bsmcneil
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There are plenty of negative threads from a simple search as well. But you can pick and choose the positive posts if it fits what you want to believe.
K.
There are plenty of negative threads from a simple search as well. But you can pick and choose the positive posts if it fits what you want to believe.
Can I ask please, what is this IP often referred to when speaking about Disney "productions"? I think it has to do with selling their movies.Oh no, another festival of the random IP. When I heard just around the river bend I thought, great they are tying things in and together, but no dice. It feel apart with Moana.
Intellectual property, things that they own the rights to.Can I ask please, what is this IP often referred to when speaking about Disney "productions"? I think it has to do with selling their movies.
Exactly. If you asked 100 people to pick one character that should be in the 50th Anniversary show 99 of them would say Mickey. Apparently the show was made by that one other person.I was sort of hoping we'd get a show focused on Walt Disney World since it was supposed to be for the 50th Anniversary. Maybe some songs and animations related to attractions in the park, like Peter Pan, Snow White, Haunted Mansion, Tiki Room, Small World, Carousel of Progress, etc. And maybe segments devoted to each of the four parks, with one each for EPCOT, MK, Animal Kingdom and HS.
Enchantment just seems like a fairly generic celebration of Disney movies with no apparently relationship to the Disney World anniversary.
I was sort of hoping we'd get a show focused on Walt Disney World since it was supposed to be for the 50th Anniversary. Maybe some songs and animations related to attractions in the park, like Peter Pan, Snow White, Haunted Mansion, Tiki Room, Small World, Carousel of Progress, etc. And maybe segments devoted to each of the four parks, with one each for EPCOT, MK, Animal Kingdom and HS.
Enchantment just seems like a fairly generic celebration of Disney movies with no apparently relationship to the Disney World anniversary.
My memory could be playing tricks on me, but I recall that the show that Disneyland put on several years back was just that... a retrospective highlighting the classic attractions.Exactly. If you asked 100 people to pick one character that should be in the 50th Anniversary show 99 of them would say Mickey. Apparently the show was made by that one other person.
A celebration of attractions through the years would have been awesome though!
I also thought the orchestra with the fireworks was wonderful! It was simple and beautiful!You know what was interesting... the show that was on ABC on Friday night had the orchestra playing and fireworks going, no projections, just the castle lit up in different colour combinations.... and it was awesome. I loved it. That would be better than Enchantment.
Exactly. If you asked 100 people to pick one character that should be in the 50th Anniversary show 99 of them would say Mickey. Apparently the show was made by that one other person.
A celebration of attractions through the years would have been awesome though!
I cringe every time I see this photo. Every. Time.OMG! I've been going since 1972 and I don't think there has been anything worse than that godawful pink pepto bismolly monstrosity! What a desecration of a beautiful Disney icon!
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I cringe every time I see this photo. Every. Time.
We were thinking the same thing!You know what was interesting... the show that was on ABC on Friday night had the orchestra playing and fireworks going, no projections, just the castle lit up in different colour combinations.... and it was awesome. I loved it. That would be better than Enchantment.
I absolutely loved this castle. It felt so fun and festive like a real birthday PARTY!! At least it felt that Disney was committed to that anniversary party. And I don't remember much merchandise tied to it - can you imagine the merchandise if this was done today???OMG! I've been going since 1972 and I don't think there has been anything worse than that godawful pink pepto bismolly monstrosity! What a desecration of a classic Disney icon!
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I absolutely loved this castle. It felt so fun and festive like a real birthday PARTY!! At least it felt that Disney was committed to that anniversary party. And I don't remember much merchandise tied to it - can you imagine the merchandise if this was done today???
What I don't get is why they didn't do that. The whole celebration is centered around the 1971 opening of WDW, so why did we get a fireworks show about Disney movies? Why is it showing us Onward and Soul? Those movies don't have anything to do with WDW's history except that Disney made them.
I would have opened it with Walt talking about his plans for the park, and then do a clips and song montage of movies represented by rides in the park (Snow White, Peter Pan, Dumbo, Aladdin, Alice, etc) and songs from the attractions that have music (Tiki Room, Carousel, Small World, Pirates, Haunted Mansion, etc.) Then maybe some Walt quotes about EPCOT and a montage about attractions there (music from the countries and attractions). And some footage for Animal Kingdom and HS, too. They could have used Lion King, Up, Avatar, Star Wars, Muppets, something to represent all of the properties and attractions represented. It seems to me that they would have had lots of material. And then maybe wrapped it up with Walt talking more about what he wanted to achieve with WDW.
Maybe they'll do something like that for the 60th anniversary...
I'll out myself as the haver of terrible tastes and opinions: I enjoyed this, I enjoyed the Sorcerer's Hat @ D-MGM/DHS, and the Sorcerer Mickey arm on SSE (unsurprisingly, my MDE avatar is ... Sorcerer Mickey).I absolutely loved this castle. It felt so fun and festive like a real birthday PARTY!! At least it felt that Disney was committed to that anniversary party. And I don't remember much merchandise tied to it - can you imagine the merchandise if this was done today???