You're probably not buying in on it because we really know next to nothing about the show aside from little video snippets of the floats here and there and the short preview back in April.
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- May 5, 2012
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What was marketing thinking back in April when they said this was about to open. Clearly it wasn't even close.
It was careless to announce an opening date yes, but they were running full rehearsals back then. It was close. Hell, it's close now.... they've been having dress rehearsals fairly regularly of late. The technology they are trying to use simply to make the floats driverless is what has caused so many issues.
- Feb 15, 2012
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I just don't believe that. Never was close. If it was we'd see and hear a lot more than we are.
Well from what I'm seeing on instagram and hearing from friends who work at DAK, there's been nightly dress rehearsals lately.
I was hoping I might have catch a soft opening of ROL on my last trip in May. Now It's looking more and more likely it won't be open for my next trip in March.
They can borrow Reign of Kong's AA drivers. Uber AA moonlighting
Easiest explanation is that it's not the same people... But they're both part of a division with supposedly high standards, vetted by a portfolio manager who is supposedly putting the right people on the right projects.. and from a budget/prestige/resume standpoint the live show should be the higher level project, but it has managed to fail at all the things the lesser show has accomplished.
And the difference in pay and status between these people is probably about half of six figures... but one blunders on in a permanent position with the company while the other was just hired for the project and probably didn't even get insurance coverage.
Que sera sera.
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Yup it may be canned for further re-imagination....someones head will roll
This is upsetting news for a theme park goers as it is never fun to see an ambitious project fail...which may lead to more less ambitious projects
This is upsetting news for a theme park goers as it is never fun to see an ambitious project fail...which may lead to more less ambitious projects
An' it's not just the money that was used for this show, add in the overtime pay they had to give all the entertainers that worked the Jungle Book: Alive with Magic show for the whole summer. RoL has become a far more costly ordeal then they wanted it to, and you know there are higher ups who are not happy about that.
