Originally posted by mkt
my plans are simple...replacing the animatronic of the mayor in PoTC with an Eisermatronic....
Originally posted by retroeric
I was in MK last night. It was my first time there since summer. After the new Dreams fireworks show ended (which is very good btw) Disney castmembers were detouring the guests' exit route to facilitate crowd traffic on Main Street. Half the crowd was allowed to continue walking down Main Street toward the exit, while they directed the other half (of which I was part of) through a Cast Member Only area behind the Plaza Restaurant and had us walk through about 150 feet of "off stage" area until they routed us back to Main Street at Exhibition Hall. I saw everything back there that traditional Disney operators would have NEVER allowed. Dumpsters, barricades, dirt, puddles, liter, mangy old signs and fences, etc. This was shocking to me, but it was even more troubling. I couldn't understand why they would compromise the magic and mystery of the Magic Kingdom just to expedite the exiting process by MAYBE 5 minutes.
This is not the first thing I've encountered at WDW in recent years that troubled me. Something has changed in recent years, whether it's the personnel up at the executive level of parks/resorts or the management at MK is doung something that the old school Disney execs are not aware of. The Disney that I grew up with would have never allowed this.
Originally posted by Hank Scorpio
In fact, last September after watching a showing of Fantasmic, they directed half the guests (including me) through a back entrance that lead you almost to the park entrance and I don't remember seeing anything 'un-magical'. It was just a pathway that lead us behind everything, but you didn't see any trash cans etc.
Originally posted by Becky
As for safety. It has not been well lighted the times I have been forced to use the backstage exit.
Originally posted by Djali999
how about the Ghost Host at the top of the Stretching Gallery?
Originally posted by Djali999
call me Pixie Dustless, but I think this sort of this is permissable - to a degree - if it means Little Timmy's toe doesn't get broken on Main Street.
Originally posted by AliciaLuvzDizne
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oh my goodness
one time when i was in highschool our band marched in the parade. well those of us who were not IN the parade, were escorted to the busses that were waiting for us backstage somewhere.
i saw way too much unmagical things and yes it was extremely dissapointing
but i cant believe that they would walk crowds of guests through there... how un disney like
Originally posted by Atta83
Well if you dont want to see any of that then dont go back stage. And i f you march in the parade well all we can say is sorry. YOu knew what was goin goto happen when you wnet so I mean all thats is what i have to say aobu thte band things. On teh ohter hand with the exiting of the park you have to remember safty. I mean there are toher places that do the same things and all and thouse are emergency exits just like the ones you went out at Disney. Remember if you did not have those exits then Disney adn a lot of other places you love would be shut down...![]()
Originally posted by SewIn2Disney
We marched in the parade in high school too and we were allowed to go into the utilidors and saw Mickey with is head off and snow white smoking:lookaroun :lookaroun
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