Do-it-yourself Epcot celebration leads to new fan-based business

re: Do-it-yourself Epcot celebration leads to new fan-based business

Jim Hill — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:42:13 GMT

Ummm ... Adam and Jason may be a bit disappointed this time around. While Epcot has a very loving, deep, and loyal fan base, Animal Kingdom is about as beloved as DCA.

Which is to say ... not so much ... I would travel up the block for a 10th anniversary celebration of Animal Kingdom.

re: Do-it-yourself Epcot celebration leads to new fan-based business

Jim Hill — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:42:24 GMT

Actually, I think Animal Kingdom's fanbase has been growing for quite some time now. It was pretty unpopular when it first opened and there wasn't much to do there for a while, but since Everest opened and the Nemo musical, the place has changed quite a bit.

The overal theming/architecture/art of the park is very appealing on its own.

re: Do-it-yourself Epcot celebration leads to new fan-based business

Jim Hill — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:35:27 GMT

Err ... that should say I WOULDN'T travel up the block ... not would ...

And Dude, to each his own I guess. I find AK (outside of Everest) one of the most boring places on the planet.

re: Do-it-yourself Epcot celebration leads to new fan-based business

Jim Hill — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:07:07 GMT

Animal Kingdom is something of a disaster. Last time, my family only went there once - so my dad and I could ride Everest. We almost always end up fighting by the end of a day there.

Next WDW vacation, we're only planning on going there once, again.

So....

Unless there was a no-wait line at Everest, I wouldn't even be travelling up the block.

re: Do-it-yourself Epcot celebration leads to new fan-based business

Jim Hill — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:20:05 GMT

DAK is probably the most underrated theme park in the world. To me it is a very similary experience as going to Epcot. Both require you to have a different sort of theme park in mind before you go through the gates. AK is a park for strolling, for taking your time and for enjoying all of the little details. It is probably the most detail oriented of any Disney park, save for maybe Disneyland. And on the rare occassion that AK is open past dusk...well there are few theme park experiences that can compare to that.

They just need to ban strollers at AK (well, ban them at all theme parks really, but AK most of all). The roads, for some reason, were not layed out with hundreds of stollers in mind and it leads to a frustrating walk sometimes.

re: Do-it-yourself Epcot celebration leads to new fan-based business

Jim Hill — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:31:25 GMT

The 25th anniversary celebration at Epcot was fun, but was obviously rushed and felt somehow unfulfilling as a celebration. It's hard to explain, I guess. I'm speaking of the official, events, of course.

Matry Sklar's talk that I attended was THE highlight of the day. It was awesome hearing such a Disney legend speak.