New "Disney Parks Blog" launched today (Merged)

[yoyoflamingo]

DisneyParks now has their own official blog here:
Disney Parks Blog

A video of Ghost Galaxy that is the best I've seen so far, and hopefully news will come a little more freely from Disney.

[sediment]

I wonder how little we can comment on what we think needs improved at the park.

Originally Posted by blog

Walt Disney listened as he wandered the parks. We’ll listen here.

Yes, "here."
Anywhere but actually inside the parks, Mr Smith.

One suggestion: separate the parks! There are postings about WDW mixed in with postings about DLR.

[yoyoflamingo]

Originally Posted by sediment

One suggestion: separate the parks! There are postings about WDW mixed in with postings about DLR.

I agree. DisneyParks needs to go.

[Ron W]

Disney has just launched a new website for information on it's parks: Disney Parks Blog

It also allows people to post comments.

[Tomorrowland_1967]

Hey .. thanks for the bit of news.
I just wonder why it took Disney so long to get around to something like this (?). So .. what it looks like to me ... instead of heads tuning into micechat, Laughingplace.com, etc, first ... they'll tune into their own place first .. and go to the non-Disney co. sites second.

That's what I gather.

The Blog Comment format is limited though. I wonder if they would dare to venture into a Discussion format? While keeping some sort of constraints .. so it does not get out of hand.

[d1mex]

Disney's answer to MiceChat! Ha-Ha!

[HMF]

Originally Posted by Ron W

It also allows people to post comments.

As long as it follows the Company Line.

[Tomorrowland_1967]

AH-HA!
This is interesting:

Comment Policy

Thanks for visiting the Disney Parks Blog. We welcome your comments. Please understand that this is a moderated blog. Blog comments will be reviewed prior to posting. As a result, there will be a delay in the posting of comments. Not all comments will be posted. Comments may also be removed after they are posted.
Please see our Terms of Use
for more information.

In other words .....
If you think you can get out of control .. or slightly out of control .. forget it!

In some ways .. this is good. I've personally been a poster on a few Disney-esque sites for a full decade. I've seen how testy it can get.
What this means ... if we want our voices to be heard .. we really have to focus in a very succinct and mature style .. what we say, and not ramble.

This could be good.

If we are worried if we are not being heard .. well ..... Now that they are doing their own site ... this is our chance to be heard ... just keep the content relevant to the subject .. and keep it civil and mature. And they'll listen!

HOWEVER .. if they moderate it "TOO MUCH".. meaning .. start deleting well thought out comments .. just to tout their own skewed way on a certain topic .. then what they are doing here is useless.

Lets see if they decide to keep this open .. or go for some Nazi-ish way.

Lets see how this unfolds!!

[sediment]

Originally Posted by Tomorrowland_1967

Hey .. thanks for the bit of news.
I just wonder why it took Disney so long to get around to something like this (?). So .. what it looks like to me ... instead of heads tuning into micechat, Laughingplace.com, etc, first ... they'll tune into their own place first .. and go to the non-Disney co. sites second.

That's what I gather.

The Blog Comment format is limited though. I wonder if they would dare to venture into a Discussion format? While keeping some sort of constraints .. so it does not get out of hand.

Interesting thought.
I think I will come here first. If any "news" gets posted there, someone will link to it. I'll check it out, then post my comments back over here.

[Aladdin]

I thought it was getting bad when they started selling "Disney Parks" merchandise in Disneyland, and their lack of using "The Happiest Place on Earth". Now they are just referring to Disneyland and WDW as "Disney". YECHHHH! They HAD it right with the older classic "I'm going to Disneyland" or "I'm going to Walt Disney World". Now they are just going to "Disney". BARF BARF BARF!!!!

[Sosai X]

Will the Parks blog be an honest blog? Or just a sock puppet for the monkeys in Burbank? We shall see. After reading the entries therein, it seems to me the Parks Blog is not a blog. It’s just a series of carefully constructed press releases from the simian denizens in Burbank, that have been formatted and packaged into something that resembles a blog. The simian denizens got the spirit of the thing right, but it’s been executed in completely the wrong way. The corporate mentality in Burbank is to blame for that.

[Mr Wiggins]

Originally Posted by Sosai X

Will the Parks blog be an honest blog? Or just a sock puppet for the monkeys in Burbank?

Does Cheetah eat 'nanas?

If there's any doubt what kind of a "blog" it really is, and what it's for, read their Terms of Use. (No, I mean really read it -- all of it -- not just the Rules of Conduct.)

[Sosai X]

Originally Posted by Mr Wiggins

Terms of Use

[Mr Wiggins]

Real blog:

...a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries.
- Wikipedia

Disney blog:

You hereby grant us and our licensees, distributors, agents, representatives and other authorized users, a perpetual, non-exclusive, irrevocable, fully-paid, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable (in whole or part) worldwide license under all copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, privacy and publicity rights and other intellectual property rights you own or control to use, reproduce, transmit, display, exhibit, distribute, index, comment on, modify (including removing lyrics and music from any Submission or substituting the lyrics and music in any Submission with music and lyrics selected by us), create derivative works based upon, perform and otherwise exploit such Submissions, in whole or in part, in all media formats and channels now known or hereafter devised (including on WDIG Sites, on third party web sites, on our broadcast and cable networks and stations, on our broadband and wireless platforms, products and services, on physical media, and in theatrical release) for any and all purposes including entertainment, news, advertising, promotional, marketing, publicity, trade or commercial purposes, all without further notice to you, with or without attribution, and without the requirement of any permission from or payment to you or to any other person or entity (the "Submissions License").
- Disney Blog Terms of Service

[Tomorrowland_1967]

I have to say ....
I think the blog may have a few interesting articles to read ....
but when every response is followed by something only Carol Brady and kids & June and Ward Cleaver could say ... I think I'll just pass on it .. and stick to more honest commentary from micechat.com to laughingplace.com, etc.

I'm not interested in some sanitized, rose colored glasses, commentary magically spinned by Mickey Mouse and his executive buddies in Burbank.