Originally Posted By everyyearofmylife I was reading a textbook for one of my education classes earlier and I got all excited because I saw that they mentioned Disneyland. And that got me to thinking about how much of a household name "Disneyland" is now, and wondering where else people have heard/seen it casually mentioned. I just finished watching all 10 seasons of Friends over winter break and I noticed they mention it a lot. Anyone else?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I would say from my experience on teh East Coast, it is more Disney World that gets mentioned, but that it simply a geographical thing for me. I would probably say I hear at least 3 or 4 people mention it every week. Probably about every other day or so, just talking about something related to it.
Originally Posted By everyyearofmylife Yeah, since the 50th celebration started I hear people talking about Disneyland everywhere I go. The grocery store, Round Table, where ever. But I mean more like books, movies, tv...things that assume that everyone knows about Disneyland. Like the Friends episode where Monica (or Rachel) says "You wouldn't go to Disneyland and spend all day on the Matterhorn would you?"
Originally Posted By imadisneygal This "social experiment" so to speak is part of the Disneyland Leadership Development Program (now called Emerging Leaders, I believe). We had to spend several days jotting down every mention or sighting of a Disney product in the media, in person, etc. This included all parts of the Company, not just the Parks, but it was fascinating how pervasive it is!
Originally Posted By irishfan >>I would say from my experience on teh East Coast, it is more Disney World that gets mentioned<< Which always made me wonder why Disneyland was mentioned so much in Friends and not WDW. I guess even though it's set on the East coast, it's filmed on the West coast, with a west coast mentality.
Originally Posted By everyyearofmylife That's what I wondered too. I would like to think it's because the writers of the show are big Disneyland fans.
Originally Posted By Dznygrl Jurassic Park: "When Disneyland opened in 1956, nothing worked!" This has no doubt been mentioned before, but this line has always irked me. How hard is it to say the right year? Also, I know the sitcom Wings mentioned Disneyland a few times, even though the show takes place on Nantucket.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad WAIT A MINUTE! Well you know we all have to be careful here with the TV spots. Afterall Disney does own ABC and I have noticed that the shows on ABC mention Disney of some sort ALL THE TIME. For example, Regis and Kelly broadcast at WDW once a year and just the other day I saw Millionaire being filmed at the MGM Studios for TV. The whole Super Bowl spots and all that, not to mention Disney is referred to often on ESPN. I think its awesome, but come on, who HASN'T atleast heard of Disney? Just the other day I was talking to a friend and she said that there was one girl in her daughters class that had never been to Disney, and she is taking that other girl and her daughter this Spring Break just because she has never been. It's so funny, not only do we hear and see the name mentioned everywhere, but us faithful actually go out of our way to bring new Disney sheep into the fold! Also, I know this is a long post but I read recently that EPCOT is one of the best value for your money of all parks on Earth. ConsumerReports.com and that DL was the cleanest and had the best staff (CM) and that Knotts was among the most disappointing. Which I thougt was unfair but hey...
Originally Posted By Dznygrl <<Well you know we all have to be careful here with the TV spots. Afterall Disney does own ABC and I have noticed that the shows on ABC mention Disney of some sort ALL THE TIME.>> I'm always amused when I'm watching something on ABC, like Extreme Home Makeover or Wife Swap, and there will always be some piece of Disney merchandise in the background sometime during the episode, or someone will be wearing a piece of Disney clothing. It kind of reminds me of going to the movies and they show pictures of yummy popcorn and ice cold soda on the screen. "You want a Mickey snowglobe. You will buuuuuy a Mickey snowglobe...."
Originally Posted By SuperDry How about the notion of non-DL use of the term "E ticket"? As in, "that was a real E-ticket experience" in reference to something having nothing to do with DL. I grew up in California, and at a time when they still had the A-E ticket system at DL, and most everyone was familiar with the term even if they weren't DL fans per se. I'd occasionally see it used on TV. These days, the term "E ticket" seems to have dropped off the radar as far as something that's generally known in American society, and only hardcore Disney fans seem to know what it means any more.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't remember what it was, but recently I saw a commercial that said something about the product being an E Ticket. It might have been some movie or something, but it had nothing to do with theme parks of any type at all. I just thought it was really strange.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<who HASN'T atleast heard of Disney?>> Not many. Disney is a name known around the world... Or at least certainly Mickey Mouse. It's up there in recognition like Coca Cola.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Just the other day I was talking to a friend and she said that there was one girl in her daughters class that had never been to Disney<< I know plenty of people who have never set foot in a Disney theme park, including a few not so distant relatives.
Originally Posted By BrerFoxx In response to comment number 5-- it's because Disneyland is better than Disney world. . .
Originally Posted By BrerFoxx In response to comment number 5-- it's because Disneyland is better than Disney world. . .
Originally Posted By avromark Ssoo mmuucchh bbeettttteerr iitt ggeettss ppoosstteedd ttwwiiccee. E-Ticket don't really hear that term much. All i hear now is "Uber". I hear Disneyworld a lot more, everyone I knew growing up went to Disneyworld, we kept going to Disneyland. I got jealous of Epcot, etc back then. Well now it's different I haven't been to DL in over 2 years. heh
