bethymouse
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why the hate about the new entertainment?
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doctornick
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Have you learned NOTHING in 3,275 posts here????
Oh, I get it. I just felt there was an unusually high amount of snark and vitriol in the "discussion" regarding these changes. I understand people being upset when something they enjoy is going away (and people they know personally will be out of work) but the amount of insulting directed towards people who disagreed with the groupthink was unsettling.
WondersOfLife
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Have you learned NOTHING in 3,275 posts here????
This should seriously be the background for the forums section of this website.
tigger1968
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The hate comes from the fact that, as many others have stated, Epcot has grown rather stale due to a lack of any real updates to the actual attractions. Replacing musical acts that have been long standing features of the park has come across as a cost savings measure...not an effort to actually improve the guest experience.
I totally agree with the theory that the parks are not supposed to be a museum, and should be an ever changing environment. But TDO seems to be much more focused on the bottom line. We just got hit with the news that DVC will continue to invade the resorts, NFL is a really well themed land but the rest of the MK is in dire need of some love as well. Epcot really hasn't had any love other than Tron Track..., and of course there is AK with Avatar Land and such...something that was basically irrelevant before they broke ground. There are hopes for the Studios, but...yeah. And of course the new mega mall that is Disney Springs is well underway.
I guess the anger and vitriol that came from this announcement was, at least for me, a sort of "what else can you do to us?" reaction. I LOVE Off Kilter, but even as I say that, I am disappointed to see them playing nothing but 80's covers, and the last three shows I caught featured a violin player subbing for my beloved bagpipes.
So perhaps it's time for a change...but instead of replacing the acts over time, the plan seems to have been to fire everyone, and while they are all ending their runs in a month, and acts are coming in to replace them, there is no announced start date for them. The parks blog just said something to the effect of "in the coming months". I interpret that to mean empty stages, and silence echoing across the pond for a while...
So yeah....I'm kinda hacked off....
I totally agree with the theory that the parks are not supposed to be a museum, and should be an ever changing environment. But TDO seems to be much more focused on the bottom line. We just got hit with the news that DVC will continue to invade the resorts, NFL is a really well themed land but the rest of the MK is in dire need of some love as well. Epcot really hasn't had any love other than Tron Track..., and of course there is AK with Avatar Land and such...something that was basically irrelevant before they broke ground. There are hopes for the Studios, but...yeah. And of course the new mega mall that is Disney Springs is well underway.
I guess the anger and vitriol that came from this announcement was, at least for me, a sort of "what else can you do to us?" reaction. I LOVE Off Kilter, but even as I say that, I am disappointed to see them playing nothing but 80's covers, and the last three shows I caught featured a violin player subbing for my beloved bagpipes.
So perhaps it's time for a change...but instead of replacing the acts over time, the plan seems to have been to fire everyone, and while they are all ending their runs in a month, and acts are coming in to replace them, there is no announced start date for them. The parks blog just said something to the effect of "in the coming months". I interpret that to mean empty stages, and silence echoing across the pond for a while...
So yeah....I'm kinda hacked off....
Tinkerbell 8
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I don't personally hate the new entertainment that is planned for Epcot, I just hate that Epcot has plenty of other things that need to be fixed or updated before the entertainment and they seem to be doing nothing about that. The entertainment around WS provides guests something to do while wondering around, there was no date given for the beginning of the new entertainment staff so the venues could remain vacant for a while and we have all seen what can happen when something remains vacant for a while in WDW, ex Wonders of Life pavilion. I appreciate that they are trying to freshen up the parks, but I think there are plenty of other projects that need to be done first.
Lee
Adventurer
Well, no...Universal isn't always equal or better with their replacements.
Alfred Hitchcock and the Art of Making Movies to Shrek = Super Loser.
IMNSHO....
squidward
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.....like we need holes in our heads.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
Not sure if that fits under the snark, vitriol or victim banner.
FutureCEO
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how do you know they're being forced out?
Because he verified cuts to the EP Entertainment budget; there are fewer acts coming in to replace those lost since the beginning of the year; and the new acts have been confirmed to be third-party entities, which also saves the company money....
mergatroid
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Is the belly dancer in Morocco going too then?
mf1972
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the biggest loss I'm sure, lol
doctornick
Well-Known Member
Haven't eaten there in a while, but is there still a belly dancer entertaining at Restaurant Marrakesh during dinner?
Regardless, there will be a Berber band replacing Mo'Rockin' so it's conceivable they could have a belly dancer as part of that act. From a quick and surely oh so accurate google search, it appears that a version of belly dancing is part of Berber performing arts.