Originally Posted By TP2000 I agree Hans. The Epcot temp venues are great for a nice corporate cocktail reception for 800 people, or maybe a small trade exhibit and speaker series. You could also do a rather lavish Bar Mitzvah or wedding reception in Odyssey if you wanted rubber chicken dinners for everyone. And there's space for people to do the Electric Slide to a bad cover band too! But to do a huge D23 Expo inside a working theme park with 40,000 attendees and dozens of different venues needed for all that D23 Expo encompasses? Talk about major downsizing and major logistical nightmares. D23 Expo is on a bit of thin ice as it is, and moving it to Epcot would be the death knell. Now, Epcot could maybe host a Destination D event in the off-season, although that also brings with it some logistical issues to work through.
Originally Posted By mousermerf One of these days I'm going to find this person who manufactures all these boxes you people have and blow up their box factory so that you'll never be allowed to think inside it again.. Epcot hosts Food/Wine and Flower/Garden which both hosts thousands of guests each year on top of what would be the park's normal guest count. Add to that special rental events, conventions, etc.. and Epcot is very well versed in handling special functions in the parks. If you want a bunch of booths or the look of a tradeshow at a convention center, no, Epcot is not the place for it. But if you want a truly unique Disney experience that a family will travel across the country to see that you can market as a vacation experience to see all of the wonders of the Disney experience of what's and what's next then Epcot can certainly host it. Think less marketing gimmick / comicon / megacon / thing that ends in con / autoshow / etc.. and more of a unique experience that you can use to drive attendance to Disney largest north american resort. I will make you watch the Danny Kaye video again, I swear I will.
Originally Posted By mousermerf That's it! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LApowdPGyI8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...owdPGyI8</a> That should explain perfectly well -why- Epcot can host a D23 Expo showcasing all the wonders of Disney.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I'm so silly. You know anything can happen at Disney - what was I thinking? All you need is a pinch of magic, a handful of dreams, and a smidgen of happy thoughts.
Originally Posted By TP2000 What about Mr. Kaye's tweed sportcoat? Is that also required to pull of D23 Expo in Epcot? mousermerf, you really should take me up on my earlier suggestion and email the head of D23, Steven Clark. Tell him you feel D23 Expo needs to be moved to Epcot in order to thrive, and then let us know his response. At the very least it plants a seed with him, because I'm very confident no one but yourself is thinking D23 Expo needs to be moved to Epcot in 2013.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance " I do special events for a living and EPCOT just seems like the wrong venue for that kind of show." Ohhhhh! A tidbit into the private life of Dr Hans!!!
