Originally Posted By onlyme Watching/listening to Walt Disney discuss upcoming new attractions is/was so much different. He had a gift of simply laying out future plans without using hyped-up catch-phrases. Something about the relaxed way he talked, made you excited no matter what he was discussing.
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL Exactly onlyme, the information Walt was giving us actually WAS EXCITING! What we are getting these days is still fairly mediocre but if they deliver it with huge amounts of enthusiasm, well then its gonna be just GREAT! SSS a jewel...a jewel?! Yeah, right. What a load of B.S.
Originally Posted By tashajilek The silly symphony swings are stupid. We have swings like that at a crappy amusment park and no one even likes this attraction. I dont see how putting some disney pictures on the ride is going to make anyone want to ride it. Personally the idea of having the swings inside a giant orange is more interesting. Dont be embarrassed hans theres nothing sexier then a man in a hawiaan shirt.
Originally Posted By mousermerf I can see why a designer would call it a jewel. This is what happens when you have Celebrineers (I'm going to force this word on you all). A spokesperson, who is not a designer, (as Walt was not a designer, btw.. knowledgeable, but not a designer) would know how to speak to the general public, to the lay people. Artists, designers, architects, musicians.. none of them know how to talk to lay-people. They get into these heady world where everyone does actually talk the way that they do and use the terminology like that. They really and truly can't see how they're alienating people and not coming off as "real." I suppose it's the curse of the creatively endowed. The solution is Spokespeople. Old hollywood knew it, Walt knew it, and today Imagineers need to learn it.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA When I hear them talking about something like Silly Symphony Swings, it seems like they're really pushing it. Given what else is happening at DCA, they might consider... - Concrete below your feet to ensure a comfortable walking experience! - Trees and flowers growing! - Shops where merchandise is sold! - Restaurants to eat a meal! - Benches to sit and relax!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Isn't this the sort of thing the Ambassador used to do? Now that there are a couple each year, it seems like it would be pretty easy for them to film a little clip to explain stuff to us. They fit the category of being knowledgeable without having created it, and they seem like the perfect spokespeople for the parks. Heck, from what I can tell, that's what their job is. I just haven't ever seen them out there doing it (other than the annual announcement/induction ceremony).
Originally Posted By mousermerf Glorified extension of marketing and PR. They do the same handshake/photo-op stuff we all have claimed "in over her head Meg" has been doing.
Originally Posted By dshyates This type of Disney corporate-speak is so ingrained in their corporate culture they don't even realize when they are doing it. I bought the D23 magazine that had a feature on the CA overhaul. I was so frustrated with the writing style that I put it down half way through the article. I just couldn't read anymore. I actually thought about posting something about it then, but I thought you guys would think I had lost my mind. Everything about the DisCo. is SOOOO contrived these days, it is really hard to stomach.
Originally Posted By Ohana <<<The silly symphony swings are stupid. We have swings like that at a crappy amusment park and no one even likes this attraction. I dont see how putting some disney pictures on the ride is going to make anyone want to ride it. Personally the idea of having the swings inside a giant orange is more interesting.>>> YES!!!!! also, as far as the ambassadors, they do work hard and are very nice. I work with them about 3 times a year and they work a lot with the media visiting which is quite a chore.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm sure they do a lot, but for being the public figureheads of the resort, I don't see them in many places. I do a pretty darn good job keeping up with DL in the news, yet I seldom see the ambassadors outside of the annual ambassador ceremonies. I did see that they were at the holiday food press event that LP had coverage of recently (with the chef making the yule log by ROA), but things like that aren't shown to most guests. I would bet that a lot of people will stumble upon these construction update videos, so it might be a nice way to give them some face time with the fans. If they don't want to do that, they could have somebody like Stacey in WDW. She hosts the Must Do's TV program that's on repeat on one of the channels in the hotels. She's perky and irritating, but in the absolute best ways possible (don't believe me? look at some of the old threads in the WDW section!). She is clearly having fun doing her job, as well as informing folks of the highlights at each park. It seems like the host guy for this video may have a similar role, since he said he would be hosting them again in the future. I just think it would be nice to have a little carryover from one video to another, and not just the Imagineers. I really like the idea of an informed bystander explaining things, since designers do seem to be out in their own little world so much of the time. Even the updates on the Disney Channel 5-10 years ago had kids (or robots) explaining the updates in a way that was clear and easily understood, without being too sugary. I had never really thought about it, butthe talking Imagineers in the Blue Sky Cellar video (as well as online updates) just don't get me as excited about projects as normal people do. It helps if the normal people aren't too rediculously excited, but I would rather it be them than some spacey designer.
