Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID10053430.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Pictures: Spaceship Earth Transforms Mike Wazowski To Announce All-Night Parties for WDW a</b></a> <p> <p>Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort will kick off a Monstrous Summer by keeping three theme parks open for 24 hours nonstop on Memorial Day Weekend, the traditional start of the family travel season.</p> <p>The Magic Kingdom Park in Florida and Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park in California will stay open from 6 a.m., May 24 to 6 a.m., May 25, 2013, local time* marking the beginning of a summer of fun inspired by the upcoming Disney•Pixar comedy adventure <i>Monsters University.</i></p> </p>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Interesting that they chose to host the event at Epcot, since it's NOT one of the parks that will be open for 24 hours. And those projections on SSE remind me of a blog post from many years ago that jokingly came up with several ideas for a better SSE overlay than the Wand. Included with countless other character additions (including a Jack Sparrow hat) was turning the whole thing into a giant Mike Wazowski. Apparently the post was quite visionary, even if this was just for a one-time event
Originally Posted By dagobert Disney must be a big fan of projections lately. At first the castle show at WDW, then WoC and Disney Dreams and now Mike on SSE.
Originally Posted By Daannzzz Plus most of the new Test Track ride is projections onto undetailed surfaces throughout the ride and the new Mystic Manor appears to have loads of projection effects.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>>Imagine... if every facet of SSE was an LCD panel...<<< Then it would be something similar to TDS' Fantasmic TV cone centerpiece, and even that one shoots pyro, water, fog, fire and even had colorful twinkling and strobe lights. Spaceship Earth can't and never will be able to do that.So WDW remains behind in technology and entertainment. What else is new?
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I for one enjoy the animatronics. EPCOT already has far too many movie screens, TVs, and projects. It's lite on everything else. If I wanted to watch a movie or something on a TV monitor, I would just assume stay home and not go to WDW. That being said. I don't have a problem with a projection overlay on SSE. However, adding one more projection to EPCOT doesn't make EPCOT a better park. EPCOT needs more rides, attractions, and occupied pavilions.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I for one enjoy the animatronics. EPCOT already has far too many movie screens, TVs, and projects. It's lite on everything else. If I wanted to watch a movie or something on a TV monitor, I would just assume stay home and not go to WDW.>> When the attraction is well executed, I don't really care what format it uses. Impressions de France is one of my favorite Epcot attractions even though it is really nothing but a Cinerama-style movie... a format that is almost 50 years old. As for the Monsters overlay, I think the Mike Wazowski Spaceship Earth is every bit as stupid as the MK's Castle Cake was. Leave the park icons alone!!
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Let's put it this way. Downtown Disney gets an upscale bowling alley, and is getting a monster parking deck(s). Magic Kingdom gets a Fantasyland expansion, and new expanded bus terminals. Animal Kingdom will be getting a brand new Avatarland. One new massive resort on property with AoA. Half of DHS remains in mothballs. And EPCOT gets a Monsters Inc projection overlay on SSE. I'm a little underwhelmed with the EPCOT news. In truth, I'm probably more excited about the bus station expansion at the MK.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Wow, hundreds of people whine about the wand and the hat at Hollywood studios but Disney a pass on the Monsters Inc overlay?
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost If one cannot see the difference between a steel wand structure and a one time projected image on a nightime SSE, there really is no sense in discussing it is there?
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 I think the projection is much worse and a shameless marketing ploy designed at pimping a movie this summer... At least the wand didn't completely cover the globe. It also is probably a sign to come that Disney will begin doing this on a regular basis.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The wand was in place for about 8 years before it was removed. The hat has been there for 12 years and counting. The Monsters projections were there for one night only as a publicity stunt. This is more in line with when DL built a swimming pool down the middle of Main Street after the 2004 Olympics, to have an exhibition one morning with some of the Olympians; except that took about a week to construct and disassemble in the middle of the most heavily used corridor in the park, while this was literally done overnight with no impact to day guests. See also: Stitch TP'ing Cinderella Castle for the opening of his attraction, or that little presentation they just had for DAK's 15th anniversary.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost What people seem to forget is that Disney Theme Parks are to have fun with. To be humorous and playful. If I wanted to go to a museum, I'd go to a museum. Permanent destruction of a landmark is one thing. This isn't even worthy of anymore then a chuckle or uttering the word "cool". How many things can be used that fit SSE for projection. How come no one is upset about the projections that have been on it for years during and after Illuminations? What's the difference. Promotion, of course, it is. Why would one think that Disney shouldn't promote on their own property?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Why would one think that Disney shouldn't promote on their own property?<< Heck, Disney even uses projections on SSE to promote an entirely different company each and every night of the year. As guests are exiting the park after Illuminations, there is the outline of a spinning globe projected onto SSE with lasers coming out of the American Adventure building, and every minute or so, a giant scrolling Siemens logo comes along. I'm not sure if they use the lasers on SSE during the show itself though; that may just be for the time when guests are exiting the park
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Yup! That was my point! They've been doing that for years and for other companies. Never heard a peep about it.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom It would be like getting bent out of shape that Disney wrapped a monorail for the Ironman 3 movie.
