danlb_2000
Premium Member
Yes, courtesy may come before show, but the only reason to sacrifice show in this case is to save money.
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New Sound Stage Lounge At DHS
- Thread starter Jwhee
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Yes, courtesy may come before show, but the only reason to sacrifice show in this case is to save money.
Next Big Thing
Well-Known Member
The worst part about this is they were too lazy to even take the Captain Jack set pieces down.
MrPromey
Well-Known Member
You know, this wouldn't have been half bad if they'd called it "The Air Conditioned Toy Story Midway Mania Fast Pass Return Time Waiting Area" instead of "Sound Stage Lounge".
It's lame and lame isn't always a bad thing when it's something that is understated. Calling it a "lounge" implies things, though. It's also telling that this pops up just as another largish indoor air conditioned place which actually had stuff to do (animation) closes.
I get that this park is in a transition but it's a safe assumption that we can look forward to half a decade or more* before that transition starts to look like something other than a mess. They really should be including Hollywood Studios as a free hopper option to a single park ticket purchase at any of the other three parks as a limited time promotion or something until this transition involves adding something included in regular park admission. It isn't worth full price for a guest anymore but might help cut out a little traffic in the middle of the day at Magic Kingdom.
*I say this assuming we are already at least a year or two in.
It's lame and lame isn't always a bad thing when it's something that is understated. Calling it a "lounge" implies things, though. It's also telling that this pops up just as another largish indoor air conditioned place which actually had stuff to do (animation) closes.
I get that this park is in a transition but it's a safe assumption that we can look forward to half a decade or more* before that transition starts to look like something other than a mess. They really should be including Hollywood Studios as a free hopper option to a single park ticket purchase at any of the other three parks as a limited time promotion or something until this transition involves adding something included in regular park admission. It isn't worth full price for a guest anymore but might help cut out a little traffic in the middle of the day at Magic Kingdom.
*I say this assuming we are already at least a year or two in.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
Booked solid 60+10 days out like the other Tier 1s. Summer is hot.
Chef Kronk
Well-Known Member
I've never seen the Jack Sparrow attraction and heard bad reviews from it, but come on, it has to be better than this. You could've put Hiro and Baymax here or at least something adequate, but nooooope.
TP2000
Well-Known Member
The thought here is nice, but the execution is really dreadful.
Disney used to call its Cast Members "hosts and hostesses", and old school executives like Richard Nunis still clung to that Walt-era belief. But whatever executive team approved this and allows their "guests" to use this space should be ashamed of themselves and realize they are not good hosts.
A mid-level DHS executive could have picked up the phone a week ago and had contractors bring in actual lounge furniture and some accent pieces, had designers work on the wall décor and lighting, had their entertainment team set up a Pianist or guitarist to perform soft music in the corner (jazzy Disney covers perhaps), and had their restaurant or banquets team set up a linen-draped table with fresh ice water and lemon slices. And staff it with a Guest Relations CM or two to chat with folks, answer questions, and point tourists in the right direction after they are done cooling off. That's how you set up a summertime Air Conditioning Lounge in an expensive theme park that only has five (5?!?) operating rides right now.
That they then decorate this dreary and cheap "lounge" with photos of Walt Disney means the executives who approved it are either truly clueless, or they are just being spiteful. I really hope it's that they are just clueless.
Disney used to call its Cast Members "hosts and hostesses", and old school executives like Richard Nunis still clung to that Walt-era belief. But whatever executive team approved this and allows their "guests" to use this space should be ashamed of themselves and realize they are not good hosts.
A mid-level DHS executive could have picked up the phone a week ago and had contractors bring in actual lounge furniture and some accent pieces, had designers work on the wall décor and lighting, had their entertainment team set up a Pianist or guitarist to perform soft music in the corner (jazzy Disney covers perhaps), and had their restaurant or banquets team set up a linen-draped table with fresh ice water and lemon slices. And staff it with a Guest Relations CM or two to chat with folks, answer questions, and point tourists in the right direction after they are done cooling off. That's how you set up a summertime Air Conditioning Lounge in an expensive theme park that only has five (5?!?) operating rides right now.
That they then decorate this dreary and cheap "lounge" with photos of Walt Disney means the executives who approved it are either truly clueless, or they are just being spiteful. I really hope it's that they are just clueless.
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asianway
Well-Known Member
The people defending this deserve what they get
TP2000
Well-Known Member
It's a perfect example of typical Disney executive corporate psycho-babble. They have so bastardized the English language that words don't have meaning any more. It's like calling the smiling information desk CM's in the $500 per night Deluxes a "Concierge", when they have absolutely no real-world concierge skills.
This abandoned attraction with benches dragged into it is now a "lounge". And some executive team probably approved this with an email chain that mentions "World-Class Guest Service" and they think that's actually what this "lounge" is. It's not.
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Magenta Panther
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Yeesh.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
Did you intentionally paraphrase Justice Scalia, or was that a happy accident?
BernardandBianca
Well-Known Member
I won't consider it official until I read about it on DPB.
MrPromey
Well-Known Member
Photos were from this link at the beginning of the thread: https://twitter.com/daveh787/status/616621872319496192
Bolt
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That's exterior - looking for interior.
ThemeParkJunkee
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click the twitter link in the first post
Brittany De La O
New Member
I keep laughing at the thought of this being spitballed.
Bill: "We'll put up a sign out front... .. throw some benches in there... oh! oh! AND A GARBAGE CAN!"
Bob: "Excellent idea.. yea the garbage can will really take it over the top.."
Bill: "We'll call it....... Soundstage Lounge.. ::Gestures hands like a marquee::
Bob: "I want your top boys on this bill... chop chop"
Bill: "We'll put up a sign out front... .. throw some benches in there... oh! oh! AND A GARBAGE CAN!"
Bob: "Excellent idea.. yea the garbage can will really take it over the top.."
Bill: "We'll call it....... Soundstage Lounge.. ::Gestures hands like a marquee::
Bob: "I want your top boys on this bill... chop chop"
Bolt
Well-Known Member
I clicked it and see outside the building. I looked at his account and that was it. Am I just blind?
