Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>If anything, the current state of the pavilion overall would keep me away from visiting if I didn't already know how wonderful and scenic the country is. Didn't they just shoehorn in a Thor meet 'n greet there, to give the place an even more embarassing vibe? Or was that a joke someone posted?<<< No, thank goodness, but they did sell Thor movie merch in there. Ugh.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 Are there any Norwegian companies exporting to the US who could pick up the sponsorship and fill the shelves with their products? I can't think of anything I buy that comes from Norway...
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I think the Norway film is quite good. The biggest problem. Placement. It should have been treated as a pre-show before the attraction.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I think the Norway film is quite good. The biggest problem. Placement. It should have been treated as a pre-show before the attraction.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<re there any Norwegian companies exporting to the US who could pick up the sponsorship and fill the shelves with their products? I can't think of anything I buy that comes from Norway...>> We import very little from Norway... primarily oil and Lutherans.
Originally Posted By Boardwalkbum Nice find with the tourist #'s Bolna. As a sidenote, according to the U.S. Dept. of State, there are 30,000 American citizens living in Norway. Helly Hansen clothing and sweaters by Dale of Norway are actually awesome quality. Expensive, but awesome.....you get what you pay for. They sell those items in the pavilion shop as you exit Maelstrom. Their fragrances are actually very nice as well. I got the cologne and my cousin the perfume....and "Ger" himself was their to sign them......we still laugh about that one... I can see the pros and cons of having the film before the ride, but regardless, it could use an update. Maelstrom most CERTAINLY needs a rehab as well. That's been pretty clear for years already. what I love and always stop into is the Viking exhibit in the Stave Church. There are some pretty cool artifacts which were donated for the exhibit (as I'm sure most of you here know) and of course it's ALWAYS fun to see good ol' King Olaf and his plate of fruit and cheese.....(take a GOOD look at him next time through and you'll realize he's hammered) Speaking of which...Why did they replace the AWESOME Ringnes beer they served with Carlsberg? Don't get me wrong, I mean, I know Carlsberg owns Ringnes and I know that Carlsberg is probably the best lager in the world (what a slogan) but Ringes is brewed in Oslo. It also happens to be a bit better and of course more authentic Norwegian.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Norway’s exports to America amounted to $8.5 billion or 0.4% of overall US imports. 1. Passenger cars … $1.4 billion 2. Medicinal preparations … $889.2 million 3. Oilfield equipment … $345 million 4. Soft drinks and coffee … $331.3 million 5. Materials handling equipment … $291 million 6. Other industrial machines … $279.5 million 7. Numismatic coins … $259.3 million 8. Engines and parts … $225.4 million 9. Generators … $220.3 million 10. Excavating machinery … $183,8 million
Originally Posted By Rsey103 >>4. Soft drinks and coffee … $331.3 million<< There might be a sponsor in there.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^ most places do....there really is some lousy coffee out there are food places. took BK years to figure out no one ate there for breakfast because the swill they had was awful. McD's rebound financially is primarily driven by drinks..not food. nothing worse than a lousy cup of joe
Originally Posted By Bolna I don't think that there are any large companies in Norway which export to the US on a scale that they can be sponsors. It isn't surprising that the stuff they sell in the shops at Norway to a large degree is from all over Scandinavia - including the flags! There is candy from Denmark, Sweden and Finland for example. <<Goodness knows that WDW needs better coffee.>> DLP has just gotten rid of Nescafe as sponsor and got Segafredo (an Italian brand) instead, but I haven't heard any reports about coffee taste at DLP since.
Originally Posted By Bolna >>4. Soft drinks and coffee … $331.3 million<< <<There might be a sponsor in there.>> I knew that Scandinavians are Europe's biggest coffee consumers and Norway is in second place, just after Finland: List_of_countries_by_coffee_consumption_per_capita But I have no idea which company might be Norway's largest coffee producer... Most likely not a Norwegian company anyway.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I think Norway in the wrong hemisphere to grow much coffee... FWIW here is what I found- for the record never heard of this company Friele (Kaffehuset Friele) is a Norwegian coffee manufacturer and brand based in Midtun, a commercial and residential district of the borough of Fana in Bergen, Norway. Friele is the largest producer of coffee in Norway. The company was started in 1799 when ship’s captain Herman Friele I landed in Bergen to start trading. He bought a property in Bergen and established an import business with emphasis on coffee. Towards the middle of the 1800's, coffee consumption was growing due to falling prices from increased global production. Friele is now owned by the seventh generation and chairman Herman Friele. Friele buys its coffee beans from 9–10 different countries, mainly from Brazil and Kenya. Until the mid 1980s most of the coffee was sold in Western and Northern Norway, but since it has expanded throughout the country. The present plant was constructed in 1981. Friele Frokost Kaffe is the leading brand with a market share of 29%. Friele's product line also includes the brands Kronekaffe and Café Noir. Collectively all the Friele coffee brands have a total national market share of 35%
Originally Posted By Bolna vbdad55, I just found exactly the same company! I don't think that they sound like a good candidate for a sponsor though They seem to sell only to the national market.
Originally Posted By Bolna <<I knew that Scandinavians are Europe's biggest coffee consumers and Norway is in second place, just after Finland: List_of_countries_by_coffee_consumption_per_capita>> Ok, the link should be this one: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_coffee_consumption_per_capita" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...r_capita</a>
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Maybe Sweden would like to take the Pavilion and make is Sweden instead of Norway. Then perhaps Volvo could sponsor it. Norway hates Sweden... just the threat of Sweden taking over might get Norway to pony up the cash.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: If they do update the Norwegian film, I hope they do a better job of it than they did for Canada. ORWEN: Yeah, 'cause, over in Canada they mostly added Martin Short and let somebody else sing the Canada song that I actually liked better as a duet! ORDDU: They still show a lot of the same original footage in Canada that we were hoping would have been discarded and updated by now. Martin Short does absolutely NOTHING to plus the film for us in that country. It's as if they only added him to be a distraction from what SHOULD have been done to update that beautiful country's footage.
