Worth closing Disneyland?

[hehasbeenchosen]

Maybe it is me and I cannot really relate:

http://www.accessatlanta.com/entertainment/content/shared-gen/ap/Recordings/People_Miley_Cyrus.html

I just do not get this. How often does this happen?

 

[krankenstein]

How often does this happen?

Renting a whole park? Rare.

Renting a land/area of a park? Fairly common.

 

[pirate33]

It seem like it should have been on a weekday when the park closes earlier, since I sure it got in the way of the regular tourists and locals going to the day at DL, the weather was nice on Sunday-I hate to show up with little kids at @ noon and find out DL would close at 5pm. Now I know they did it for POTC, but for a single person? We went to DL on Friday night after 7:30pm and it was packed as a July day at 3pm would be-saw all the set up for Sunday night in Frontierland. We went to CA last night @ 6pm and the people were leaving in mass-The one thing keeping up attendance was we learned from some guys was a gay/lesbian weekend was happening in Anaheim. The thing for us it shows how much work is needed at CA when you can't just leave it after a couple of hours and go over to DL

 

[pyrophoric]

Eh, what gets me more is a parent spending 1.25 million on a birthday. Our economy is going to heck yet celebs can afford things like this.

 

[CaesarBoxFan]

Hey a couple thousand people spending $250 a person to get into Disneyland for a couple of hours makes sense to a businessman.

They did open the park at 6:30am yesterday to make up for the lost hours of regular guests.

 

[TP2000]

This stuff happens a lot more at Disneyland than WDW (If it ever happens at WDW?)

They've done this type of thing with shutting down early, but on an even larger scale, for the three massive Pirates movie premieres they had in '03, '06 and '07. But for the Pirates premieres the early closures and park-wide celeb parties were in June during the start of the busy tourist season. This Miley thing was on a Sunday in October when there are smaller crowds made up primarly of locals to begin with. Bog Iger was there on Tom Sawyer Island last night giving a big check for One Million Dollars to Miley's charity Youth Service America, a very deserving cause.

Elizabeth Taylor rented out Disneyland for her 60th birthday party in the 1990's and it was a star studded event people still talk about.

It's no big deal. I'm sure your parents love you very much and if they could afford it they would spend a million on you too. I got stuff like 10 speed bikes and home computers and trips to Disneyland for my birthdays when I was a kid. That likely seems very decadent and almost shameful to billions of people on this planet who can't afford to feed their children dinner every night.

It's all relative. And the party was a huge success and brought tons of publicity for Miley and Disneyland, plus a cool million to a youth charity. Win-win.

 

[KeithVH]

Eh, what gets me more is a parent spending 1.25 million on a birthday. Our economy is going to heck yet celebs can afford things like this.

My terrible assumption is that you think this is a bad thing. If not, forgive me. But you need to look at it this way:

1. That's 1.25M back into the local economy. THAT'S a stimulus check
2. Who were the idiots who gave the parents the 1.25M to begin with?

Maybe if the consumer who continues to pay outrageously for entertainment would finally recognize the value delivered, things would be different. You have only the consumer to blame for somebody acquiring that much money.

 

[Tigggrl]

I know they closed Disneyland at 6 pm for a wedding when I was there...That was not for charity, you couldnt buy a ticket, and everyone had to leave....at least the Miley thing was for a good cause!

 

[krankenstein]

This stuff happens a lot more at Disneyland than WDW (If it ever happens at WDW?)

It happens at WDW, but usualy it is a company throwing a party for its employees. I have heard of Pepsi Co. renting Hollywood Blvd. and Sunset Blvd. at DHS for a night. I heard about Adventreland being closed for a private party. It happens, but renting the whole park is rarer in Flordia.

 

[slooger99]

just stupid I must say

 

[donsullivan]

It happens at WDW, but usualy it is a company throwing a party for its employees. I have heard of Pepsi Co. renting Hollywood Blvd. and Sunset Blvd. at DHS for a night. I heard about Adventreland being closed for a private party. It happens, but renting the whole park is rarer in Flordia.

I was actually at one of those about 2-1/2 years ago where the company rented all of Animal Kingdom from 7PM to midnight (I'm told there were 9,000 people). Since that park normally closes around then, it just closed at 6P and then the private event began at 7. Normal day guests would barely have noticed. All of the rides were open except Safari. It was actually a couple of weeks after Everest originally opened so guess where everyone was in line.

 

[Club Cooloholic]

Hey a couple thousand people spending $250 a person to get into Disneyland for a couple of hours makes sense to a businessman.

They did open the park at 6:30am yesterday to make up for the lost hours of regular guests.

At least you know to regard Disney for what it is.
As for the kindness of them opening the park at 6:30 AM? WTFreak....Your telling me a family wants to wake up at 5 AM or earlier to get the kids all ready, and maybe have breakfast? To that we are to say...
THANKS MICKEY!

 

[TP2000]

At least you know to regard Disney for what it is.
As for the kindness of them opening the park at 6:30 AM? WTFreak....Your telling me a family wants to wake up at 5 AM or earlier to get the kids all ready, and maybe have breakfast? To that we are to say...
THANKS MICKEY!

It's only a 30 minute difference from when they normally open the Park for Magic Mornings.

Disneyland routinely opens at 8:00AM on weekends, during holiday periods and school breaks, and during summer. Magic Morning begins for guests with Park Hopper tickets at 7:00AM four days per week and it is only Fantasyland and Tomorrowland that are open that early. A couple thousand people show up for it on those mornings though, so it's still popular.

On the one day of the Miley event they opened the entire park 30 minutes earlier than they would have normally opened for Magic Morning. If anything, it was a big bonus because it wasn't just Fantasyland/Tomorrowland and it gave folks an extra 30 minute jump on the day.

This type of early Magic Morning operation has been routine at Disneyland for years and years. But then Disneyland has dramatically longer daily operating hours than Magic Kingdom does, so perhaps this is just a cultural difference between California and Florida to be upset at a theme park for opening early?

 

[kcw]

Eh, what gets me more is a parent spending 1.25 million on a birthday. Our economy is going to heck yet celebs can afford things like this.

I doubt that her parents spent that- in fact, I think little (if any money) came out of their pockets. This is going to be used big time in Disney's campaign for next year. So she gets her party, they get their huge star to pump their campaign, and they call it even

 

[Club Cooloholic]

It's only a 30 minute difference from when they normally open the Park for Magic Mornings.

Disneyland routinely opens at 8:00AM on weekends, during holiday periods and school breaks, and during summer. Magic Morning begins for guests with Park Hopper tickets at 7:00AM four days per week and it is only Fantasyland and Tomorrowland that are open that early. A couple thousand people show up for it on those mornings though, so it's still popular.

On the one day of the Miley event they opened the entire park 30 minutes earlier than they would have normally opened for Magic Morning. If anything, it was a big bonus because it wasn't just Fantasyland/Tomorrowland and it gave folks an extra 30 minute jump on the day.

This type of early Magic Morning operation has been routine at Disneyland for years and years. But then Disneyland has dramatically longer daily operating hours than Magic Kingdom does, so perhaps this is just a cultural difference between California and Florida to be upset at a theme park for opening early?

I wasn't really trying to make the post about how early the time was, more that it was not really much of a tradeoff for people that might have planned a vacation to include the day Miley's party was. Disney really should have blocked this day out, a few months ago. I was being sarcastic about how the person I was quoting said that disney was doing right by it's customers by giving them extra time in the park.
But now that I read what you say, I guess disney wasn't even doing that right since it was only a half hour.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

I doubt that her parents spent that- in fact, I think little (if any money) came out of their pockets. This is going to be used big time in Disney's campaign for next year. So she gets her party, they get their huge star to pump their campaign, and they call it even

Yeah, that was my impression too...this was a big marketing opportunity for next year's "What will you celebrate?" celebration. Happy everything. Whatever. To each their own, I suppose. I personally don't find Miley or her dad very talented or overly wonderful looking...not enough to explain all the hype anyways. It's just not my cup of tea.

Um, I know this isn't necessarily pertinent to the topic at hand, but I was talking to my brother who keeps up with this stuff because one of his daughters is a big fan but do y'all know that this still-15-year-old kid has a 20 year old boyfriend? I didn't believe him but then I read it somewhere in the past few days. First of all, aren't their laws for that sort of thing? Also, what the eff are her parents thinking there? ((besides **cha-ching** whatever makes her happy so she continues to produce so Daddy stays in the lime-light **cha-ching**)) Why does Disney even still think this is the right image for them? I mean, hellooooo, my parents would have had a loooot to say if I had a 20 year old boyfriend when I was 15. I think they'd have had a lot to say right before the poor fellow met with a very unfortunate accident of some sort. :lol:

I also know that in 2005 or 2006, not sure which, MGM Studios at WDW was rented out by Southern Companies (mother company to Georgia Power, Alabama Power, etc.) one evening. A big meal was catered and lots of attractions were kept open for attendees. My brother-in-law and his wife were there and had a blast. Not sure what the number of attendees there were. I can ask the bro-in-law what he remembers. But, yeah, big companies do rent out parks at WDW for private events. I'd love to go to one of these!

 

[fosse76]

My terrible assumption is that you think this is a bad thing. If not, forgive me. But you need to look at it this way:

1. That's 1.25M back into the local economy. THAT'S a stimulus check

Not quite true. Would the park have been open to the public had it not been for the party? My understanding is they closed early. Were its total operating hours for the day longer for the staff, if so, then yes they are making a little extra...but hardly a stimulus for the economy. They certainly aren't getting any proportional share of that $1.25M. Disney sure isn't going to distribute that money on the streets.

1. Who were the idiots who gave the parents the 1.25M to begin with?

I can assure you I certainly didn't. Country music is for the uneducated and unsophisticated...I don't understand why anyone would want to listen to hillbillies "singing" about pick-up trucks and NASCAR.

Maybe if the consumer who continues to pay outrageously for entertainment would finally recognize the value delivered, things would be different. You have only the consumer to blame for somebody acquiring that much money.

This I wholeheartedly agree with. Perhaps if people wouldn't pay $5 for a tub of popcorn then the price would go down. The problem with this in regards to Disney is that while overpriced, Disney is a vacation destination (though I understand Disneyland has a more localized following), and while overpriced it is still affordable by vacation standards (people spend more for things on vacation than they would normally pay...i.e., they will spend $30/person for a meal, etc.).

 

[TP2000]

I can assure you I certainly didn't. Country music is for the uneducated and unsophisticated...I don't understand why anyone would want to listen to hillbillies "singing" about pick-up trucks and NASCAR.

I am not a fan of country music myself. I prefer Bach or Brubeck.

But, I also value the diversity of those who are different than I, and who have different cultures and different ways of thinking than I do. I love to visit Japan for this reason; their culture is so different and such a change for me that it's sometimes not easy to understand, and sometimes it is even insulting from my personal perspective, and yet I value their ability to create the culture in the first place and sustain it from generation to generation.

I also value the diversity of the people who enjoy Country-Western music, and as it is a uniquely American cultural offering, I respect their ability to create and sustain that culture and its music.

 

[Nicole220]

I can assure you I certainly didn't. Country music is for the uneducated and unsophisticated...I don't understand why anyone would want to listen to hillbillies "singing" about pick-up trucks and NASCAR.

Um, excuse me, but what? I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I think that's going a bit too far. I enjoy Country music. Does that make me uneducated and unsophisticated? Not all Country music is "hillbilly" and talks about trucks and NASCAR. And it's sure better than the rap that's around (not that I don't like that kind of music..).


I don't see a problem with Miley having her birthday party at Disneyland. Why is everyone complaining now, but when the Pirate premieres came to Disneyland, everyone was excited? Both parks closed down early... And it's not like the parks get closed on a regular basis. I think that if someone has been blessed to have the money to close the park for the night, then they should be able to do so.