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↩ replying to mystoAre you familiar with the fact that there are travel bans in place right now?.. Most of WDW's standard international workforce can't get into the US.
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↩ replying to Dan DeesneePeople were running scenarios but no one ran scenarios on what we ended up with. This is disingenuous.
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↩ replying to castlecake2.0good to hear! Really though, the front of the park looks great, nice job w/ the Train Station and all down main street. Just looked like they were leaving some big things until the last minute or something that (to me) is just cutting it too close to the big day (although that day last for 18 months in a marketing point of view).
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Who is to say that even without the pandemic, would the 50th be still disappointing to some?
Other than possibly having two additional E-Tickets (Tron and GOTG) which were not even guaranteed to have been ready for 10/1, what would you expect from Disney other than more earade$cent merch, FU new annual passes, a too big to fail EPCOT show, and some new fireworks?
If you were expecting parades, ride overlays, year round special events, and other guest forward things, the current day Disney is not capable of that.
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↩ replying to monothingieI mean, apparently much of that was planned before the pandemic. So I think it's a bit disingenuous to say that they aren't capable of that, as it was being planned that way. We have no way of knowing how much would have happened vs been cut if there had been no pandemic. I'm sure some of it would have been, but I am fairly confident we would have gotten more ( a night parade, some attraction plussing) had COVID not happened.
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↩ replying to mikejs78I guess we will just disagree. Under the previous and current regime, Disney has always been about doing the bare minimum. They know they have a captive audience, so there is little incentive to do extra.
When they got rid of MSEP, guests still came in record numbers regardless. Most guests probably don't even remember or know there was an evening parade. So why should Disney alter course now?
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↩ replying to CntrlFlPeteDefinitely cutting it close but third shift has been hustling to get as much done as possible
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I guess The Magic Is Calling this morning!!!
Look at This!!!!:
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↩ replying to 90sThat guy is 2 seconds from overdosing on pixie dust at any given time.
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↩ replying to HauntedPirateThis person forgot the most important thing we got for the celebration….the re-imagined entrance arches.
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And let's not forget we got price increases for all these great upgrades
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↩ replying to John park hopperIce cream at the grocery store tastes the same but costs a lot more than before the pandemic, as well. Grrr.
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↩ replying to prberkPar for the course for WDW anniversary specials though. I've been rewatching old anniversary specials, and they're mostly awful. The grand opening special has Julie Andrews, but other than that, it's Glen Campbell wandering around property and Jonathan Winters badgering his wife so much she runs away. The 10th shows a family on vacation at WDW, but any of the sketches could happen anywhere. The 15th is solid, takes place mostly on Main Street with Bea Arthur and Betty White hosting, and promotes the new EPCOT Center. Other than that, it's pop performances, with Charlton Heston doing some patriotic thing. The 20th is the worst. It's just Michael Eisner going to various celebrities asking them to host the special and getting turned down, with some pop performances sprinkled in.
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↩ replying to Cmdr_CrimsonMostly a time issue. 'Blood on the Saddle' isn't exactly a sensitive melody!
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↩ replying to raymusiccityFrom comparing what was removed...most of it was...
The banter of Melvin, Max, and Buff,
The tail end of Bear Band Serenade
Wendel's intro with The Fractured Folk Song
Zeke's Devilish Mary
And a minute removed from Bear Tracks Finale