Illuminations Changing or Leaving??

[MJMcBride]

Remember when this thread dealt with the actual topic. lol

No. I don't.

 

[dbm20th]

The EE ad at DAK was exactly what I described. A park-specific ad focusing on a new attraction, targeted to specific markets. So far, it has not been part of a nation wide campaign, and I wouldn't expect it to be.

The EE ad is a national campaign. If you watch the shows on the Discovery networks, you will see them..and those are national ads

 

[exDS vet]

The EE ad is a national campaign. If you watch the shows on the Discovery networks, you will see them..and those are national ads

Just because an ad appears on a cable network doesn't make it a national ad. About 50% of the commercials on cable are targeted to specific markets. I am not saying that you are wrong. The EE ad very well could be a national one. My point was that the ad would feature WDW in it, as it did. We are all going in circles on a point that I simply tried to issustrate several pages back and have spent several other replies trying to clarify.

Since there is no new information here, I will suspend my comments for now.

 

[dbm20th]

Just because an ad appears on a cable network doesn't make it a national ad. About 50% of the commercials on cable are targeted to specific markets. I am not saying that you are wrong. The EE ad very well could be a national one. My point was that the ad would feature WDW in it, as it did. We are all going in circles on a point that I simply tried to issustrate several pages back and have spent several other replies trying to clarify.

Since there is no new information here, I will suspend my comments for now.

First of all it IS a national ad campaign that you are seeing on the Discovery shows, obviously you haven't seen them.

It is obvious that Disney has and is using ads for single attractions and single parks. EE is the best example of this.

 

[yensiD naF]

First of all it IS a national ad campaign that you are seeing on the Discovery shows, obviously you haven't seen them.

It is obvious that Disney has and is using ads for single attractions and single parks. EE is the best example of this.

How do you know that this IS a national ad? Did you pay for the ad? Do you work for Discovery Channel? Do you know the difference between national ads and others?

Seems to me that you are just trying to argue to keep this thread going. Are you even reading the same stuff here? By what I read, the person was only stating an opinion. It appears like you are stating a "fact". So since you obviously know everything, could you please explain it so we can all be "schooled?"
Thank you very much.

 

[MJMcBride]

Well, if the ad is broadcasted over satellite TV it is not a "local" ad.

 

[manning]

Just got this from a reliable source. A parade will be added and Illumination will be replaced. It will be a chinese parade with firecrackers. There will be good viewing wherever you stand!! Not bad, a parade is added and the fireworks remain.

 

[YoHo]

Well, if the ad is broadcasted over satellite TV it is not a "local" ad.

This is not true, Dish Network and DirectTv can target ads.

You're not all on the same bird afterall.

 

[JamesMorehead]

We've been going to WDW every year for a while... staying at the BoardWalk (DVC members). I can speak on behalf of my entire family that it is long overdue for Illuminations to be redone. Wishes at MK is a fantastic step up in fireworks that really puts Illuminations to shame.

I agree that EPCOT needs a nightly finale - but a refresh is in order.

 

[Dinosaur33]

We've been going to WDW every year for a while... staying at the BoardWalk (DVC members). I can speak on behalf of my entire family that it is long overdue for Illuminations to be redone. Wishes at MK is a fantastic step up in fireworks that really puts Illuminations to shame.

I agree that EPCOT needs a nightly finale - but a refresh is in order.

I have to disagree, I think that Illuminations is currently not only the best Nightime show at WDW, but the best thing to do at WDW, counting every ride, show, and everything else. I think the current show is great and shouldn't be replaced.

 

[steve_rob]

We've been going to WDW every year for a while... staying at the BoardWalk (DVC members). I can speak on behalf of my entire family that it is long overdue for Illuminations to be redone. Wishes at MK is a fantastic step up in fireworks that really puts Illuminations to shame.

I agree that EPCOT needs a nightly finale - but a refresh is in order.

Another disagree here. I absolutely LOVE Illuminations. The combination of the music, the fireworks, the effects, everything - I get shivers down my spine even when I watch the video recording I made of it with my digital camera!

Meanwhile, I saw Wishes for the first time on my last holiday and wondered what all the fuss was about. It was a really good fireworks show, but it didn't grab me anywhere near as much as Illuminations does.

They can do whatever they like to the show, just please keep the music! I would like to see a World Showcase parade back though, whether it is Tapestry or a brand new one.

And as a PS - no we don't get single park adverts (especially not Epcot ones) over here in Europe. It's for WDW as a whole or nothing. And if you were in the UK and spoke to "the man in the street" who's never been to Florida, I bet they wouldn't even know there were four seperate Disney parks - most people I speak to over here assume it's just one big park unless they've already been or are about to go.

 

[Ambifins]

Now that we seem to be back on topic ...
I think the rotating globe in Illuminations is a magnificent piece of technology, but a letdown as a piece of art. The fire effects are cool, but trying to see the images on the globe from shore, without binoculars, is too difficult. I think they should have used the oceans as the screen instead of the continents (I think Isaac Asimov said--and I'm really misquoting here--"why do they call it 'earth' when most of the planet is covered in water?").
I miss Walter Cronkite too.
My point (not that I really have one) is I've always enjoyed whatever new show Disney creates. They take risks, artistically and technologically, and I admire that. One of the reasons I go back over and over is because I want to see what's new. I love the old, but I'm happy to see what else they can do.

 

[jeanylaser]

i heard that illuminations will change name to sky dancer it is true or a rumor.

 

[magicmouse2]

I would be interested to see how they could improve this spectacular show. They have just got to keep the globe though. I think they may revamp it as Universal have invested in a new nightly show featuring projected imagery. WDW will have to out do them.