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Sweettears · Jan 20, 2017

afan said:
I don't think it is. I'm in the Seattle area so I would expect to see more DL and Aulani commercials yet there's far more for WDW than the other 2 combined. It's also not a matter of watching different stations because I see DL and WDW on the same stations. Today was the first Aulani ad in awhile.

During the 60th there was way more commercials for the others and when Aulani was opening, but I imagine it was that way everywhere. Now its probably 65% or more for WDW, 5% for Aulani and 30% or less for DL.

Alaska has 1 nonstop per day to MCO and back so they know people from here go there.

I just saw one as I was reading this. Definitely seems to be an uptick but as PP stated it's not surprising to see amid the doldrums of lousy weather in the North.

cmash95 · Jan 21, 2017

the bridge was widened and shored up for festival of fantasy parade and those floats are bigger and heavier than paint the night. the largest part of paint the night is a mack truck that is very close to the same size as our steam punk dragon.

Shane20 · Jan 21, 2017

In Quebec, we have many commercials from Walt Disney world

rteetz · Jan 21, 2017

cmash95 said:
the bridge was widened and shored up for festival of fantasy parade and those floats are bigger and heavier than paint the night. the largest part of paint the night is a mack truck that is very close to the same size as our steam punk dragon.

Yes but the Mack truck doesn't have any parts that are in the air like the dragon. The entire length of the truck is on the ground.

PaintsWithAllTheColors · Jan 21, 2017

Has anyone heard about the new "Caring for Giants" experience that's being advertised for this Spring? It's supposedly going to be a back-stage up-close experience of the African elephants at AK. I haven't found much on it and am curious, as I'll be going in May with a friend who loves elephants. We're celebrating her graduation and it'll be her first, possibly last, trip to WDW and I'm wondering if this could make it a special trip for her. Anyone have more knowledge?

OhioStateBuckeye · Jan 21, 2017

PaintsWithAllTheColors said:
Has anyone heard about the new "Caring for Giants" experience that's being advertised for this Spring? It's supposedly going to be a back-stage up-close experience of the African elephants at AK. I haven't found much on it and am curious, as I'll be going in May with a friend who loves elephants. We're celebrating her graduation and it'll be her first, possibly last, trip to WDW and I'm wondering if this could make it a special trip for her. Anyone have more knowledge?

That would be interesting since there was some talk that AK was getting a bad reputation about their care for elephants. Maybe this is so the press and others can go see for themselves that everything is top notch.

Sweettears · Jan 21, 2017

OhioStateBuckeye said:
That would be interesting since there was some talk that AK was getting a bad reputation about their care for elephants. Maybe this is so the press and others can go see for themselves that everything is top notch.

I would definitely do this.

PaintsWithAllTheColors · Jan 21, 2017

OhioStateBuckeye said:
That would be interesting since there was some talk that AK was getting a bad reputation about their care for elephants. Maybe this is so the press and others can go see for themselves that everything is top notch.

Oh, interesting, I didn't know about that! Okay, yes, especially given the name "Caring for Giants", that would make a lot of sense. Well, I'll stay tuned for more information then. Thanks!

PaintsWithAllTheColors · Jan 21, 2017

PaintsWithAllTheColors said:
Has anyone heard about the new "Caring for Giants" experience that's being advertised for this Spring? It's supposedly going to be a back-stage up-close experience of the African elephants at AK. I haven't found much on it and am curious, as I'll be going in May with a friend who loves elephants. We're celebrating her graduation and it'll be her first, possibly last, trip to WDW and I'm wondering if this could make it a special trip for her. Anyone have more knowledge?

Sweettears said:
I would definitely do this.

If you don't mind me asking, have you done an AK tour or back-stage encounter before? I've never done one and am curious what they're like and/or what could be expected for this one. What would you expect the price point to be, or be willing to pay?

Sweettears · Jan 21, 2017

PaintsWithAllTheColors said:
If you don't mind me asking, have you done an AK tour or back-stage encounter before? I've never done one and am curious what they're like and/or what could be expected for this one. What would you expect the price point to be, or be willing to pay?

I have not done a tour at AK. I have done the Keys to the Kingdom tour and it was excellent. I plan to do the Behind the Seeds tour in March. Tour prices vary but generally they are around $60-70. I have yet to see a negative review of any of them.

Keels · Jan 21, 2017

luisov said:
Well, DL probably focuses most of its marketing efforts in the Southern California area, since it heavily relies on locals and AP's, whereas WDW needs to appeal to a much wider audience. Who knows what's their strategy for Aulani, though.

I'm in Texas, and when I see a Disney vacation ad, lately it's almost exclusively for DL. I used to see the cheesy one where the check-in desk at Grand Floridian could make everything happen, but I haven't seen that one in a while. Lately, the only ad we get is about is the return of MSEP to Disneyland.

rteetz · Jan 21, 2017

Keels said:
I'm in Texas, and when I see a Disney vacation ad, lately it's almost exclusively for DL. I used to see the cheesy one where the check-in desk at Grand Floridian could make everything happen, but I haven't seen that one in a while. Lately, the only ad we get is about is the return of MSEP to Disneyland.

Yeah that GF ad was a big one.

The WDW one they seem to play now is the magic is endless and they have storm troopers walking through the hotels and stuff.

TheMaxRebo · Jan 21, 2017

rteetz said:
Yeah that GF ad was a big one.

The WDW one they seem to play now is the magic is endless and they have storm troopers walking through the hotels and stuff.

Was that the GF one where the check-in CM wound up having fairy wings? That one was on for a while

I think we have the same one you are talking about now Ryan - storm troopers walking around and stuff - I think mostly filed at the GF as well

rteetz · Jan 21, 2017

TheMaxRebo said:
Was that the GF one where the check-in CM wound up having fairy wings? That one was on for a while

I think we have the same one you are talking about now Ryan - storm troopers walking around and stuff - I think mostly filed at the GF as well

Yes.

And yes.

DDLand · Jan 21, 2017

rteetz said:
News

Themed scrim now going up in front of the Main Street Train Station

http://blogmickey.com/2017/01/photos-main-street-usa-railroad-station-emporium-behind-scrims/

I wonder if we'll be getting a population update. They've been on fire recently.

OhioStateBuckeye · Jan 21, 2017

rteetz said:
Yeah that GF ad was a big one.

The WDW one they seem to play now is the magic is endless and they have storm troopers walking through the hotels and stuff.

I kind of think this ad is funny. I mean, I get it, but if we really think about stormtroopers, having them walk through the hotels isn't really something people should be delighted in and call it magical.

WebmasterJackie · Jan 21, 2017

TheMaxRebo said:
Was that the GF one where the check-in CM wound up having fairy wings? That one was on for a while

I am SO in love with that commercial!! Seeing the wonder in the kids' eyes wondering if she's really working some magic is my very favorite! pixiedust:

rteetz · Jan 21, 2017

Just wanted to mention I started a new thread with aerial images of construction at WDW. I also posted a ton of new construction images in the DHS construction thread.

rteetz · Jan 21, 2017

Rumor

I know it's been rumored that Disney is working on special interactions for SWL but I had a source tell me that Disney is working on ananimatronic Wookie that will walk around SWL.

TheMaxRebo · Jan 21, 2017

OhioStateBuckeye said:
I kind of think this ad is funny. I mean, I get it, but if we really think about stormtroopers, having them walk through the hotels isn't really something people should be delighted in and call it magical.

especially if you have seen any of the movies ... I mean, if storm troopers show up where you are staying it is usually a bad sign

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