The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

[Distorian]

So while in an Uber ride the other day, I heard a radio commercial for Disneyland, featuring a kid clearly 10 or so years old. And I swear, the first thing he brings up besides that they were celebrating Disneyland’s 70th Anniversary about what he thought was such an exciting/wow thing to see… “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Live”… I kid you not.. not simply meeting Mickey in ToonTown mind you, not Mickey’s Runaway Railway even, not Fantasmic! Or anything like Pirates of the Caribbean, Space Mountain or the Haunted Mansion… not even the Walt Disney show.. but ‘Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Live”..
my jaw dropped. Then proceeds to seeing more characters like “Bluey” and then that their parents got to see Joy & Sadness from Inside Out. Their marketing people ‘cannot’ be serious.. and if they they are.. boy.. ummm.. did they forget Mickey and Disneyland had plenty other things & versions of characters for ‘all ages’, rather than literal ‘Preschool’ stuff. Like, OMG

I think you’re underestimating the power of Bluey’s name.

 

[FigmentsBrightIdeas]

I think you’re underestimating the power of Bluey’s name.

Trust me, I’m not. I get the appeal of Bluey, despite it being aimed at preschoolers. Kind of a Bear in the Big Blue House kind of deal. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse though, nah? And the fact hardly anything else of substance was mentioned.. was just like.. What the?

 

[FigmentsBrightIdeas]

And I again, wanna make the point, this was clearly scripted/acted. It wasn’t one of those things where it was a personalized recording from a 10 year old kid talking about what they loved. Ya know, kudos to them if that’s their thing. If it had been that way, my reaction would’ve been completely different. But as it was, blatantly acted & scripted, yeah, baffled

 

[FigmentsBrightIdeas]

And also, I get it’s a commercial. I’m not “outraged” by it whatsoever. It was just one those things, completely by chance I heard it on the radio and I’m hearing this thing.. like “Omg, this can’t be real”, and just think to myself, “yeah, that sure as heck didn’t convince me nor do I expect it to convince any other 10 year old kid to pack their bags and go”, and felt the need to share it with a group who’d be as intrigued by it’s bad/wild-ness as I was.

 

[Disney Irish]

So while in an Uber ride the other day, I heard a radio commercial for Disneyland, featuring a kid clearly 10 or so years old. And I swear, the first thing he brings up besides that they were celebrating Disneyland’s 70th Anniversary about what he thought was such an exciting/wow thing to see… “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Live”… I kid you not.. not simply meeting Mickey in ToonTown mind you, not Mickey’s Runaway Railway even, not Fantasmic! Or anything like Galaxy’s Edge, Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, Space Mountain or the Haunted Mansion… not even the Walt Disney show.. but ‘Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Live”..
my jaw dropped. Then proceeds to seeing more characters like “Bluey” and then that their parents got to see Joy & Sadness from Inside Out. Their marketing people ‘cannot’ be serious.. and if they they are.. boy.. ummm.. did they forget Mickey and Disneyland had plenty other things & versions of characters for ‘all ages’, rather than literal ‘Preschool’ stuff. Like, OMG

Clearly you're not in the target audience for this commercial. Its for the ages of the shows being referenced and their parents.

Disneyland has plenty of commercials, some targeted for general audiences like you're wanting and expecting, and some targeted for specific audiences like this commercial is intending. This is how Disneyland has been marketed for years now.