I had heared:
No Good Morning Main Street USA and No Good Morning WDS for this Summer.
No Show at Chaparal Stage.
No Buffalo Bill short Parade in Disney Village.
It´s right ?
I was really hoping for the Good Morning Main Street this year :( It's a wonderfull piece of Streetmousefere!
the only shows that are cancelled that bother me are the HSM party and the Legend of the Lion King. They helped me make the trip to DLRP in 2008 more enjoyable. :(
Good Morning Main Street was a good show/parade but cause I don't remember it that well, I suppose it is not a big thing if I won't be able to see it again
Quotethe only shows that are cancelled that bother me are the HSM party and the Legend of the Lion King
Yeah I'm gutted about the Lion King show too. Was good watching it whilst having a meal.
When you think about it guests in DLP are really hard done by when compared to the entertainment offering in the US parks. This year, even though the summer prices are at a premium to other times of the year, we have lost The Goofy Show in the Chapperal theartre having alreday lost Lion KIng and Tarzan. What we are left with is basically a rehash of MMP show outside with no proper seating. Most US parks, some with smaller attendances that Paris, have at least 1 full theatrical style produvtion: DAK :Nemo and Lion KIng, DHS :Berauty & Beast, Indiana Jones SS, Fantasmic, Epcot: the amazing Illuminations with the Magic KIngdom the only one not to something similar but again more than made up for with their fireworks display and Specromagic. Let's not fool ourselves guys the Encahnted fireworks show is a cheap and tame imitation of anything in the US parks.
Am I correct here, please tell if I am not,but are there any sit down theatre style shows on offer in DLP this summer? I am going again in August and for what it's worth and even though I will not get very far I will probaly drop by City Hall to complain.
I am crazy Disney fan but of late hate the way that DLP has stagnated. Yes we have improvments at the Studios but we need some Euro to come across the boulevard to the main gate. Sorry for the rant by the way!
^^ Agreed. Has it ever been this bad? I can't believe there isn't a single worthwhile show in the park this summer.
I thought I read that the Tarzan show was on in peak season, but agree with everyone that we are really short changed compared to other Disney parks!
Yes, it is very BAD without some live shows... :(
Bring back The Legend of the Lion King or Tarzan , please!!! :(
All the money was spent on TSPL... yay...
Quote from: "TimmyTimmyTimmy"All the money was spent on TSPL... yay...
Everyone is entitled to their opinion but you could at least try and keep it to the right thread.
Hmmm, :hello:
Feeling a definite lack of Disney Love here guys. I'll admit it is a total bummer that there are no good shows on at the moment but this has happened before. When they took Mulan out of DLP we were really upset because we adored that show, and they replaced it with a very boring show about Mickey's birthday! But then they brought in The Legend of the Lion King and all was right in the world.
Now that's gone.
Tarzan's gone. Waaah! :cry:
But we don't go to DLP for the shows. They are just a lovely bonus. And what about the Studios? Animagique and Cinemagique? Then there's Stitch Catch a Wave, Stitch Live!
I am really looking forward to exploring TSPL myself.
And just think. Now they've finished that what exciting new things will be in store for us in the coming months?
If they were to bring back any shows I'd love for Mulan to return. Or Beauty and the Beast.
Oh the memories. Heavy sigh.
Have a Disney Day everyone :stitch:
Actualy, I do go to Disney for the shows. In my opinion it's what made the Disney parks so outstanding, the high quality, breath taking shows. They made some great memories.
I'm not saying the shows are the only reason I go to Disney is for the shows but they are a huge factor, just as much as the rides and theming.
Quote from: "RockNRoller"Quote from: "TimmyTimmyTimmy"All the money was spent on TSPL... yay...
Everyone is entitled to their opinion but you could at least try and keep it to the right thread.
All the money was spent on building TSPL.
We were there from july 26th untill 1 aug, and i must say compared to previous years, this is our 8th visit, the missing shows affected the experience in a big way, its the shows that made the visit, the streetmosphere, which is non existent now, under staffing was very evident around the parks this year, with staff being deployed to different parts of the parks, dressed in wrong uniforms for the area, one example of the cuts is the stunt show, used to be 6 black cars and a red car in the ballett section of act one, but now there is only 2 this carried on through the show.. less motorbikes... to have 3 theaters empty in high season in unthinkable, videopolis, chapperal, and the the pooh show on the fantasy stage.. staggered opening of many attractions, less service, but on the plus side for disney the parks were packed, 45 min waiting for alice in wonderland, 60 min for indy, and 60 min for star tours, these would normly be low waiting times... people wont know the difference shows or no shows,but i think i am going to stop visiting for a while and hope things return to former glories..
Quote from: "TimmyTimmyTimmy"Quote from: "RockNRoller"Quote from: "TimmyTimmyTimmy"All the money was spent on TSPL... yay...
Everyone is entitled to their opinion but you could at least try and keep it to the right thread.
All the money was spent on building TSPL.
You are incorrect, those are different budgets.
I agree that compared to the US parks DLP can seem hard done by, then again unless somethings changed in the past couple of years the US parks are funded by Disney themselves and DLP is not. I am thankful what ever we get in DLP and comparing it to the US parks is highly unfair considering the huge difference in funding. :| As much as I would love all the budgets to match the US parks its unrealistic to think that. Theres no point saying the US parks have X amount of shows and DLP only has X because the US parks have a much bigger budget to work on than DLP.
In an ideal world would I want DLP to have the same love and funding as the US parks? Of course I would! Dont get me wrong there, I would have LOVED DLP to have been the first park to have the ToT like it should have been, to have the moving mouth characters in all its shows instead of having it removed all together. However if the budgets were changed and more was spent on shows and less in another area there is no doubt there would be a similiar thread complaining about how something else is being changed or not being down. Its swings and roundabouts :(
Quote from: "seanmartina"We were there from july 26th untill 1 aug, and i must say compared to previous years, this is our 8th visit, the missing shows affected the experience in a big way, its the shows that made the visit, the streetmosphere, which is non existent now, under staffing was very evident around the parks this year, with staff being deployed to different parts of the parks, dressed in wrong uniforms for the area, one example of the cuts is the stunt show, used to be 6 black cars and a red car in the ballett section of act one, but now there is only 2 this carried on through the show.. less motorbikes... to have 3 theaters empty in high season in unthinkable, videopolis, chapperal, and the the pooh show on the fantasy stage.. staggered opening of many attractions, less service, but on the plus side for disney the parks were packed, 45 min waiting for alice in wonderland, 60 min for indy, and 60 min for star tours, these would normly be low waiting times... people wont know the difference shows or no shows,but i think i am going to stop visiting for a while and hope things return to former glories..
My words!! :(
Quote from: "PetiteSirene"However if the budgets were changed and more was spent on shows and less in another area there is no doubt there would be a similiar thread complaining about how something else is being changed or not being down. Its swings and roundabouts :(
Agreed. If they're cutting shows in order to fun refurbishments and future rides then that's fine by me. There is a recession on and they have to make cuts somewhere.
It's already been established that those are different budgets... My guess is that the money that could have been allocated to, say, a proper new show for Videopolis, has gone into the New Generation festivities. After all, that is all part of Entertainment, no?
What they should invest in is keeping the difference between them and other parks, and that was the magic, all the magic, not part, people who have visited for years will watch in horror, seeing it all torn apart, these are the guests they need to keep, in the past when they cut, attendance dropped and quality suffered, come the 15th every thing was back on track, vast improvments and quality returned, it was the right path again.. but now it seems nothing is safe from CUTS CUTS, and this means LESS LESS people... so less money then a vicious circle begins...
QuoteHowever if the budgets were changed and more was spent on shows and less in another area there is no doubt there would be a similiar thread complaining about how something else is being changed or not being down. Its swings and roundabouts
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But its not only the entertainment being cutback here. Its everything from maintenance to park hours. Timmy makes the point that all the money on entertainment has gone into Toy Story Playland. And in a way he's right. I have no idea on the price tag of TSPL but I'm sure it could go along away in helping to fix up existing rides, extending park hours, providing better Summer entertainment and employing a decent number of Cast Members at the park.
Reccesion or not many other Disney parks are managing to get by very well. Some with record attendance numbers. If Disneyland Paris is strugling thats down to them having a poor buisness structure and relying far to much in the past on discounted packages. Now days people are holding back waiting for Disney to release cheaper deals before booking. Which is cutting into the profits.
It scares me to think how far Disneyland Paris is able to cutback and yet still have people defending there moves and decisions. Its time to stop defending these poor decisions and stand up. We need new Management that understand the buisness and know how to make a profit without slashing budgets off everything. The current lot mostly trained at WDW and headed by Philippe Gas as CEO are not capable of doing the job.
The money come from the same source in the end anyway. Funds for refurbs of a rotten ship and crumbeling castle has to be taken from some. WDS building the rat ride and having built TSPL also has to come from somewhere. All expenses added plus the fact that not very much is going on in the parks is a signa that the shows have been cut. It can´t be that they want a calm summer. New shows and perhaps parades for the 20th celebration cost aswell. They can say what they want but adding all expenses and looking at the plans for the rest of the summer speaks it clear language.
I think it would be good if the park took a year or two with out shows just to sort out the mess it is in.
I think there is a new Beauty & the Beast show coming soon as auditions have just been held for the roles of Belle & the Beast, however j believe it's only a short show in front of the castle like Snow White was & not a full blown show in one of the theatres. I could be wrong tho so don't take my word for it but I know that there will be some sort of musical event going on at some point! If might not be on the same scale as Tarzan etc but at least it will be something new to look at I guess, even if only for 10 mins!!
I think the show they have shown this summer is beyond defending, its utter madness what they have done... this was my worst visit by far, £2500 for that!!!! they really need to get the act together... from the disaster 14 july fireworks, to the drastic cuts in staffing, neglect and bad ideas all round... even in 2006 before all the studios expansion the Disneyland park was in a lot better shape.. lots going on.. and that was still not ideal..
people today are missing..
proper fireworks display watch these and see the difference to today
and these were shot only 2 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2wDUT5l ... re=channel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2wDUT5lEW4&feature=channel%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) Enchanted fireworks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVj8V6eU ... re=channel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVj8V6eU4Nc&feature=channel%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) 14th july
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNooZ0XQuCE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNooZ0XQuCE%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) Stunt show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_U5BBRLAg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_U5BBRLAg%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) tarzan encounter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ez96eRNcXI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ez96eRNcXI%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) lion king
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFkatd1PZLs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFkatd1PZLs%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) winnie pooh and friends..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zwWRQF-8ec (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zwWRQF-8ec%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) mary poopins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcEt6MY3GrA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcEt6MY3GrA%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) cine follies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOrv0vPvJzk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOrv0vPvJzk%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) high school
all cut ,gone, or destroyed... visitors should not be short changed
Quote from: "seanmartina"I think the show they have shown this summer is beyond defending, its utter madness what they have done... this was my worst visit by far, £2500 for that!!!! they really need to get the act together... from the disaster 14 july fireworks, to the drastic cuts in staffing, neglect and bad ideas all round... even in 2006 before all the studios expansion the Disneyland park was in a lot better shape.. lots going on.. and that was still not ideal..
people today are missing..
proper fireworks display watch these and see the difference to today
and these were shot only 2 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2wDUT5l ... re=channel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2wDUT5lEW4&feature=channel%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) Enchanted fireworks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVj8V6eU ... re=channel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVj8V6eU4Nc&feature=channel%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) 14th july
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNooZ0XQuCE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNooZ0XQuCE%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) Stunt show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_U5BBRLAg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_U5BBRLAg%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) tarzan encounter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ez96eRNcXI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ez96eRNcXI%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) lion king
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFkatd1PZLs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFkatd1PZLs%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) winnie pooh and friends..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zwWRQF-8ec (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zwWRQF-8ec%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) mary poopins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcEt6MY3GrA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcEt6MY3GrA%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) cine follies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOrv0vPvJzk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOrv0vPvJzk%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;) high school
all cut ,gone, or destroyed... visitors should not be short changed
WOW - 14th july Fireworks looks very, VERY, VERY FANTASTIC, BEAUTIFUL and MAGICAL!!! I am shocked!! :shock:
15"th Enchanted Fireworks (2007-2008) was much better then 2009 or 2010 version :cry:
Here is mine video of 2008 Enchanted Fireworks in HD //http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvVFc59-e6c...
The Legend of the Lion King was GREAT SHOW - my HD video with favourite scene is here - //http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHJ6GB4-3iQ .... :cry:
Tarzan and Pooh too.... :cry:
Please bring back some live shows to DLP! Please!! [-o<