New Generation Festival (from 2nd April 2010)

[RnRCj]

The thing with the decorations and banners is they don't really have any reason to be there. They don't add anything to the experience and they only ruin photos.

Hopefully we will see Main Street USA in it's original form this year!

[dagobert]

I have to admit that I liked the banners of the 15th birthday, but not the MMP banners. They stayed there too long and should have been removed after the 15th birthday.

I really like to see Main Street in its old glory with out the banners.

[RnRCj]

Yeah, I must admit, I too didn't mind the 15th banners at first. But that was because I didn't expect them to be there too long. Never did I think we'd be sitting here 4 years later with the banners (as well as the castle decorations) still there.

[Kristof]

Ok, so I got some more info on the decorations. As expected, entertainment is going to do some last minute changes. I got to see a "behind the scenes" video of the New Gen Festival and it clearly shows concept art of Main Street decorations... The "good" news is it weren't the banners we've seen since 2007, but rather small plaques with a New Gen character on the Main Street gas lanterns. Quite similar how they deck out Main Street at the Magic Kingdom and Disneyland California for their themed years.

No confirmation however, it's possible it has been cut after all...

[Javey74]

You can tell the 'New Generation Festival' is about to start..

About a week ago most travel agencies would have received there 'New Generation Festival' marketing boards, as below, which I took with my mobile. By the way you need plenty of time and a degree to build it, I'd love to see the assembly instructions to get it to look 3D..



Now with these marketing boards all the staff in the branches have been receiving their travel packs which came boxed with the marketing boards.

The packs contained a variation of the photo below, depending on the quantity of staff in the branch, don't ask how I got mine..



Anyway there were DLRP Pens, 'New Generation Festival' lanyards, Colouring books. They have also been given Mouse Mats to match..





There were card masks in the form of Tiana, Buzz Lightyear, Sulley and a few others, and of course packs of balloons to go 'Up' around the branch..

[Adam]

Did anyone else get a mailout today for NGF? Looks quite good - still mentioning Scream Academy though! However, the 3D Visual Effect is rather good - I have seen this done before with the new episodes of Red Dwarf last year, when a box on a piece of paper was replaced with a video of Kryten's head. However, this is much more developed and rather clever!

[Javey74]

Did anyone else get a mailout today for NGF? Looks quite good - still mentioning Scream Academy though! However, the 3D Visual Effect is rather good - I have seen this done before with the new episodes of Red Dwarf last year, when a box on a piece of paper was replaced with a video of Kryten's head. However, this is much more developed and rather clever!

Mine came first thing this morning, and yes, it's a really good effect..

[dagobert]

Did anyone else get a mailout today for NGF? Looks quite good - still mentioning Scream Academy though! However, the 3D Visual Effect is rather good - I have seen this done before with the new episodes of Red Dwarf last year, when a box on a piece of paper was replaced with a video of Kryten's head. However, this is much more developed and rather clever!

Do you get this mailout only in the UK? Is this just an advertising for NGF or does it also offer some background about the festival.

[Adam]

Do you get this mailout only in the UK? Is this just an advertising for NGF or does it also offer some background about the festival.

If you normally get mailouts, I would expect you will get a similar version soon - the 3D bit is available on the Austrian website. It is an ad for NGF, with some details on what is new and it also has a 3D bit to. Anthony - have you got a copy? If not, I am happy to scan and send over for the collection.

[dagobert]

Do you get this mailout only in the UK? Is this just an advertising for NGF or does it also offer some background about the festival.

If you normally get mailouts, I would expect you will get a similar version soon - the 3D bit is available on the Austrian website. It is an ad for NGF, with some details on what is new and it also has a 3D bit to. Anthony - have you got a copy? If not, I am happy to scan and send over for the collection.

Thanks for the answer. I will take a look on the website. It's really not necessary to scan the mailout. Nevertheless thanks for the offer.

[Kristof]

Okay back to those Main Street banners (expected a huge buzz over that...)

Anyway, here's the concept art I was talking about. Notice in the last photo the Main Street Station with a New Gen logo...

[smurfy74]

now they are quite nice, not sure if they are needed but they definately look better than the banners - thanks for the gem of info as usual Kristof

[dlrpkris]

Grrrrr. Redirect the money spent on unnecessary decorations (keep them just for anniversaries and seasons) and improve the overall quality of the offerings. The all-year-round decorations just water down the stuff they can use for Halloween and Christmas etc and the event entertainment loses out on a bigger budget too.

I must admit, I've been working on a project to improve the Halloween festival and these lamppost things are quite similar. Quite discrete and have potential for being slightly classy... just not sure of the colours...

And just what is that on the very left of the photo...

[Anthony]

Well what looks like a frightening Main Street Station "decoration" aside, they can waste all the money they want on those. Nice colours, pleasing design. They won't dwarf anything like the current banners.

If these kind of decorations are necessary, that's how they should be done. Finally!

[dagobert]

Okay, I'm very happy that the banners will be removed, but why do they have to replace them with new decoration. I have to admit that it doesn't look bad, but it would have been great to see Main Street without any decoration.

Hopefully the castle will not receive a new decoration and the old one will be removed as soon as possible.

[DopeyDad]

That's a good question dlrpkris, what is that structure in the picture to the left of the table?

[RnRCj]

If those have to go ahead, at least they're a lot more tasteful than the current banners. A couple of years with no decorations would be nice though. I hope the Central Plaza stage does eventually go too. As nice as it looks, I prefered the beautiful flowers that were there before. Not only that but it also gives Central Plaza quite an "enclosed" feel, which isn't good for the busiest part of the park.

[dagobert]

If those have to go ahead, at least they're a lot more tasteful than the current banners. A couple of years with no decorations would be nice though. I hope the Central Plaza stage does eventually go too. As nice as it looks, I prefered the beautiful flowers that were there before. Not only that but it also gives Central Plaza quite an "enclosed" feel, which isn't good for the busiest part of the park.

I doubt that the stage will be removed, because I think it was a bigger investment and so it will stay for more years. Which makes me a little bit angry, because I also want to see a Central Plaza with beautiful flowers. The best for me would be when the Partners Statue would be transfered from the Studios to DLP's Central Plaza, like in all the other Magic Kingdoms.

[luke85]

I used to really enjoy being able to sit on the benches in central plaza, it was so nice to be surrounded by the flowers and just people watch. The stage looks so imposing.

[Poppy The Monkey]

Well they've just spent 80,000 euros on a new lift for the stage - for Boo and Mike in the New Generation Show - so don't expect it to removed anytime soon. It's a permanent addition!