Stupid guest trick or stupid Disney trick?

trojantuba · Post by **trojantuba** » Mon May 24, 2004 1:52 am

imissRBT wrote:I'm not sure if i ever watcherd the light and magic parade.....

Consider yourself fortunate :?

imissRBT · Post by **imissRBT** » Mon May 24, 2004 7:36 am

lol...yeah i figured i wasn't missing much.

TreoFred · Post by **TreoFred** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 10:44 am

Well, in case you want to know the whole story behind LM rise and demise, you can check this

JimHillMedia.com

WARNING: It's a verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry long story (Jim Hill doesn't do short obviously.)

I'll try to summarize:
- The EP was great for guests but WDI was never in love with it because of the way it came to exist
- Fantasmic convinced top management that a new "modern technology parade" would woo the audience
- The initial parade was to be part of Tomorroland 2055 which never really happened; it was rehashed several time
- The LM parade was to revolve around the character of Tinkerbell but thanks to some technical issues, lawyers fears, etc, she's pretty much a no show
- The Disney characters are in pyjama because (according to the story) they were not part of the parade, then marketing and management pushed to have them included and so they decided to have then in pyjamas as if they had been awaken by the parade (come on people, it's 8:00pm: curfew in SoCal) and decided to join the fun
- The external companies that were supposed to build the float (Lazarus I think), received the blueprint too late, balked out of the project and sued Disney; WDI had to scram and build the float at the last second
- Following a show of Riverdance in NY, Michael (Eisner) pushed for the inclusion of Irish gig dance step because fairies are Irish...
- The Parade people begged for a delay start but Marketing, Sales and Special Event didn't want to budge because they had a lot running on the AP Preview
- The AP Preview (thanks to the internet, and according to Jim, thanks mostly to Al Lutz) almost single handedly killed the show with horrible previews
- The night of the AP Preview, some Passholes were doing the round, convincing AP leaving the park to go to City Hall, complain (what else does an AP do in CityHall?) and ask for reimbursement (ah yes; they do that to!)

Ok, that's most of it. If you want the FULL DETAILS, read what's at the link.

BTW, I saw LM and thought it wasn't that bad... Definitely not finished or ready, but not that bad. It never got a chance to improve though.

Edited by CujoSR: Shortened URL to keep page from extending byond the regular borders

Cloud Buster · Post by **Cloud Buster** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 2:24 pm

For those interested --

I've just found out that the idea of Tinkerbell flying down Main Street is being seriously reconsidered. Word on the Entertainment street is that within two years, both remaining human Tinkerbells will be fired in favor of anamatronic versions.

VonSeegs · Post by **VonSeegs** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 9:51 pm

Cloud Buster wrote:For those interested --

I've just found out that the idea of Tinkerbell flying down Main Street is being seriously reconsidered. Word on the Entertainment street is that within two years, both remaining human Tinkerbells will be fired in favor of anamatronic versions.

Wow. That really sucks ass.

Grumpy · Post by **Grumpy** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 5:41 pm

Cloud Buster wrote:For those interested --

I've just found out that the idea of Tinkerbell flying down Main Street is
being seriously reconsidered. Word on the Entertainment street is that
within two years, both remaining human Tinkerbells will be fired in favor
of anamatronic versions.

I have actually heard that the two Tinkerbells are a mother/daughter
team. I heard that mom's been doing it for (I think) about 20 years or
so ... and she's in her 50s. I'm assuming that daughter's in her 20s or 30s
then....

Cloud Buster · Post by **Cloud Buster** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 3:23 pm

Grumpy wrote:I have actually heard that the two Tinkerbells are a mother/daughter
team. I heard that mom's been doing it for (I think) about 20 years or
so ... and she's in her 50s. I'm assuming that daughter's in her 20s or 30s
then....

Don't think so. I see them around all the time, and I know one of them
for sure -- not so sure on the second. The one I know is definetly pushing
60, but she's one of those "55 Years Young" kinda gals. She stands about
5' tall at most and has a lot of energy.

I think the other tink is about the same age, but I'm not sure I've met her
yet.

sistercoyote · Post by **sistercoyote** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 4:36 pm

One of the Tinks had a serious mouth on her, too. Of course, I can't say I blamed her, as she was coming in for her, uh, graceful landing behind Carnation Plaza Gardens (ah, those were the days) a leetle bit too fast and the guys who were supposed to be holding her mattress...weren't.

Man. Heck with the fireworks. I liked to go backstage on my 9:30 break from CPG and watch Tink crash.

Yeah, yeah. Shame on me.

lady ulrike · Post by **lady ulrike** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 11:09 pm

"Man. Heck with the fireworks. I liked to go backstage on my 9:30 break from CPG and watch Tink crash"

I'm with you on that one. In fact if you go by the exit of Casey Jr. You can see her from onstage. You can't hear her though.

MELightyear · Post by **MELightyear** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:53 am

When you work the routes, the classics office is behind the v-haus and next to the "tinkerbell slam" platform. Its rare but I have been very lucky quite a few times and had my break come right before tink flys. Its a pretty good vantage point from the exit of casey jr but if you go behind the village haus, you can stand directly under tinks landing platform and you get the perfect view of the 'slam'. The first time I saw it, she hit really really hard.
Good times. :pbjtime:

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Re: LM

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