Spirited Friday Night Quickees (because we all know they are the best kind)
Subtitled Can We Talk? in honor of another great one gone too soon:
Where's the action in the theme park business in 2014? Exactly where anyone with a global perspective would expect: China.
http://www.latimes.com/travel/themeparks/la-trb-china-theme-park-expansion-20140903-story.html
Interesting that Brady MacDonald is now moving to a late 2015 or early 2016 opening for SDL. Guessing he also has heard what I and the Micechat bois have.
Shame about Joan Rivers. She was a comic great and a trailblazer for women in comedy. First, Robin Williams and now Joan ... someone has no sense of humor.
I returned (briefly during a few minutes of utter boredom) to Twitter and all I can say is: Do these 20 and early 30 somethings not get that their employers, prospective employers, friends, enemies, neighbors can read all of that inanity? Just why ...
So, we have a thread here about TSMM getting a 'third track' ? Well, I haven't heard that, but it does sound exactly like something I'd do if I were one of the mindless folks running WDW today. I'd love to be in on those meetings where stuff like this gets tossed out over actually adding new reasons for guests to visit.
A Frozen short in front of Cinderella? Yeah, the goal is to make sure that Cindy does much better than even Maleficent did this year.
More MNSSHPs now than ever before ... and just think, this was an event that didn't exist until 1995. An event that was very small scale for the first few years.
One of the worst thing WDW ever did, was actually something that was done to give guests something extra, something special. What was that? Nightly pyro at the MK.
Yes, most of you probably don't realize that before October of 1996 nightly fireworks were NOT part of an MK visit for a quarter of a century. Sure, they were nightly in summer, generally the two weeks around Easter and the two weeks around Christmas and New Year's. There were times when MK would be open late with no fireworks because that was simply how it always was done.
The 25th Anniversary was a bit short on substance, especially with EPCOT getting the big new attraction, so the decision was made to have Fantasy in the Sky every night (sometimes as early as 6:30 for 7 p.m. closes). And when that two-year never-ending celebration ended, Disney just kept nightly pyro at MK (while killing it at TPFKaTD-MGMS).
So, let me get this straight (no fanboi jokes, please), but Disney is selling Pleasure Island and Adventurer's Club tees?!! Who the (blank) is buying this (other blank) and what the (blank) is wrong with them? ... How do you reward a company that destroyed what you love by giving them money for doing so?
Is Adam Sandler's career over? Yeah, I sorta think so.
I really hope some human beings (or the Disney equivalent) read my DLR/Marvel survey responses today. I do so like to educate and entertain.
When did arrogance become more important than neutralizing a force that could greatly harm your business? If I could spend $1 to solve a problem by hiring it versus spending $10,000 everytime that problem reared its head, I'd shove my pride up a fanboi's and pay that $1.
Congrats on United for getting the first commercial 787-9 Dreamliner. But I'm not getting on that plane if the only place it's headed is Down Under.
Do you ever think Disney runs its O-Town operation based on what it sees in the Twitverse? Whether a love for the Orange Bird or Dole Whips, retro tees or rare foamheads, it sure seems like Dr. Blondie's daily briefings go right to Georgie and Meg and then on to Tom and Jay.
