Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer iPad corrects "Pixie Dust" as "Oxide Dust". Seeing my real computer is out of commission again, and I currently despise Mr. Jobs, that gained some points back for them. LOL.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***The OLC didn't meet my high expectations ... in almost every area they not only exceeded them, but blew them clear out of Tokyo Bay*** I'm going to frame this and put it on my wall!
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Kinda depends on your vision of tomorrow, doesn't it? Could work if you're, say, 3 years old and "tomorrow" is the most awesome daycare ever!!<<< I was waiting to see who was going to call me on that. ;-)
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Oh come on, you KNOW why they are there! Family is having blast in (insert park name here) and are already mentally planning their next vacation to WDW. The DVC booth is there because they catch guests while they're enjoying the product they are selling. It's advertising 101, kids - putting them outside the parks won't be as effective. <<<< Show versus efficiency, rerember? If the show is ruined by something, take it out. I certainly feel that these loud, garish, and frankly unneeded advertisements disrupt the theme.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>>>>Best thing about those balls? Their name Balzac.<< I'm trying desperately to let my immaturity not get the best of me, and follow this up with some risky quip, but I'm finding it, in a word, hard.<<<<<< Something hard with the Balzac? *chucklesnort* Admin humor abounds.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***It's WAY more than just the average product. It's a investment*** Let's be even more honest here and call a spade a spade. Rather than investment, call it what it is...simple shilling.
Originally Posted By MousDad Awesome Post 59. What's bad is that WDW can't continue down this path. They've already been one-upped by the local competition, and they are on the verge of being rendered completely obsolete as a theme park entity if the competition proceeds with its imminent future plans. There needs to be a renaissance in Lake Buena Vista from top to bottom, and it needs to happen fast. The recent steps of FLE expansion and overhauls/refurbs (many of which are quite good in and of themselves) while in the right direction, are just baby steps. It needs to extend beyond that to the kinds of things Spirit is talking about. Legacy matters, but only when it is maintained.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Of course not. They are trying to live off a legacy that dates back well before they were alive and think they can do it by spouting off words like 'magic' ... 'wishes' ... 'dreams' ad nauseum. Oh, and make the next quarter's numbers better than the last or in comparison to the prior year.<<<< Great post, spirit and thanks for the kind words. Its interesting that you bring that point up once again. .... Could one of Disney's problems hay could easily be fixed be with it's marketing, plain and simple? Making distinctions for each park, and each theme, and each genre we see in WDW can't be too hard, right? I mean, when EPCOT premiered there were commercials JUST for it. Now, I understand that it was for it being new, but they continued! Well into the 80s. It gave EPCOT a image all of it's own, and one that was unique. I think that if WDW went back to treating their parks like that, instead of trying to unite them under half assed marketing schemes* giving the parks such a good, different image could only help how we view them. * not even talking about this "Memories" crap... I remember for YOAMD, the planning DVD continuously listed the different rides as "dreams". Soarin was the "Dream of Flight". The Nemo Pavilion was "Dreaming of Swimming like a Fish". Yeah, because EPCOT is all about dreams and Pixie Dust. Gag.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>>***It's WAY more than just the average product. It's a investment*** Let's be even more honest here and call a spade a spade. Rather than investment, call it what it is...simple shilling.<<<< You are right, it is what it is.
Originally Posted By CaptainMichael <<It's WAY more than just the average product. It's a investment>> roflmao The typical DVC owner ladies and gentlemen. Somewhere, Jay Rasulo is doing his best Cheney sneer.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Oh come on, you KNOW why they are there! Family is having blast in (insert park name here) and are already mentally planning their next vacation to WDW. The DVC booth is there because they catch guests while they're enjoying the product they are selling. It's advertising 101, kids - putting them outside the parks won't be as effective. >> Bollocks. They'd have the same effect outside the park or at the resorts.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<I'm trying desperately to let my immaturity not get the best of me, and follow this up with some risky quip, but I'm finding it, in a word, hard.>> Trust me, it dawned on me during my training at Epcot when I got to the park at like 6 AM and they were setting the stand up. Can't go b without laughing ever since.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Show versus efficiency, rerember? >> Means absolutely nothing to 90% of WDW management. Sad, but true.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Somewhere, Jay Rasulo is doing his best Cheney sneer.>> Yea, I'm surprised WDW didn't get Harry Potter considering Cheney was a Death Eater during Voldemort's rise.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>The typical DVC owner ladies and gentlemen.<<< I would never buy in, but for that serious amount of money, I would call it an investment. Unless you can throw that chunk of change around and not have second thoughts, Mike? LOL.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Bollocks. They'd have the same effect outside the park or at the resorts.<<<< NONE! Always deserted. >>>Means absolutely nothing to 90% of WDW management.<<< Doesn't mean it shouldn't be said, then. Its a problem to be fixed. >>>Yea, I'm surprised WDW didn't get Harry Potter considering Cheney was a Death Eater during Voldemort's rise.<<<< Hah. I guess Dumbledore is working for Uni?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I can't imagine anything more relaxing than sitting on the toilet looking at a DVC advertisement in front of me. ---- I don't know - that advert with Goofy peering around the corner for best kept secret might be more than a little creepy in the bathroom--
Originally Posted By vbdad55 The ones in EPCOT certainly do. They are not cohesive, they are covered in Disney imagery and logos, they just don't fit. --- they could be better themed to the land they are by I agree- but to say they are out of place. Is not one of the reasons for world showcase to promote tourism to the countries there. DVC trips to these countries do just that --that is why I said if anywhere they belong it is there
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Let's be even more honest here and call a spade a spade. Rather than investment, call it what it is...simple shilling. -------------------- --- well yeah - they are still a stockholder owned corporation right ? They sell their product, there is little in the way of surprise here
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Bollocks. They'd have the same effect outside the park or at the resorts ---------------- placement ! location ! timing ! -- sorry but it is marketing 101 -- who stops outside the parks ? People are either hurrying in or hurrying out...
