At least they fixed some of the windows for a better balance. I just wish WDI could stand up to marketing instead of letting them be in a sense bullied and robbed of all they worked for. Why can't WDI tell marketing where they can pt there stuff and let them do their magic.
See ya walkin' right down the middle of o'l Main Street USA
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Ever since Eisner's promotion of Paul Pressler, all the top management of Disney Parks have been marketing, finance and strategic planning people. Current president Tom Staggs was Eisner's Chief Financial Officer for years, a heavy hitter in Strategic Planning before that, and an investment banker before that. To the Beancounter Boys' Club at the top of Disney's management pyramid, WDI is merely another division that exists to execute what, when and where the corporation commands. Imagineers who feel otherwise are shown the door -- as has happened countless times in the last two decades.Originally Posted by SparkChaser
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I was almost sure when DCA reopened that the baseball window was going to change out for a football window in the Fall. That's what Mom & Pop convenience stores would do. I'm really disappointed that didn't happen. I'm disappointed that they didn't decorate for Fall at all on BVS, actually. Is it supposed to be eternally Spring on BVS? I know the temperatures don't change drastically in Los Angeles, but the seasons DO change! Oh, well...maybe next year!
It's actually "Cars Land", not "Carsland".
But was football very popular in 1923 Hollywood? I thought that the popularity of football didn't grow until later in time. But I agree that seasonal touches on the street and in the windows if they were period-themed decorations, would add something really neat to the street.
"Every atom is a world, an infinity unfurled.
A world of inner space without an end!
A world of mystery, of endless energy,
with treasures more than man can ever spend!"
Maybe it wasn't popular in Hollywood, but maybe it WAS popular with the owner of Loz Feliz Five & Dime. If I had to guess from the windows, I would say that the man that owns it is a sports fan and his wife is a fan of reading, and they each dressed their own display windows. The point is, except for Elias & Company, the shops and cafe on Buena Vista Street are owned and operated by individual people that live there. And I believe those people would decorate their businesses much like businesses continue to do to this day. Again, I'm giving them the benefit that Christmas will be spectacular, and that they will figure out a way to decorate for Halloween next year.
It's actually "Cars Land", not "Carsland".
Have you seen the windows on Main Street recently? They're just as much merchandise displays as the windows in the pictures shown on the sites linked to in this thread.
I will refrain from comment at this time.
No comment here either.
But if anyone wants to know how I feel, send me an IM or use some other form of private communications.
Last edited by Alyssa3467; 10-24-2012 at 07:41 AM.
Yes, I have. Precisely one of the reasons why I was so excited to see the BVS windows before they were crammed with the same cluttered mess of cheap souvenirs that can be found in plenty of other shops in and outside of the park. It would have been refreshing to admire a period window display without having that generic merchandise shoved in my face while covering up the period props in the window. But I guess in these days, the thirst for profit will always trump thematic inegrity in the wonderful world of Disney.
I love that idea! Sorry to be cynical earlier, but the first thing that popped into my mind when I read that comment was that baseball was much more popular than football during the time period of BVS. I didn't really connect the current window to the idea that the store's owner was a sports enthusiast. Thinking of it that way makes perfect sense and is a really charming idea.
"Every atom is a world, an infinity unfurled.
A world of inner space without an end!
A world of mystery, of endless energy,
with treasures more than man can ever spend!"
Thanks for clearing that up. I thought you meant you were okay with Main Street's windows but not Buena Vista Street's.
This has been sitting with me all day. You're right, they are allowed to make a return on their investment... and they will. But...so do we. We invest hard earned money into ticket purchases, and food, and gifts, etc. And yes, we (as a mass audience) do encourage them to make some of these bone headed decisions with our purchases of crap. But we ALSO get to have an opinion about how we feel about the return we are getting.
I was watching one of the documentaries about the creation of the park the other day. So many people told Walt that to plant plants and flowerbeds, add all those silly details, the "theme" part of the parks was a waste of money. They told him that it offered no way to make money. He proved them wrong, because ultimately it was all those details that made the park different from everything that came before it.
It's not wrong for us to expect to get to still see that type of a return on OUR investment. That's the promise of Disneyland. You want rides without themes, stores without quality, an environment without the amazing details we've come to love and expect of Disney? Go to a county fair or a carnival. Go to Six Flags. But when we come here, to the park that Walt began, we are supposed to get something else.
That's what we expect for OUR investment.
Well said!
"Every atom is a world, an infinity unfurled.
A world of inner space without an end!
A world of mystery, of endless energy,
with treasures more than man can ever spend!"
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