10-06-2003
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Big week for WDW (Media Event)!
This is the week for the BIG media event at WDW, wish I could go to catch the B-52s.
Great article from the Orlando Sentinel : _______________________________________________ Disney World tries a little marketing magic By Todd Pack | Sentinel Staff Writer Posted October 6, 2003 Disney World expects about 2,000 people for this week's media tour to talk up a guidebook's worth of fresh attractions and resorts -- from the just-opened Mission: Space to a host of rides and shows slated to open over the next couple years. It's a list that ranges from the Dec. 14 opening of Disney's Pop Century Resort to Expedition Everest, a roller coaster built around a 200-foot man-made mountain that's on track to open at Disney's Animal Kingdom as early as 2005. Disney also may confirm plans for a version of Soarin' Over California at Epcot. Based on one of the most popular rides at the company's California Adventure theme park in Anaheim, it would take guests on a pretend hang-glider flight over redwood forests and citrus groves. People familiar with the project say it's scheduled to open alongside Epcot's Land pavilion in 2005. But Disney's media tour won't be simply a series of briefings on new projects. Disney, after all, is the company that taught the world that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. So, it's bringing in Julie Andrews, who dispensed that wisdom in Disney's 1964 musical, Mary Poppins, to help celebrate the grand opening of Mickey's PhilharMagic, a new 3-D movie musical that opened to visitors last Tuesday. Sugar Ray, the B-52s, the Brian Setzer Orchestra and Jim Belushi & the Sacred Hearts Band will perform at various VIP parties. Orlando's Wayne Brady will do his syndicated talk show from Epcot. Oh, and Mickey's expected to drop by. But one project that won't be announced during the media tour is a Spanish pavilion at Epcot. A year after Disney met with Spanish officials to discuss the possibilities of the country sponsoring a pavilion in Epcot's World Showcase, the project is still on the drawing board, spokeswoman Jacquee Polak said. "There's nothing really more to talk about," Polak said. "It's one of those situations that takes a long time." _________________________________________________ A Spanish pavillion would be a great addition to EPCOT, what is their to talk about?
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Big Cheese
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Thanks for the info spike. Sounds like a lot of cool happening at disney this week. Maybe some of out DC family will get to meet some celebs this week.
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Mickaholic, I do agree, though, that sometimes it seems WDW leaves APers out in the cold. We've even lost some benefits, like the Passholder lounges. I was pretty upset, too, when Disney advertised a special Passholder pin for the preview of Mickey's PhilharMagic and then limited the edition to a scant 2,000 pins. Of course, the Passholder event coincided with a WDW pin gathering and all the pins were gone within a few hours on the first day of the preview. Most Passholders never had the remotest chance of being able to get one of the pins. OK, I'm off my soap box.
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It's a shame the APers don't get all the benefits that they used to. On a lighter note, perhaps all the media coverage will get some of the travel back to WDW and these hideous cut-backs will stop.
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10-07-2003
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Big Cheese
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I know what you mean about the lose of benefits to the APer's.. I have been an APer for years and also a member of the Magic Kingdom Club and then Disney Club.... It just seems that they would want to keep us happy too... I ask if they were going to try any other club in the future so that I could get in on it early... Disney CM said that all these benefits will be going to Disney Visa Card holders.... Which really puts some people out... If you were a member of Disney Club you paid your dues but:dazed if you are not able to get a credit card then you are left out completly.... Which does not quite seem fair either..... on a lighter note... Thanks for all the info... I am still fairly new at this, but I am really enjoying it. I have to check out DC everyday now. :) Judy
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