Out with the Vikings, in with princess

[barnett]

If you watched the flow of the crowd about .01% of people went into the church to view the exhibit. I can't get upset that it's being replaced. I enjoyed it. The first 10 times through. It was time to update it in some way.

 

[willtravel]

So I guess since Norway no longer sponsors the pavillion, WDW can do whatever. Is this going to be like a promo area? Or permanent display?

 

[Bairstow]

So how long as that "Spirited Beasts" animal/anime exhibit at the very back of the Japanese pavilion been there?

 

[barnett]

So how long as that "Spirited Beasts" animal/anime exhibit at the very back of the Japanese pavilion been there?

I could be mistaken but not that long. They rotate it periodically. But I could be wrong. Don't spend much time in the pavilion.

 

[asianway]

I could be mistaken but not that long. They rotate it periodically. But I could be wrong. Don't spend much time in the pavilion.

Japan doesn't play by the TDO rule book

 

[Tom Morrow]

If you watched the flow of the crowd about .01% of people went into the church to view the exhibit. I can't get upset that it's being replaced. I enjoyed it. The first 10 times through. It was time to update it in some way.

I only relatively recently realized you could actually go into it.

 

[dhall]

So how long as that "Spirited Beasts" animal/anime exhibit at the very back of the Japanese pavilion been there?

I saw it on my last visit which was two or three years ago. My kids & I were matching up the exhibit with characters in Okami

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Bah! A-cultured Philistines. WS was unique, and uniquely Disney: perfect family entertainment by virtue of being both educational, for all ages, and enjoyable. And they destroy it for commercialised rubbish that you can see everywhere else.

Putting princesses in WS makes EPCOT less Disney, not more. Not to mention, turning Norway into princessland is rather belittling of Norway and its people. If there were a World Showcase in Japan, would Americans appreciate it if the American Adventure were given over to a Hello Kitty breakfast and a Honey-booboo exhibit?


Oh well, I suppose hard-working, middle-class families who hold old-fashioned values such as respect for different cultures and raising their children in an atmosphere that is fun and educational are no longer Disney's audience.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

If you watched the flow of the crowd about .01% of people went into the church to view the exhibit. I can't get upset that it's being replaced. I enjoyed it. The first 10 times through. It was time to update it in some way.

Then let TDO change temporary exhibits like, once a decade.

 

[Matt_Black]

So I guess since Norway no longer sponsors the pavillion, WDW can do whatever. Is this going to be like a promo area? Or permanent display?

Did Norway ever directly sponsor the pavilion? I thought it was sponsored by privately owned Norwegian businesses, with the Morocco Pavilion being the only one that was sponsored directly by the country it represents.

 

[willtravel]

Did Norway ever directly sponsor the pavilion? I thought it was sponsored by privately owned Norwegian businesses, with the Morocco Pavilion being the only one that was sponsored directly by the country it represents.

Oops, I am wrong.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

So how long as that "Spirited Beasts" animal/anime exhibit at the very back of the Japanese pavilion been there

It opened in 2010.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Oops, I am wrong.

Oops, I am wrong.

Me I'm wrong all of the time. But I just quietly sneak out of a thread hoping that the forum moves fast enough to move the thread to the page 2 graveyard before anybody notices!

 

[nytimez]

If there were a World Showcase in Japan, would Americans appreciate it if the American Adventure were given over to a Hello Kitty breakfast and a Honey-booboo exhibit?

Do you really want an answer for that?

 

[Funmeister]

Isn't the new princess Russian?

 

[RandomPrincess]

Isn't the new princess Russian?

No she's Scandinavian.

 

[Funmeister]

No she's Scandinavian.

Well Frozen used to be "The Snow Queen" and is still loosely based on it which is a Russian fable? I know there are multiple versions.

 

[Bairstow]

The infection seems to be spreading.

 

[Matt_Black]

Well Frozen used to be "The Snow Queen" and is still loosely based on it which is a Russian fable? I know there are multiple versions.

The most famous version is by Hans Christian Andersen, who's Danish.

 

[willtravel]

The infection seems to be spreading.

Kinda reminds me of what they did to the plane over at Back Lot Tours at HS or monorail wrap.