Originally Posted By dlkozy Well, my friends, when our high school band marches down MS on that Saturday-yell out "HEY KOZY" and I'll wave!
Originally Posted By Audrey We're flying down from Seattle and there will be 4 of us. Do you think it will be possible for us to have 1-2 in our group hold our place and then switch. That way, we can enjoy the park and hold a place at the red carpet when the stars arrive? Any tips you can give me would be greatly appreciated!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I bet you could probably do that for a good portion of the time. It will become clear when it starts getting really crowded, and at that point I would suggest you all wait, so you're not getting in anybody's way at the last moment, but I see no reason that people would care if there were two people saving spots for two more at 10:00 in the morning. Seems normal enough to me.
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk Enjoy the park?! LOL. The closer it got to star time, the less you could move. You will be alright in the am traveling around the main street area, but you may not be able to get back along the red carpet the closer it is to the stars appearing. You better decide if you want to enjoy the park or take a seat along the red carpet. I did not move from my spot from 10 am till they cleared us out of Disneyland. This year's event sounds like it may be alot more popular than last. Bring blankets to sit on, plenty of water to drink, snacks, a deck of cards, some sort of a mist machine as it was very hot and a camera.
Originally Posted By dlkozy Last year, during the day, did they end up closing the gates to DL at all?
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Not even close if I remember correctly. I know we left the park at about 3pm to go back to our room for a dinner.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer The Band will NOT march down Main Street on Saturday the 17th. They might perform at the Carnation Plaza Gardens stage, and even match from "small world" to the area, but Main Street is blocked off and won't be accessible. They might also be sent to DCA and march down the Entertainment Corridor there. But due to all the equipment and platforms set up on Main Street and the Hub, there is no way that any large group can march thru the area.
Originally Posted By dlkozy WOW-this is NOT the info that DL has sent our band at all! First, when asked before we chose our dates they denied the premiere being that weekend. Then now to find out from you, Darkbeer, they are not even going to be allowed to march down MS. These kids are raising a lot of money to go down there and I find it INEXCUSABLE for DL to be so DISHONEST about this!
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Disney always says that things are "Subject to Change", and alas, there is still no "Official" notice of the media event, but here is some confirmation... <a href="http://www.thedisneyblog.com/tdb/2007/02/pirates_of_the_.html" target="_blank">http://www.thedisneyblog.com/t db/2007/02/pirates_of_the_.html</a> >>The stars are beginning to align for the very real possibility that the premiere for the third installment of Disney's popular Pirates Of The Caribbean movie series will be held at Disneyland on May 19th. I've now had two sources confirm that cast members are being told to prepare for the Pirates movie premier and the Disneyland official calendar now shows a special event happening on the 19th. That's similar to what happened for the premiere event last year. That said, there is still no official announcement from Disneyland or the movie studio on the time and place for the premier of P3. So I would urge you not to spend your life savings to be at Disneyland for this, as yet, unconfirmed event. But I did promise I would post something as soon as I knew a bit more. So here it is. Get in line for red carpet photos and autographs with your favorite stars including Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Kiera Knightly. Let the Pirate dancing begin. Also you might want to consider making hotel reservations for a room close to the park for that night. You can usually cancel those with little or no penalty with advanced notice (read your reservation agreement carefully). << So if you contact Disney next week, more than likely they will say the event is not happening... What I have posted is based on PAST events, and I can not say with 100% certainty that it will be the rule in 2007. But on the other hand, IF the premiere is held on the 19th, that Main Street will be PACKED with folks along the Red Carpet, along with all the Media bleachers and stands for the event. My guess, when they first made arrangements, Disney had no real idea that the Media event would be that weekend, heck, the "insiders" just found out about it... Not that it wasn't expected, but nobody had the exact day (and there was strong rumors of it being held elsewhere). I wouldn't take Disney to task too much, but on the other hand, I would see if they would work with you to make some "improvements" due to the Premiere....
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>>"My guess, when they first made arrangements, Disney had no real idea that the Media event would be that weekend, heck, the "insiders" just found out about it... Not that it wasn't expected, but nobody had the exact day (and there was strong rumors of it being held elsewhere)."<<< Disney put the dates out there for the schools to pick-the LEAST that they should have done was NOT to include that date on the list. THEY are responsible and I do not believe for one minute that they have not known for a very long time. I am not saying that the public needed to know that their precious POC movie was going to premiere that day-but as I said-the 19th should never have been an option. Total disregard for the amount of work 100 plus kids had to do to afford this trip. I am disgusted.
Originally Posted By Waistcoated Rabbit Hi everyone! I'm a new member..but not that new.. I've been hiding in the shadows for about a year reading the posts (wow that looks a lot creepier typed out! hahah), and I just thought why haven't I registered yet?? So hello hello! Anyways.. I'm really excited about the premiere! I'll most definitely be there with a friend and her mother (who is very, Very obsessed with Johnny Depp. Very.) I was thinking of something to get autographed by Mr.Depp (or any POTC star!) and I thought of the perfect thing! A Jack Sparrow silhouette from the Silhouette Studio! Anyone else have anything specific that they'd like autographed?
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub DLKozy maybe the event will not be along Main Street because last year the celebrities took forever to work their way down the Street. Maybe it will be only on the TSIsland and New Orleans area.Does anybody know anything more to report?
Originally Posted By sjohnston_26 Will th park be extra busy all week before POC or just Friday and Saturday?
Originally Posted By Lisann22 It doesn't seem that Disney will reveal any info any time soon. All anyone here can do is answer what happen in years past. To say any of this will happen again this year is all spectulation at this point. Maybe information will leak out as it gets closer or Disney will actually give a press release. Last year it wasn't even really any less or more crowded than a normal June weekend. You have to remember last year it was not only the Premire but soft opening for Pirates all at the same time. This year it's possibly the opening of TSI in May and the Premiere, so yeah it'll probably be another crowded June weekend.
