Nebuloons - A photo thread

[CoasterMatt]

Up Close With The Nebuloons (http://www.flickr.com/photos/coastermatt/sets/72157622695999811/)
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[lashbear]

Pretty !!

[BarTopDancer]

LOVE!!!!!!!!

[innerSpaceman]

Nebuloons were the biggest success of the entire Summer Failtastic enterprise. Huzzah for Nebuloons ... which still manage to look awesome even when frozen in still photography! They are amazing.

[RStar]

There's only one problem with them (besides the fairly high price tag):

I wish I had thought of that! :rolleyes:

Someone's making a fortune, but it's not me......

;)

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'm still utterly baffled that there is no such thing as an Up-themed balloon in the parks. WTF?

[innerSpaceman]

Someone's been asleep at the Synergy Switch.

[Mousey Girl]

Lots of balloons for sale, but last night I didn't see many actually bought.

[innerSpaceman]

They're expensive. I don't know if I'm going to be able to afford the Disneyland 55 Party I was planning for this July at the Disneyland Hotel, much less the Nebuloon decorations which I'd have liked to include.


The party's actually gonna be off unless we can take up a fund somehow. I can't afford such a thing this year.

[Mousey Girl]

Everyone I saw venturing near them ooohed & awwwed until they heard the price. Waiting for the tram at closing, I didn't see a single one.

I am just glad that The Boy is no longer into balloons (he is, but too cool to want them in public).

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I have not seen these in the parks but the pics look really cool. What does one cost?

[innerSpaceman]

$12 I think.


SuPeR K! was all set to buy a bunch with his Birthday gift card, but ODV does not accept them. The nebuloons are kinda neat one by one, but as anyone who's seen them knows - the Nebula effect is achieved only with a bunch. Keith was stymied in the only attempt I've heard of to buy a bunch. And Disneyland sucks for not letting him use his merchandise gift card on that merchandise for sale in the Park.

[Morrigoon]

ODV vendors aren't exactly carrying around a POS register.

In other news, I hear that you can actually replace the batteries in the light :)

iSm: have you guys run a search for balloon lights online? Maybe you can make your own nebuloons!

[RStar]

Let's see, there are:

balloonbrites (http://www.balloonbrites.com/)

And also:

The webpage that may give you an epiliptic convulsion (http://www.windycitynovelties.com/516c/lumi-loon-balloon-lights.html)

As well as:

And how can you ignore NIGHT-MAGIC (http://www.night-magic.com/content-categories/cat-244/balloon_lights_accessories.html)

[BarTopDancer]

This seems like a good thread for Nebulas in action! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sZnh4snjPc)

[Mousey Girl]

Some of them go for $18, but I don't know the difference.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Interesting, I wonder what percentage of people simply don't carry that much in cash and are turned away. We get that a lot at the library.

Wonder if they'll actually bring the price down.

[keith - SuPeR K!]

If only they accepted cards... Mobile POS card reader / receipt printers exist.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

If only they accepted cards... Mobile POS card reader / receipt printers exist.Yup, when we were in Paris FOUR YEARS AGO, those mobile versions were everywhere. When you paid with a credit card at a restaurant, they'd whip out the device and do the transaction right there. I remember GD saying he thought this would never catch on in the US only because it might seem crass to have the payment happen right at the table. I don't get that at all.

DL would be the obvious place for this technology.

[innerSpaceman]

Especially since, as you wisely pointed out, nowadays a lot of people don't carry around the wad of cash necessary to buy those nebuloons. If I myself had two kids who each wanted one, I would not have the cash to buy them. I simply don't carry that much cash anymore in a world where everything is paid by some card or other.

Loss of revenue? Not a Disney virtue!

[RStar]

What gets me is how they can justify the price. Yes, they have to pay the CM to sell them and the one's who fill them, the custom Mickey shape, the Helium (and parts like string and weight), and make thier profit. But in the links I posted above they are $1.40 to $2.00 each with out the string or helium.

[Kevy Baby]

What gets me is how they can justify the price. Yes, they have to pay the CM to sell them and the one's who fill them, the custom Mickey shape, the Helium (and parts like string and weight), and make thier profit. But in the links I posted above they are $1.40 to $2.00 each with out the string or helium.That sounds like the same margin that you will find in other items in the park.

What about the $2.79 (or whatever it is) cup of Coke you bought at Coke Corner? Total product cost (Coke, container [cup, lid, and straw], ice [the most expensive component BTW]) is probably only about $0.10-$0.15.

I would venture to guess that an Olszewski costs $5-$10 to manufacture, but you have to pay $300 for the privilege to own one.

Things are worth what people are willing to pay for them. If people are willing to pay $12.00 for the balloons, then they are worth it. If not, then Disney is stuck with a large supply of unsold balloons.

[RStar]

That sounds like the same margin that you will find in other items in the park.

What about the $2.79 (or whatever it is) cup of Coke you bought at Coke Corner? Total product cost (Coke, container [cup, lid, and straw], ice [the most expensive component BTW]) is probably only about $0.10-$0.15.

I would venture to guess that an Olszewski costs $5-$10 to manufacture, but you have to pay $300 for the privilege to own one.

Things are worth what people are willing to pay for them. If people are willing to pay $12.00 for the balloons, then they are worth it. If not, then Disney is stuck with a large supply of unsold balloons.

True, last night I paid $7.50 for a glass of wine from a bottle I'd pay $10 for.

And while the Olszewskis may cost that much to make, I'm sure the park pays a bit more than that for them. Olszewski himself may make $50 off each one....