Originally Posted By Mr X Dave, excellent advice your neck of the woods. Thanks! I certainly hope to get there someday (someday soon would be even better, have you heard about any gigs for me? ).
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo You could always bring a show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Dave, Blast went down very well years ago! But we have bought a guidebook on Japan to start prioritising (from what I have read so far, we will need a year ;-) But it is getting real. My folks are financially on the brink, so that is stopping us right now. But I am feeling once I secure another contract, a Japanese trip could happen sooner than later for the Baloos. Question is - Christmas, Easter or Summer (summer is better for time, but worried about weather and crowds).
Originally Posted By Mr X ***You could always bring a show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Dave, Blast went down very well years ago!*** Great advice, thanks! I will certainly look into it! ***from what I have read so far, we will need a year ;-)*** lol. Well, I suppose that could be true for ANY country or big region...there's so much great stuff out there to see and do! ***My folks are financially on the brink, so that is stopping us right now.*** Very sorry to hear that! I hope things improve soon. ***But I am feeling once I secure another contract, a Japanese trip could happen sooner than later for the Baloos.*** But very happy to hear THAT, sounds neat! See ya when you get here! ***Question is - Christmas, Easter or Summer (summer is better for time, but worried about weather and crowds).*** EASTER, without a doubt. If you get lucky and the timing is right, you'll land in the midst of cherry blossom season (the most beautiful season in Japan far and away!), but even if not, the weather is decent, the crowds are light so long as you avoid school holidays (worth your while to research that!), and in any case you'll avoid the crap weather and crushing crowds of either Christmas OR summer (both ultra-nasty times to visit honestly...I never go to the parks or ANY public events at those times!). That'd be my advice, anyway. FWIW.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Cool, I will look into easter. The heavy handed approach to taking kids out of school in the UK is rediculous, and Sarah will not go unless it is 2 weeks or more. So we are kind of tied up. When are the spring break dates in Japan?
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Cool, I will look into easter. The heavy handed approach to taking kids out of school in the UK is rediculous, and Sarah will not go unless it is 2 weeks or more. So we are kind of tied up.*** Understandable all around. I would say that 2 weeks is reasonable, or at the very least 11-12 days (the jetlag alone is a bitch as you are well aware!). ***When are the spring break dates in Japan?*** I'm not entirely sure, but I'm sure if you post an inquiry to the Tokyo section MagicalNezumi or others could detail the situation for you easily.
Originally Posted By barboy ///which resort is better?/// TDR, overall, is far superior to DlP resort. Disneyland Parc easily trumps Tokyo Disneyland and word has it Buffalo Bills is a can't miss dinner show; I suspect that I'd find it damn good(but I wonder if its popularity is due to the fact that western Euros have some off the wall, maybe arbitrary fixation with the US's 'Old West' and that the show would not pack 'em in if presented in the US....in other words overrated if viewed by many USAers, hmmm?) But Tokyo has; superior lodging/hotels including the finest Disney Hotel----Mira Costa a much better 'downtown district'(Ikspirari) WAY, WAY better cast and service by far the cleanest and well maintained property in the Disney Chain a monorail cool retro transports(buses) the most pronounced Disney 'magic'/intangibles of the 5 destinations the most mind blowingly beautiful theme park anywhere....Disney Sea
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Well as an american who has seen Buffalo Bills on 18 occassions, it is the best dinner show Disney has ever done and beats Medieval Times, Arabian Nights and all those other shows. This is done right, with historic accuracy (until they introduced that damn mouse last year)
Originally Posted By barboy I wrote "word has it Buffalo Bills is a can't miss dinner show" specifically because of you, dave and u k fan(I think it was u k fan but I'm not 100% sure). I theorize that Buffalo Bill's overwhelming popularity is due to: 1)not much competition on property(unlike WDW) 2)it's done well with a strong budget 3)western Euros have a deep curiosity and fascination with Las Vegas/cowboys & Indians/frontier/high Sierra/great Plains/old west legends. I also theorize that if played in the US it would not have near the following irrespective of how well the show is executed. I will now call this theory the ***HASSELHOFF EFFECT*** whereby, inexplainably, a purely US feature attracts far more popularity in another culture than in the US itself.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo But Barboy, it is not always that popular. Plus it is better than Wild Bill's and Dixie Stampide, which play in the US. I am also comparing it to seeing the Luau and Hoop De Doo at WDW, Pirates and Medieval Times in Buena Park, and Arabian Nights in Orlando. This is better than all of those. It is increadible well done. What is interesting is we used to have an aquatic circus by Murliele Hermene that was alot like Curque du Soliel's O, and that did not do well at all. Again, I really enjoyed that too, but again, it was no BBWWS.
