Originally Posted By oc_dean okay ... for your regular APers who've been to the park in the last few days ... what's going on with Innoventions? Is it shut? Any word about what they are doing with it?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Film attractions based on a movie or a particular rock/pop star get out of date very quickly. I think Magic Journey's would have aged more gracefully than either EO or HISTA. I also think Mickey's Philharmagic will be around for a long time without feeling "old".
Originally Posted By phruby Innoventions is surrounded by a wall now. No word on what will be put in there beyond the Disneyland Museum rumor that doesn't sound too outrageous to be true. Personally I like the nine year old Miceage rumor that the flying saucers will be put in Innoventions with a Buzz Lightyear theme and lots of black lights. But I think the "temporary" museum is much more likely.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "what's going on with Innoventions? Is it shut?" <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://datelinedisneyland.smugmug.com/DisneylandResort/2015/040615-Edited-Update-Photos/i-XpxCXwf/0/X2/DSC_2344-X2.jpg">http://datelinedisneyland.smug...4-X2.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By trekkeruss "I think Magic Journey's would have aged more gracefully than either EO or HISTA" I can't watch Magic Journeys. It's too obviously 3D gimmicky and the song is insipid. At least with Captain EO, if it didn't have the 3D, the musical numbers are entertaining. As a film-based attraction, for me it is/was the worst one in EPCOT.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Why would a lead actor show up to their movie premier/massive media event in disguise?" Because Michael Jackson was bonkers." It would surprise me less to hear that he showed up in a costume than that he didn't attend at all or that he came as himself. Did you read the recent article where Russell Crowe said that Michael Jackson used to prank phone call him over the period of two or three years? Using juvenile jokes along the lines of "Is there a Mr Wall there? or a Mrs Wall? Then what's keeping the ceilings up?!" Michael Jackson really was bonkers.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt >>Did you read the recent article where Russell Crowe said that Michael Jackson used to prank phone call him over the period of two or three years? Using juvenile jokes along the lines of "Is there a Mr Wall there? or a Mrs Wall? Then what's keeping the ceilings up?!"<< I can't wait to do this to my friends.
Originally Posted By Disneylandfan85 >>Whoever runs that blog is obviously trained as to what questions to answer, how to answer them, and which comments to post. God forbid anyone says anything negative about anything the park management does.<< Can anyone tell me what that blog is?
Originally Posted By oc_dean Thanks Hans. That's a rare sight ... to see Innoventions surrounded by a construction wall. I'm not taking it for granted .. it's just for something small. One never knows what's up with Disney's sleeves! But I doubt it's to demolish it. Not in a major anniversary year.
Originally Posted By Disneylandfan85 >>But I doubt it's to demolish it. Not in a major anniversary year.<< But what about after the anniversary, even immediately after?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Also, keep in mind that there were construction walls surrounding the Subs for a large portion of the 50th. Obviously, they didn't completely demolish it during an anniversary, but it was a less-than-scenic area for a very long time
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt We're approaching the year's halway mark and the Castle's decorations are barely done and no new birthday shows, events or parades have been launched. Marketing for the 60th has been minimal and there's no media buzz beyond the fan community. As landmark DL birthday's go this one hasn't been pretty lackluster so far.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Considering that most of the 60th stuff is entertainment, I'm not too surprised that there hasn't been a ton of buzz for it. They typically don't have any images or video of it until right around the time it premieres, which makes it hard to advertise on a wide scale Additionally, it does sound like they're somewhat behind on various aspects. They just announced that the 'new' Disneyland Band would be debuting on July 17, even though the 60th promotion begins on May 22; I wouldn't be surprised if some other smaller things trickled out after the event officially kicked off I'm actually surprised that the castle decorations are so far along already. For the 50th, they waited to install the additions until overnight hours the day before the event began. I assume there must be some special lighting that needs to be programmed, which is why they got a head start this time; it seems like the "snow" at Christmas always takes a while to get setup because of that same reason. I don't think any of the other decorations for the 50th ('hidden' 50-Mickeys, photo-mosaics, etc) began to appear until a week or two before everything began. It's hard to build buzz when there aren't any visible changes, but I expect they're working on it backstage
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "It's hard to build buzz when there aren't any visible changes, but I expect they're working on it backstage" I guess I'm thinking of the previous events (before the 50th) when they gave away big prizes for guests at the gate, launched huge daytime parades (Pardi Gras Parade - it's Disneyland BIG!), special anniversary stage shows, tons of coverage all year long in the media, and televised star-studded TV specials. This time around it feels like they're just going through the motions and directing the promotion to die-hard fans and locals. Maybe once it's all in motion it'll feel more in line with previous birthdays, but to me it seems like they've been dragging this launch since January.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I agree that it feels like they've been dragging the announcements, especially since they had the non-announcement on July 17 last year and the non-event press event in January But even with the old promotions of the past, how much hype did they do before they began? I wasn't anywhere near soCal, so I never saw ads for them, but I would be surprised if they started running ads several months before the stuff in the park actually happened. I'm sure we'll get the usual line-up of Disney celebs and various ads once everything is up and running, but it's just hard to do that before anything has been rehearsed yet
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "But even with the old promotions of the past, how much hype did they do before they began?" I guess I thought it had already started. lol. Maybe that's why I'm confused.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Nope, it doesn't start until May 22 : ) It also seems like all of the big things (nighttime parade, new fireworks) have been rumored for so many years that they've been "preparing" for the 60th for close to a decade, even though these iterations of them are fairly recent
