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The World's Most Magical Celebration - Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary
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ToTBellHop
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At a minimum, Spaceship Earth looks gorgeous.
Operating hours extended at Walt Disney World theme parks for the October 1 start of the 50th-anniversary celebration
Operating hours extended at Walt Disney World theme parks for the October 1 start of the 50th-anniversary celebration
Three of the four parks will see longer operating hours than originally planned for October 1.
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JohnD
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Operating hours extended at Walt Disney World theme parks for the October 1 start of the 50th-anniversary celebration
Operating hours extended at Walt Disney World theme parks for the October 1 start of the 50th-anniversary celebration
Three of the four parks will see longer operating hours than originally planned for October 1.
With Epcot moving to 9am, presumably FW will open at 9am and WS at 11am (along with the festival) as prior-pandemic. I believe WS still opens at 11am now.
hpyhnt 1000
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Looks like someone hung their homemade quilt.
And it's yet another item that isn't WDW specific.
I don't understand how so much of the 50th stuff can be so lackluster. It's just comically bad.
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"Starting October 1, 2021 as part of The World’s Most Magical Celebration, Disney Resort hotel Guests and Guests of other select hotels will be able to enjoy more fun with 30-minute early entry to any Walt Disney World theme park, every day. It’ll be a great way to get a jump start on your Disney day, no matter the day!"
Early Theme Park Entry for Disney Resort Hotel Guests
Be our guest! Your wish is our command, as you enjoy this Walt Disney World service.
disneyworld.disney.go.com
ToTBellHop
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Good grief. They are freakin Cinderella paintings in front of Cinderella Castle. How dare they hang Cinderella tapestries by her Castle!
I hope all the whiners here stay at home the next 18 months. Is everything perfect? No. Neither was the Castle Cake from the WDW golden age.
The response to the 50th is comically toxic around here. Everything is awful, apparently.
I actually like these. Now I will go dine on Chef Boyardee.
hpyhnt 1000
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And that's fine. I just don't think they look all that nice, and I love me some Mary Blair as much as the next person, but we're celebrating WDW's 50th, not Cinderella's. If those banners had concept art of the Magic Kingdom from the '60s, that would make a lot more sense in my opinion.
I'm sorry, but compared to other parks's milestone celebrations, I find a lot of this disappointing. And I don't think it's unreasonable to think a 50 anniversary celebration should be about the thing that's 50 years old.
ToTBellHop
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What did the giant pink birthday cake have do with WDW?
hpyhnt 1000
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Because cake is a very common thing at milestone events...? How does a giant birthday cake NOT fit into a 25th birthday celebration for WDW?
ToTBellHop
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Cake has nothing to do with WDW. It is something used for birthdays.
So are banners.
And for 50th birthdays and anniversaries, we make everything gold. At least these banners aren’t from Dollar Tree.
James Alucobond
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The castle cake was more ambitious, but there’s nothing inherently more celebratory about cake when compared to other festive decor like the banners, pennants, gilding, and bunting we’re getting. The cake also has literally nothing more to do with WDW’s history than the 50th medallion.
Stellajack
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Stay tuned for Season 2 of "Disney's 50th Chopped". Is the 50th cake grand enough? Will the fondant be sweet enough? What will the proper colors be? Will the cake stand adequately support the cake for Disney's great 50th Anniversary without appearing unsightly? How will the "judges" review the offerings? Watch the next episode to see what or who gets "CHOPPED". Oh wait, maybe we should just have a Throw Down with the Swedish Chef vs. Remy!' 
ToTBellHop
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Stay tuned for Season 2 of "Disney's 50th Chopped". Is the 50th cake grand enough? Will the fondant be sweet enough? What will the proper colors be? Will the cake stand adequately support the cake for Disney's great 50th Anniversary without appearing unsightly? How will the "judges" review the offerings? Watch the next episode to see what or who gets "CHOPPED". Oh wait, maybe we should just have a Throw Down with the Swedish Chef vs. Remy!'
hpyhnt 1000
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I don't know, have you seen how many special edition cupcakes Disney has put out? It is a running joke on here after all!
I'm with you on the gold, actually, and wonder how the castle would have looked in a white/blue/gold ribbon scheme vs. the pink/blue/"earidescent" ribbon we currently have.
Funnily enough, you could argue it's now become part of the resort's history because it was so... memorable and opinions are still so strong about it.
At any rate, a big birthday cake for a birthday celebration made a lot of sense to me, even if the execution quickly fell apart when you weren't looking straight down Main Street. But it was bold, fun, and certainly signaled, "Hey, something special is going on."
Also, I'm ALL for decorating the castle (and other park icons) for these milestone events - have at it in my book! It's the Mary Blair specific banners that don't quite fit to me. As I said earlier, why not put MK or WDW concept art on them since it's WDW's 50th anniversary? The other banner with a simple 50 on it works.
How is celebrating Cinderella/Cinderella's castle not a part of the 50th? The castle is the one of the most memorable icons there is of Magic Kingdom!
ImperfectPixie
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Which is why I prefer that we don't do the equivalent of dressing it up like a clown (pukey pink cake).
Dan Deesnee
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All the decorations look plastic is a common complaint.
Now we're complaining because something looks hand made?