The Monorail.

[luv]

I think that when people have planned, saved for, purchased and are taking their vacation, they should GET the magic...and not be inundated with advertisements. Ads aren't magical. They're annoying.

Totally against the ads on the monorail. People can stay home and watch or read ads for free.

More magic, less selling.

 

[unkadug]

I think that when people have planned, saved for, purchased and are taking their vacation, they should GET the magic...and not be inundated with advertisements. Ads aren't magical. They're annoying.

Totally against the ads on the monorail. People can stay home and watch or read ads for free.

More magic, less selling.

You seem to forget that ALL of Disney is one big ad. It was designed that way from the very beginning by Walt himself.

Disneyland was one big synergistic ad for Walt's TV shows and movies.

 

[WDW Monorail]

Disney transport should consider selling ad space on the sides and backs of the bus fleet as well. Not to local locations since that would infringe on the policy of keeping guests on property but to companies which provided products and services which Disney does not offer on property.

 

[I_heart_Tigger]

You know Shark, you may be on to something. I am not into the Tron or the Avenger movies, maybe it's an "girl" thing or an "old girl" thing, I am not sure. I think it is the exact reason why I just can't get into these wraps.

What appeals to one group may not appeal to another. Diseny does however have something for everyone. Otherwise we wouldn't love the place!

If the year in your user name is any indication we are the same age and I love the Avengers, have seen it 3 times (jerks had to put out 3 different viewing options so what's a girl to do) :shrug:

I get an odd craving for Shreddies cereal when I see anything Tron, though. I remember trying to collect all of the plastic Tron-cycles with the rip cord out of the Shreddies cereal boxes when the first movie came out.

I think it's more of a personal taste thing since this "old girl" loves those types of movies however my sister would probably enjoy a monorail wrap of What to Expect When You're Expecting or something that I consider a ywan-fest. Imagine that monorail with a woman in labour at the front and a baby shooting down the side of the monorail :lookaroun:hurl:

 

[I_heart_Tigger]

We were there last week. My son loved it that we got to ride on it. I think it's fine. It's not like every single monorail is wrapped or it's wrapped all the time. The traditionalists still have several other non-wrapped monorails to ride and take pictures of.

Very true - I tried to get a picture of the Avengerail but only saw it a couple times and was always in the wrong spot for a photo :brick: It was like hunting down a rare species of monorail...apparently I'm a terrible hunter.

 

[dave&di]

I don't mind, as long as its only one monorail at a time, I love the look of the classic monorail but enjoyed seeing the 'Tronorail' in 2010. BUT it would have to be Disney based IMO.

 

[Sharkreef11]

If the year in your user name is any indication we are the same age and I love the Avengers, have seen it 3 times (jerks had to put out 3 different viewing options so what's a girl to do) :shrug:

I get an odd craving for Shreddies cereal when I see anything Tron, though. I remember trying to collect all of the plastic Tron-cycles with the rip cord out of the Shreddies cereal boxes when the first movie came out.

I think it's more of a personal taste thing since this "old girl" loves those types of movies however my sister would probably enjoy a monorail wrap of What to Expect When You're Expecting or something that I consider a ywan-fest. Imagine that monorail with a woman in labour at the front and a baby shooting down the side of the monorail :lookaroun:hurl:

:ROFLOL: Now that woud be a monorail. :lol::hurl:

 

[Sharkreef11]

IMO I think it would have been cool to see a POTC monorail wrap when Stranger Tides was coming out. I agree I wouldn't want every monorail wrapped but like it when it's one at a time. That still leaves all the rest in the original condition and eveyone is happy.

 

[Bairstow]

Meanwhile, at Disneyland, the fleet of monorails has been given Cars-style faces to promote DCA's new Cars Land. Monorails-as-billboards is a trend that's here to stay. Also, these faces creep me out.

It makes the monorail look like a giant caterpillar.

 

[Silver Figment]

I don't really mind them.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I dislike them. They are just billboards. They are not a themed experience nor is there a need for them to be themed.

But the Disney Park theme IS based on commercial characters that were put into the park to cross promote other properties.

Disney has ALWAYS been about synergy. Disneyland was just one big ad for Walt's TV shows and movies.

The problem with pointing to Walt is that his synergy was more an expression of his varied interests in the different mediums in which he was working. Early Disneyland was more promoted by his existing work than it was a promotional entity. Walt had only one television show by the time Disneyland opened, Disneyland. Even the big Davy Crocket boom was built from a series of episodes of Disneyland. Early Disneyland was limited in space and financing, but after its success the work of WED Enterprises pushed more and more towards original work unrelated to building what was established as "Disney" through

 

[SMS55]

Since I stay on site, I won't even notice it. If I hop over to EPCOT after MK I may notice, but probably not.

 

[unkadug]

I dislike them. They are just billboards. They are not a themed experience nor is there a need for them to be themed.


The problem with pointing to Walt is that his synergy was more an expression of his varied interests in the different mediums in which he was working. Early Disneyland was more promoted by his existing work than it was a promotional entity. Walt had only one television show by the time Disneyland opened, Disneyland. Even the big Davy Crocket boom was built from a series of episodes of Disneyland. Early Disneyland was limited in space and financing, but after its success the work of WED Enterprises pushed more and more towards original work unrelated to building what was established as "Disney" through

I have to disagree... a billboard actively advertises "X" with "Who,What,Where,How, & Why" while a monorail wrap is simply rethemeing to "X".

Cars is Disney, Snow White is Disney, Pooh is Disney, just as much as the Haunted Mansion and the classic monorail design is Disney. Should we discriminate against acquired properties in favor of original properties (no matter how ill-conceived (insert any number of recent movies here) and executed (HSM)).

I just see no reason for this misplaced anger on something that should be considered "plussing" and up-to-date and successful.

I see the same frustration being exhibited here as I did when Disney first acquired Pixar.

 

[C&D]

I don't mind, as long as its only one monorail at a time, I love the look of the classic monorail but enjoyed seeing the 'Tronorail' in 2010. BUT it would have to be Disney based IMO.

This sums it up for me; keeping the 'odd' one odd, there's a uniqueness that keeps things interesting (on the 'rail'). And I don't think it is blatant advertisement either; I don't think many, if any says, oh, that reminds me, I've got to go see the "Avengers" (or whatever the 'soup du jour' that is on the monorail).

 

[Knothead]

As far as I am concerned, they could wrap the Monorail in anything they wanted as long as I didn't have to take the bus anywhere anymore. I cant stand the busses.

 

[Bairstow]

I have to disagree... a billboard actively advertises "X" with "Who,What,Where,How, & Why" while a monorail wrap is simply rethemeing to "X".

Billboard:

Also billboard:

 

[Bluewaves]

Its probably just an easy way to get the movies division to pay for a paint job on the monorail.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I have to disagree... a billboard actively advertises "X" with "Who,What,Where,How, & Why" while a monorail wrap is simply rethemeing to "X".

Cars is Disney, Snow White is Disney, Pooh is Disney, just as much as the Haunted Mansion and the classic monorail design is Disney. Should we discriminate against acquired properties in favor of original properties (no matter how ill-conceived (insert any number of recent movies here) and executed (HSM)).

I just see no reason for this misplaced anger on something that should be considered "plussing" and up-to-date and successful.

I see the same frustration being exhibited here as I did when Disney first acquired Pixar.

This is not a retheming. The monorail has not been redone to exist in the world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is just a redecoration.

It is also not a plus because it is taking an aspect of the EPCOT principles which were supposed to be better than what you see everywhere else and making them the same.

What is established as "Disney" regarding the parks is not an issue of acquisition, but an overemphasis on the existing properties' role in early Disneyland and how today's focus on what is already know, particularly franchises, in the parks is a long tradition when this is not the case. The parks were not a big marketing platform, they were seen as a new medium, just as Walt came to see television as a new medium that could be more than live broadcasts and reruns of short and feature films.