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The Spirited Seventh Heaven ...
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Captain Chaos
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Mike S
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The Park Formerly Known as The Disney-MGM Studios.Please explain!
PhotoDave219
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Lake county sheriff's office.
Spirited Sunday Musings:
First, a thanks to the moderators for cleaning up what, apparently, was one helluva mess last night. What a shock that a Thickheaded troll might long for attention after 6-7?? years here and return ...
Second, as a kind soul pointed out, Tony Batter's protege -- Michel Den Dulk -- was the creative lead of DL's Fantasy Faire. It was, however, the final WDI project that Tony B worked on. Michel, BTW, is one of the top young Imagineers and I'd hope he moves on to better and bigger stuff.
OK ... So with all these NGE cover upcharge events, from EPCOT drinking to breakfast with Darth Vader to $150 chances to see LoTLK with dinner, one wonders how many rubes with too much money there are. Some families may well be dropping an extra $500-1,000 A DAY on some of this stuff right now. Yep, that'll make an 11% increase possible, right @ParentsOf4 ?
I just want to be clear that I am a Faux Top One Percenter. I have dined in some very swanky locales. I have never paid $48 a person for breakfast just so I could take a picture with some kids dressing up as Star Wars characters. While @WDWFigment 's breakfast pics looked tasty, I find $48 a person to be offensive. No ands, ifs or buts.
As we watch WDW move ever closer to a segregated/stratified model of pricing, we seem worlds away from the old 'everyone's a VIP' mantra that WDW operated by for its first three-plus decades. The level of service you get will be further based upon spending habits and, yes, whether you are willing to pay top dollar for Disney accommodations or not.
Contrast that with my cruise on the Wonder. Everyone, whether you booked the least pricey inside cabin or the Walt Disney Suite, largely received the same top quality product. Sure, you might have paid extra for a meal or two at Palo or visited the spa or drank gallons of alcohol a day, but the basic, core experience was the same for all cruisers regardless of what it cost you. Largely, this is how WDW used to operate. It was a level playing field for all guests whether you ran a Fortune 500 Company or were making $26,500 a year and had been saving for five years to take the trip. Not anymore.
On the subject of getting treated specially, you can see DLR is struggling with the new DAS replacing the GAC. Folks got very used to gaming the system in Anaheim with make believe ailments and mildly autistic children being a golden front of the line pass. I haven't talked with folks in Guest Services, but it's apparent to me with the multiple satellite kiosks set up that Disney is largely caving in. And to those 30-something women standing in line behind me to get into City Hall on May 21st, you could show me a letter from the surgeon general and I still wouldn't believe you have any illness that isn't mental.
To anyone who says you have to spend more than $4.50 on a brand new piece of luggage, I'd simply say that you don't know me.
So another private equity firm buys another major company with plans to strip it bare and shut it down? How American.
Anyone want to tell me how Maleficent is going to bomb at the box office?
One detail that has gone under/unreported in DLR's recent ticket hike (OK, two) is that Disney won't grandfather a child in on the SoCal pass. Say you have a family of four with SoCal Annual Passes and you have a child about to turn three. You are forced to buy him/her the $519 deluxe pass or the cheaper pass and a regular ticket on days that his/her AP is blocked out.
Oh, and those block out day tickets that Disney has been selling? They no longer exist. You go on a day that your AP isn't available, then you pay full price.
So, Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade ended a 12-year run yesterday. I enjoyed in quite a bit ... Back in 2001 and 2002 and 2003 and ... Yeah, it's been way too long.
Finally, a correction: apparently I took a note from a friend and some wonderful pics and got ahead of myself. Potter hasn't opened yet in Osaka ...but the reviews are already quite good.
First, a thanks to the moderators for cleaning up what, apparently, was one helluva mess last night. What a shock that a Thickheaded troll might long for attention after 6-7?? years here and return ...
Second, as a kind soul pointed out, Tony Batter's protege -- Michel Den Dulk -- was the creative lead of DL's Fantasy Faire. It was, however, the final WDI project that Tony B worked on. Michel, BTW, is one of the top young Imagineers and I'd hope he moves on to better and bigger stuff.
OK ... So with all these NGE cover upcharge events, from EPCOT drinking to breakfast with Darth Vader to $150 chances to see LoTLK with dinner, one wonders how many rubes with too much money there are. Some families may well be dropping an extra $500-1,000 A DAY on some of this stuff right now. Yep, that'll make an 11% increase possible, right @ParentsOf4 ?
I just want to be clear that I am a Faux Top One Percenter. I have dined in some very swanky locales. I have never paid $48 a person for breakfast just so I could take a picture with some kids dressing up as Star Wars characters. While @WDWFigment 's breakfast pics looked tasty, I find $48 a person to be offensive. No ands, ifs or buts.
As we watch WDW move ever closer to a segregated/stratified model of pricing, we seem worlds away from the old 'everyone's a VIP' mantra that WDW operated by for its first three-plus decades. The level of service you get will be further based upon spending habits and, yes, whether you are willing to pay top dollar for Disney accommodations or not.
Contrast that with my cruise on the Wonder. Everyone, whether you booked the least pricey inside cabin or the Walt Disney Suite, largely received the same top quality product. Sure, you might have paid extra for a meal or two at Palo or visited the spa or drank gallons of alcohol a day, but the basic, core experience was the same for all cruisers regardless of what it cost you. Largely, this is how WDW used to operate. It was a level playing field for all guests whether you ran a Fortune 500 Company or were making $26,500 a year and had been saving for five years to take the trip. Not anymore.
On the subject of getting treated specially, you can see DLR is struggling with the new DAS replacing the GAC. Folks got very used to gaming the system in Anaheim with make believe ailments and mildly autistic children being a golden front of the line pass. I haven't talked with folks in Guest Services, but it's apparent to me with the multiple satellite kiosks set up that Disney is largely caving in. And to those 30-something women standing in line behind me to get into City Hall on May 21st, you could show me a letter from the surgeon general and I still wouldn't believe you have any illness that isn't mental.
To anyone who says you have to spend more than $4.50 on a brand new piece of luggage, I'd simply say that you don't know me.
So another private equity firm buys another major company with plans to strip it bare and shut it down? How American.
Anyone want to tell me how Maleficent is going to bomb at the box office?
One detail that has gone under/unreported in DLR's recent ticket hike (OK, two) is that Disney won't grandfather a child in on the SoCal pass. Say you have a family of four with SoCal Annual Passes and you have a child about to turn three. You are forced to buy him/her the $519 deluxe pass or the cheaper pass and a regular ticket on days that his/her AP is blocked out.
Oh, and those block out day tickets that Disney has been selling? They no longer exist. You go on a day that your AP isn't available, then you pay full price.
So, Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade ended a 12-year run yesterday. I enjoyed in quite a bit ... Back in 2001 and 2002 and 2003 and ... Yeah, it's been way too long.
Finally, a correction: apparently I took a note from a friend and some wonderful pics and got ahead of myself. Potter hasn't opened yet in Osaka ...but the reviews are already quite good.
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Are you asking or telling me?
And I think ABC is quite happy with its current Castle show.
tamotu99
Active Member
What was the last attraction/show/thing that did not have its budget cut?
englanddg
One Little Spark...
MM+
I am just thrilled Disney is finally moving ahead on Hunchback. I was thinking it belonged on Broadway back in 1996. As a film, it is worlds better than Frozen. But the latter is a phenomenon and Disney is going to milk it until the udders fall off.
I need to get to NYC to see Aladdin and Newsies ...
My suggestion.. get out of the stateroom
The best thing about 15 night cruises is that you can actually spend a few hours a day awake in your stateroom and not feel like you are missing something!
From the top:
To see Knott's embrace its past in a real way (no, ripping out the Calico Mine Train and then having fan merchandise events selling pins and tees and cells of it) is heartening to see. When I lived out there, I'd visit every so often, feel like there was nothing there for me and leave it for a few years when I'd repeat. Now, I look forward to visiting and the place is improving all the time. Oh, and a seasonal pass good for the rest of the year was only $84 (think that ended last week).
I know plenty of people from O-Town who liked Colglazier personally. He seemed very good at selling the whole idea of the Disney MAGIC. But he was awful at keeping his park in show condition as we know. DL has some issues now that they, frankly, didn't have before MC took charge.
I don't know that Mary Niven is so amazing, but she is very good at disguising just how tough she is. I think people find her unassuming and she has used that to survive from Cynthia Harriss's reign of destruction until today. She has also fought for projects to better DCA and gotten money that wasn't allocated. The fact Monstropolis is moving ahead has lots to do with her perseverance.
Yes, it is pretty much a three-year role now. And Michael is planning on moving to a finance position in Burbank after this. Word says he is a top candidate for Rasulo's job when his contract is up.
Kman101
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Oh, Monstropolis IS moving forward at DCA? I guess I missed that. I thought it had been sidelined "for later" (which means never). It's really something that DCA is, in a lot of ways, the park DHS *should* be at this point. Instead we get a Hat and no prospects of really anything. Very sad. I've always enjoyed DHS but it's beyond stale at this point.
I regret not visiting Knotts when I went to CA years back. I'm planning to for sure next time I head that way. Itching to go back to Disneyland and DCA.
Never have been on a DCL ship (have been on Carnival) but it's also nice to see they seem to understand actually appealing to various age ranges and not just one 'little' demographic.
I regret not visiting Knotts when I went to CA years back. I'm planning to for sure next time I head that way. Itching to go back to Disneyland and DCA.
Never have been on a DCL ship (have been on Carnival) but it's also nice to see they seem to understand actually appealing to various age ranges and not just one 'little' demographic.
Really?
Thanks for setting us straight there, Phil. ... I sorta look at WDW as the cubic zirconia (so?)if we're going to talk about jewels.
Get out of Clermont much? (I kid, I kid ...)
No, I totally agree, Goof.
My issue is with the DVC apologists who claim how low or non pressure their sales are. They are not. They are very manipulative, just in a different way than other companies.
Not yet.
But the Lloyd-Levitan feud is starting to show up onscreen with very uneven episodes and a very uneven season.
Podcasts allow folks who are anything but experts to spread their ignorance to others.
They are like listening in to a conversation that you want to end, but it never does.
Now, before someone yells that I am painting with a broad brush, sure I'll say there are exceptions ...but the rule is the rule.
They are like listening in to a conversation that you want to end, but it never does.
Now, before someone yells that I am painting with a broad brush, sure I'll say there are exceptions ...but the rule is the rule.