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It was 100% a carousel concept when Tom Fitz was over the Epcot revamp. Then Epcot was given to Zach and the drift began.
A man who unironically uses brand activations, yeah he's quickly rising up my poop list.
It was 100% a carousel concept when Tom Fitz was over the Epcot revamp. Then Epcot was given to Zach and the drift began.
Haven't really heard too much from him recently..A man who unironically uses brand activations, yeah he's quickly rising up my poop list.
He’s a good guy, but obviously went to the Josh D’Amaro University of Doing What Will Keep Your Job.A man who unironically uses brand activations, yeah he's quickly rising up my poop list.
He’s a good guy, but obviously went to the Josh D’Amaro University of Doing What Will Keep Your Job.
Also, his creative background is in architecture, which is imo different than the OG Imagineer backgrounds. Storytelling and architecture are different to me.
Disney could spend millions a year to maintain a show and it would be practically nothing compared to the revenue they bring in. Disney world has the most expensive tickets in the industry. I and other guests pay enough money to not have them cry poor about operating costs. If Disney were to say they were closing the show to focus on new entertainment investment in animal kingdom that would be more acceptable, yet they have not even brought entertainment otherwise back to pre pandemic levels with record revenue. Something is better than nothing because I go to the parks as a GUEST, not an investor. Is Disney paying you for savings from not operating this show? Did they give you a discount?
I do wish they had just kept the original version but either way as a guest staying multiple days it's something to do that I appreciate. There are many other Disney rides that are worse experiences yet they keep running because Disney has so much demand to do anything. I would rather see this 1000 times than go on small world. Disney spends a ton of money to develop a show, raises ticket prices more than enough to cover their insane budgets, and then cancels a show because they don't like the maintenance costs yet still raises prices for the park while not developing a replacement. I feel so sorry for Disney. It must be so hard for them. View attachment 18606
The boldest bit is the nail-on-the-head synopsis of what WDI has turned into over the last 10-15 years. It’s not what it used to be.And this canned Poppins attraction really exemplifies some of the issues here. All they needed to do was put in a carousel, put a nice little park around it and you've got a delightful little attraction that'll add capacity and even help out WS in the attraction department. But they tried making it something it didn't need to be, that got morphed into a teacup ride with multiple pre-shows and an unnecessary price tag, and we're back at square one with issues.
This explains most of the Epcot redo actuallyJust like how the current WDI head is from an architecture background. This explains a lot.
Im surprised a famous chef isn’t running Epcot at this pointThis explains most of the Epcot redo actually
*insert joke about food festivals and the amount of restaurants vs rides at Epcot*Im surprised a famous chef isn’t running Epcot at this point
The boldest bit is the nail-on-the-head synopsis of what WDI has turned into over the last 10-15 years. It’s not what it used to be.
You see it in the things that do get built, you see it in the things that don’t get built, and it’s the primary reason for “things the general public never hears about” not happening.