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[Farro]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1305844540880965633

Very light on the decor this year

Surely they will put up more? I mean, what's the harm in that?

 

[skeeter31]

Surely they will put up more? I mean, what's the harm in that?

Unfortunately that’s usually the extent of the Fall decorations. The garland on the train station, the pumpkin wreaths on the poles, decorations in the window displays, and the scarecrows and pumpkins in the first circle after the train station.

 

[Farro]

Unfortunately that’s usually the extent of the Fall decorations. The garland on the train station, the pumpkin wreaths on the poles, decorations in the window displays, and the scarecrows and pumpkins in the first circle after the train station.

Really? It seems way less than our last Halloween trip in 2017. Let me look at my pics!

 

[rteetz]

Unfortunately that’s usually the extent of the Fall decorations. The garland on the train station, the pumpkin wreaths on the poles, decorations in the window displays, and the scarecrows and pumpkins in the first circle after the train station.

This is a lot less than normal. There are no scarecrows, nothing on the front of the train station, and no orange bunting.

https://blogmickey.com/2020/09/its-...7kHWHWU6tiJ2HF78yAWAIa3BafaGu7aMWsy45V4ObGhmE

 

[Eeyore daily]

If that's all they did for the Halloween decorations I'm seriously worried about the Christmas decorations now.

 

[Tandy]

Disney is phoning it in with everything and I think using the crutch of coronavirus as an excuse. Universal is totally working hard to capture what they can and doing a good job at it.

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1305857497593511937

https://twitter.com/x/status/1305851804190728194

 

[Farro]

Disney is phoning it in with everything and I think using the crutch of coronavirus as an excuse. Universal is totally working hard to capture what they can and doing a good job at it.

I do find this to be a pretty sad display. I don't expect the parties, but they could have done better with decorations. At least give the people who are visiting during this time something besides treats they have to purchase!

 

[Friendlyadvice2]

Unfortunately that’s usually the extent of the Fall decorations. The garland on the train station, the pumpkin wreaths on the poles, decorations in the window displays, and the scarecrows and pumpkins in the first circle after the train station.

This is a lot less than normal. There are no scarecrows, nothing on the front of the train station, and no orange bunting.

https://blogmickey.com/2020/09/its-...7kHWHWU6tiJ2HF78yAWAIa3BafaGu7aMWsy45V4ObGhmE

The Jack-O-Lanterns that normally adorn the tops of the buildings on Main Street are noticeably missing this year. Disappointing to say the least.

 

[skeeter31]

This is a lot less than normal. There are no scarecrows, nothing on the front of the train station, and no orange bunting.

https://blogmickey.com/2020/09/its-...7kHWHWU6tiJ2HF78yAWAIa3BafaGu7aMWsy45V4ObGhmE

Oh I only saw the picture of the pumpkin wreathes. So I was assuming the other normal things were up too. If there aren’t any scarecrows that’s sad. They’re always so cute standing out there.
I did think I saw the bunting on the front of the train station somewhere yesterday though.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Do we know for sure that they are done? Did they say, "this is all we are doing?"

 

[skeeter31]

Do we know for sure that they are done? Did they say, "this is all we are doing?"

Well since the “event” starts today, I’d think everything that’s going to be up would be up. They’re not going to want to have a different experience for different days of the same event. So if it wasn’t up by this morning, I don’t think it’s going up. Especially since things like the scarecrows aren’t exactly special order or anything. They just chose not to pull them from the warehouse and install them.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Well since the “event” starts today, I’d think everything that’s going to be up would be up. They’re not going to want to have a different experience for different days of the same event. So if it wasn’t up by this morning, I don’t think it’s going up. Especially since things like the scarecrows aren’t exactly special order or anything. They just chose not to pull them from the warehouse and install them.

Thanks for explaining. I am not paying as much attention as I usually do lately.

 

[rpb718]

I do find this to be a pretty sad display. I don't expect the parties, but they could have done better with decorations. At least give the people who are visiting during this time something besides treats they have to purchase!

I made the mistake of clicking the link to look at last year's pictures. Comparing the almost identical pictures from the train station says it all.

 

[skeeter31]

Thanks for explaining. I am not paying as much attention as I usually do lately.

I’m wondering if their excuse is going to be that this is to deter crowds. People won’t gather around the scarecrows for pictures like normal. But the bunting and pumpkins on top of Main Street buildings don't make sense to me.

 

[rpb718]

It's as if WDW running on reduced capacity only warrants reduced decorations.

This is like some strange balancing act - on one side you have folks waiting for more than what WDW currently offers to return before scheduling a trip back to WDW and on the other side you have WDW not wanting to introduce more until folks have already returned to WDW.

 

[rteetz]

It's as if WDW running on reduced capacity only warrants reduced decorations.

This is like some strange balancing act - on one side you have folks waiting for more than what WDW currently offers to return before scheduling a trip back to WDW and on the other side you have WDW not wanting to introduce more until folks have already returned to WDW.

I wonder if part of it is staffing too. I don't think the entire holiday services team is back.

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1305871635229147141

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1305872592147017733

 

[Mit88]

I don’t imagine it’s just a bunch of daytime CMs going into the warehouse to grab holiday decorations and putting them out, there’s probably a team. And that team may still be furloughed