Originally Posted By FerretAfros If even half of what Westsider described is actually done, I totally want to be able to stay there. I would want to stay there anyway (I really couldn't care less about being locked in), but that just sealed the deal. I've been to DL on 23 seperate days since YOAMD began, and I haven't won anything (I do usually get there a little later, but still...), so I think it's just about my turn to win, and win big! : )
Originally Posted By oc_dean I can understand keeping inline with the color scheme of the "Year of a million dreams" campaign. But OH GOD! I think for being in New Orleans .. it could have been ~a bit~ more tasteful!
Originally Posted By jonvn I don't really think New Orleans and tasteful are exactly the same sort of thing. New Orleans is loud and raunchy and drunk.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Yeah, New Orleans' French Quarter can be charming, but for some reason classy doesn't really come to mind when I think of the place. Certainly not the word understated. As someone else pointed out, Walt Disney's original apartment on Main Street could be considered to be in poor taste: <a href="http://www.theghoulishgallery.com/foyer/1.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.theghoulishgallery. com/foyer/1.jpg</a> To each his own I guess.
Originally Posted By irishfan Is there a possibility of another gallery every opening up somewhere else? There's certainly spots they could I'm sure. How about in DCA?<< I heard a rumor that it will be relocated to the Plaza Pavilion.
Originally Posted By bambifamily Plaza Pavilion would be the best location! It's in the heart of Disneyland...and art is Disneyland's "life blood."
Originally Posted By DlandDug I hope everyone got to see the LP article about this suite. ( <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/LotionView-575.asp" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplace.com/L otionView-575.asp</a> ) I was in the Suite on Tuesday, and while many adjectives suggested themself, "tacky" wasn't one of them. A big Thank You to Westsider for clearing up a lot of misconceptions about what a "hardship" it would be to spend a night in this apartment. I will try to address a few other concerns that have been raised here. The decor is about par with a high class "classy" hotel. It's glitzier than a Ritz-Carlton, but certainly nothing like the vulgarity of some of the faux "historical" hotels on the Las Vegas Strip. (And even Las Vegans know what I'm talkin' about!) The special effects I saw were subtle and tasteful. There were no disco balls, no whirling lights, and no blaring soundtracks. The effects are also triggered, for the most part, by the guests themselves. So if you don't want the "Magical Bath Experience" (that description cracks me up every time I hear it), then don't hit the clearly marked switch on the wall. But the point is, it's the Disneyland Dream Suite. It's supposed to be something more than just another over-scaled, over-decorated suite. I also believe that there are many effects in this sute because Disney realized that guests will need more to do once they are inside the suite. (The TVs are concealed in furniture and a large mirror in the Frontierland bedroom. There is also internet access.) It is also absolutely not true that only wholesome families of four win these things. Last year a friend of mine, a single Annual Passholder, was the big winner of the Mickey Suite one day. There was a flurry of phone calls, and a mixed bag of friends and family stayed the night. Disney never blinked. (It's not for nothing they are so highly rated in the travel industry.) I cannot be sure about the other suites. (There is the Mickey Mouse Penthouse and the Pirates Suite.) I have been told that they will now be available for rental. As far as losing the Disney Gallery, I agree that it was a wonderful place. i miss it. But I also recognize that Disneyland is always changing. The Gallery was originally supposed to be a private apartment. It was then a hospitality suite for the exclusive use of a corporate sponsor. Then it was offices. Then it was a gallery/retail outlet. Now it is a hotel suite. Right now we all have a better chance of staying there than anybody did in the first twenty years of its existence! Walt's apartment over the firehouse has also been slandered here. It, too, is far from tacky. The word I would use for it is quaint. It was decorated by a professional art director, under the supervision of Mrs. Walt Disney, a woman of great taste. It was intended to reflect a fantasy version of the late nineteenth century. There is no flocked wall paper, and the carpet is actually a deep rose color. (Photos tend to make it look red.) I have won not one Dream in the YOAMD promotion, despite the fact that I have been to Disneyland many, many times since it began. Am I resentful of the promotion or those who have won? Not at all. But I do agree that my time has come. And I certainly won't be moaning about what a chore it will be to spend the night in the Disneyland Dream Suite!
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I've been trying to put my thoughts into words about how I feel about the Disney Suite. Allow me to preface by saying that I don't consider myself some macho-guy's guy -- I don't watch football on the weekends with my 'guy friends' and so forth. I think it's safe to say that with earrings, bleached hair, and a 'man-purse' -- I'm metrosexual through and through. I'm also a Disney fan, and have always enjoyed the parks and resorts for years. That said, when I see this Disney Suite, and hear things like 'The Goodnight Kiss' and these 'Moments of Magic' or whatever they're calling it, and the clock the plays 'Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing' and the guide starts getting breathless talking about it - the whole thing starts to get just a little sticky sweet for even me. The whole thing is a bit on the feminine side. Seems they could 'butch it up' a bit. I mean, I'm just sayin'
Originally Posted By jonvn They need to start hiring heterosexual men. I don't care about gay people being gay, having jobs, any of that. That's not it at all. It really means nothing to me. But when you hire almost exclusively from one segment of the population, you're going to start skewing your offerings to be more towards that group and their tastes to the exclusion of others. If they hired almost no one but French people, say, the place would start taking on a weirdly French slant. Their stuff is too precious. And that is what I think it comes from.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Yeah. My heart aches when I think about the thousands of straight male interior decorators who were passed over when this apartment was commissioned.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight IMOHO.. . Just for funsies,it would have been cool to have them decorate the Dream Suite like the Haunted Mansion ( not so much scarey for the kids though but the general decor) OR like the POTC decor. Just my own thoughts is all since it is in NOS. I'm just sayin.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Thanks for the info in your Great Post, Westsider! It's good to know that the logistics involved in awarding the Dream Suite has been so carefully thought out. (Though it now seems more than ever that a disproportionate amount of resources are being consumed to provide a treat to a very few.) And thanks, DlandDug, for the reassuring information that it's not just prototypical All-American families who can win a night in the Suite!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice "Vulgarity" is such an ugly word. Sin City, yep, that's my town. However, I've never had the word "vulgar" pop into my head upon entering any hotel room in the primary resort corridor. Perhaps if one is looking at the sleazy motel district, yeah. I imagine that word fits. But the mega resorts...? "Over-the-top," "Not my cup of tea," "Loud," or even "Garrish," I can accept... It's all a matter of opinion. I'm a little disappointed that one of my LP heroes finds "vulgarity" commonplace in my hometown. :-(
Originally Posted By wonderingalice And Westsider... You've got me pining for a win now. ;-) What a fun time for the lucky ones!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "If they hired almost no one but French people, say, the place would start taking on a weirdly French slant." Isn't that kind of the opposite of the problem that they had when they were building DLP? : )
Originally Posted By jonvn "My heart aches when I think about the thousands of straight male interior decorators who were passed over when this apartment was commissioned." Well, there has to be at least one somewhere.
Originally Posted By avromark The other thing we have to remember is Walt's Apartment was done in the 50's. Can anyone here that old honestly answer yes their home in the 50's would be considered up to date and stylish by todays standards?
