Originally Posted By Mr Snappy >>Mr Snappy, you do that Scarlett is all of 22 years old<< SO you are saying I have a chance !!! WOO HOO !!! I'm sure a middle-aged out-of-shape Finance Manager living In Kansas is just what she is looking for ! I'm sure the wife would understand...Just as I would move out of the way if Val Kilmner showed in interest in her (that's her dream dude)
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA You're a crazy man, Mr. Snappy. Fortunately, I married my dream girl.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka What you need to do is to put her on your List. Then if you ever get the chance you can take it, guilt-free. ;-)
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt The DLR PR announcement was a dud, in my opinion. However, the Annie Leibovitz photos are amazing. This is the type of creative marketing that I wish Disney would do more of. Why couldn't they have done something this bold when the DLR expansion was launched?
Originally Posted By cinderella143also The wonderland tea cup picture does not make me want to go to wonderland. It is almost scary!
Originally Posted By believe Wow, Al from miceage was right about just about everything, the only exception (if you call it that) of a possible postponement of Nemo.
Originally Posted By ArchtMig >>>The DLR PR announcement was a dud, in my opinion. However, the Annie Leibovitz photos are amazing. This is the type of creative marketing that I wish Disney would do more of. Why couldn't they have done something this bold when the DLR expansion was launched?<<< While I think the pictures are beautiful, and am glad they were released, pretty pictures aren't going to be able to sell a bad product. If you're thinking that DCA would have been more successful if pictures like these were part of the marketing campaign, then I have to disagree. I totally disagree with the contention that the main reason, or at least a big part of the reason, that DCA's reception with the public was tepid was because of bad marketing. I agree that the marketing was bad, but there is no better marketing than positive word of mouth. DCA was unpopular because Disney didn't give their customers what their customers expect from Disney. And no amount of pretty pictures would have changed that.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt “If you're thinking that DCA would have been more successful if pictures like these were part of the marketing campaign, then I have to disagree.†No, that isn't what I'm saying exactly. I am not addressing DCA's problems here, as that has been discussed incessantly since 2001 until it doesn't warrant any further attention. Yes, I get it: it’s a carnival in a parking lot and the park sucks. The DLR marketing and launch campaign was horrible by any standard, especially given Disney’s promotional expertise. It would have benefited greatly from some creative finesse like what we are seeing today. The Annie Leibovitz photos are impressive, set a new creative benchmark for theme park marketing, and capture the spirit of Disney theme parks in a new and refreshing way. I was a bit skeptical about the Year of a Million Dreams, but so far I am generally impressed and surprised by how good the marketing campaign is.
Originally Posted By bayrr326 I'm sorry but this was there big annoucement. Who cares! but Scarlett is hot.
Originally Posted By Kira Boring. I had just turned on the TV about 5 minutes after seeing the promotional photos. ET had a segment covering the making of/behind the scenes of these photoshoots. They said that all of teh celebrities donated their paychecks they got from the shoot to make-a-wish foundation as part of the million dreams promo. The pictures are great, but in all reality what's the point of them and how is this considered news worthy?
Originally Posted By monorailblue The Wonderland photo is creepy. The Prince Phillip photo is not that impressive because, where's the dragon? And the Cinderella photo does not a thing for the suppoesd $375,000 tiara. It looks like a plastic headband! Does anyone think these celebrity gajillionaires need Disney Parks to make their "dreams" come true? Does anyone think Mr. Beckham couldn't have rented his own horse, without doing a promo spot? Why isn't Disneyland the star of its campaigns? The same thing bothered me about the Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years. It was ALL about "I'm Steve Martin". And the Parade of Dreams? Why did it need to begin, "I'm Julie Andrews"? Did that somehow make it a great parade? (It was a dud, in my opinion.) Why does Disneyland (or any Disney park) suddenly need "big names" in creepy, leering poses? Remember the little dogs who went to Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom and loved it? NOW THAT WAS A CAMPAIGN! This one is a great disappoitment.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "The pictures are great, but in all reality what's the point of them and how is this considered news worthy?" Nope, it isn't really newsworthy, but it's great marketing. A Disney theme park campaign being disussed on ET? Brilliant. The photos are for Disney theme park ads that will appear in Vanity Fair and Vogue magazines. "Why isn't Disneyland the star of its campaigns?" That's been done already. Think about it.
Originally Posted By DlandDug That a photographer of the caliber of Annie Liebovitz is photographing celebrities for a Disney theme park campaign is news. Bear in mind, however, that all of this good will is basically fueled by cash. The desire to attract a more sophisticated audience has been around ever since the start of the Eisner era. I have no real problem with it; I just feel that it basically doesn't really deliver the right kind of message. No matter how you slice it, the readers of Vanity Fair are not the target audience for a Disney theme park. And there is nothing short of free paid vacations that is going to change their minds.
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL >>>And the Parade of Dreams? Why did it need to begin, "I'm Julie Andrews"? Did that somehow make it a great parade? (It was a dud, in my opinion.)<<< I'm not the biggest Disney geek on here by any means but....WRONG! Julie Andrews narrated the 50th fireworks, "Remember, Dreams Come True", that were so good that it had everyone on this site wetting their collective pants. As for the Parade of Dreams, yes you have your opinion which is cool, But IMO it was a terrific parade and I usually don't care for most parades.
Originally Posted By Mom2aDisneyboy I loved the parade of dreams and having Julie Andrews at the beginning of the fireworks added to the magic for me...As a little girl I watched Mary Poppins over and over and over again so it was really neat to have her voice on there.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt It looks like there is going to be another series of Annie Leibovitz photos for the Year of a Million Dreams campaign. "Leibovitz, who will soon dress another set of celebrities as Peter Pan, Tinker Bell and Little Mermaid Ariel..." <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-01-25-disney-ad-campaign_x.htm" target="_blank">http://www.usatoday.com/life/p eople/2007-01-25-disney-ad-campaign_x.htm</a>
