The Disney Vault: Announcements, Discussion, & Questions

[Pasta67]

Do they put live action movies in the vault?

Yes. My post above has a list of them.

It just doesn't make sense for them to make movies going into the vault on sale.

They don't take them off the selves, they just stop making them, and when everyone buys them, that's it, they're gone. They're probably still on the shelves because people haven't bought them all or they don't want to.

[AwallaceUNC]

I just came home from the store i go to and i heard one of the clerks saying that a few dvd's are going into the vault.Some of them were Inspector Gadget 2,Brother Bear,Three Musketers (new with Mickey,Donald &Goofy),and 4 others.

Interesting. This could be true, but I wouldn't bank on it just because a store clerk said so. It's very possible that these titles were just being deleted from that particular store's inventory and the clerks confused that to mean that they were going "in the vault." Happened all the time when I was a marketing rep for them.

-Aaron

[Disney Lover]

Yes I know they don't just take them off the selves, that's not what I was saying. What I was saying was that it didn't make sense to me for a store to put a dvd that was going into the vault on sale for such a low price as $8.99. I would think they would want to make as much money as possible on the dvds before they were all gone.

And just as an after thought I went back to check on that OOP list and almost all of the live action movies on that list weren't really put into the vault the older versions just got discontinued because a newer version/edition came out. I wouldn't really call that being put into the vault. But thats just me.

Tabbi <3

[Pasta67]

Yes I know they don't just take them off the selves, that's not what I was saying. What I was saying was that it didn't make sense to me for a store to put a dvd that was going into the vault on sale for such a low price as $8.99. I would think they would want to make as much money as possible on the dvds before they were all gone.

My bad. I misunderstood what you were saying. It would make more since for Disney to raise the price rather than lower it. That is wierd.

[MinnieMe]

I know people mentioned before that these are at a low price for the 50th anniversary... but ALL of the ones mentioned are the ones that are on sale at Walmart (I think, not sure if that's the store that has all of them. For some reason I remember inspector gadget on sale there and not anywhere else...).

Could the employee be mistaken and just think that since they went on such a discount that they are being discontinued? We've had a few of these posts on this forum before- and usually it seems as if a (Walmart) employee was just mistaken.

Also- to the original poster- we don't get a notification beforehand of what DVDs are going into the vault. Usually it just happens after the DVD has been out a while. There have been quite a few posts asking for a list of DVDs going into the vault soon. We don't have one.

[Nala]

The Wal-Mart up here has a whole stand and the 50th Anniversary slogan. A lot of the Gold Collection are on that rack. I'm thinking I might buy one of those but don't know which one yet. Maybe I'll buy something on Canada Day.

[anger is pointless]

um when will they release snowwhite again

[Lazario]

um when will they release snowwhite again

If only that COULD happen... I just want them to UN-vault all the special editions, platinum editions, and everything they locked up.

[Disney-Fan]

um when will they release snowwhite again

Lets do the maths... Went to the vault late January 2002. Seven year period for it to be locked away ( ). 2002+7=2009. That's the most likely date. There is another date though, saying October 2008 (on the UK site). If Disney plans to release an old platinum alongside one of the 4 new ones, 2008 could be the date!

[Nala]

um when will they release snowwhite again

Lets do the maths... Went to the vault late January 2002. Seven year period for it to be locked away ( ). 2002+7=2009. That's the most likely date. There is another date though, saying October 2008 (on the UK site). If Disney plans to release an old platinum alongside one of the 4 new ones, 2008 could be the date!

Wasn't it changed to 5 years in May 2003 when they added those other titles. If that's the case, it could come out 2007. 2002+5=2007.

[Disney-Fan]

Well, Disney UK has listed Beauty and the Beast for 2009 so I'm going for the 7 year approach until stated othewise.

[cydney]

Well they would have to wait until 2008 before all of the previous titles said to be released were out. Then if they release the 4 they added in 2003, they would have to wait till 2010 unless they do what DisneyFan wrote:

Lets do the maths... Went to the vault late January 2002. Seven year period for it to be locked away ( ). 2002+7=2009. That's the most likely date. There is another date though, saying October 2008 (on the UK site). If Disney plans to release an old platinum alongside one of the 4 new ones, 2008 could be the date!

It would kinda suck for those of us who have Snow White already and want the 4 others sooner.

[Disney-Fan]

Think of it this way; Many didn't collect DVDs back then, so Snow White or B&B weren't options back then. Now they are and they should be released ASAP so the audience can still remember they exist.

[ichabod]

Well, Disney UK has listed Beauty and the Beast for 2009 so I'm going for the 7 year approach until stated othewise.

That reminds me today I got an updated list of the release schedule from BVHE UK.

It now reads as follows. It will probably be changed but it is currently suggesting that both Snow White AND Beauty and the Beast will be re-released in 2009.

2005
August - Lilo and Stitch
October - Cinderella
November - Toy Story
November - Toy Story 2

2006
March - Lady and the Tramp
October - The Little Mermaid

2007
March - The Jungle Book
October - 101 Dalmatians

2009
March - Peter Pan
October - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
October - Beauty and the Beast

2010
March - Sleeping Beauty
October - The Lion King

2011
April - Fantasia
April - Fantasia 2000

I'm suspecting there may have been a typo though and Snow White will appear in October 2008.

[Disney-Fan]

Woo hoo! Double the fun! Two princess movies released at the same time! I'm very excited about 2009 as of now as I'm also greatly anticipating Peter Pan. I'd also like to get my hands on Fantasia/2000 already! Thanks for posting ichabod!

[cydney]

So what's happeing in 2008?

[Kram Nebuer]

Yes I know they don't just take them off the selves, that's not what I was saying. What I was saying was that it didn't make sense to me for a store to put a dvd that was going into the vault on sale for such a low price as $8.99. I would think they would want to make as much money as possible on the dvds before they were all gone.

My bad. I misunderstood what you were saying. It would make more since for Disney to raise the price rather than lower it. That is wierd.

I used to think the same thing, but I don't think the "vault" dvds will sell if they raise the price once Disney said it was going into the vault. That's just bad economics. I think raising the price would only work for customers who absolutely must have the dvd before DIsney puts it away forever. Chances are, those types of customers already bought the dvd when it was first released. By saying it is going in the vault, Disney is:

1) Officially announcing they will no longer manufacture such and such DVD
2) Attracting customers who don't have it yet and may not have wanted it before but now will since it won't be available in the near future
3) Attracting average customers who don't go to this site and think the DVD will be gone forever.
4) Putting these DVDs on sale just gets them quicker off the shelves. It probably ends up raising more moeny by having a lot of ppl buy it all at once at a lower price rather than a little bit of ppl at paying a higher price. Classic supply and demand. The higher the price, the less product demanded. The lower the price, the more product demanded.

[calster21]

I also saw the sales at Bestbuy. They may be just wanting to get them off their shelves. They may have a whole bunch of DVDs and they may know that it will be vaulted, which may lead ppl to think that its not available in the stores anymore....hence it may be a tougher sell.

I'd like to take a poll as to when you think that Disney will put Aladdin in the vault?

[Disney Lover]

If they really were being vaulted wouldn't we have heard something by now from Disney? Or whoever it is who tells us?

Tabbi <3

[Luke]

If they really were being vaulted wouldn't we have heard something by now from Disney? Or whoever it is who tells us?

Tabbi <3

I believe the clerk who spoke to the original poster was misinformed. The titles mentioned are those which are undergoing temporary price reductions (in effect now) for the Disneyland 50th Anniversary, with the theme being recent animated DVDs (generally top-notch sets released in 2004) and films adapted from Disneyland attractions (and <i>Inspector Gadget 2</i> for whatever reason). But outside of <i>Aladdin</i>, which we all know will be going back to the vault at some point in the future (be that January 2006 or 2007, most likely), none of these are scheduled to be discontinued anytime soon.

Still at under $10, they're a steal and if anyone is missing them but interested, they should naturally not hesitate to pick them up now. Popular animated titles like <i>Brother Bear</i>, <i>Aladdin</i>, and <i>Mulan</i> are not usually able to be had for such a low price.