Originally Posted By Dabob2 Dalmatians! (I guess it's sort of both - the fire company is in toontown, but Cruella's trailer is in DCA. Blatantly misleading says I!)
Originally Posted By danyoung >...the ads for WDW that we see all the time here haven't mentioned which park a new attraction was opening in for as long as I can remember.< This is a gigantic point - that Disney in its general publicity design will point you to a general vacation area, but not to a specific park. And it's the same marketeers designing WDW commercials as DL's spots. No conspiracy, no attempt to hide anything. It's just the way they do it.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt " That same add is plastered all over San Francisco. It clearly says Disneyland Resort. I think you'd have to be pretty stupid to be a long time west coast resident and not know that there are TWO parks at DLR now.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Higher ups and marketing are pushing to get people to parkhop and to see the place as a resort." That sounds reasonable.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Sorry, my comment in post 103 was in response to darkbeer's comment, "Have you seen the Billboard, Bean?"
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>That same add is plastered all over San Francisco. It clearly says Disneyland Resort.<< I saw the billboards all over today as well. But it doesn't say "Toy Story Midway Mania" -- it just says "Toy Story Mania". Now how will people ever find the attraction in DCA? Misleading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They'll be running all around, right past Toy Story Midway Mania Looking for Toy Story Mania!!!!!!!!!! It's all so confusing and bewildering!!!!!! Vacations will be runined!!!!!! Think of the children!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Now how will people ever find the attraction in DCA? Misleading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They'll be running all around, right past Toy Story Midway Mania Looking for Toy Story Mania!!!!!!!!!! It's all so confusing and bewildering!!!!!! Vacations will be runined!!!!!! Think of the children!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<< And after several hours of fruitless searching, they'll be starving. See, it's all a scam to sell turkey legs. Disney is evil.
Originally Posted By jdub >>I am kind of mad at Magic Mountain, a few years ago there was this ad with this old dude dancing, and when I got there, where was the old dude dancing? Now that is a bait and switch...I want my dancing old dudes!<<< On a similar note, I remember going to Woolworth as a kid & wondering where the nice lady from the commercials was.
Originally Posted By jdub >>Disney's Hollywood Studios (which many people still refer to as MGM).<<< LOL, okay, I honestly did not get THAT memo! What happened, & when? Soooo secluded here in the Golden State!
Originally Posted By jdub <<...it's all a scam to sell turkey legs...>> And yet another gap in my DisKnowledge! Although I've spent way more time at Disneyland than the normal civilian, that they sell turkey legs is something I'd never known until I read it on this site!
Originally Posted By disneysnout Yes it is, i thought the same thing when I saw it...they shouldnt do that.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRy6Bwlgz6E" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...6Bwlgz6E</a> Let's analyze this commercial the Darkbeer way. By looking at this commercial literally, an old dude is going to pull up to my neighborhood in a bus, dance for me, and then drive me to Magic Mountain and go on rides with me. I am sure somebody thought that's what the commercial meant right?
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt The interesting thing is that Darkbeer will never analyze a Knott's, Universal, Sea World, or Six Flags commercial the way he would one for DCA.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 The commercial is misleading, or at the very least, confusing to people who see it. A coworker of mine who is going to Disneyland (only) in June was under the impression from the commercial that TSMM was at Disneyland and asked me about it. I had to set her straight about it that it is really in DCA.
Originally Posted By dlpostcardguy Thank you DBitz2. And to respond to post #103: Life, for most people, does not revolve around Disney. (Hard to believe, isn't it!)
Originally Posted By dlpostcardguy Hey Darkbeer - do you recall when they were advertising The Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage ride at Disneyland if they used Disneyland Resort of if they used Disneyland or Disneyland Park?
Originally Posted By mawnck You wanna talk about misleading? I once saw a commercial that said WDW was in Orlando! If I hadn't been set straight by our neighborhood Disney fanatic, I'd probably be driving all around that city looking for that darn theme park to this day.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Thank you DBitz2. And to respond to post #103: Life, for most people, does not revolve around Disney. (Hard to believe, isn't it!)<< It's not about your life revolving about Disney it is deciding whose responsibility it is to have research done before any trip. I refuse to believe in this day and age someone is going to drop whatever they are doing, jump in a car and go to Disneyland oblivious of park hours/location of the park/ reading a press release. All which clearly state Toy Story Mania is in DCA. Let's go back to Kevin Yee for a second, he went on a cruise where he never read that you needed nice clothing to dine in the dining room. Is it Disney's fault because they didnt put in their advertising that he had to bring nice clothing? Or is it his fault for not doing some basic planning? With the economy the way it is nowadays, I don't see many people throwing money out there without doing prior planning, even just a few minutes worth.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>Let's go back to Kevin Yee for a second, he went on a cruise where he never read that you needed nice clothing to dine in the dining room.<< I haven't read Kevin Yee's article about a cruise .. but in defense I will say that we have grown into a much more casual society ... compared to a "Debra Kerr" and a "Cary Grant" who would dress up on an ocean voyage in the 50s .. and earlier. I consider that an "over sight". I don't know if it's fair to compare one's ocean voyage experience - Something only so many people can do ...... Where a trip to the most well known theme park for over 50 years .. that most people in the US ARE familiar with ... and visit - More so than a "Love Boat" cruise at several thousand dollars a pop!
