Lights of Winter - Cancelled This Year?!?

[Maleficent's Dad]

I just read that Lights of Winter, the holiday light display in Epcot leading from FW to WS, has been cancelled for this year...

Can anyone confirm this?

[Ian]

Ugh ... another reduction ... they already cut out the tree lighting ceremony. What next????

[BMan62]

This has been confirmed on another site.

Lights of Winter confirmed as cancelled
Nov 11, 2009

Further to the news a few days ago that the Lights of Winter may be cancelled, it is now being confirmed to cast members at Epcot that the Lights of Winter are indeed not going to be shown.

[lockedoutlogic]

this really isn't a big deal....

however....why do they bother "cancelling" a bunch of lights on poles that they have in storage....

can't pay the maintenance guy an extra 2 hours a day to change out bulbs?

[GothMickey]

this really isn't a big deal....

however....why do they bother "cancelling" a bunch of lights on poles that they have in storage....

can't pay the maintenance guy an extra 2 hours a day to change out bulbs?

It is called providing a less magical experience to the guest but expecting said guests to pay more and more money.

[laprana]

Well that really stinks! We'll be in WDW Dec. 3-8 and it will be my Dbf's first trip this time of year. Just the other night I was telling him about all the holiday decorations and whatnot, and I told him about the Lights of Winter and how neat they were. Guess I'll have to retract that info! Thanks, Disney! Is there anything left in Epcot for the holidays besides CP and Santas around the World?

[Ian]

I'm really glad we're not going for Christmas this year. I'd just be irritated every time I walked from FW to WS.

[lockedoutlogic]

I'm really glad we're not going for Christmas this year. I'd just be irritated every time I walked from FW to WS.

oh...right....keep telling yourself that....

"glad we're not going"....that's funny

[Goofeygal]

Disney is starting to cut way to much out.

[lockedoutlogic]

Disney is starting to cut way to much out.

If 15 years worth of cuts is considered "starting"....then i agree with you...they're starting

[Ian]

If 15 years worth of cuts is considered "starting"....then i agree with you...they're starting

I agree with you completely on this one. The Christmas cutbacks especially have been really, really egregious. They've jacked prices up 50% or more for just about everything while at the same time cutting back about 50% of the offerings.

Miserable.

[lockedoutlogic]

I agree with you completely on this one. The Christmas cutbacks especially have been really, really egregious. They've jacked prices up 50% or more for just about everything while at the same time cutting back about 50% of the offerings.

Miserable.

as long as there is a stock market and completely unregulated, discretionary corporate payscales....

we are not gonna see the end of this.

don't suppose bill gates or the sultan of brunei would bother to gobble up all the outstanding stock and then put me in charge, would they?

nah....probably not

[Stu29573]

This saddens me because my wife and I are planning on going for Christmas 2010. Who knows what will be gone by then???

[DisneyAggies]

Wow. Just wow. Is Scrooge in charge of the purse strings this year?

OT--there were NO topiaries out for F&W either this year...I was very disappointed.

[DVC2004]

Aw, man. All these little things add up to big disappointment. Really how much are they saving by this?

[BluewaterBrad]

It does not seem that the lights that are being discussed would be that big of an expense. Am I way off base here?

[Iluvpooh]

Oh I love those. During Christmas is the only time I take that route to WS from FW. So sad. I also just don't see what they save by not doing this. If WDW is the same during the holidays as every other day, then what is the point of a special December trip?

[DizneyFreak2002]

I was there for MNSSHP and noticed cutbacks there too...

[DisneyFanaticDargon]

It is called providing a less magical experience to the guest but expecting said guests to pay more and more money.

Pretty sure Disney's got over 5,000,000 Christmas lights lit up for over 3 hours a night every night at Studios down the street, not to mention icicle lights on Cinderella Castle every night. Anybody else but me pretty aware about how much those little lights jack up an electric bill? I know Disney's a multi-billion dollar corporation but they can't just flip a switch to turn those things on for free. The lights at Epcot paled in comparison to the other two anyway.

[Joannelet]

wow this is really sad I don't even want to think of them taking other things away during the christmas season.