Originally Posted By oc_dean It's one thing to pre-plan a trip ... It's also another when tv commercials "cleverly" leave out one very basic piece of information - Where the ride actually is. I don't see why that is such a problem. But we know that it is a problem. It's a stigma that WILL go on for the foreseeable future ... the general public sees DCA as a crappy park. Period!
Originally Posted By mawnck >>It's also another when tv commercials "cleverly" leave out one very basic piece of information - Where the ride actually is.<< You could always go to Tokyo Disneyland. Nothing geographically misleading there. ;-)
Originally Posted By Park Hopper What Disney is really doing is creating educated consumers. I now understand that when they say an attraction is in Disneyland Park, it is in Disneyland Park. When they say it is at the Disneyland Resort, then it is in DCA. It may take them a while, but people will catch on.
Originally Posted By bean i haven't seen it myself but a person in another site said there is a full page add in one of the papers of the inside of the attraction and supposedly it says opening in disney's California adventure has anyone seen this?
Originally Posted By dlpostcardguy Exactly Park Hopper! Guest (G): What's the difference between Disneyland and The Disneyland Resort? Cast Member (CM): Disneyland is where you can find Mickey Mouse and all your favorite rides. Disneyland Resort includes Disneyland, another theme park, Downtown Disney and lots of hotels. G: Well where do I find Finding Nemo? CM: That's in Disneyland Park. G: What about that Tower of Terror ride I've heard about? CM: It's in the Disneyland Resort.
Originally Posted By oc_dean OHHHH ..... Now I've figured it out! The new name for DCA is Disneyland Resort park got it!
Originally Posted By oc_dean Traveling north up the 5 this early evening .. just past Artesia Blvd. ... Is a Toy Story Mania billboard .... and to the lower right is decent size letters .. the name "DISNEYLAND" ... and just to the lower right of that ... in little .. itty ... bitty letters: resort. Traveling 65mph on the 5 .. and I'm expected to the "resort" part? Come on! You know if Disney T-R-U-L-Y wanted to educate the world that the Anaheim property is a "resort" (meaning more than one park) ... those letters would be a heck of a lot more prevalent .. like the font size of the letters of "Disneyland"! It's deceiving! What does it say when the size of the "Disneyland" letters are one size ... and the "resort" size several sizes smaller?
Originally Posted By oc_dean edit: Traveling 65mph on the 5 .. and I'm expected to __catch__ the "resort" part?
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 What does it say when the size of the "Disneyland" letters are one size ... and the "resort" size several sizes smaller?<< It says that is how the Graphis designers designed that particular graphic. I am sure 95% of people in So. Cal have heard of DCA, and if they haven't, then they must not go to Disneyland.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Traveling 65mph on the 5<< When are you driving on the 5? 65mph? Usually the traffic is crawling, and you have plenty of time to read not only the word "Resort" on a billboard, but the comics section of the newspaper as well. ; )
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Also, how come it's OK for Florida to announce that the ride is at Walt Disney World? I just did a google search and top 10 results were Toy Story Mania debuting at Walt Disney World... I did a simple google search, removing the words Walt Disney World and look what came up as the 1st topic? Disney's California Adventure Park | Toy Story Mania! <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=active&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-US&as_qdr=all&q=Toy+Story+Mania+-%22Walt+-Disney+-World%22+&btnG=Search" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/search?h...G=Search</a> So yeah, all those who claim Disney is false advertising, are full of it. All you have to do is a simple google search to find out which park it is at.
Originally Posted By danyoung >...how come it's OK for Florida to announce that the ride is at Walt Disney World?< Because there are no theories of conspiracy in Florida, while everyone knows that Disney is deeply ashamed of DCA, doesn't want anyone to visit there, and will do everything in their power to convince the public that DCA doesn't exist. Sarcastic wink
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Honor Hunter over at Blue Sky Disney makes his opinion known... <a href="http://blueskydisney.blogspot.com/2008/05/fingerprints-of-jay-rasulo.html" target="_blank">http://blueskydisney.blogspot....ulo.html</a> >>Another example of my distaste for Jay Rasulo is the marketing campaign featuring the name of the "Toy Story Midway Mania" ride as it is known in WDW's Disney's Hollywood Studios... Not to mention the billboards all around the Southland that feature misleading wording which makes it appear as if the attraction is in Disneyland. There are some signs actually at the Resort with DCA listed(in very, very small print, btw), but most guest tend to not pay that much attention to banners and displays. Add to this the commercial that is running on television which has the Toy Story characters walking down Main Street and I can tell we're going to have some angry guest this summer that buy a ticket to DL and wind up not being happy they can't ride the new attraction they saw advertised... Thanks Jay. Thanks a lot.<<
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 ALl they have to do is a simple search engine search, or read a newspaper or magazine about this ride. I highly doubt anyone will see the ad and then rush to Disneyland on a whim.
Originally Posted By danyoung We've now spent 135 messages, disputing this topic back and forth. DB, post 133 added absolutely nothing but reiterating your basic viewpoint.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer But it is a Well Known voice of another major Disney Related Web Site, who agrees that the ad campaign is misleading. Seems like a lot of folks feel the ad is misleading...
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Alot of folks think Knotts Berry Farm is a pathetic park, but we don't grind it into the dirt either. We make our point then move on.
Originally Posted By Park Hopper >> but we don't grind it into the dirt either. We make our point then move on.<< You realize you repeated your advice to google the attration in about six different posts? If that isn't grinding it into the dirt, I don't know what is.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 it was 4 posts actually. I was proving my point how easy to was for people to check, obviously I give Disney customers more credit than most people do.
