Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Sorry to come to this late, but I was there on the anniversary, and I sat in on Marty's first presentation. What struck me about it was the number of people who walked out on him.>> Are you sure you were at the first presentation? Not to question your wisdom (or eyesight), Socrates, but I was there and don't recall a single Spirit walking out. I saw one woman with a baby, take him to the top of the stairs (we were seated in the second to highest row). I just didn't see people leaving. <<To the average EPCOT visitor, how important was this date anyway?>> A better question would be: Does it matter whether the date was important to average EPCOT visitor? I'd answer 'not very' to your question and 'no' to mine.
Originally Posted By Rosso11 I find it very interesting how Animal Kingdoms 10th Anniversary actually was talked about at the ambassador ceremony. Has Disney actually learned something from Epcot's missed opportunity. Could they actually be planning something for AK?
Originally Posted By jonvn Other than the original park, I really don't see the public caring at all about any of it. Actually, the public doesn't really care about the anniversary of the first park that much, either. Except as it relates to them. When people watched it in 1955, it was a big event, and they probably remember. So the anniversay of the first park is the anniversary of something that involved them. The opening of WDW and later Epcot involved basically no one, it was not a national event, and WDW never had the same exposure in the minds of he public as Disneyland did. Very few people care.
Originally Posted By Mybails The family and I did WDW for the first time this summer and as much as we liked Epcot and are planning a return trip next summer, Epcot's 25th would not be a reason to do it. DLR's 50th - we were there. DLR is home base for the parks. It's where the dreams were made and the place that caused children of the 50's, 60's and even 70's, to turn on the TV on Sunday to see if something new was being built. I dreamed of seeing those attractions. I taught my children to dream of seeing them and now I teach my grandchildren to do the same. Don't get me wrong - I LOVE WDW - but DLR will always be the Home of the parks and I will do all I can to be "there" for the big DLR birthdays. WDW is the place to play.
Originally Posted By Socrates RE #41: No, it may have been the second (remember how old I am). I was at the top of the second tier of seats, the very top of the theater. The first section seemed attentive enough, but in that top tier for about fifteen minutes there was a steady stream of people leaving. Also in the preshow a number of people left when they learned it was a special presentation. Socrates "The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^I thought it might have been ... we were in the next to top row. I wasn't sure we were going to get in because I couldn't decide which time I wanted to go. As to the memory, Socrates, I have learned with age comes great wisdom ... the only problem is you keep forgetting it.
Originally Posted By bayrr326 <<The opening of WDW and later Epcot involved basically no one, it was not a national event, and WDW never had the same exposure in the minds of he public as Disneyland did.>> Unless I am wrong Epcot opened with a nationally televised special. I can't remember if WDW did. And really WDW doesn't have the same exposure in the minds of the public as DL did, come on. That is ridiculous. Growing up in Virginia we only talked about WDW not DL. WDW has been marketed to the whole country and the world. It has only been recently that DL has recieved national marketing exposure.
