Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^In all honesty, I'd spend a day in WDW for Epcot and not worry about any of the other WDW parks.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Wow, what a TURKEY! >> For a decade now WDW Co. management has firmly believed that entertainment whether it is parades, spectacles or streetmosphere is nothing short of a waste of capital. They believe it has no impact whatsoever on guest attendance patterns at WDW - despite the fact that folks will happily camp out to see the tired existing parades for some time prior to step-off therein keeping people inside the berm for longer. A parade like Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade (which I've always had a soft spot for) is exactly what WDW should be producing. The simple fact is that they refuse to give WDI Creative Entertainment any budget whatsoever - instead all of the entertainment is produced on a shoestring (relatively speaking) by inexperienced and out-of-their-depth show producers in the swamps. It is a sad indictment on live entertainment at WDW when Steven Davison and the other creative directors have never created a parade at WDW unlike every other resort around the world. Truly remarkable.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Watched the video -- holy cow, a parade that lasts under 7 minutes? It's Disney's Short Attention Span Pixar Parade. : /
Originally Posted By magic0214 TP2000, I would go to DAK, I really enjoy the park, and if you haven't been in years, Everest, Finding Nemo, and (me being the lone descenting voice) Primeval Whirl being very nice and fun attractions.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>It's about to the point where the current WDW management is even worse than Disneyland management circa 1998-2003. Who the heck is running that place out there???<<< TDO. I am slowly getting more and more disgusted, not just annoyed. Not happy.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>^^^In all honesty, I'd spend a day in WDW for Epcot and not worry about any of the other WDW parks.<<< Good point! LOL.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Saw a decent YouTube video of this new 6:20 minute long parade. Yup, it clocks in at 6:20, from cheap starting banner to closing rope line. << How long was the Block Party parade? I caught that at the end of December and thought it was pretty short. (And considering how much praise I'd heard about it, I was fairly underwhelmed.) I think the last parade I really liked at MGM was the Aladdin parade with the camels that are parked next to the Adventureland spinner. (When was that Aladdin parade? Mid to late 90s?)
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Thank you for your explanation of how things work behind the scenes, leemac, duckling. What you had to say certainly makes sense. It's just very sad. ORWEN: It's getting to the point where we feel we have to be glad we have any Disney theme parks at all! Walt Disney World is becoming more like Hong Kong Disneyland every day. ORGOCH: Got Toy Story Playland?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<How long was the Block Party parade? I caught that at the end of December and thought it was pretty short. (And considering how much praise I'd heard about it, I was fairly underwhelmed.)>> BPB was a good 10 minutes at least at each show stop, but I could be wrong. <<I think the last parade I really liked at MGM was the Aladdin parade with the camels that are parked next to the Adventureland spinner. (When was that Aladdin parade? Mid to late 90s?)>> I fricken remember that! One of my earliest memories there. Ahhh....good times.
Originally Posted By leobloom >>BPB was a good 10 minutes at least at each show stop, but I could be wrong. << Oh, I don't think I saw it at a show stop. I was close to Star Tours when it passed, so that probably influenced by opinion. >> I fricken remember that! One of my earliest memories there. Ahhh....good times. << Yeah, I have fond memories of the Aladdin parade. Not sure if it was because of my age, or if it was genuinely more entertaining than the recent crop of MGM parades.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Watching that Block Party parade wore me out. Those kids had spool much energy. When people are lined up for and watching parades, they are not spending money. And there's no dreaded gift shop at the end of the parade. Total waste of money
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Proofreading doesn't work. I KNOW I typed sooo. Silly iPod has spell check.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: I remember the Aladdin parade from the early 90's, too! It was so well done! Over time the quality of the parades in Florida have just gone down hill so much. It's unforgiveable, if you ask this cauldron gal!!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Well, on the brightside, the parade doesn't last long enough for guests to get sick of the music. : / The parade had some potential, but there was just nothing to it. The floats were bland, the choreography was simple at best, and there were hardly any dancers. I think the biggest problem is that there was no variety throughout the course of the parade. The cones at the end look silly because there are really only two basic floats, and then the end. A parade with simple floats can get by with lots of good dancers, but there just weren't enough of them, and their choreography was laughably simple. With a lot of the shows (like Block Party Bash and DL's Celebrate! A Street Party), the performers put so much into the show that if nothing else, you get into it because of them. While it's not quite the Disney magic they promote in the commercials, there's just something about seeing a whole crew of CMs drenched in sweat on a really hot day, still giving it their all in the third 13-minute show stop in a row. This parade simply doesn't have that. And it won't because it was designed in a way that will allow the performers to show off any sort of semblence of talent. Not only is this parade bad, but it really is an embarrasment to the folks who perform in it every day. And the boat on Echo Lake looks like it's in need of a paint job, like 10 years ago. Has it ever been painted? It needs help, just like the parade...
