Curious Constance
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Pixar Fest - Reviews and Thoughts, plus Soft Opening News
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TROR
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At least we can be thankful they don't put up rainbow bunting for Gay Days. Talk about a thematic clash.
Curious Constance
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Who on earth would get Pixar from these colors anyway?
And for that matter, why does the Main St bunting have to scream Pixar?
And for that matter, why does the Main St bunting have to scream Pixar?
VJ
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Watched the show.
I'm not sure if it's because I'm not the target audience (not much of a Pixar fan specifically) or not but... that didn't resonate with me at all, and it's probably the worst Disneyland fireworks show I've ever seen, in my personal opinion.
Welcome to Pixarland Resort!
I'm not sure if it's because I'm not the target audience (not much of a Pixar fan specifically) or not but... that didn't resonate with me at all, and it's probably the worst Disneyland fireworks show I've ever seen, in my personal opinion.
Welcome to Pixarland Resort!
TROR
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Thinking about biting the bullet at taking the crowd levels on Fourth of July just so I can see an actually good firework show.
VJ
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SuddenStorm
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They're the colors of the Pixar ball. I guess they thought it was creative.
SuddenStorm
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Strange- that a show that completely omits Disney Animation- inside Disneyland Park- that was released as part of a halfhearted summer promotion wouldn't be good.
VJ
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Hence the last sentence.
Honestly, Pixar is best served with heaping doses of Disney. I don't mind its inclusion in shows like World of Color but Pixar as a brand on its own is.. shaky, to say the least, and it doesn't hold itself up as well as Disney does. In my opinion, of course.
SuddenStorm
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Hence the last sentence.
Honestly, Pixar is best served with heaping doses of Disney. I don't mind its inclusion in shows like World of Color but Pixar as a brand on its own is.. shaky, to say the least, and it doesn't hold itself up as well as Disney does. In my opinion, of course.
Agreed.
Pixar is still a very young studio compared to Walt Disney Animation. Its form of animation doesn't age nearly as well. It also doesn't have the opportunity to grow on it's own merits now that it's completely controlled by Disney. I'm very fond of some of the films, and enjoy the rest of them, but when they try to integrate those characters into a park that continues to lose focus on the fab five, I take issue.
It won't get it's own, unique "Pixarland". It will always be in Mickey's shadow, and hopefully Disney stops trying to shove it into everything they can.
TP2000
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Pixar characters and stories are all late 20th and early 21st century places and people. There's nothing "classic" or classical about anything Pixar, at least for the 98% of audiences that just take the Pixar stories at their face value inbetween popcorn runs to the snack bar or the microwave.
Pixar does quality stuff, but none of it is classic or speaks to great cultural bedrock. I think basing an entire fireworks show off of it is a bold move, if not risky, but at least they have recognizeable music to draw from. That said, I have no doubt this show will go into Yesterland once Pixar Fest ends on Labor Day.
And while Pixar Fest is clearly not TDA's best work, I can't get worked up enough to fear that this is the downfall of Disneyland or will leave a black mark on the place like Light Magic did. Honestly, seasonal promotions used to be much more garish and gimmicky. Behold the Main Street Hop of 1988, which featured circa 1955 poodle skirts and sweater sets from the Doo-Wop era while they sang a hit song from 1965 "Little Honda" from the entirely different A-Go-Go era, while brand new 1988 Honda scooters drove up and down circa 1905 Main Street USA tooting their little Japanese horns. Because... Jack Lindquist.
If Disneyland can survive that hot mess in 1988, then surely Disneyland will survive Pixar Fest in 2018. The place will survive. And Pixar Fest will give us a new point of reference for Instagram-era gimmickry.
Pixar does quality stuff, but none of it is classic or speaks to great cultural bedrock. I think basing an entire fireworks show off of it is a bold move, if not risky, but at least they have recognizeable music to draw from. That said, I have no doubt this show will go into Yesterland once Pixar Fest ends on Labor Day.
And while Pixar Fest is clearly not TDA's best work, I can't get worked up enough to fear that this is the downfall of Disneyland or will leave a black mark on the place like Light Magic did. Honestly, seasonal promotions used to be much more garish and gimmicky. Behold the Main Street Hop of 1988, which featured circa 1955 poodle skirts and sweater sets from the Doo-Wop era while they sang a hit song from 1965 "Little Honda" from the entirely different A-Go-Go era, while brand new 1988 Honda scooters drove up and down circa 1905 Main Street USA tooting their little Japanese horns. Because... Jack Lindquist.
If Disneyland can survive that hot mess in 1988, then surely Disneyland will survive Pixar Fest in 2018. The place will survive. And Pixar Fest will give us a new point of reference for Instagram-era gimmickry.
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TragicMike
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Pixar has been the most successful animation studio for over a decade critically and commercially. Their films have grossed over 11 BILLION dollars worldwide. If we're talking strictly animation here, the relatively new Pixar has gone toe-to-toe with Disney's library of animation.
The underwhelming execution of Pixar theming in Pixar Pier and Pixarfest is a result of The Walt Disney Company and not the brand itself.
The underwhelming execution of Pixar theming in Pixar Pier and Pixarfest is a result of The Walt Disney Company and not the brand itself.
Disney Analyst
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Good crowd reactions from the first showing. Unfortunately Pixar doesn't have a lot of music that really resonates emotionally with people outside of Friend like Me, UP's theme, and maybe Wall-E. The lack of a music library gives a lot less opportunity for an impactful show unlike a Disney centric show.
Ismael Flores
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As someone that works with color all the time, I see no problem with the combination of the yellow and red.
Yellow and red together is actually a very popular color pallet and is used quite a bit.
The picture of the corner building actually even works better than the firehouse because the colors of the bunting create and accent to similar tonal colors of the building.
You have the bright reds and golds of the coke signage carried over to the blues and Mayte reds of the walls. The blues and yellow of the buntings Actually brings out the detailed accents around the top and bottom of the windows.
The firehouse is another story. The colors is not the issue. The issue is the over use of those buntings. To many placed awkwardly. There shouldn’t be one at the base of the wall hanging over the firehouse door. The building would have been fine with two at the top of the building and maybe a smaller one at center but even that would be to much for the small facade
SuddenStorm
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Pixar's brand is great. It's better than most. But when dealing with Disney, and even moreso Disneyland- a "great" brand doesn't cut it.
Disney's brand has been carefully cultivated and executed across film, TV, and theme parks for over 60 years. They've infiltrated every aspect of a child's life- their entertainment, their diapers, their food, their toys- creating generations and generations of people who have a strong emotional connection to Disney and it's animated characters.
Pixar is a phenomenal studio. They make quality films, but they don't have the decades of growth and development that Disney does.
Disneyland is the epitome of the Disney brand. Walt's park- the birth of the theme park- where generations have grown up witnessing their favorite Disney films come to life, but also see new unique experiences like Pirates and Haunted that are distinctly Disneyland. The fireworks are a tradition that spans decades- from the iconic mickey firework to Tinkerbell flying over the castle- that carries a strong emotional resonance with people of all ages, from just about anywhere in the country.
Throwing out everything that built Disney and Disneyland for a summer promotion- plastering Pixar characters on the monorail, ignoring Walt Disney animation in a fireworks show, running a parade down Main Street that doesn't have ANY actual Disney characters (not even Mickey)- is a horrible decision- it doesn't appeal to the park fans (like those that frequent this site), it doesn't appeal to fans of classic Disney animation (like many who grew up in the 1900s), and doesn't feed off of 60 years of memories.
That's why it's getting a lukewarm response on here.
TROR
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Decided to watch the entire show and wow that was just bad. There was absolutely no flow with any of the tracks used and they barely tied together with the fireworks. It felt more like World of Color most of the time than it did a firework show. How pathetic this entire Pixar Fest is. I hope WDI is ashamed. I don't know how they even managed to mess up the Coco portion as well as not using Randy Newman's "You've Got a Friend in Me." Seriously, this might be the worst Disneyland firework show. Only competition for it I can think of is Fantasy in the Sky but that has an excuse for not being up to par with RDCT or Magical.
SuddenStorm
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And yet another show bites the dust to the Davison clip show curse.
It feels as though today's show designers have forgotten how to create a new, unique show that doesn't rely on the World of Color clip show formula.
TragicMike
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And who is in charge of those decisions? That's the point I'm arguing, I'm not saying Pixar as a brand is on par with Disney.
PiratesMansion
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I don't care for the bunting. It looks like the Toy Story ball threw up all over Main Street.