GhostHost1000
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The new park commercials
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Sirwalterraleigh
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But did you see that clever swap of “Covid” for a number?
What a wild boy…funny how that would have shown about a 10% drop since 2019…huh?
danlb_2000
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WorldExplorer
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I like how vague the Tiana's section of that ad is.
Why, if you weren't looking closely, it would almost look like something else...
Why, if you weren't looking closely, it would almost look like something else...
Chi84
Premium Member
They wanted to show a flume ride because that’s pretty much all most people care about - the drop.
GhostHost1000
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If most people going to WDW only cared about the drop, they wouldn’t have spent the money to build a mountain around it with theming and animatronics
No, it's not. Both are/were bottom of the barrel efforts.
Don't forget the story in the ride. And the charm, whimsy, and fun.
I mean... uhhhh... I only like drop and thrill, me no like story... me big Disney Park fan, urgh!!!
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
Secret ingredient? I thought it was about salt mines. And band members. And Tiana being a successful co-op owner in the late 1920's. Wait... what's the storyline, again? I've gotten lost in the 3-4 different story threads the project lead threw into a blender when "creating" this.
Chi84
Premium Member
Most don't care nearly as much as the super fans here. They do love theming and animatronics in general though. The problem with that particular ride is it's unreliable.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
there are a lot of problems with that ride in addition to reliability, but that's discussed in the other thread so I'll just leave it there.
Chi84
Premium Member
I'm just going off of what my kids told me. They loved the new Tiana theming, especially the music, and couldn't wait for me to ride it. But when it was my turn I ended up having to climb out of the boat pretty early on. I should point out that none of us had any sort of special love for the initial theming so the change was a good thing from our standpoint.
Basil of Baker Street
Well-Known Member
Agreed.
Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan, Pooh, Big Thunder, Space Mountain, Space Ship Earth and Carousel of Progress are due for a re theme as well.
WorldExplorer
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They could always show both the drop AND the supposedly impressive show scenes they spent a lot of money on that feature a character that they clearly believe is a draw.
Chi84
Premium Member
That’s an odd thing to say. I was talking about my particular family and a single attraction. People can and do have different preferences.
The commercial was concentrating on the thrill aspect of the ride, just as prior commercials and ads showed the drop part before the re-theming.
Goofyernmost
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How would you retheme Pirates? Peter Pan, maybe add some real animatronics? Pooh, if retheme means something completely different, I agree. Big Thunder, isn't that what they are doing or do you mean something completely different? Space Ship earth, maybe a new verbal script and narrator plus put back something to see on the reverse trip, not those individual vehicle computer shows. Carousel of Progress, touch that and answer to me. It needs nothing other than a different purpose promotion. It needs to stay as it is and be just a historical presentation of the way things were in the 20th Century. Anyone younger than 35 years old has never really experienced the degree of progress that happened during the century. It is always good to see where we came from so we can gauge how we are doing today. But, chances are we are headed back that way so the youth of today should be able to see what they have in store.
nickys
Premium Member
I mean the Castle is a bit old hat now too. That whole Princess vibe seems so dated. Maybe it could be re-themed too.
(Unlike others, I assumed your post was tongue-in-cheek).
networkpro
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- In the Parks
- Yes
I do so want to share an idea how to retheme it along the lines of the struggle of current ideology the confrontations it generates but I and anything I have posted for the last 19 years would vanish faster than pixie dust in a hurricane.