Newsflash... this was not supposed to be like a theme park. The whole purpose was to be a new and different kind of experience.
You were complaining that the promo for the Star Wars immersive experience at Disney World features 7-11 year olds in awe.
I thought about that, and I don't know how they could get around that barrier. Bussing people to the transportation hubs is far too inefficient, so I don't know how they could overcome that barrier, but I just don't think this will be the colossal failure that's being projected on here.
Come on now...it's a spaceship going nowhere.
I think we'd be more likely to be able to start playing a "spot-the-prop/embellishment" game across the the worldwide parks like we already can with things from other shuttered attractions before they would invest in trying to convert this to something conventional.
No one's saying that.
The place would be a little more worth the price if they installed one of these bad boys I can tell ya.
I feel like this message needs more attention. Hard to imagine a lot of these folks giving negative reviews, but I think we'll see a wider range of takes compared to other media events.
Gone are the days of REAL IMAGINNEERS the likes of Walt himself, Rolly Crump, Bob Gurr, Marc Davis, Tony Baxter, Marty Sklar, Mary Blair and many many others who used their imagination and were passionate. Who wanted to entertain. Always telling you in those old videos like the Haunted Mansion one, of the creative things they were coming up with not to pat themselves on the back but to get YOU excited for what they were working on. To let you know they were working their butts off to break new ground to entertain YOU! Not to go off a checklist of different ways they can bring up the word 'immerson' that they are scripted to say. People who used every creative bone in their body to make something FOR YOU. Those days are long gone.You know, that's something that's been dawning on me lately; the lack of humor here. And realizing that Gaya could have been a witty and charming character to provide humor to the onboard story arcs is just part of that.
These Imagineers and people working on this project take themselves so seriously. They really do think they are doing very important work that will keep families together and form permanent bonds that could never happen if the family just went camping at a lake in Ohio. And they seem to be very earnest and serious about it all.
None of them seem to be having much fun. None of them ever laughs, or says something funny, even though their dialogue is all pre-scripted and professionally curated. They are very serious about their very important work that they are very proud of.
It's kind of a downer to watch these self-congratulatory WDI videos. It's a freakin' theme park, not a cancer ward!
This man would like to know who killed the funny, lighthearted vibe at his entertainment organization...
It's pukey and dumb.
Yes, the recent change in tone from WDI "behind the scenes" videos is striking and saddening.
It's almost as if WDI senior management thinks by putting their middle management in these videos and giving them a self-congratulatory script that drones on and on about how talented and amazing they are, that they will get credit for not paying a bit more or giving an additional week of vacation every year.
The end result for us, the audience, is that we get to see very important and very talented people talk about how proud they are of their very important work.
Contrast that with a video like this of Walt and his truly great Imagineers, where the tone is humble and gracious and only meant to engage the audience instead of satisfy HR, and the difference is striking. What the heck happened to this organization?!?
SOMETHING, ANYTHING! Just ONE THING that makes us go 'ho snap, that's pretty awesome'. What's getting me is WHERE is the $3000 a night GOING? The rooms are cheap, the hotel is cheap, the public areas are cheap... where exactly is the money going??? One might say "Well, it's the story"... Someone else made a great comment earlier... of the leaks and mumblings we've heard so far, not one single thing has come out about the supposed 'amazing story'... the only constant positive is the food being really good (even though it turns your poop green).
Exactly, if there was SOMETHING that was awesome in these vids, this wouldn't be the convo, it wouldn't be the joke... we'd be beyond it.
They could have made the maids dress up as Off world Jawas. Who leave little mints on your pillows.
