Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/1849459" target="_blank">http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/ga llery/1849459</a> The Guided Tour Gareden is back DCA has another light day even if it is Labor Day weekend The new "Disney Parks" merchandise... UGH!!!!! And of course, a look at the Sub Lagoon work... And More...
Originally Posted By SuperDry Wow - more merchandise that can be shared between WDW and DLR. They'll be able to Increase Shareholder Value just a bit more when they calculate the cost savings. But, any reduced sales will NEVER be linked to the merchandise itself and almost certainly be attributed to other causes.
Originally Posted By Fowley Great photos, would you like to take some pics of any baseball shirts, big figs and pirates merchandise available. I can phone the order through from Australia but can't remember all that they had :B
Originally Posted By smeeeko gosh I haven't been in any of the merch stores except for Disneyana last night.. those tshirts are just awful! I can't imagine a lot of folks being very excited about them.. luckily there's still some SHAG merch at the Disneyana shop.. =P
Originally Posted By cstephens I saw the Disney Parks merchandise in WoD yesterday, and I really liked them. I thought it was cool that there's a general one and then a specific one for DL, presuming there's also a specific one for WDW. I particularly liked the DL tote bag. From what I saw, Mickey is only on the t-shirt for kids, but I'm undecided on that Mickey. He's a little too "Dancin' With The Stars" for me. /cs
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I dunno, something about the title of this topic kept me from wanting to even click on the link. I so sick of negativity right off the bat I go to DL because it's a happy positive place for me. I only clicked on the topic because I wanted to see if other posters agreed with the topic title.
Originally Posted By -em The DL specific ones arn't too bad( not great but okay) but the Disney Parks ones are horrible. I hope its a VERY short lived design... Ill keep an eye out at WDW to see how soon the design hits here... -em
Originally Posted By DisneyDeluxe I like the Disneyland shirts, but I have no interest in the Disney parks one.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Thanks for the pictures Darkbeer. I prefer Disneyland or DCA specific shirts to the DisneyParks.
Originally Posted By Big Thunder <<"The Guided Tour Gareden is back ">> YAY! [will they re-open the restrooms there though?] <<"The new "Disney Parks" merchandise... UGH!!!!! ">> I agree with most who stated their comments about the new DL specific design being fair-good. I kinda like it. As for the general Disney parks logo, anybody who knows me or who may have read some of my comments over the years, that is a pet peeve of mine. It used to upset me a lot that in the 90's most items at DL were from WDW, and many didnt even have any reference to DL, even on Disneyland attractions [like monorail, and other original DL attractions] So I rarely like a non DL specific design for DL park items, except in the case of DL Hotel items or specific DCA designs. However, almost anything with an original Disneyland logo winds my clock I kinda like the spires of the castle coming out of the clouds with "dreams come true" Nice pics Darkbeer
Originally Posted By Big Thunder >>YAY! [will they re-open the restrooms there though?]<< oh I think I answered my own question, I seem to remember that it was a space constriction and handicap issue that closed those restrooms [if I am correct]
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I rather like the 'Disneyland Resort' logo with the more stylized clouds and castle spires. 'Disney Parks' is a new one on me. I've never really heard it used before.
Originally Posted By smeeeko ^ehh. I'm still not excited "disney parks" seems more like a generic term.. I'm willing to take a look over there of course photos don't always do an item justice.. but I think I agree that anything which toutes a specific location (tangible memories ought to be park specific IMHO) is preferable. =) The lettering is nice though.
Originally Posted By Momtoo2 Personally I don't care for the Disney Parks motto. If I go to Disneyland I want something that says Disneyland on it. We went to WDW last year and I bought much less merchandise then I otherwise would have because everything was generic "Disney" stuff. I WANT the tshirt or toy to say where it came from...that is why it is called a souvenir.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I suppose the "Disney Parks" stuff would be attractive to those who visit a lot of 'em, but us devotees of Anaheim... will stick with the Disneyland style, most definitely.
Originally Posted By oc_dean The problem with the new logo on the new merchandise ... It lacks the striking colors the 50th merchandise had.
Originally Posted By gadzuux Yep - 'Disney Parks' is just too cynical and generic. Why not have just have a crude stencil on the front of the sweatshirt that says "Overpriced Theme Park Souvenir" with a giant barcode in the middle. I think they'll find out soon enough that the generic logos won't move off the sales floor. Watch for them at the outlet stores very soon. But once again, we see disney repeating mistakes of the past. Didn't they already learn that park specific merch is what the public actually wants and buys? Or at least attraction specific. Given the incredible mark-up that disney charges within the parks, this generic 'disney parks' logo is almost insulting to the guests.
Originally Posted By gadzuux In fact, the more I think about it, it's "off-putting" not only for people who would never buy one, but everyone that just sees someone wearing a t-shirt with the logo - meaning the general public at large. It seems like this cheap logo could actually be damaging to the overall disney image. They shouldn't sell it at all, even in the outlet stores, because they shouldn't allow such a cynical and obvious marketing manipulation to remain in the public eye. They need to box it all up and ship that stuff to somewhere like namibia, where no consumer will ever see it. Damage control.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Given the incredible mark-up that disney charges within the parks, this generic 'disney parks' logo is almost insulting to the guests. >>> But you see, it doesn't matter how much money they are making now. They have to show earnings *growth* each and every year (if not quarter) in order to get the stock price to increase. Especially in the face of coming off of the 50th celebration and what that did to attendance and sales, it will be difficult to achieve. But they will try to move heaven and earth to keep the earnings going higher even if attendance and sales are stagnent or go down, no matter how high the magins already are.
Originally Posted By monorailblue Well, I for one shall never the "Parks" merchandise, so no sales growth there from me. I'm still reeling from the decision to produce no, zero, zip pinback buttons anymore. I know pins are most popular, but a simple $1 pinback is a great souvenir, and I have a collection to worry about. Thanks a lot, Disney!
