Day 7 MK 50th Part 2
We all staged behind a rope in front of MK not knowing if anything would or wouldn’t happen. It was a beautiful morning.
Eventually the gang came out and staged for Good Morning America. Nothing was ever announced. No words were ever spoken. Randomly they would shoot off castle fireworks bursts and the characters were even shook because they didn’t know what was happening either.
At 8:00AM they did the new rope drop show, and that was it. No greeting from anyone special, no nothing. No pomp and circumstance, just another day at MK. I would be lying if I told you I wasn’t deeply disappointed. They had a private media event last night to re-dedicate Mk and that was it. They will blame COVID but this mass of people were already there and the execs were there. Zero reason they couldn’t at least say something. (ps, the new drop show was nothing special
They had the CEO of Disney, Bob Chapek, and Chairman of WD Parkd and resorts, Josh D’Amaro, there giving TV interviews but not a word to the guests. We got a special park map and print.
We accidentally ended up following them down Main Street and into the Confectionery.
All in all, we have had a great trip but today was utter disappointment and proof that Disney has become as cheap as they possibly can with anything anymore. The 50th was supposed to be special and it wasn’t. A bunch of people standing in long lines trying to buy popcorn buckets (that will be here the rest of the 18 months.) There was one special store that we had to sign up for a virtual queue for for merch for just today but other than that, the rest of it has been available all week. People that had gotten there early like us were so upset. It makes sense now why nothing was announced for this morning, because there was nothing going on to announce.
We left around noon because I was hot and exhausted. We didn’t end up going back in for the fireworks because I didn’t feel like being in that mass of people again and trying to get back when we leave tomorrow. I haven’t seen the new projections for the new fireworks show but we watched from the Lodge tonight. The song, IMO, doesn’t tug on the heart strings like Wishes or HEA. I’ll be curious to see what others think when they see it.
Headed home in the morning. Thanks to
@tigger92662 for sharing the trip with us.