Originally Posted By Manfried If this would finally force Aladdin to depart that theater, then I say bring it. Time for a new show. Aladdin is a tired old show, it has lost its magic.
Originally Posted By tonyanton Maybe a move to the Hyperion would free up some refurb money to finally start retheming the theater and that whole corner of Hollywoodland away from the whole..."it's supposed to look fake! it's a set, but it's not" attempt from 2001.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>Dean - I'm not seeing it either, even when I go to your "albums" page. There are 14 albums, the most recent being from December 2010. No Candlelight. << This is frikin strange! Sorry folks ... I gotta think of something. Perhaps I'll move the pics to another album .. and see what happens. >>Starbucks on Main Street can't come soon enough. The Nescafe dreck is horrible, and the kids at the Jolly Holiday couldn't make a decent Latte or Mocha if they had a gun held to their head. << Include into your list Cappuccinos! I wanted to say to them: You know when you make a cappuccino ... there's a little thing called chocolate powder that you put on the top. Their idea of the chocolate topping .. is chocolate sauce! Can I say - DUH?! (See .. my problem after living in Australia for over 3 years now ... I've gotten use to getting coffees - the old fashion European way! We Americans are far behind Europe and Australia .... when it comes to coffee drinks! And "chain" businesses ... is not exactly the answer! LOL )
Originally Posted By oc_dean Oh .. I forget to add ... Jolly Holiday didn't do any chocolate topping at all - On cappichinos. I had to ask. And I won't be asking for chocolate sauce again in the future. I just won't bother. I'm having a Joan Crawford ("If you can't clean the floor properly Helga, don't bother at all")- moment. If they can't make a proper cappuccino drink .. DON'T BOTHER AT ALL! ;-)
Originally Posted By TP2000 I blame the training. I'm just so embarrassed for those kids in the Jolly Holiday because I can tell they are nice and try hard, but they've been plucked from the middle class tract homes of Orange County with no cultural reference for real espresso drinks and no one at Disney has told them how to really make a proper Latte or espresso drink. If it was just the local convenience store and they were making this dreck for their fellow OC tract home inhabitants, that would be fine. But they are working at Disneyland, and they are serving people from Seattle and Portland and Australia and locals who have travelled the world beyond the 91 Freeway and know what to expect when one orders an espresso drink. Disney doesn't train these CM's very well at all, that's all it boils down to.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: My sisters and I have never really liked the fact that the Candle light Processional was held on Main Street. Aside from being vulerable to bad weather conditions, not enough guests could really see it well enough to enjoy it. A move to the Hyperion Theatre could work out so much better--if done correctly. ORWEN: Yeah, then Town Square wouldn't get all bottle-necked the way is always has. I say move it to the Hyperion. It'll help DCA's attendance figures to keep going higher, too. ORGOCH: 'Til some goomer goes an' drops a candle an' burns the place down! Got a match?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>A move to the Hyperion Theatre could work out so much better--if done correctly. << I totally agree.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Okay .. the link should be fine now.... <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/ocdean/CandlelightProcessionalDecember62012?authkey=Gv1sRgCKz78LGiopv6Yw" target="_blank">http://picasaweb.google.com/oc...Giopv6Yw</a> I stumbled on a new default Picasa has changed. It was set for only myself to see. I now changed it so that anyone with the link can see them.
Originally Posted By oc_dean But who needs my photos ... something off the web: <a href="http://www.chipandco.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/clp102612LARGE.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.chipandco.com/wp-co...ARGE.jpg</a> It's so wide ... it's even cropped in this widescreen pic! Here's the Hyperion Stage - <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YSmsmbI8kck/TsMab80rMPI/AAAAAAAAAZw/QjhavBEnBUw/s1600/hyperion-theater-inside-california-adventure.jpg" target="_blank">http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YSms...ture.jpg</a> They'll end up making compromises! I say NO One big fat NO! Don't ruin it !!
Originally Posted By oc_dean There's a magic in the night sky above Town Square? You won't get that in the artificial environment, in an enclosed theater. Rather than the actual processional have the castle in the background .. and the towering 60 foot Christmas Tree in the center of Town Square ... will be a narrow seating isle.
Originally Posted By oc_dean I really wish there was an edit feature here. I didn't intend on a question mark in my first sentence there. I meant to type an exclamation point.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Here's the Hyperion Stage " To be fair that image shows the stage with a ton of props for the Aladdin show. Although not as wide as the Main Street Depot, it's a pretty big stage. I imagine that something would be lost if the show were moved to the Hyperion, however, if Disney wants to present the show 20 nights in row then I think moving it makes sens for all the reasons stated here.
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 It really needs to be somewhere covered and out of the elements. I had seats to Saturday and Sunday's performances and during both it started lightly drizzling and they had to cancel the rest of the show, one after 30 minutes and the other after only 10 minutes. And if they make it a paid event and have to cancel, there'll be some very unhappy guests.
Originally Posted By tashajilek "I'm ashamed to say that I have never seen the Christmas Candlelight Procession" Me too. I saw a few minutes at Epcot last year and continued on my way.
Originally Posted By berol I'd put the first or last night outdoors and put the rest inside. There isn't a perfect location, so this isn't about ruining anything.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo Caught it for the first time (in either resort) a few days ago in Epcot. While I find the Natvity story kind of ho hum (the end of his life was certainly more interesting than the beginning), the music was sublime and moving. Still don't want it full time on Main Street.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I have no doubt that the whole performance would be very well done in the Hyperion. It also would probably be a huge cost savings as well, not having to deal with the crowd control issues rerouting, lost revenue to Main Street shops, etc. I've seen some pretty awe-inspiring set designs for live theater stage productions through the years. Disney does this better than anyone. I think it would be different than what has come before, but it could actually be better.
Originally Posted By juicer I remember when they had the candelight at the Fantaslyland theater for a few years - the sets were beautiful - and it was so much more comfortable!
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>lost revenue to Main Street shops<< Actually .. by routing people on the sidewalks ... that forces people to be closer to the shops .. and some use the shops to cut through ... "Oh, look what's on that rack - I have to it!" ... Where originally .. that person would have just shot down the middle of the Main Street road. So ... your theory is blown out the window 2oony. ;p
Originally Posted By oc_dean I understand people's frustration when it rains .. and they loose out on that performance ... But as native of oc (I don't call myself ocdean for nothin') .... the vast majority of Decembers I've grown up with ... are mostly dry. Jan and Feb is when the rains set in. An enclosed superficial environment is never going to replicate the "night air" magic for me ... and how the show works in with the different Disneyland icons! Much like Fantasmic in WDW is nowhere as magical is DL's ... WDW's is on a stage! DL's .. uses other attractions into the show - The island, the Rivers of America, Mark Twain, Columbia ..... Anytime you have some show ... that is made BIGGER using the surrounding buildings, attractions, other elements ... It just increases the overall MAJESTY, and breathtaking "AWE" of it.
