Walt Disney Company 100 at [Cabochon] Disneyland

brb1006

brb1006

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PiratesMansion said:
And I get that, but we literally wouldn't be here having this conversation if it wasn't for Snow White or Cinderella. The Disney company as we know it is around because those particular films were successes. If those films had bombed, no WDC as we know it, and certainly no Disney theme parks.

Mary Poppins was so successful that it made a manufacturing division of WED possible, which in turn was named after it (MAPO). If there was no MAPO, I imagine the parks today would look very different.

I'm not saying everything has to be focused on the classics, but given that 100 years is a long time, they should make an effort to actually reflect that entire heritage in some fashion. There should be some semblance of balance. If they're going to show four films to highlight the company's 100th anniversary, why not Snow White, Mary Poppins, Lion King, and Encanto? It would at least showcase different eras of the company instead of just regurgitating the same films that we've been highlighting for my entire lifetime, whether there was an important anniversary happening or not.

Does it really make sense to highlight 100 years of the Walt Disney Company while studiously ignoring every single film he worked on? I'm just saying.
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This is why I strongly love how both Tokyo Disney Resort and Disneyland Paris does a healthy balance of both representing both eras of Disney (especially Disney's lesser-known films of the 1930s and 1940s) with a dash of Pixar (but not to an extreme degree at DCA's Pixar Pier). Not only does Paris have other characters from The Three Caballeros (such as Burrito the Flying Donkey from The Flying Gauchito segment), but Tokyo even has a statue of Danny the Lamb at Westerland which was added for Year of the Sheep back in 2015. I believe Tokyo used to have a walkaround version of The Ugly Duckling a few years ago.
 
Californian Elitist

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mickEblu said:
We’re getting a new ride and two “new” spectaculars. What did you expect exactly?
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That ride was announced years ago, and I’m not excited for it. I don’t know if I’m excited for these new shows yet because we’ve gotten essentially nothing. That’s my point, the promotion for this has been lackluster. The merch also leaves a lot to be desired.
 
mickEblu

mickEblu

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Californian Elitist said:
That ride was announced years ago, and I’m not excited for it. I don’t know if I’m excited for these new shows yet because we’ve gotten essentially nothing. That’s my point, the promotion for this has been lackluster. The merch also leaves a lot to be desired.
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So what if was announced years ago? It’s opening with the 100th anniversary. So you don’t count it as being part of the 100th because it wasn’t their original intention? If you’re just not excited about the ride that’s another story but I thought you haven’t watched a ride thru?
 
PiratesMansion

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*When you're rooting for the spectaculars and celebration to be good, but a small, irrational part of you is also thinking that maybe if they fail, Soarin' Over California will stay and/or they'll make an emergency decision to bring back a night parade*
Kristen Wiig Snl GIF
 
Californian Elitist

Californian Elitist

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mickEblu said:
So what if was announced years ago? It’s opening with the 100th anniversary. So you don’t count it as being part of the 100th because it wasn’t their original intention? If you’re just not excited about the ride that’s another story but I thought you haven’t watched a ride thru?
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I don’t care if it’s opening for the anniversary. I never said it doesn’t count. The celebration at Disneyland was announced back in September. By that time, I already knew about the ride and I knew it was opening next year. At that point, it became obvious that they were going to open the ride, which I’d already known about for years, for the celebration. Old news. I’m more interested learning about the stuff they just announced. Disneyland is supposed to be the “heart” of the celebration. I can’t tell.

I’ve never been truly excited for that ride. It’s a ride that already exists elsewhere, it’s trackless, and has big rooms and sets. Okay. It’s fine that it’s opening, but I’d be lying if I said I was excited for this ride. I’m not. Nothing really to be excited about, personally.
 
brb1006

brb1006

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Looks like Disney is having some very interesting plans with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit for next year (2023 is Year of the Rabbit) which is when Disney's 100th Anniversary is officially kicked off.

He was heavily featured at billboard promoting Disney's 100th Anniversary


And recently gained his own brand of merchandise with Givenchy
 
mickEblu

mickEblu

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Californian Elitist said:
I don’t care if it’s opening for the anniversary. I never said it doesn’t count. The celebration at Disneyland was announced back in September. By that time, I already knew about the ride and I knew it was opening next year. At that point, it became obvious that they were going to open the ride, which I’d already known about for years, for the celebration. Old news. I’m more interested learning about the stuff they just announced. Disneyland is supposed to be the “heart” of the celebration. I can’t tell.

I’ve never been truly excited for that ride. It’s a ride that already exists elsewhere, it’s trackless, and has big rooms and sets. Okay. It’s fine that it’s opening, but I’d be lying if I said I was excited for this ride. I’m not. Nothing really to be excited about, personally.
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Oh I see what you re saying. It’s old news. The fact that it’s a new ride in Disneyland supersedes the fact that it’s old news for me.

As far as the entertainment they sound good on paper but we’ll see. Spectaculars are usually one and done or once every few years for me anyway.
 
Californian Elitist

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mickEblu said:
Oh I see what you re saying. It’s old news. The fact that it’s a new ride in Disneyland supersedes the fact that it’s old news for me.

As far as the entertainment they sound good on paper but we’ll see. Spectaculars are usually one and done or once every few years for me anyway.
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Yes, exactly. They sparked something at D23, and then nothing. And this is supposed to start in a month. At this point, I’m just expecting some ads.

I’m trying to figure out the reasoning behind naming the new WoC show “One.”
 
VJ

VJ

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Californian Elitist said:
I don’t care if it’s opening for the anniversary. I never said it doesn’t count. The celebration at Disneyland was announced back in September. By that time, I already knew about the ride and I knew it was opening next year. At that point, it became obvious that they were going to open the ride, which I’d already known about for years, for the celebration. Old news. I’m more interested learning about the stuff they just announced. Disneyland is supposed to be the “heart” of the celebration. I can’t tell.

I’ve never been truly excited for that ride. It’s a ride that already exists elsewhere, it’s trackless, and has big rooms and sets. Okay. It’s fine that it’s opening, but I’d be lying if I said I was excited for this ride. I’m not. Nothing really to be excited about, personally.
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there's been one tv commercial but other than that... pretty quiet, yeah
 

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