Thoughts on the Adventure?

[leeleemurph]

It has to be short and sweet so no one melted in the sun! The theater pool area where Moana is show is the aft of the ship and not covered and was so toasty! 15 minutes felt like the maximum time anyone would want to sit in the sun and see the show. I agree it was good though, and Maui's songs were top notch.

Hahaha, so true! I'm from Ireland and I'm translucent pale so I had to cover myself with towels while watching it! It's a great area but soooo hot in the sun. We enjoyed sitting out there in the evening though when it was dark and listening to some of the musicians. Very chill vibes!

 

[DCLGirlie]

But as has been detailed in discussions surrounding the Adventure, including on this very board, the US and UK aren't the target markets for this ship. The population of SE Asia, China and India absolutely dwarfs the populations of the US and UK, and one look at the theming, offerings and menus on the ship absolutely reinforces who the target demographics are.

I think that despite the three parks located in Asia, people are still struggling with the idea that Disney doesn't always first and foremost cater towards the Western market. Not aimed directly at you, but there seems to be a vacuum within the Disney subculture that thinks Americans are the only ones that visit Disney, hence the Adventure is simply "too far" away (with complete oversight of the fact that people living in Australia and Asia face the same predicament if they wanted to sail out of Florida).

And I am going to add my two cents that it is a GOOD THING that Disney has learned its lesson about making sure that their products actually appeal to the market they are entering, rather than copying and pasting what worked in America. Copying and pasting what worked in America without accounting for cultural differences is why the original openings of then-Euro Disneyland now-Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland were such utter disasters.