Originally Posted By Mr X ***to see that my son is now ready to go to a reputable West End Show*** So, will you be going with Shrek, or Spiderman this year?
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Thank you for your explanation, leemac, duckling. Would you mind telling us the difference between Anne's department and the Entertainment Department at the Resort? We're rather unclear about the breakdown of such things.
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ Sure. The basic remit of WDI-CE was to create tentpole marquee shows and parades. Typically that meant every daytime parade (i.e. not the seasonal parades) and most theater-based entertainment. The local entertainment teams are responsible for all site-specific shows, atmosphere and seasonal offerings. So DLR Entertainment have produced shows like Drawn to the Magic and the Pirates Lair product whilst WDI-CE were responsible for Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams, Pixar Play Parade and Remember...Dreams Come True. WDW Entertainment would produce all atmosphere shows and seasonal product (i.e. Halloween and Christmas). In addition WDI-CE are supposed to work on all high-profile projects which is a little vague. Take HSM - when the first show made its debut at WDW it wasn't well-received internally. So WDI-CE worked with the local team to improve the show and then roll it out to DLR, DLRP and HKDL.
Originally Posted By mawnck Just curious ... who was responsible for the "little" Aladdin show in Adventureland?
Originally Posted By mousermerf Lee... Are you saying MK's parade was the responsibility of the same people who did Parade of Dreams? And the whole "Well DL chose to make a good parade and MK chose a bad one..." argument is totally bogus because the same group designed them both? Is that what you're saying?
Originally Posted By leemac <<Are you saying MK's parade was the responsibility of the same people who did Parade of Dreams?>> No. Don't forget that the 100 Years of Magic parades premiered in '01 so WDI-CE was still in its nascent form. Share A Dream Come True Parade was directed by a local consultant called Chase Senge. Thankfully the parade at least had Gavin Greenaway's beautiful Fantasy theme song. Disney Stars and Motorcars Parade was directed by a west coast consultant called Sherilyn Draper (who typically works on Feld's Disney Live! shows). Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade was conceived, written and directed by a fantastic cast member down in Florida called Reed Jones (I'm a big fan of his work - his big breakout show for WDW was repurposing the DL Lion King Celebration floats into Festival of the Lion King for DAK). He works closely with Dan Stamper (a composer and music producer) to great effect.
Originally Posted By danyoung > I do have to give a demerit for DL's Snow White.< I really went in to my first viewing of this show with high hopes. The sets were beautiful, the actors completely capable. But for whatever reason, the show never moved me the way the soaring trio of Hercules, Quasimodo and Pocahontas did in Animazement. I guess I was expecting more, and it just wasn't there in Snow.
Originally Posted By Westsider They used Disneyland's old Lion King Parade floats for Jammin' Jungle parade at Animal Kingdom? Really? When was the last time WDW got a major parade that was created from scratch? That Magic Kingdom parade seems to use and reuse floats that are going on 15 years old. Surely WDW could come up with their own, unique parades instead of just taking Disneyland's old leftovers.
Originally Posted By leemac Westsider - I said: I'm a big fan of his work - his big breakout show for WDW was repurposing the DL Lion King Celebration floats into Festival of the Lion King for DAK. It was Festival of the Lion King that re-purposed several of the floats into the show (the Festival of the Lion King was a relatively late addition to the attraction roster at DAK).
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Well, I can vouch for that leemac, duckling. I've seen both the Lion King Parade in California AND The Festival of the Lion King in Florida and those sure are the same floats they used for both things.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>Aladdin's Oasis? That was DLR Entertainment.<< Would that be the original dinner show, the storytelling adventure, or the current Indiana Jones themed offering?
Originally Posted By Westsider Thanks for clearing it up leemac. My mistake. So has Anne left us? Or is this still in the works?
Originally Posted By leemac I should have added that Anne has opted to become an independent theatrical producer. This is effectively where she came from (after founding En Garde Arts in NYC and then moving to La Jolla Playhouse before Paul Pressler asked her to join WDI) and I'm sure she will do well in her new career.
