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[ABQ]

no, just designed to look like they do....

Wait, are you certain that was a urban legend?

 

[DznyRktekt]

Wait, are you certain that was a urban legend?

I had to look it up. I fell for the urban legend: http://disneyshawn.blogspot.com/2010/07/palm-power.html

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

no, just designed to look like they do....

Wait, are you certain that was a urban legend?

I had to look it up. I fell for the urban legend: http://disneyshawn.blogspot.com/2010/07/palm-power.html

Well. That's embarrassing. I always thought it was true as well, and I used to work in Tomorrowland!

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

Ok, so when is Disney going to see a drop in attendance and resort occupancy?

I was under the impression that attendance had started to go down at one point. Iger has openly stated that the increase in costs is a tactic to decrease attendance, instead of having to add capacity. The plan was to have less guests but have each of them spending more money.

Disney no longer cares about repeat guests.

Also, why did they still hold themselves to the same show standards for 40+ years after the opening of Disneyland, if the old way was simply to establish a market?

I can't believe we're actually discussing why it's okay that quality standards at the resort have dropped.

 

[willtravel]

So far it’s looking like the Worlds Fair lamp post color scheme.
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Personally, I think this building and color scheme is classy looking. Also like that winged look on the outside of building and roof. Roof reminds me of WOL.

 

[Tom P.]

So far it’s looking like the Worlds Fair lamp post color scheme.
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I particularly like the sign that, owing to things that are worn off or two small to read, appears to say "General Electric Ogres and Walt Disney."

 

[DAK1928]

So far it’s looking like the Worlds Fair lamp post color scheme.

I particularly like the sign that, owing to things that are worn off or two small to read, appears to say "General Electric Ogres and Walt Disney."

Shrek 5D confirmed?

 

[fngoofy]

Well. That's embarrassing. I always thought it was true as well, and I used to work in Tomorrowland!

Ok, I get the backstory and that is cool.
But I swear that I have seen them open in the day and closed at night (not just that one.) Seriously I'm not imagining that... even though I can't find any images of them closed at night.
Crazy.

 

[Bairstow]

Ok, I get the backstory and that is cool.
But I swear that I have seen them open in the day and closed at night (not just that one.) Seriously I'm not imagining that... even though I can't find any images of them closed at night.
Crazy.

Maybe it's because the ones closer to the main plaza are spread open whereas the ones nearest the speedway and the path to Fantasyland (which tends to get more traffic after dark) are partially closed.
Maybe this is by design.

 

[WDWTank]

They're going retro. If I'm guessing correctly. So no more sci-fi future like it is now. More clean looking.

I suppose I meant the Carousel one since that one went off into Tomorrowland changes.

But kids aren’t going to like it.

 

[JohnD]

is the old pink already starting to show through the silver rocks?
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I don't get it. So it's a freaking purple wall. But WDW even has MBs about it.

https://www.shopdisney.com/purple-wall-magicband-2-walt-disney-world-limited-release-1468214

Okaay.

 

[Tom P.]

But kids aren’t going to like it.

Well, they can just get off Walt's lawn...

 

[Timothy_Q]

Maybe it's because the ones closer to the main plaza are spread open whereas the ones nearest the speedway and the path to Fantasyland (which tends to get more traffic after dark) are partially closed.
Maybe this is by design.

There’s only a single group of palm trees.

6 in a row, between Space and Astro Orbiter.
With only 1 being “closed”, or without the coconuts

 

[WDWTank]

@marni1971 are you suggesting that MK Tomorrowland will look more like Tokyo's Tomorrowland? aka MKs 1975 version, I suppose??

This is what EPCOT should be.

 

[WDWTank]

Well, they can just get off Walt's lawn...

Is it really worth it to get rid of the elaborate spaceport theming and taking steps backward to look like 1975? That’s not Tomorrowland at all! :O

 

[WDWTank]

Well, they can just get off Walt's lawn...

I love Walt’s Tomorrowland, but it fits more in Future World, not a realm of Fantasy and Adventure, and Frontier.

 

[Bairstow]

There’s only a single group of palm trees.

6 in a row, between Space and Astro Orbiter.
With only 1 being “closed”, or without the coconuts

(Looks at satellite photo)
Yep, you're right.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I was under the impression that attendance had started to go down at one point.

That was the previous year. All indications are that attendance has increased this past year.

 

[Bairstow]

That was the previous year. All indications are that attendance has increased this past year.

...and Florida tourism in 2016 would have been aberrant for a number of reasons. The Pulse, Zika, the gator attack...

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

That was the previous year. All indications are that attendance has increased this past year.

Ah, I couldn't remember if it was '16 or '17 that saw the decrease. I'l be the first to admit that I don't follow attendance patterns that closely.

Everything else stands, though. Iger wanted to control attendance by increasing prices, which would also increase per-guest spending.

All of that aside, there's still no excuse to have a perfectly operational attraction sitting closed. Even more so if attendance is back up.