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New Structure Between The Land & The Seas

Launchpad

Launchpad

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Tonight we noticed a weird structure between The Seas and The Land. It looked like metal rafters that are typically found at concerts (not sure if there were lights on it or not, if so they weren't on). The bottom of the structure was surrounded by pine trees. The structure was the width of the walkway. I asked a CM working a stand right next to it if she knew what it was and she said she had no idea and it wasn't there when she was working yesterday. It looked really out of place and we couldn't figure out it's purpose.
 
Horizons1

Horizons1

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Taking a guess here but from your description it sounds like a stage for the dedication of Nemo on the 26th. Thats when this big press conference is right?
 
Launchpad

Launchpad

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But the thing is it would be right in the middle of the walkway. Not in the grass or anything. It would be right there, smack dab in the middle. I was thinking it was for the stage at first but then I didn't understand why it would be there. It would block off a path and there isn't much room to stand around to begin with. It's also closer to The Land than it is to The Seas. It seems like a better area would be directly outside in the grassy area to the right as soon as you leave The Seas.
 
jmvd20

jmvd20

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It's definitely one of those there doohickeys.

If it is for a stage maybe they built it out of the way and then will move it into position?
 
optjay

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bob0012 said:
You mean the magic of things just appearing, and just as quickly disappearing? Sadly that seems to have moved on.
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Like the days when you would see a dead plant, and poof.... the next day it would be new? Unlike now where it stays dead for days, and if it is replaced its done in daylight ? In plain view of the guests?
 
jmvd20

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Does it really bother people to see plants replaced during park operating hours, or to see maintenance workers and janitors in the park working. Kind of seems like a double edged sword, if WDW doesn't replace the dead plant at all - people complain, if they replace it while the parks are open - people complain. As someone stated above - tough crowd here.

Unfortunately I do not go there as often as many other people here do so maybe I just never noticed some of these issues.
 
bob0012

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jmvd20 said:
Does it really bother people to see plants replaced during park operating hours, or to see maintenance workers and janitors in the park working. Kind of seems like a double edged sword, if WDW doesn't replace the dead plant at all - people complain, if they replace it while the parks are open - people complain. As someone stated above - tough crowd here.

Unfortunately I do not go there as often as many other people here do so maybe I just never noticed some of these issues.
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The issue is the "declining by degrees" issue. there was a time that the dead plants would be swaped out in the middle of the night. And stages would go up the night before it's needed.
 
ToTBellHop

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Tough crowd? Paying $70/day to enter a theme park gives you the right to have high standards, I think. People "giving Disney a break" for the past 15 years is the reason lights are burned out everywhere, braile signs are ripped to shreds, animatronics stay broken, and trashcans don't get changed out. Disney "magic" was built on the fact that it always occurred away from the guest's eyes. That's why it was magic, and not just cleaning or fixing or standard upkeep.
 
unkadug

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What if they had waited to the day before to set up the stage, and then something inexplicable happens and the stage was defective/unusable the next day?

These same people complaining now would be saying "That's what happens when you wait until the last minute to do something". :rolleyes:
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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unkadug said:
What if they had waited to the day before to set up the stage, and then something inexplicable happens and the stage was defective/unusable the next day?

These same people complaining now would be saying "That's what happens when you wait until the last minute to do something". :rolleyes:
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Disney somehow managed to put up stages for these announcements the night before during the first ~45 years that they ran theme parks :rolleyes:

The folks who run concert tours somehow manage to put up stages the day of the performance and I never see the stages collapsing during shows :rolleyes:

I think we have the whole "building a stage" thing down.
 
mousermerf

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As someone who works in theater, i can assure you that they will take as much extra time as they can get to set things up.

If this event requires a sound check, lightin check, special rigging (think of the soarin opening), and other such tests - you'd have several days of tech rehearsals after the park is cleared which would require the stage to be full built.

You can't focus lights without a stage. Touring shows have the benefits of having a "look" and then adapting to a venue - the same applies to audio, choreography, etc.. A single event does not have such pre-rehearsals. Thus, the stage is built earlier. There needs to be rehearsal time in any process.
 

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