Originally Posted By nbodyhome <a href="http://www.mousesteps.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=7&Itemid=37" target="_blank">http://www.mousesteps.com/inde x.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=7&Itemid=37</a> If anyone is interested! It was great, though really wet in the evening (like 4 bouts of severe rain). Denise
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Thanks for your wonderful photo album Denise! And it was great to see you thru the day today at the park! I just got back home from EPCOT Center. It was a great day to be at the park, even with the inclement weather from time to time. The first hint of this being a special day came as opening day music was being played in lieu of the normal music loop played now a days... That was a great welcome present into the park. The Rededication at 10:01am was short but sweet. Micechat.com was well represented on stage... hehehe (lips are sealed) Marty Sklar talked and pyro went of over CommuniCore buildings, while the crowd got confetti streamers showers from above. Due to having to compromise my time with my G-Fan, whose birthday was also today, I sadly had to miss the Sklar talks in the Circle of Life pavillion, but I greatly enjoyed the exhibition they put behind the Coke/Beverly Club place... Much to my G-Fan's embarrasment, I got teary eyed while reading and re-living the exhibits, and opening day artifacts, old costumes, opening day music...etc etc. A CM came up to me and said "don't be embarrased to cry... it's been happening all day!". After a great meal at Tutti Italia, we settled in a good spot for IllumiNations.. Same nightly show, but followed by a very grand finale similar to those explosive pyro blasts we all love to see on the 4th of July and New year's eve. Fabulous. Of course, 10 minutes to 9pm, the skies opened and it rained hard for about 15 mins... The show was delayed until 9:15pm or so... I have few pics from the day.. and hope to post them soon.
Originally Posted By TarzanRocked99-06 TDL Fan, were you in the gateway gifts store this morning around 8:30? I am pretty sure I saw you but with the mass of people could not make it over to say hello. It really was a wonderful day, the best I have had in Epcot in years.
Originally Posted By nbodyhome I can't wait to see your photos too! I'm glad you had such a great time, I can't believe I ran into you 3 times. There was SO much rain tonight, my camera conked out during Illuminations due to all the wet weather. The fireworks were amazing, but I got a fair bit of soot in my eyes. The best part was the music playing after Illuminations - "Listen to the Land", "Making Memories", etc.! That was awesome. Denise
Originally Posted By Skellington88 The dedication ceremony was way to commercial. Jim Macphee did a great job but that erin wallace lady kept going "year of a million dreams...as part of our year of a million dreams..you know epcot has been making millions of dreams" I wished someone would have said "shut up already"
Originally Posted By nbodyhome I was in Gateway Gifts at 8:30. When I heard the first "Year of a Million Dreams" mention, I turned around to a friend and pretended like I was gagging myself. I mean, focus on the important thing - Epcot turning 25. Not the promotion that may never end! Denise
Originally Posted By Skellington88 I just hate "In your face" commercialism that has been prevelant in recent years. Luckily Micheal Mendhall the guy who forced Disney to celebrate disneylands 50th. for over 2 years and then stuffs year of a million dreams down our throat for the next 2 has now left the company and hopefully Jay Rasolu and erin wallace will follow.
Originally Posted By TarzanRocked99-06 amen to that, I wish she would have just stayed out of the rededication, she didnt add anything of value to it. Did you guys get to see Marty speak over at The Land?
Originally Posted By nbodyhome Honestly, even in Walts day, there was blatant commercialism. Like when they taped the parade, and showed people using Kodak cameras. But they could have been blatantly commercial about Epcot today. Instead, they kept talking about this ongoing promotion that really doesn't benefit very many people (nor does the average person care about it). I also don't like feeling like I'm being talked down to. Just because I'm a Disney fan, it doesn't mean I'm a child (and sometimes I feel like the upper Disney management and others treat us like that). It isn't all the time, but the act they were doing onstage was so over-the-top. Sklar talked to everyone normally. Denise
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 First, let me say it was nice to spend time with some of my favorite Spirits around these parts, even if many were not planned. As for the whole 25th vs. YoaMD, I just posted about it on the Happy 25th thread ... but I really feel Disney missed a HUGE opportunity to COMBINE the two and do a real legit year-long 25th celebration as the tentpole of the larger YoaMD ... sort of the ultimate dream come true ... instead of just ignoring the 25th until they had no choice ... and too bad you missed Marty, TDLFAN, his presentation (almost an hour long) was really wonderful and showed some artwork that's never been seen out of the WDI archives before.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm glad to hear that they did actually do some stuff today. Hopefully they will be able to keep some of the signs and banners up (possibly add more too) for the rest of the year, since it's pretty sad that they don't really get to have a real celebration. I'm also sad that I can't make it out there, since I really want one of those Figment plushes. He seems to really capture the spirit of what EPCOT Center was designed for, especially in that outfit for some reason (love the SSE pattern shirt).
Originally Posted By seanyoda Video of the Illuminations finale are up at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8F6juqtiv8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =N8F6juqtiv8</a>
Originally Posted By smeeeko Denise!! fantastic pix!! =) between you and those DPN folks.. it was nice to look at the photos and listne to "trapped on vacation" at the same tiem. =) Not quite the same as being there but still, very nice!! see you real soon! =)
Originally Posted By nbodyhome Pam - Thanks! I don't know who DPN is offhand. I am glad you liked the photos, thanks! I will see you in a couple of weeks.
Originally Posted By smeeeko (disney podcast network.. "windows to the magic" and "trapped on vacation" and "the big D" I think are just a few..
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>TDLFAN, were you in the gateway gifts store this morning around 8:30?<< Yes that was me in line with a million other CM's.
Originally Posted By figment1986 Nice to see some of you, even if it was short and impromptu... hope you got the pins you wanted TDLFan... I got descent photos, hope to find a way to get most of them up.
