orky8
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Disney's newest marketing, buy genie+ for lightning lane or we make you walk slowly through a convoluted and improbable backstory.
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News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure
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Disney's newest marketing, buy genie+ for lightning lane or we make you walk slowly through a convoluted and improbable backstory.
No need to fill it if you keep it dark enough!
Ayla
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There is a teeny, tiny minority still talking about this. Most everyone else has moved on and accepted the change, whatever may come. It's still going to be the same flume ride with a big drop, that's all anyone will care about once it's opened.
Curious how you quantified that.
UNCgolf
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I agree with the first two sentences, but the last one is wild.
Why would you think that? That's clearly not the case and never has been; if it was, there'd be no reason to theme it at all. It's like suggesting Expedition Everest would be the exact same experience if they tore down the whole mountain around it and turned it into an exposed track coaster in the open.
Ayla
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They're getting rid of the 50 foot drop? Funny how that was never mentioned...
LittleBuford
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I can’t speak for others, but the drop was only a small part of why I enjoyed Splash Mountain. The copious theming and fun story were the major draws for me. If Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is lacking in either, I for one will consider it a downgrade.They're getting rid of the 50 foot drop? Funny how that was never mentioned...
Indiana Jones and Dinosaur are the same ride system. Indy is one of my favorite rides and I don't even care if I ride Dinosaur when we visit AK.They're getting rid of the 50 foot drop? Funny how that was never mentioned...
Epcot82Guy
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If story and setting truly don't matter to the vast majority of guests, why is this much effort going into all this on Disney's side?
Tha Realest
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Yeah. This is like saying Nemo & Friends == 20K Leagues because it’s the same track, or Haunted Mansion is the equivalent to Horizons (which I loved) because they had an Omni mover track with directional POV changes
UNCgolf
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They're getting rid of the 50 foot drop? Funny how that was never mentioned...
You're being intentionally obtuse. You completely ignored what was actually said in the post you quoted.
If that was the only thing people cared about, there'd be no reason to go to Disney at all. Just go to a Six Flags.
It's possible to understand/support the re-theme without suggesting theme itself is completely irrelevant to an attraction.
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baymenxpac
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i just read through the storyline for the new attraction, which i can only assume was adapted from a boring shark tank pitch. i still don't really understand what i'm going to be riding in 18 months or whatever. it sounds like a synopsis of a bad microsoft teams meeting.
incorrigible
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Just saw a youtube video from someone who often reports on a lot of "insider" stuff at Disney and especially Star Wars. I think we all know WDW's Splash is toast unfortunately, but there may be some hope for Disneyland's if what he reports is true! Looks like it was posted yesterday (2/7/23).
trainplane3
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I'd write them off. They're one of those weird "Kathleen Kennedy is going to be fired soon" people but have yet to have literally anything come true.
LittleBuford
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Yeah, no. The acceptance stage has to kick in at some point. This is happening.
TP2000
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Is 7,000 enough of a number to call them layoffs? Or are these lost jobs still just "staffing reductions" instead of layoffs?
7,000 of them. At least that's gonna make the line at the Burbank Starbucks shorter! And make it easier to find a parking space!
"Bob Iger, in his first earnings call since returning to the company, announced Walt Disney Co. will shed 7,000 jobs as part of a broader effort to save $5.5 billion in costs."
Bob Iger announces 7,000 job cuts at Disney, signals 'significant transformation'
The earnings report came as Walt Disney Co. faces a challenge from an outsider, billionaire investor Nelson Peltz, who is seeking election to join the board.
www.latimes.com
It's OK. I'm sure they'll just do it all through attrition.Is 7,000 enough of a number to call them layoffs? Or are these lost jobs still just "staffing reductions" instead of layoffs?
7,000 of them. At least that's gonna make the line at the Burbank Starbucks shorter! And make it easier to find a parking space!
"Bob Iger, in his first earnings call since returning to the company, announced Walt Disney Co. will shed 7,000 jobs as part of a broader effort to save $5.5 billion in costs."
Bob Iger announces 7,000 job cuts at Disney, signals 'significant transformation'
The earnings report came as Walt Disney Co. faces a challenge from an outsider, billionaire investor Nelson Peltz, who is seeking election to join the board.
TP2000
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Right?!?
Or, you know, by simply "eliminating open headcount", which is another term that a few folks are trying to use this afternoon to claim that these aren't actually "layoffs". But they're layoffs. 7,000 of them. Even very pro-industry sources like Variety are calling them that.
Disney Cutting 7,000 Jobs, or 3% of Workforce, Eyes $5.5 Billion in Total Cost Reductions
Disney will reduce its workforce by 7,000 employees, or 3.2% of its global headcount, as part of a goal to achieve $5.5 billion in cost reductions.
variety.com
Doing one better than Variety, even Disney's own news division at ABC is calling them "layoffs". Although technically, ABC is using the two-word version of the phrase. Lay off.
Disney to eliminate 7,000 jobs, CEO Bob Iger says
The announcement came on Disney's earnings call on Wednesday.
abcnews.go.com
zipadee999
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The drop isn’t going anywhere but they are taking a welding torch to what appeared to be the bottom of the drop ride track last night. They better not make our flume get you drenched like DL.
I was thinking the opposite. Maybe they’re minimizing the splash to make it tamer
I was thinking the opposite. Maybe they’re minimizing the splash to make it tamer
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