The World's Most Magical Celebration - Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary

[ToTBellHop]

Wouldn't it be great if Festival of Fantasy could come back for the 50th... since what is a big celebration without an actual parade? Could even add a 50th float opener.

Sigh.

Parades are not yet safe.

~glances at Disneyland~

Errr…

 

[note2001]

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This design has all the feels of an imagineer having the pen yanked out of their hand by a manager after one day of work and Disney could not afford another minute spent on it.

 

[brb1006]

Parades are not yet safe.

~glances at Disneyland~

Errr…

WDW fans looking at Disneyland after bringing back the Frightfully Fun Parade at DCA.

 

[ToTBellHop]

This design has all the feels of an imagineer having the pen yanked out of their hand by a manager after one day of work and Disney could not afford another minute spent on it.

Mrs. Chapek wants a new kitchen. Most will take it for granite, but she actually wants quartz.

 

[VJ]

Was going to say, they couldn't even be bothered to put Donald and Goofy or some other character combo on the other end. Maybe other monorails will be wrapped and have different characters?

Either way, literally all of the below had more thought put into the wrap design:
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*Bonus points for the Tron wrap having a blue and gold side.
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Even the Celebrate You marketing campaign arguably had a nicer design with the Mickey balloon window decals.
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Although we also had this for The Year of a Million Dreams, so that haven't all been "winners." But even this did a better job of integrating to the monorails by placing YOMD in the stripe.
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it's likely the film promotions were paid by the studios - no such luck here, so "valued guests" have to deal with the cheap end of the stick

 

[BrowncatP]

This design has all the feels of an imagineer having the pen yanked out of their hand by a manager after one day of work and Disney could not afford another minute spent on it.

I agree, it looks so incomplete.

 

[Magic Feather]

Word has been going around about the 50th name tags not being particularly durable. Supposedly prolonged exposure to heat alone can cause them to start to have issues. Should be interesting to see how long we go before everyone’s name magically starts becoming Chris from Orlando.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

Word has been going around about the 50th name tags not being particularly durable. Supposedly prolonged exposure to heat alone can cause them to start to have issues. Should be interesting to see how long we go before everyone’s name magically starts becoming Chris from Orlando.

I'm not really surprised...fancy schmancy colors of engraving plastic can be pretty temperamental. (I ran an engraver for 10+ years as part of a previous job.)

 

[HauntedPirate]

Word has been going around about the 50th name tags not being particularly durable. Supposedly prolonged exposure to heat alone can cause them to start to have issues. Should be interesting to see how long we go before everyone’s name magically starts becoming Chris from Orlando.

“But the supplier we got them from said they’d be really durable! He even showed us how they survived in the trunk of his car!”

 

[Figments Friend]

Do you happen to know when these will be available?

McDonald's '50th Anniversary of WDW' promotion begins September14th.
Runs until October18th if i am remembering correctly....i don't have the document in front of me.

Plenty of time to 'collect em' all' ....!



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[Figments Friend]

But where's the 50th anniversary glasses?!

McDonald's won't do glasses again due to the 'lead paint' scare related to one of their glasses promotions in the past.
I talked about this earlier in the thread....but for those that missed it :

A few years back they did a 'Shrek' sequel promotion ( i think it was 'Shrek the Third' ) and issued a set of glasses.
At the time, there was a lot of debate in the media about lead paint on toys and other products and a lot of recalls were happening.
McDonald's released the glasses during this period, and within one week they pulled them....never to be sold again.

Unless they issue plastic cups, or figure out some way to print designs on glass without using 'lead paint' then i doubt we will see any collectible glasses for this promotion.

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[Figments Friend]

Parades are not yet safe.

~glances at Disneyland~

Errr…

Yeah, how about that...huh..??


I love Disneyland.


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[Figments Friend]

Received my first ever 'MagicBand' in the mail today.
The special '50th Anniversary' edition....sole reason i bought it.

Just noticed a surprise bonus -
Did not know this until now, but the band design ALSO includes the Three Headed Troll from 'Malestrom'.
Oh....my.....gosh.......

Okay, i will stop posting now....feel like i'm 'spamming' the thread!

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[Little Green Men]

Looks good! Fits the gold monorail and doesn’t completely engulf it

 

[ToTBellHop]

Received my first ever 'MagicBand' in the mail today.
The special '50th Anniversary' edition....sole reason i bought it.

Just noticed a surprise bonus -
Did not know this until now, but the band design ALSO includes the Three Headed Troll from 'Malestrom'.
Oh....my.....gosh.......



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Okay, i will stop posting now....feel like i'm 'spamming' the thread!

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You mean Maelstrom. A Malestrom is a bachelor party in Norway.

 

[deix15x8]

Here is a look at the full length of the monorail

That's horrible. It would have looked much better if they left the base monorail and put different characters at the beginning and end with the pixie dust trail connecting them. Even just connecting the pixie dust trail and fading the blue in and out would have been better. It's just too bold of an image and doesn't blend at all.

 

[TTA94]

I’m going to focus my attention on the Cinderella wreaths. Those are really pretty, but no surprise. The holiday decorators always do a wonderful job.

If there will be new Christmas decor to, I’m excited to see what that will look like. New MK tree lol.

 

[brb1006]

Yeah, how about that...huh..??


I love Disneyland.


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Alright, you don't have to rub that into our faces.

Meanwhile we have to spend another Halloween dealing with this.


And this


Being a WDW fan is suffering.

 

[Disone]

Alright, you don't have to rub that into our faces.

Meanwhile we have to spend another Halloween dealing with this.


And this


Being a WDW fan is suffering.

Honestly asking, Is Disneyland doing full parades? I don't see any on the schedule.

 

[doctornick]

Nope, but they brought back the Frightfully Fun Parade this year for Oogie Boogie Bash at DCA.

That's an After Hours event, right? IIRC, isn't the Christmas After Hours at MK going to have a parade? Seems like they think it is fine with the lower crowds or at least fewer days compared to a daily parade during park hours.

But I look forward to FoF returning and would e nice to actually see a new parade for the 50th (even a borrowed one from DLR).