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The Miscellaneous Thought Thread
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Phroobar
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Yeah......... Meh.
PiratesMansion
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I know I'm many months late to this but...the main One Day at Disney documentary was quite underwhelming.
Though watching Star Wars Land guru having a Christmas morning grin as he placed a box in Galaxy's Edge and seeing Iger gush about what a creative guy he is sure was something.
Perhaps the higher ups should relax their contempt for the parks, though, seeing that the parks got more coverage than any of their other business segments in the doc. There's a reason, and it's not just because Bob saw Cinderella once and Cinderella Movie = Cinderella Castle = profit! They'd do well to remember that the parks personify Disney in a way most of their other divisions simply do not.
Though watching Star Wars Land guru having a Christmas morning grin as he placed a box in Galaxy's Edge and seeing Iger gush about what a creative guy he is sure was something.
Perhaps the higher ups should relax their contempt for the parks, though, seeing that the parks got more coverage than any of their other business segments in the doc. There's a reason, and it's not just because Bob saw Cinderella once and Cinderella Movie = Cinderella Castle = profit! They'd do well to remember that the parks personify Disney in a way most of their other divisions simply do not.
It was terrible
smooch
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I don't mean to start drama or disagree with the moderators of the site but I don't understand why our Disneyland Closed for Coronavirus thread got moved to the political forums because I've decided to check the WDW side of the forums since it's really dead over here since the park has been closed for 6 months and they have a Coronavirus and WDW discussion thread and it is just all politics, they aren't talking about operating procedures for coronavirus in WDW (there's a separate thread for that), so I find it strange that our thread got moved. Anyways I hope we get even some small piece of news regarding the parks, it's really sad to see the DLR side so dead.
George Lucas on a Bench
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It's California. No fun allowed here anymore, even on the discussion board.
The policing of posts has gotten way out of control. They should be thankful they're even getting any traffic here at all and the revenue from these obnoxious ads that take up the whole screen.
socalifornian
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The latest thread was deemed too political yet it still hasn’t appeared in the politics section. The Future of Disneyland, Based on Leaked Information is nowhere to be found. This isn’t the first site where mods require mods, it’s the nature of the internet these days..
brb1006
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But Ursula!
brb1006
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That character is named "Sprookjes van Klaas Vaak" who also has a Youtube channel where he tells stories of various Fairy Tales by using sand.
The Wolf And The Seven Kids aka "The Wolf And The Seven Goats"
Little Red Riding Hood
And Snow White
What I really admire about Efteling is that they focus more on creating original characters exclusive to the park. For example, their mascot "Pardoes" had his own comics series which expanded on the character's universe before starring in his own ride.
Rich T
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Efteling’s Youtube channel is a quarantined theme park fan’s dream come true; it’s like a theme park in itself, branching off into making-of documentaries, ride povs, tv shows (like that neat Klaas Vaak series), full hour-long park musicals and more. For the stuff that’s not been English-captioned, I’m verrrry slowly trying to learn some Dutch through translation software.
brb1006
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I remember the CGI TV Series based on "Sprookjesboom" (the animated version of the characters from Sprookjesbos) was Efteling's first venture into animated content. The second is the "Jokie" TV Series starring Jokie and Jet (Jokie was Efteling's previous mascot for a period in the 80s. But didn't return until the early 2010s where he's geared towards the younger demographic. Speaking of which, Benjamin (the goat kid that hidden inside the clock from "The Wolf And The Seven Young Kids" has become a very popular character in recent years.Efteling’s Youtube channel is a quarantined theme park fan’s dream come true; it’s like a theme park in itself, branching off into making-of documentaries, ride povs, tv shows (like that neat Klaas Vaak series), full hour-long park musicals and more. For the stuff that’s not been English-captioned, I’m verrrry slowly trying to learn some Dutch through translation software.
Efteling Hotel is also something to behold, some of the hotels rooms/suits are dedicated to various attractions and things around the park (a room themed to Sprookjesboom, Pardoes, The Flying Dutchman etc). The Pardoes Suite gets special mention since that room has interactive elements.
Same with Sprookjesboom Suite
Heck, the Efteling community and Disney Theme Parks community actually get along with each other. Especially French, Belgian, and Dutch visitors who frequently visit both parks.
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brb1006
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And the musical of PinocchioView attachment 491977
This translation software sucks!!!Back to Google Translate for now. (Trying to translate Efteling’s musical Sprookjessprokkelar.)
BTW the music slaps!
Rich T
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And the musical of Pinocchio
BTW the music slaps!
The quality of these shows is pretty great.
Efteling’s park music in general is fantastic. I’ve bought every Efteling soundtrack album on iTunes.
PiratesMansion
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You mean a park can actually put all of their music out for purchase and can fill their YouTube channel with actual content and not just heavily curated 3 minute fluff clips?!? Sign me up!
::glares at Disney::
PiratesMansion
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I actually really liked the first four parts. Not 100% accurate, but close enough to not be bothersome.
That said, I haven't watched parts 5 & 6 yet precisely because of everything I've heard about how propaganda-ish they become. Still on my to-do list, but not feeling rushed.
But the One Day at Disney doc was atrocious and far worse than the Imagineering bits I watched. But then I've started to watch the shorts (the ones that aren't just literally duplicates of the ones in the main doc anyway; what an odd choice to make when putting this all together!) that weren't included and they definitely come off better without being tyed together by Iger's smug narration and failed attempt to make it cohesive. So maybe it's really about how they're tied together for me over anything else.
A candid Six Flags piece could be entertaining in all the worst ways: "Welp, time to open again. We meant to clean up and do more maintenance and restorative work during the off-season, but, well (chuckles as camera pans to a food location that clearly hasn't been touched since the park closed; visible cobwebs, etc; cut to clock that indicates the park is opening for the season in ten minutes)...let's open this sucker up and see what happens! Six Flags Day!!!"
lazyboy97o
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I wish Universal did more publicity around Universal Creative.
brb1006
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Helps that park has been active since 1953.
Personally I don’t go up to celebrities not out of respect for them but because I have too much pride I guess and it seems silly. I think people should do what they want. The celebrities know what they signed up for. If they can enjoy the good their celebrity brought theme than they have to do deal with the bad too.