Originally Posted By HMButler79 Think Queen Meg and Lord Staggs will do this when Favreaus MK movie comes out? (crickets).... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuCM_p9DoZI&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...youtu.be</a>
Originally Posted By SSE That is a great opportunity for the people that were able to see the movie at CityWalk, but I don't think anyone believes Disney would ever do something like that. It is a nice way to build goodwill between the guests and Universal though.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper Terrific and classy move from the resort that clealy cares about their guests. I was there and while I've been to WWoHP many times, the atmosphere and excitement from those that were going for the first time really made it a special event. Bravo to Universal.
Originally Posted By dshyates Universal sucks!!!! Disney rules and always will!!!!! ***fingers in my ears. Na na na na na na na, I can't hear you, na na na na******
Originally Posted By TP2000 Wow. That's really a classy move on Universal's part. And it looks like they did it right, with the red carpet and extra entertainment and the whole place in full operation at 3AM. Really a very classy organization they must have there in Universal Orlando.
Originally Posted By dshyates Well.... It wasn't in full operation. Forbidden Journey and Dragon Challenge were not running, but most just wanted to get in an have a butterbeer at the 3Bs after the epic finale of the film series.
Originally Posted By ChiMike Still. A great gesture. TP2000 hit the nail on the head. Universal Orlando is a VERY classy organization run by a lot of former Disney folks who were once part of somthing special down the street in Lake Buena Vista.
Originally Posted By dshyates Oh, I agree that it was an exceptionally cool gesture. For free no less. It wasn't a $225 upcharge like the mouse would have done. No prior announcement or nothing, just a nice surprise for the fans. I bet some of them were wetting themselves. And I bet they were throwing money at them for everything from butterbeer and cauldron cakes to $100 robes and $225 brooms.
Originally Posted By ChiMike That's exactly my point. They sold merchandise and food because they put the fans first and conducted something whose primary purpose was NOT to sell merchandise and food. If it was Disney, they would have blogged about it and given it to the first # fans and you would have ended up with a half crowd of Disney bloggers/photogs taking pictures of each other and spending $0.00
Originally Posted By ReelJustice Didn't take long for MAGICal folks to criticize Universal for not having Forbidden Journey open....
Originally Posted By dshyates "Yeah, that darned Universal ripped off all those fans by charging $285 to get in and have those rides not open! What!?! Free?!? Oh. Nevermind."
Originally Posted By ReelJustice <<"Yeah, that darned Universal ripped off all those fans by charging $285 to get in and have those rides not open! What!?! Free?!? Oh. Nevermind.">> haha, exactly!
Originally Posted By Manfried It is amazing how great a job all the former Imagineers are doing, freed of the backstabbing culture at WDI. So contrast that with what the Imagineers have done lately. Star Tours 2.0? Great job, but nothing original. Little Mermaid? Not really sure it will be worth the 20 plus year wait. Fantasyland Expansion? Okay, maybe the Seven Dwarfs roller coaster. Maybe Disney should fire all the current Imagineers and hire all the former ones - at half what they are paying everyone right now.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>Well.... It wasn't in full operation. Forbidden Journey and Dragon Challenge were not running, but most just wanted to get in an have a butterbeer at the 3Bs after the epic finale of the film series.<< Doesn't matter. All about experience and atmosphere.
Originally Posted By ReelJustice <<Doesn't matter. All about experience and atmosphere.>> Perfect place to hang around, drink a Butterbeer, and break down the film. Dare I say, a magical place? Beats the parking lot that I was stuck in.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub "Lucky HokieSkipper". I think you should change your online name to reflect your tremendous fortune to be there and have this to remember forever...talk about MAGIC! Just another challenge for Disney conjured by the Boy Wizard. Quoting Dumbledore:"Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy."
Originally Posted By ReelJustice <<Quoting Dumbledore:"Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.">> Very apropos.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I wish the two topics could be combined so the power of the message is not diluted Hello Disney How do You Spell Pure Magic?
