Originally Posted By bayrr326 Well, I was surprised to see the new snowman Christmas commercial recently and apparently at WDW we now have Indy and Haunted Mansion Holiday. Wow, when did they find the time to build these? Okay, enough sarcasm. This is a multi-billion dollar corporation and apparently they are too cheap to create a commercial just for WDW. How lazy is the marketing department? Oh yeah I forgot we are having the same lame ass celebration for a second year in a row. What a joke.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins That's not fair. They'll make me homesick for Disneyland. This year we're doing WDW for Christmas.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Okay, enough sarcasm. This is a multi-billion dollar corporation and apparently they are too cheap to create a commercial just for WDW. They figure that the vast masses of the unwashed will not notice. Most will not care when they see it. Only Disney geeks will notice, which is good because it gives us something to talk about at LP. >> How lazy is the marketing department? Oh yeah I forgot we are having the same lame ass celebration for a second year in a row. << Save a buck, and keep calling a promotion a Celebration. Again that goes back to the Millions of heathen who do not attend Disney Parks on a regular bases.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd It used to drive me insane that for years the WDW marketing video used footage from Phantom Manor for the Haunted Mansion at WDW.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN As long as folks continue to request those free marketing videos.. the powers that be would figure.. "what do they know?"... Let them eat cake.
Originally Posted By kennect Actually TDL I am not so sure that they even understand what they are doing wrong...The whole thing seems to be out of control for the moment...
Originally Posted By TDLFAN You may be right. It's horribly scary to think that most of these folks putting these ads/videos together have never been to a DL park in their lifetimes.
Originally Posted By danyoung TDLFAN nailed it. We've all seen this in promotional videos and commercials for years. How long did the Mark Twain sail in the MK in that early video? As a video guy, I can tell you exactly how this kind of thing happens. A producer brings in a stack of videotapes to a studio, where he and an editor put together the commercials. The producer might have only been to the parks once or twice, while the editor probably has never been. So they build a spectacular commercial, and then they show it to busy executives who barely look at the screen before they give their approval. Not a single person in this entire chain has a fraction of the park knowledge that the average LP contributor has, so the spot goes on the air with massive inaccuracies. So I never really blame the people that made the spot - I blame the people that approved it without knowing their product very well in the first place.
Originally Posted By Brian Noble >>>he WDW marketing video used footage from Phantom Manor<<< The MK Entrance Loop (at least the version I have) has the Phantom Manor theme rather than a Mansion one. Presumably, the loop was done by WDI, and presumably they do know which park has which attraction. Personally, I'm cool with that, because I prefer Manor's musical score to Mansion's.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Personally, I'm cool with that, because I prefer Manor's musical score to Mansion's.<< I am not cool with it because it misrepresents the actual experience (or lack of) at the MK park. And for them to pass off the MK as something more special and upgraded (as the DLP park for example) is downright "false advertisement."
Originally Posted By figment1986 One would wonder why they don't have enough B-roll footage to at least change out the mansion image.... Though without the item it would be hard to switch out Indianan Jones... I can sort of forgive them for splash... But it is the same old commercial... one would think they would have a new one with the slight changes this year, even travel channel is updating their show...
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>One would wonder why they don't have enough B-roll footage..<< Maybe because what they do have is a lot of old footage from circa 1985, and probably would prefer not to use it anymore..? but of course, that would not stop them from using that old footage either on current promo videos.
Originally Posted By Brian Noble Ah, but TDLFAN, one can sit in the relative peace of the entry plaza, and reminisce about the Manor fondly. I first happened across the Manor without having read up on it, expecting a Standard Mansion Experience. It was a very pleasant surprise.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN You lost me. Are you talking about DLP's queue I assume? Since there is no peace or quite (nor a place to sit) at WDW's.
Originally Posted By kennect Dan, that is what is so discouraging...These people should really know their product...And for me the Disney product would be something I would know if I worked there...It seems these days its just another job to pay the bills...
Originally Posted By TDLFAN The people in charge of creating/editing those videos and ads may not be employed by Disney. Many skilled jobs like that are outsourced to unrelated companies in the best interest of saving money.
Originally Posted By jkayjs I don't believe for a moment that not even one of the execs that have the final OK on ads/video's can't tell or doesn't know the differenc from park to park. Unfortunately I believe TDLFAN hit the nail on the head. They want the best looking footage to HOOK the consumer even if that means "false advertising". The castle here looks better, the HM there is spookier, this thrill ride looks more exciting, etc. I don't mean to make it sound sinister but I just don't believe no one knows the difference.
