Originally Posted By juicer Does anyone know if the England Pavillion at EPCOT is selling any royal wedding merchandise?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper Yes, it's selling some. But I can't for the life of me understand why. Then again, I can't for the life of me understand why the royal wedding means anything to anyone, but hey, what are you gonna do.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper Every few months. I just remember seeing Royal Wedding merch in an update somewhere on the interwebs. May even have been here. Not sure.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^Why should anyone care? Seriously. In the USA? As a young Spirit, I wondered the same thing with Diana and Chuck. Why does this matter to anyone in this country?
Originally Posted By sjhym333 I was out at EPCOT today and walked thru the stores in the UK Pavillion and didnt notice any, though I wasn't really looking for it either. I did see some cool Beatles and Guiness stuff though. Will have to go back and pick some of it up. I was actually pretty surprised at the crowds in the park four days before Easter. Busy but not holiday busy. Soarin was running around 100 mins at noon and many of the other attractions (except Test Track) were in the 5-15 min range. Surprising to me for this time of the year.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Here are some pictures of the merchandise, from a recent LP Lotion update. I'm still baffled as to why people would want it, but it's there for the buying. (And I just got back from international travel, and it's on the CNN World all the time...ugh!) <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/Lotion-View-1180-2.asp" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplace.com/L...80-2.asp</a>
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<And I just got back from international travel, and it's on the CNN World all the time...ugh!>> Yea...I just don't get it. I mean no offense to the Brits out there, but to me this is akin to making a big deal out of Paris Hilton's wedding or something like that. The only reason these people are known is because who they were born to.
Originally Posted By juicer Thank you FerrerAfros Some of the ladies of my family would like one of those mugs for Christmas.
Originally Posted By Kevin Flynn Why are some here so critical of the royal wedding? It is hugely something that is British as British current events can be. It makes perfect sense to have it represented in the Epcot pavilion at this time. Hello. Just because you dont have a personal interest in it (Neither do I) it makes logical sense for there to be sone evidence at the pavillion concerning it. Well unless you dont want the pavilion to change or reflect England I suppose.,
Originally Posted By Kevin Flynn I don't like fish, so I don't know why they serve fish in the restaurant at the Norway pavilion.
Originally Posted By Bolna I wouldn't be interested in buying Royal Wedding Merchandise, but I think it is quite appropriate that the UK pavillion offers some. It appears that the stuff is being sold everywhere in the UK - according to an article I read, they expect the revenue from souvenir sales in the UK to be 220 million GBP. So I think it fits way better in the UK in World Showcase then the Karamell-Küche in Germany!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Without getting into a psychology discussion, we as Americans love the spectacle of the the "royal". We may not want to be ruled by a monarchy, but we enjoy witnessing the pomp and circumstance of it all. The example may be 50 years out of date, but look at our fascination with the Kennedy administration and America's Camelot. I believe this is why we, as a culture not necessarily individuals, enjoy watching celebutantes like Paris and celebrities in general. If one of the managers at work hadn't announced it would be on in our multi-purpose room I would give it a pass entirely, but since it may be a chance to get a way from my desk, I may end up watching some of it.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 My issues/comments weren't about selling royals crap at the UK pavilion (I mean, they probably are selling Thor merchandise at Norway right now, which is much worse). My comment was related to the fact anyone in the USA would care about it. Now, the fact that ET was too cheap to buy Joan Collins a First Class ticket to cover it is priceless ... but not what is being discussed here.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Does anybody remember if they had any merchandise for the Charles/Diana wedding? I'm too young, but I assume that the general public buzz around it was at least the same level as this one, right?
Originally Posted By Bolna I guess they won't be carrying the apparently succesful "I am not a Royal Wedding mug" mug produced by an organization who promotes that Britain should become a republic: <a href="http://www.republic.org.uk/What%20we%20want/In%20the%20news/?command=fe_show_press_release&press_release_id=325" target="_blank">http://www.republic.org.uk/Wha...e_id=325</a>
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb IIRC Charles and Dianna married before EPCOT opened. Thor Merch (at least the new movie or comic version of Thor) would not fit in the Norway pavilion at all and I'd hate to see it there. But the fact is London and much of England has Royal Wedding merch covering POP shelves all over the place. This makes it a valid product line for the UK pavilion. I wouldn't purchase so much as a commemorative thimble myself, but it's a valid product line and if it's there, it's selling.
