Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-81390.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Disney World Announces Next Limited Time Magic Event - Canada Pavilion Meet and Greet</b></a> <p>Each Friday at Noon Disney announces a new Limited Time Magic Event via the Disney Parks Blog. The latest event has just been announced....</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img height="333" width="266" src="http://laughingplace.com/files/latest/20130111-1.jpg" /></p> <p>The forecast at Epcot this week is sunny with a chance of flurries. For one week only, <strong>January 14-20</strong>, there will be a magical Winter Wonderland location with falling snow where you and your family can meet and take photos with some of your favorite Disney characters. It’s an all new character greeting location in the Canada Pavilion.</p> <p>Times for the Winter Wonderland location at Epcot are 10:30 a.m. – 2:10 p.m. and 3:05 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.</p> <p> </p>
Originally Posted By TP2000 Double yawn. I do love the randomly sporadic show times though. What happens in the Canadian culture from 2:10 to 3:05 each day that they can't greet visitors? Mexicans have their siesta around that time, but what are Canadians doing then? Checking hockey scores? Re-aligning their snowmobile tracks?
Originally Posted By leemac It means that Donald has to only work one shift. Equity won't allow him to do any more. ))
Originally Posted By sjhym333 I still don't : A) get the whole thing B) know how that terrible name got ghry C) understand why the person in marketing who dreamed this up still has a job? Btw, Leemac. I am hearing rumors that Phil Holmes is getting ready to retire. Have you heard anything?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip What I don't get is making an announcement about this stuff. If you were just walking around the park and happened to see it, it might seem kind of neat. Kind of like the streetmosphere characters (or whatever they currently call them) at the Studios. But to make a big announcement about it seems kind of silly.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Oh wow! Another Meet & Greet opportunity! Who needs new rides ..... when we can be completely fine with Meet & Greets coming out of ears.... Thanks Disney ... I'll be sure to book that Sydney to Orlando flight right away!!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance No guys, you got it all wrong. The characters are wearing Canadian like clothes!
Originally Posted By TP2000 Really, this whole Limited Time Magic thing is just an embarrassment. They never should have said they would do this if this is the type of stuff on offer as a national marketing campaign. And I still can't get over the show times listed as 2:10 and 3:05. As if just tacking on an extra five minutes and being closed for an hour between 2:00 and 3:00 would have put them out. Someone was only thinking of break schedules and not thinking of... you know... the customers who paid to be in the park that day. The manager who approved publically released set times including "2:10" and "3:05" should be sent to be in charge of the laundry room at All Star Sports.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance You can meet and take photos with your favorite Disney characters everyday, in every park, probably nearly every minute the park is opened. What's the big whoop about this? I'm not one to be overly critical when it comes to decisions Disney makes, but this is pretty lame.
Originally Posted By oc_dean I look at the grand picture like a mathematics equation: Meg Crofton + TDO, + MAMMOTH Costs of NextGen - New ride experiences รท meager budget for basically nothing = what's new for 2013!
Originally Posted By DlandDug Mmm, mmm, mmm. I have been trying as hard as I can to hold good thoughts about this promotion, but the folks at Walt Disney World are not helping. I suppose I could say they are really putting the "Limited" in "Limited Time Magic." I do note that the location includes falling snow. So that's magical-- right? It's not JUST a Meet 'n Greet. It's a Meet 'n Greet with FALLING SNOW. Magical.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS All I know is that with my thousands invested in an Oct trip to WDW this year, there better be something a little more magical than a duck dancing around soap bubbles wearing lumberjack clothing.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm boarding a monorail to Epcot at this very moment. Given how 'exciting' and 'magical' this experience seems, I highly doubt I will be stopping there. If I do, I'll make sure to let you know how 'great' it is, but I have a feeling it won't even meet my already-low expectations for it
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Magical. Except from 2:10 to 3:05. " You're cracking me up with your obsession with the show times, TP. lol
Originally Posted By TP2000 It's an important part of the promotion, Constance! You can't expect a full shift of continuous magic in a Disney theme park. It needs to take a break, and this magic is on break from 2:10 to 3:05. For one week only, I might add.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>...there better be something a little more magical than a duck dancing around soap bubbles wearing lumberjack clothing.<< OK, so that there is just funny.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance " You can't expect a full shift of continuous magic in a Disney theme park. It needs to take a break, and this magic is on break from 2:10 to 3:05. For one week only, I might add. " You really can't expect something this great to last all day or longer than a week, TP. Try to remain a little reasonable. First of all it's hot in Florida. Do you have any idea how hot it is a Donald suit BEFORE he puts on a Pearl Jam flannel shirt? Second of all, it's hot in Florida, and the bubbles will start melting soon. That's all I got.
Originally Posted By Mr X No character would be on set from 10:30 - 2 anyway, they normally work in shifts of 20-30 minutes... Either this weird time issue has to do with giving the stage managers a lunch break (and if so I dunno why they'd bother with such weird times), or else there's another character greeting elsewhere necessitating the special event characters to get off the stage during that time (more likely, I would guess...is there a day show these days?).
