Walt Disney World Holiday Season 2024

lentesta

lentesta

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@wdwmagic shout-out in this year's Jollywood Nights survey from Disney:

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DCBaker

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Here are the dates and times for the Holiday specials on ABC:

Sunday, December 1
8:01-10:00 p.m. ET - The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular
This ABC holiday season staple returns for its ninth year with a sparkling spectacle of all-new musical performances from Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California.

Wednesday, December 25
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. ET - "Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade"
Disney's annual Christmas celebration returns Christmas morning with its traditional parade, endearing stories, and magical celebrity performances from Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California.
 
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JMcMahonEsq

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DCBaker said:
Here are the dates and times for the Holiday specials on ABC:

Sunday, December 1
8:01-10:00 p.m. ET - The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular
This ABC holiday season staple returns for its ninth year with a sparkling spectacle of all-new musical performances from Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California.

Wednesday, December 25
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. ET - "Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade"
Disney's annual Christmas celebration returns Christmas morning with its traditional parade, endearing stories, and magical celebrity performances from Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California.
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Going to the holiday party and filming days at the parks with the kids, and then being home and a couple weeks later getting to see the parks and clips of the things they were filming while you were there is one of the best tings ever.
 
castlecake2.0

castlecake2.0

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Tony the Tigger said:
Why baffling? It would be the easiest one to set up since it isn’t being used. Perhaps they’re going to restart tea or use it for something else: special events, private events.
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It’s baffling because no one has been able to use this space since march 2020, with no plans to reopen it, and they decorated it for Christmas. Meanwhile restaurants across property that are open daily had all their decor packages removed.
 
peter11435

peter11435

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Tony the Tigger said:
Why baffling? It would be the easiest one to set up since it isn’t being used. Perhaps they’re going to restart tea or use it for something else: special events, private events.
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None of the restaurants are open and being used overnight when they are decorated. So this wasn’t easier. It’s ridiculous that restaurants like Grand Floridian Cafe, Whsipering Canyon, Boatwrights, and so many more lost their entire decor packages.
 
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Comped

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castlecake2.0 said:
Re new holiday entertainment at studios. It fills a void in a park desperately needing streetmosphere and these performers are all very talented but it’s obvious to me at least that they’re all third party. The production quality and proper theming isn’t there. Both the bands are really good but they don’t match their settings. It looks cheap.
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25 or 30 years ago Disney would have handled this internally but the lack of investment in entertainment over the last several decades has absolutely hollowed out their ability to produce quality entertainment in Orlando in particular. Disneyland seems to have it as a priority, and the international parks don't seem to suffer. Just Orlando for some darn reason. I could talk about this for hours, or write another 50 page report on it...
 
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jeanericuser001

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Comped said:
25 or 30 years ago Disney would have handled this internally but the lack of investment in entertainment over the last several decades has absolutely hollowed out their ability to produce quality entertainment in Orlando in particular. Disneyland seems to have it as a priority, and the international parks don't seem to suffer. Just Orlando for some darn reason. I could talk about this for hours, or write another 50 page report on it...
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Disney probably got the best talent of all times between the 80s to the early 2000s but that was for mainstream content. As for show content within the parks that is a different story. It was strongly popular in the 80s but year after year its declined just like the quality of the shows. Rarely do you find any really amazing shows these days and what ones that are there they have to rely on prerecorded audio and special effects. That is why so many of their entertainment venues have closed over time. That is why 1 stage was closed, demolished, and turned into a parking lot and the other one is just glorified dance parties with disney characters. Both of those were in tomorrow land. That is why the encanto show at epcot is more of a glorified distraction instead of an actual show. I had thought it could become a full on show with a proper stage but sadly even that is falling apart faster than hamburger in a blender. Its a shame but disney has realized where the crowds really have their interest but sadly its not in entertainment shows any more. At the most they may have a concert here and there just to distract people but dedicated content is rarely that special to disney any more. Only on rare occasions do they put in significant effort.
 

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