Disney is apparently cutting out the live actors in rivers of light. I felt they added to show and will be missed. Thoughts?
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No more live actors in ROL
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Is this confirmed? I thought when it was last mentioned they were doing the inclement weather version of the show.
Wngo905
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Cutting out the live actors in RoL is kinda like cutting out the performers on the boats in Fantasmic (though the latter would be a grander scale). While the floats would still "move on their own", the show without live people doesn't make that much sense....
JohnD
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Cut costs here. Snip costs there. Cut. Cut. Cut.
Br’er Rabbit
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There goes my favorite nighttime show...
cjkeating
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I'm a massive fan of ROL but without the performers you might as well just cut the show. I can't see how cutting these performers is a huge saving compared to the amount of cast that do the crowd control or the crew that set up the shoe each day?
Surely a more logical solution would be do the show on select nights like they used to with Fantasmic?
I still can't believe they never found a way to add the 100 lanterns back into the show.
Surely a more logical solution would be do the show on select nights like they used to with Fantasmic?
I still can't believe they never found a way to add the 100 lanterns back into the show.
EricsBiscuit
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That sucks. The costumes were amazing and their performance enhanced the show. They'll be missed. Hopefully not a permanent cut.
Timothy_Q
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Are all these cast member cuts happening expected to be temporary or permanent?
In theory temporary.
How magical.
@marni1971 they are approaching what should be a busier time, October, November and December, with all the holidays, parties, and festivals, are they forecasting a noticeable decline in attendance during these months as well?
I know September has always been slow, but the fact that they are doing this so late and in such a hurried manner seems like they must have missed something. (Or its a cover just to slash and burn before the end of the quarter)
Br’er Rabbit
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There’s like 6 cast members for the the whole show. How beneficial is cutting them? It’s not like there’s a large cast that was being the cost up to ridiculous levels. I don’t understand.
One assumes so, since there is more to come.
Or it’s a knee jerk reaction to a soft summer and fall (soft on spreadsheets)
If the rest of the year is a bumper one (hyperthetically) is could be a big mistake.
If each show / attraction / area property wide cuts a given percentage the numbers soon add up.
disneygeek90
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I don't know how they're measuring success but even on "light" days there's still a crap ton of people when I'm there.
Sir_Cliff
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Not to get too political, but the issue here is how business and the economy works more generally at the moment and not whether the theme parks are bleeding money. I doubt that Disney is worried that they're going to start losing money. Their worry will be that profit margins will be lower than they were last year. And, honestly, if Disney still makes healthy profits but they're lower than expectations, the share price probably will go down and there will be plenty of headlines about a disappointing quarter for Disney.
Certainly sounds ominous.
We've heard DHS and AK cutbacks, that leaves the MK, Epcot, Water Parks, and DS left.
I guess it's too late to cut park hours, all those people who made dining reservations 6 months ago...