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WW: Closed. Marcel the Gorilla Went to Work in Disney Hong Kong

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14 Comments on “WW: Closed. Marcel the Gorilla Went to Work in Disney Hong Kong”

  1. #1 stanley
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 6:16 am

    who n where’s the gorilla???

  2. #2 Russ
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 6:41 am

    Great photo. It is amazing how Disney id all around the world. Love to have some of that money.

  3. #3 wonder why gal
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 6:54 am

    I wish I would take more pictures of building when we travel…that one looks really cool. You always wonder what it was like in it’s heyday.

  4. #4 Dumb Mom
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 7:06 am

    Well that’s either a really sad place for a vacation or really neat place to break into and snap some pictures. Not that I condone breaking into places. Because I don’t. Seriously, I never hop fences at abandoned school houses to capture the coolest photos of people ever!

  5. #5 Auntie E
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 8:22 am

    I didn’t know they had one in Hong Kong

  6. #6 Felicia
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 8:27 am

    Wow!! He really did?

  7. #7 Larry H.
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 9:07 am

    I never visited The Adventurers Club at Disney World..actually had to do a Google Search to see what you meant. Yeah, it looks like the Adventurers Club was a really cool, fun place to go. Now Marcel and the rest are in Hong Kong – Well phooey to that!

  8. #8 And Miles To Go....
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 9:33 am

    awww…so sad to hear.

  9. #9 Pat.
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 11:56 am

    Upon entry Marcel greeted each guest and dusted him off. Some guests were offended while others like me loved the show. Disney sold off this Pleasure Island entertainment club in one of its marketing strategies. Last stupid strategy never repaired was closing the original Figment attraction in Epcot. (They even took the character away last year for photo ops.)

  10. #10 Theresa
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 12:18 pm

    It is amazing just how huge Disney is all around the world.

  11. #11 Faythe @GrammyMousetails
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 1:54 pm

    No more monkey shines, huh… Disney letting stuff go to pot?
    whats this, they got rid of Figmet? that was was one of the newer attractions the one & only times I was ever there… there goes my memories… the mystery creepy bug was identified from last weeks post, come on over , link up & play along!

  12. #12 Lauren @ Hobo Mama
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 5:20 pm

    What a bummer! At least you got a cool picture out of it.

  13. #13 Marilyn (A Lot of Loves)
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 7:49 pm

    I never went there…and now I never will.

  14. #14 Pat.
    on Aug 6th, 2010 at 4:05 pm

    Disnery sells off to its other properties. However, the original Figment attraction–the very best–was in the Kodak Pavillion, Epcot. Disney always tries to keep creative and financial control. Over the years it has changed greeting card companies, ice cream companies, and the list goes on. Toad out. Dinosaur topiaries removed. Restaurants and hotelsmanaged/sold to other chains. And more…. It likes the bucks it gets from advertising. It sold the props. The people clamored. It put in a second one–terrible at best. The people still complained (I think with reason). It replaced it with the current one. A character was in residence for photo ops; however, he has too been removed.

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