The Spirited Seventh Heaven ...

[Rodan75]

And that IS what happened 4-5 weeks ago when the system went dead at all four parks. Anyone with anything resembling Disney ticket media was allowed entry 'for free' ... because a $2 billion plus program was built with NO BACKUP. Please, someone try and defend this ... I'm in the mood. Go ahead.

Normally I think you are just beating a dead horse on MM+, but even as an infrastructure improvement with no ROI attached (which is what I think it should have been budgeted and accept that it is), it is unacceptable for a business that is functioning as a 24x7 operation to not have redundancy and apparently little resiliency on this platform.

 

[CDavid]

where is the barfing smiley when you need it?

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/save-the-adventurers-club.325622/page-202#post-6309411

Hahaha! They are just mocking g the fan community aren't they?

If only someone within Disney (TDO) could make the connection that what is popular and resonates with fans might make a good attraction (Horizons) or addition to the WDW resort (Adventurers Club / Pleasure Island).

On the one hand Walt Disney World lives off nostalgia and past achievements, while at the same time completely ignoring (or even undermining) both nostalgia and its own history.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

did anyone else see this? does anyone else feel sick?

http://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/disney-s-hollywood-studios-food-macaroni-and-cheese-bread-cone

The answer to the question: Please summarize America in 6,000 calories or less

 

[71jason]

This is just like pizza in a cup...but you can eat the cup! What's not to like?

The fact it's $10 for mac & cheese?

 

[Animaniac93-98]

The fact it's $10 for mac & cheese?

And bacon! Don't forget bacon.

 

[misterID]

If only someone within Disney (TDO) could make the connection that what is popular and resonates with fans might make a good attraction (Horizons) or addition to the WDW resort (Adventurers Club / Pleasure Island).

On the one hand Walt Disney World lives off nostalgia and past achievements, while at the same time completely ignoring (or even undermining) both nostalgia and its own history.

Oh, I think they absolutley resent WDW's history, "The Golden Years" and legacy, whereas it's embraced on the left coast. That makes the nostalgia cash grabs on retro merch disgust me even more.

 

[bhg469]

Oh, I think they absolutley resent WDW's history, "The Golden Years" and legacy, whereas it's embraced on the left coast. That makes the nostalgia cash grabs on retro merch disgusts me.

It disgusts me that some of the people that are critical of Disney on twitter, yet go there nightly and would slit their own wrists to be the first to wear these shirts.

 

[stevehousse]

did anyone else see this? does anyone else feel sick?

http://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/disney-s-hollywood-studios-food-macaroni-and-cheese-bread-cone

Those cones r from Carsland in DCA! Idk if they have the exact macaroni/bacon combo there, but they do have the chili cone carne which is the same item found at Cozy Cone Motel.

 

[Mike S]

where is the barfing smiley when you need it?

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/save-the-adventurers-club.325622/page-202#post-6309411

I guess I fed the metaphorical beast when I bought that Maelstrom shirt.

 

[bhg469]

I guess I fed the metaphorical beast when I bought that Maelstrom shirt.

Did you know it was dying when you bought it?

 

[Mike S]

Did you know it was dying when you bought it?

Yeah......... I got the limited edition one from the Disney Store website. Still hasn't arrived yet.

 

[bhg469]

Yeah......... I got the limited edition one from the Disney Store website. Still hasn't arrived yet.

Mike!!! say it ain't so!

 

[misterID]

I guess I fed the metaphorical beast when I bought that Maelstrom shirt.

Technically its not retro yet, so you're good.

 

[Mike S]

Mike!!! say it ain't so!

It is so. Guess I got played on my emotions. The shirt is still pretty cool though. It'll be joining my 40th anniversary WDW shirt as my second "Disney Parks" T-Shirt.

 

[baymenxpac]

to anyone who says the mac-and-cheese monstrosity looks good: i would very much like for you to subsidize my healthcare costs next year. i'm sorry, it's a stretch to put bacon on freakin' mac-and-cheese as it is. it's not like you're eating eggs whites and, oh well, what's a little bacon between friends. it's mac-and-cheese already! then slosh it in a cone. oh, even better! to quote mr. david spade: "i can actually hear you getting fatter."

jokes aside, it does present a serious branding issue. selling frankenfoods makes you comparable to a state fair. if that's what disney is going for, great. but no one can complain that people say the experience is being walmarted.

 

[PhotoDave219]

I get the same strange looks from colleagues when I tell them I am going to WDW. Let's face it, the place attracts a growing number of folks that would be at home in Storybook Circus Freakshow. Just got back yesterday. In no particular order, I witnessed:

---a lifestyler leading a tour group of his followers. Disney allows this?

Yes. As long as he's not charging money, its fine. Was this a straight up tour or just a "meet-up?"

---many religious types who wear their faith on their sleeve, or more likely their T-shirt. The worst of many was a fat guy wearing a "Lord's Gym" T-shirt, depicting Christ carrying a cross.

Welcome to America where the words on your t-shirt define who you are

---a woman allowing her naked kid to splash around in the fountains in front of the American Adventure.

At least it wasnt the Coi pond.

---good ol' boys in our Pirates of the Caribbean boat whooping and hollering about the "jugs" on the redhead.

Not to defend those bastions of humanity and education, but the line is "We wants the Redhead"..... however you are reinforcing the general observation of the behavior of our american demographic. Its a reflection on society as a whole. Its what we've become.

---the family dressed as Frozen characters (all adults or teenagers)

...... Eh. By far, the least of my concerns. Especially if they can make it snow and get it down to 70 degrees.

---more spandex and tatoo-covered bodies than at a monster truck rally

Sometimes thats a good thing. Clearly you dont know any of my pole fitness friends. They've got tattoos, rock hard abs and skin-tight clothing. Yoga pants are awesome on people who actually do yoga.

Although the context in which youre describing is most likely different.

And of course the usual toddlers in tiaras and ECV brigade.

(See also "Disney's Prime Demographic")

I will say that the older castmembers were very helpful and not overly saccharine.

Well, thats because they're adults.

 

[aladdin2007]

Yeah......... I got the limited edition one from the Disney Store website. Still hasn't arrived yet.

mine shipped today

 

[TalkingHead]

I was thinking how MAGICal it might be to attempt to 'utilize' every restroom facility (no hotel rooms, just public spaces) at WDW and blog about that. Imagine talking about the particular smells of the TTC facilities (these have reeked like truck stops since the 70s) or the new wallpaper and design of Port Orleans or ones that are more hidden and secluded ...I think I know the perfect guy for this ... hey @TalkingHead !!!

You know I run a blog with weekly photo updates on this important aspect of thematic design. As I like to say, my site "Restrooms of the World" will never be complete as long as there is force-fed pixie dust (and the resulting #2) left in the world.

And if I'm not mistaken, you've sent me pics from the parks with you smiling like a fool in the old Fantasyland Quail Tile restrooms (all the fanbois are nodding their heads furiously right now), so don't act like you haven't been "into" the Disney toilet scene for a long time.

We Disney restroom lovers know that the WDW restrooms have never been better. And we like to say that the people waiting in three-hour lines to meet the foamhead and face characters just mean shorter lines in the restrooms for us and our SLR cameras. (I mean, it's very important to document every aspect of the WDW restrooms -- how else will future generations of Twitter users debate the "story" of the Pirates of the Caribbean restrooms?)

But the readers of "Restrooms of the World" also understand that the WDW restrooms can't be as sparkling clean as they used to be. Disney is a business, after all.

 

[71jason]

Those cones r from Carsland in DCA! Idk if they have the exact macaroni/bacon combo there, but they do have the chili cone carne which is the same item found at Cozy Cone Motel.

Which is just a variation on something sold in The Land back in the 80s ... few things are truly new.

 

[John]

Last couple of pages of this Spirited thread.....very entertaining. Mac and Cheese makes everything better.