Disney World “50th Anniversary” They tricked me....

[kimmar067]

...honestly what’s the big change besides New ratatouille ride ? I’ve seen the updated castle already . It doesn’t seem like Tron is going to opening up, and the new Guardians of the galaxy ride is on hold because they aren’t done making the movie clip they need. So what’s really going to change comes October 1’st ?


1 ride
Most likely fireworks
New merchandise
And projections on Castle ......

....Mickey waffles with a big "50" on them?

 

[kimmar067]

...but I’m there 4 to 5 times a year and for me it almost isn’t worth it ..... just to get a cupcake or a special pin

.... they have PINS????

 

[mrpolo23]

Lol love these newer comments.

pins and cupcakes lol

 

[shawthorne44]

They had hyped up the 50th celebration quite a lot pre-lockdown. There was a ton of work they could have done even during the worst of the lockdown. Outside construction, for example. Also, all the ride refurbs for the next year out of the way without those pesky guests getting in the way. They could have done it cheaper since they wouldn't have to setup barriers.

 

[kimmar067]

Lol love these newer comments.

pins and cupcakes lol

....and WAFFLES...oh my!

 

[Figment of Speech]

I have a slightly different theory about the stalled progress on various attractions. The pandemic plays a part, but not because it significantly prevented work from getting done. Rather, Disney may be wanting to open new attractions at times when they both need and can accommodate an increase in attendance from them. If you open a new attraction at a time when you're maxing out at 35% capacity, you've effectively put a cap on how much draw you can bring in. Of course, at this point we can expect the capacity to be either raised or removed entirely by October, but they couldn't have counted on that at the time they announced the anniversary plans we currently know about.

What they also announced at that time was that the entire anniversary celebration will be 18 months long. My guess is that they'll continue completing and opening the upcoming attractions and other stuff over the course of the entire 18 months. Tron, Guardians, Play Pavilion, Journey of Water. Various other pending projects, like Space 220 and the Star Wars resort. Rolling these things out gradually rather than preparing a bunch of them to all be ready by October 1 might disappoint day-one anniversary visitors, but it holds a few advantages for Disney, and it serves 2022-23 anniversary visitors just fine.

Since day-one anniversary visitors are likely to be the hardest-core Disney parks fans, it's fair to feel a bit frustrated about that or even betrayed. It would be nice if the anniversary felt more like a show of appreciation for the fans who help make Disney the phenomenon it is. But from a business standpoint, there's no advantage to loading all the launches up for a date — October 1, 2021 — that will probably see four completely full parks and no available hotel rooms no matter what attractions are open. It makes more sense to launch something new when the spike from the previous big event is expected to start declining. And they know a good chunk of those day-one anniversary visitors will be back for some of those later launches.

 

[mrpolo23]

I have a slightly different theory about the stalled progress on various attractions. The pandemic plays a part, but not because it significantly prevented work from getting done. Rather, Disney may be wanting to open new attractions at times when they both need and can accommodate an increase in attendance from them. If you open a new attraction at a time when you're maxing out at 35% capacity, you've effectively put a cap on how much draw you can bring in. Of course, at this point we can expect the capacity to be either raised or removed entirely by October, but they couldn't have counted on that at the time they announced the anniversary plans we currently know about.

What they also announced at that time was that the entire anniversary celebration will be 18 months long. My guess is that they'll continue completing and opening the upcoming attractions and other stuff over the course of the entire 18 months. Tron, Guardians, Play Pavilion, Journey of Water. Various other pending projects, like Space 220 and the Star Wars resort. Rolling these things out gradually rather than preparing a bunch of them to all be ready by October 1 might disappoint day-one anniversary visitors, but it holds a few advantages for Disney, and it serves 2022-23 anniversary visitors just fine.

Since day-one anniversary visitors are likely to be the hardest-core Disney parks fans, it's fair to feel a bit frustrated about that or even betrayed. It would be nice if the anniversary felt more like a show of appreciation for the fans who help make Disney the phenomenon it is. But from a business standpoint, there's no advantage to loading all the launches up for a date — October 1, 2021 — that will probably see four completely full parks and no available hotel rooms no matter what attractions are open. It makes more sense to launch something new when the spike from the previous big event is expected to start declining. And they know a good chunk of those day-one anniversary visitors will be back for some of those later launches.

But look at avengers campus in Disney Land .... why not wait until at 100%

 

[Figment of Speech]

But look at avengers campus in Disney Land .... why not wait until at 100%

If I were to guess? Probably timing and how it affects promotions to out-of-state tourists. Not wanting Avengers Campus's thunder to be stolen by WDW's anniversary. Even if the park isn't at full capacity yet, waiting would have meant that potential (non-California, non-Florida) visitors would've been getting pulled in two different directions, and California would have lost out. Opening it now means they only have to worry about local attendance at first (which of course is maxing out), which can amplify the hype for out-of-state tourists who are, at this point, champing at the bit to get to Disneyland and see this shiny new thing.