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Lumberjack show is closing
Yay! Apparently, today is the last time they will perform the show. They'll undoubtedly replace them with something else, though I have no idea what that might be. But i'm glad this show is done. No offense to those performing in it, but it was a poor replacement to something as unique as Off Kilter.
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I agree. I was not a fan of the show. I liked Off Kilter and it had an upbeat presence. The logging show was dumbed down and walked by after the first time I saw it. Hopefully the replacement will be something upbeat and culturally postive for that pavilion instead of the dumbing down and belittling of people who actually are loggers by trade.
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Well, that didn't last long - it arrived and ended since I last visited!
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So, basically it got its contracted one year. No surprise. That show was terrible.
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It definitely makes me happy to see that show go. I loved Off-Kilter but didn't mind something new if it was going to be good. The Lumberjacks weren't good at all. Very lame show. The good news for those traveling now through New Year's is the Holiday Voyagers will be back. That includes some of the Off-Kilter guys. I enjoyed them last year. No word on what the new show will be starting in January, though.
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I was recently in Gatlinburg TN and remarked it was like a low rent Disney. Then we passed a dinner show based on lumberjack battles. I then remarked, maybe it's the other way around.
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Originally Posted by RunDMV
I was recently in Gatlinburg TN and remarked it was like a low rent Disney. Then we passed a dinner show based on lumberjack battles. I then remarked, maybe it's the other way around.
Funny.
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I never did catch the show and we go at least once a month. Mainly because I'm just not a fan in general of shows. I'd rather have some kind of cultural experience. I really wasn't fan of Off-Kilter either. And the noise overload of the Lumberjacks would be too much for my ASD son.
I was curious though since they were contracted a year. Would it be because [it wasn't popular of course], they are also a show that travels to different entertainment venues for a time? And maybe they are heading somewhere else? I really didn't read up on much of it.
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This is the kind of news that gets me to come back and post after being off for months. We haven't been to WDW since Dec 2012. One of the reasons is Epcot losing all the good talent it used to have. Maybe with the Lumberjacks gone, they can bring in/bring back something great.
And while they're at it, dump the Paul McKenna Band. While they do a good job at playing celtic folk music, it just seems like mood music that they could pipe through the speaker system. Bring back the World Showcase Players - you know, back when a UK act could attract a crowd....
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Shhhhhh! Hear that? It's the sound of silence! The noise was so loud and carried all around the showcase, Now we can hear the background music setting the atmosphere instead of feeling like I'm at home while someone does yard work that never ends!
Really though, Off Kilter needs to come back!
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Just thought I would share my post from October 6, 2014:
Saw the new Lumberjack show this morning. Stood near some of the suits. Just horrible. Once is too much. Just had a nice conversation with 2 CMs from Canada. Word is the suits cannot believe the reaction to the new show and the passion they are hearing about Off Kilter.
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Can't say this is too surprising. We tried watching twice and it was dismal both times. We only rarely stopped to listen to Off Kilter, but at least we enjoyed it when we did!
I wasn't too impressed with the new act in Italy either, the clown that rides the gondola. It was cute and funny, but hardly a replacement for the World Showcase Players.
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Originally Posted by TheVBs
I wasn't too impressed with the new act in Italy either, the clown that rides the gondola. It was cute and funny, but hardly a replacement for the World Showcase Players.
Sergio has been there for years, he is not new.
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Originally Posted by Gator
And while they're at it, dump the Paul McKenna Band. While they do a good job at playing celtic folk music, it just seems like mood music that they could pipe through the speaker system.
Already gone. Apparently Saturday was Paul McKenna Band's last day.
And don't bring back Off Kilter. Epcot should keep changing acts. Just bring in something different that better represents Canada than the Lumberjacks and more authentic than Off Kilter. If they can bring in a street band from Morocco they can find someone from next door a Canada.
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There is already a new vocal group performing at the U.K. pavilion. Seems to be just singing, no band.
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Originally Posted by Altair
Sergio has been there for years, he is not new.
I have never even noticed him! I usually just pass right by Italy unless we are eating there. I hate to say it but there is nothing there that is exciting to me. I wish they had at least a movie with scenery from Italy.
Speaking of though, I do remember the old "statues" from years ago! Those were kind of cool.
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As for me, when the Beatles cover group (for the life of me, I can't remember their name) was axed, it was the beginning of the end. It boggles my mind that in order to save a miniscule amount of money in the big scheme of things, they took away so much enjoyment.
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