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A good example of Old Disney Shops vs New Disney Shops is how in the 90s they changed the way they handled accounting for the stores. As I understand it the way the previously handled things all the shops basically went into the same pile, and there were shops that basically never sold anything and were more for "a cool thing to wander around in and look at" like the antique shop in Liberty Square or the tobacconist.
They changed it so each store had to pull its own weight, so basically every shop became the same pile of Mickey Mouse shit, when previously the character stuff was more a few dedicated places at various parts of Disney World.

Also they used to not outsource the rides as much. Well, technically they would often use WED Enterprises which was sort of a creative accounting way to get more money to Walt and Family but now they'll just go to prefab-theme-park-coasters.com and just order a shitty cheap coaster and slap some Disney characters on it.
 
XYZpdq said:
A good example of Old Disney Shops vs New Disney Shops is how in the 90s they changed the way they handled accounting for the stores. As I understand it the way the previously handled things all the shops basically went into the same pile, and there were shops that basically never sold anything and were more for "a cool thing to wander around in and look at" like the antique shop in Liberty Square or the tobacconist.
They changed it so each store had to pull its own weight, so basically every shop became the same pile of Mickey Mouse shit, when previously the character stuff was more a few dedicated places at various parts of Disney World.
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I still think of Disneyland's old "Art Corner" shop, where cels from actual Disney productions used to get sold for cheap prices! They even had an animation kit people could buy and try their hand at animating their favorite characters and have them photograph it on 8mm film!
http://2719hyperion.blogspot.com/2009/02/disneyland-art-corner.html
http://duchessofdisneyland.com/park-history/art-corner/

Also they used to not outsource the rides as much. Well, technically they would often use WED Enterprises which was sort of a creative accounting way to get more money to Walt and Family but now they'll just go to prefab-theme-park-coasters.com and just order a shitty cheap coaster and slap some Disney characters on it.
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They certainly knew where to put the middleman at.
 
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Trilby said:
I still think of Disneyland's old "Art Corner" shop, where cels from actual Disney productions used to get sold for cheap prices! They even had an animation kit people would buy and try their hand at animating their favorite characters and have them photograph it on 8mm film!
http://2719hyperion.blogspot.com/2009/02/disneyland-art-corner.html
http://duchessofdisneyland.com/park-history/art-corner/


They certainly knew where to put the middleman at.
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yeah back when cels were still viewed as a waste product of animation (like they mostly stayed in Japan) rather than an investment collectible
 
XYZpdq said:
yeah back when cels were still viewed as a waste product of animation (like they mostly stayed in Japan) rather than an investment collectible
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Yeah, pretty much, it really wasn't until the 90's when that market suddenly burst onto the scene. In their early years, The Disney Store also used to sell cels too.
 
The World Showcase still has weird stores. China sells mostly weird plastic crap, Japan sells stuff for weebs and Italy has bizarrely pushy salesmen that will spray cologne on you.

XYZpdq said:
Also they used to not outsource the rides as much. Well, technically they would often use WED Enterprises which was sort of a creative accounting way to get more money to Walt and Family but now they'll just go to prefab-theme-park-coasters.com and just order a shitty cheap coaster and slap some Disney characters on it.
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Yeah, Disney loves reusing tracks and ride designs in general and just lazily re-theming them. I think the most egregious example is that dumb coaster in DinoLand USA at Animal Kingdom which is pretty much something they just grabbed from a carnival equipment company and slapped some theming on.
 
eternal dog mongler said:
The World Showcase still has weird stores. China sells mostly weird plastic crap, Japan sells stuff for weebs and Italy has bizarrely pushy salesmen that will spray cologne on you.



Yeah, Disney loves reusing tracks and ride designs in general and just lazily re-theming them. I think the most egregious example is that dumb coaster in DinoLand USA at Animal Kingdom which is pretty much something they just grabbed from a carnival equipment company and slapped some theming on.
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iirc many of the WS shops are outside vendors like Mitsukoshi department store, too
 
XYZpdq said:
Also they used to not outsource the rides as much. Well, technically they would often use WED Enterprises which was sort of a creative accounting way to get more money to Walt and Family but now they'll just go to prefab-theme-park-coasters.com and just order a shitty cheap coaster and slap some Disney characters on it.
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They also shut down MAPO (the division of imagineering that built/created all the audio-animatronics) and outsourced the manufacturing of those to a third-party source since Disney has shifted their focus to screen-based dark rides in recent years.
 
So, I like to have the TV on when I'm doing work or otherwise at home, since I like background noise. I only half-watch things, so it's nothing I really *want* to watch, but the other day, a movie channel was showing Mulan.
A movie I really watched a lot as a kid, and I put it on, and dammit, I had forgotten how much I wore the tape out on this song.
And I still have it on repeat. Damn you, Disney. Damn you.
 
Guts Gets Some said:
So, I like to have the TV on when I'm doing work or otherwise at home, since I like background noise. I only half-watch things, so it's nothing I really *want* to watch, but the other day, a movie channel was showing Mulan.
A movie I really watched a lot as a kid, and I put it on, and dammit, I had forgotten how much I wore the tape out on this song.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZSS5dEeMX64And I still have it on repeat. Damn you, Disney. Damn you.
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My older brother loved that song when it came out. I think my mother have a tape of him singing along somewhere.
 
Guts Gets Some said:
It was interesting hearing how it would sound in-canon.
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I personally prefer the Cantonese version.
(Yes, there exist videos of Jackie Chan swinging a stick and singing "Make a man out of you" in 2 different Chinese languages.)
 
And thinking one jump ahead from the next "Find X in native language".
 
Your Weird Fetish said:
Is that one chick subtly humping the bar during part of Gaston's song?
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The Bimbettes are among the bounciest of characters in Disney canon. As is Ursula.

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