to look for further announcements in mid to late May, that means the debut is probably mid-late June. Two months behind schedule. That's a pretty big deal.
prfctlyximprct
Well-Known Member
BOOOOOOOOOO TO YOU DISNEY!!!!!
It is having issues performing reliably in a show ready state. It has been able to do operate to some extend for some time now, like you see int he photo, but that is a world away from having it work 3 times a night in-front of 5000 people per show.
MrPromey
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Mike S
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I think that's the point
Seabasealpha1
Well-Known Member
Yeah...having this same feeling...maybe they knew it might turn out like this...makes me laugh on the inside at the whole "No one can touch us" crap we got from a certain former imagineer...
Lirael
Well-Known Member
Hopefully that doesnt include Tiffins. I can understand not wanting to rack up more costs by extending park hours without the unique show to offer, but the restaurant shouldnt suffer because of it, and might in fact bring in more money.
I believe Tiffins had already missed the April 22 date.
note2001
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Rats, hate this delay. I mean I do want every aspect to be ready before they start the shows, but I was hoping it would open at the end of April to sift out all those annoying gotta-be-first vloggers before the summer crowds start up. (Not you wdwmagic - I actually like to refer to your videos in lieu of setting up my own camera to get some memories of the exact same thing 
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The March Hare
Member
Not good. I'm personally disappointed as I booked a late trip to see this in early May. I really hope the people who are leading this get held accountable for missing their date. Where I work, you don't miss dates, full stop.