Originally Posted By doombuggy What's been going on after hours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSnLbZ6-1-Y
Originally Posted By FerretAfros On their own I like WDW's hitchhiking ghost effect, but it doesn't fit the overall attraction for me. Everything else is mechanical effects, slowly revealed as you travel through the scene, with a sense of mystery about it. The finale ghosts are clearly projections, moving at 100 miles-a-minute, in a zany madcap way. They're fun, they just don't fit the rest of the attraction, IMO
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I haven't seen the effect in person so maybe my opinion might change if and when I do. The video clips I've seen look amazing.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Have any links to good clips of that, Hans? The only ones I've seen have been pretty dark and murky.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxmSGxZPAdk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...SGxZPAdk</a> How much fun is that? I love it.
Originally Posted By monorailblue <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/04/bringing-new-magic-to-matterhorn-bobsleds-and-peter-pans-flight-at-disneyland-park/?CMP=SOC-FBPAGE20150409210800">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...09210800</a> Disney confirms Peter Pan and Matterhorn enhancements, included an upgraded Harold.
Originally Posted By Bellella Well they're taking their sweet time with the Matterhorn, as per usual. I plan to indulge in the Mansion when I go in July. The last 3 trips I've been to D-land, the holiday overlay was on. Not that it isn't awesome, but there is a lot more to be said for the original, classic version. Namely, I'd love to see the infamous Hatbox Ghost, and why do they have to start decorating the Mansion in August?!
Originally Posted By perlster sweepstakes: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/04/disneyland-diamond-days-sweepstakes-to-give-away-dazzling-prizes-during-disneyland-resort-diamond-celebration/">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...bration/</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Interesting. It sounds more like the Year of One Million Dreams giveaways than the traditional "many will enter, few will win" sweepstakes. Something tells me that I wouldn't win anything either way
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Disneyland Diamond Days is an exciting sweepstakes in which daily prizes are awarded to some visitors, on the day they are visiting, as part of the Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration. Daily prize winners must be present on the Disneyland Resort premises at the time of entry and at the time of prize redemption in order to be able to enjoy these special experiences, and theme park admission is not necessary to enter or win the sweepstakes." How can theme park admission not be necessary to enter or win yet daily prizes are awarded to some visitors, on the day they are visiting?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros From what I read, you only need to be at Disneyland Resort to win, not in the parks per se. I suspect that you could win if you were in DTD or the hotels, though I bet the vast majority of the winners will be in the parks (with the remainder in the hotels; I doubt they do anything at DTD) I think it's just part of the "no purchase necessary" boilerplate language that's typical on these sorts of things. In reality, I bet that nearly everybody who wins will have a valid ticket, whether they're in the parks or not
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Hans, gosh darnit, you're going to win one of those dream suites stays when you go this summer!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "I think it's just part of the "no purchase necessary" boilerplate language that's typical on these sorts of things. In reality, I bet that nearly everybody who wins will have a valid ticket, whether they're in the parks or not" I picture it as being every so many guests in line entering the parks will win something. Wonder what else they might do?
Originally Posted By berol It reads like sweepstakes giveaways will be in the esplanade (like a ticket booth or entrance gate line), Downtown Disney and such. Prizes given in-park either must be merely a fun extra that is not a part of any contest/sweepstakes/drawing or must be winnable via postcards/web forms.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I picture it as being every so many guests in line entering the parks will win something. Wonder what else they might do?<< For YOAMD, they had a bunch of different options for how to distribute the prizes, which were then randomly generated. The gift givers would use the program to see that at a specific time, they were to go to a specific location (typically the exit of an attraction, or seating area at a restaurant) and distribute a certain number of a certain prize to the guests there. It sounds kind of convoluted, but basically it would say "At 3:13pm, hand out 100 Dream FastPasses at the exit of Pirates"; I assume they could find an equivalent way to do this in the hotels or DTD
Originally Posted By doombuggy They basically brought back the gift giver, every so often a prize slip will be printed with a code. When you go to redeem the code tells the CM if it's a biggy so they can make a big deal of it. "How can theme park admission not be necessary to enter or win yet daily prizes are awarded to some visitors, on the day they are visiting?" During the gift giver days you would walk thru a turnstile over in the kennel. We won pins,tickets and some plush this way.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Isn't there supposed to be some kind of press conference on 4-17-15 with additional 60th info being released at that time? I bet that's when we find out what's officially happening with the Innoventions building.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Hans, gosh darnit, you're going to win one of those dream suites stays when you go this summer!" Can you imagine?!! I'll be mooning people while they watch Fantastic and roaming the park in my jammies after it closes just like Christina Aguilera. I plan to order all the room service from Club 33 next door and bill it to Robert Iger.
