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Originally Posted By TDLFAN Thanks for the report Doobie. I have to admit the whole Boutique thing at the castle is simply deplorable. One more notch against the MK. The DVC tower construction at the Contemporary is a major architectural mistake for that complex, and the Tink dasani water bottles are cute.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN One more thing... the Mickey Monitor promised new and better decor for Halloween. Yet, they choose to go with the same haystack decor at the front of the MK?
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Nice photos, Moseleys. Glad the posters are on the construction wall for 'Toy Story Mania.' Now that cast member scooping ice cream will know what's going on. LOL!
Originally Posted By danyoung Thanks for the photos, Doobie. A couple questions. Does anyone know when the Contemporary 4th floor store is going to be finished? And why oh why would the Carousel of Progress need a FastPass?
Originally Posted By Doobie Don't know on the Contemporary - sorry. As for Carousel, it doesn't actually have FastPass. A "surprise FastPass" is given when you get a FastPass at Buzz (and maybe other TL attractions). It's an "encouragement" to get guests to go to the COP. But COP itself doesn't actually give out FastPasses. Doobie.
Originally Posted By danyoung So as much as I like the CofP, isn't there something wrong when Disney has to basically resort to tricking their guests into seeing it?
Originally Posted By Doobie I agree. But hopefully it shows Disney has a big interest in keeping this attraction around. Doobie.
Originally Posted By Friar Tuck and Roll I received the surprise fastpass of COP at Space Mountain. The last time I remember Disney doing this was right before Body Wars closed down, giving surprise passes at Test Track. THe Carousel though is very popular, or at least it would have been on Saturday if Disney had left it open during Night of Joy. It was closed promptly at 6pm. During the 15 minutes I waited to get in to see Flyleaf at the Galaxy Palace Stage, I saw at least 50 people walk away dejected learning that COP was closed. This is one of those declining by degrees in that I know for many people Night of Joy is the only time they ever set foot in the Magic Kingdom. Not have attraction availible is truely bad show.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 CoP would be much more popular, and I can anecdotally say it still is pretty popular now, if it were updated and made more relevant to current audiences. This isn't rocket science.
Originally Posted By Doobie I could be wrong, but I don't think closing COP for Night of Joy has anything to do with saving money. Doobie.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Thanks for these guys. I love the Village Beatniks, one of the real high points of WDW along with Mo Rockin' and Mulch, Sweat and Sheers.
Originally Posted By danyoung It's interesting to note that with the Beatniks, the only instrument that isn't a percussion instrument is the guy in the center with the MIDI keypad device. I talked to him about a year ago and asked him about it. It's completely reprogrammable for every song, so certain buttons will be chords and bass and others will be the melody, possibly with harmonies included. It's really a complex and difficult system, and he does a terrific job with it. Great band, and a perfect fit for DAK.
Originally Posted By -em >> but I don't think closing COP for Night of Joy has anything to do with saving money.<< Same reason why TTA, CBJ and others like that are closed along with stores like Uptown and Marketplace... NOJ folks have the reputation of destruction and abuse to things and general lack of supervision. I KNOW it doesnt mean everyone who attends as most were quite nice and respectful but the minority ruins it for the majority. ie why one area had to damage out quite a few princess dresses and accessories as some guests thought itd be great to try on the much to small dresses and streach or ruin them in the dressing rooms...
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo See -em's post to me is more deplorable than the actions of Machine Head fans at HOB. And yet, over on the DL boards, most people were in favor of the cancellation of this gig. And yet a holy roller group has shown more destructive behaviour than the scores of music fans visiting Disney resorts through the years.
Originally Posted By Friar Tuck and Roll Most of the destruction is not done by "Holy Rollers" but by the same high school students at attend Grad Nite. I do not know what happened at the Machine Head concert, but to many concerts are places to let out aggression. I believe part of the destruction comes from Disney really tight grip on crowd control. During the Flyleaf concert, a mosh pit was started but Disney security made it stop, even though the band said they would rather see it continue. Many of the people at that concert were not "holy rollers" as I saw many Korn and Family Values t-shirts and I have been to several concerts and the rule of a mosh pit is, if someone falls, pick them back up. Some people that go to concerts for mosh pits, if they are not allowed to mosh, take their aggression out elsewhre. But the disstruction of the dresses sounds more like teenagers being stupid. As to the closing of COP due to the destruction at NOJ, can anyone explain why Disney would leave open something like the Swiss Family Treehouse, an attraction much more prone to troublemaking than COP. Well I agree that the mayhem is part of the closure, I believe it may be a lack of staff for the event.
