Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Lotion-View.asp?ID=278" target="_blank">LP Lotion: LP Lotion: Around Walt Disney World</a>
Originally Posted By Roger Rabbit I can't wait to be back at WDW!! And it happens in less than 12 hours when I head into the Magic Kingdom and see SpectroMagic!! Yay!! I'm so excited!!
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 Thanks Dobbie for the pics. I can't wait for my Disney trip this Christmas. I have never been there for Christmas. I'm so excited.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I have a question. Is that it for the halloween decorations or are they still putting things up? It looks pretty sparse, that's why I'm asking.
Originally Posted By CTXRover ^^That's it. Most of the 'decorations' are put up for party guests who pay the extra money for MNSSHP. For the most part that involves changing the look and mood of the MK with special lighting, fog effects, large blown-up characters, music, etc. that can be easily 'turned on' for the party and then concealed by the next morning. Otherwise, they just have up some simple fall decorations throughout Main Street.
Originally Posted By ScroogeMcDuck That "Where Dreams Come True" thing really doesn't go with the oh-so-1980s style of the existing archways. If they want to update the area, they should get rid of the geometric shapes in bright pastels altogether. But why should they anyway? Everyone loves those old things.
Originally Posted By tonyanton The current entrance arches and unified signage around the resort were put in in the mid-'90s, around the time of the 25th Celebration.
Originally Posted By basas <<That "Where Dreams Come True" thing really doesn't go with the oh-so-1980s style of the existing archways>> Funny...there are many things i can say that look 'very 1980s' (especially at Epcot), but the arches are not one of them IMO
Originally Posted By TDLFAN The arches are not 80's, they are disco 70's. Somehow, the folks at DLR have better taste when it comes to resort signage. I would love for some of that virtue to rub on the WDW signage staff/shop.
Originally Posted By Westsider Those various Halloween "decorations" all look rather pathetic. The few wreaths and garlands up on Main Street are so small and so out of scale that they shouldn't even bothered, it just looks wimpy and sad. The rest of the Halloween stuff inside the park and out at the main entrance or TTC all looks just cheap and tacky and very tired. Is this how they always decorate for Halloween at WDW??? If so, then I'm embarassed for them.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I don't see the need for any of them to begin with. They weren't around for a quarter of a century and folks found WDW just fine. I find them to be tacky and over the top and thoroughly unneeded.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros WDW has been doing Halloween for how long? The decorations really do look bad, especially compared to what DL has, for its first Halloween in over a decade. Sure, DL is recycling stuff from TDL (that would probably have just been trashed otherwise) since Halloween was a fairly recent decision, but it looks great, and is a whole heck of a lot more than what WDW has.
Originally Posted By Westsider >>"over the top"<< You find them over the top? How is that possible? You can't even see them. They shouldn't have bothered if they didn't have the money or the good taste to do it correctly.
Originally Posted By Westsider Oh, the driveway arches are "over the top". I thought you meant the Halloween decorations. Sorry.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Is this how they always decorate for Halloween at WDW??? If so, then I'm embarassed for them. >> C'mon some slack Westsider ... it's not like YOUR park has even acknowledged the holiday/season for the past decade! I guess if you want real decorations you need to head to Tokyo or Paris because those countries invented Halloween (yes, that was sarcasm for those sarcastically challenged.) Besides, at night the MK actually looks very nice with the decorations and effects for MNSSHP.
