Why is 50 Years of ImaginEARing temporary?

[goldenstate5]

Great. Just my luck, I find this EXCELLENT set of media...on its last ten minutes of existance...I scrolled around Main Street...tried Tomorrowland and refreshed to find out it went ka-put.

But, honestly, why? Bandwith issues? Please, don't tell me something like "we just wanted it until the 50th anniversary, and then we can pull it, out of respect"...for what?! Me, personally, I think that the popular demand will meet up with ya guys. Becuase I'll speak up. I know, it's on the radio, but I want my choices, man! And, plus, it seemed really cool. I've been searching for a music piece forever, found it here (luckily I didn't go to VisionsFantastic ten minutes later, huh?)...this is like the subs, it may take a while...but, by-gum, I want to scroll in Tomorrowland like I had intended to at 11:40 PM and I will set out to live that dream!

Seriously, guys, c'mon, limited editions are only good when up for sale. But, when something's free, it's almost a crime to take away the gift...

[Chris]

Originally Posted by goldenstate5

Great. Just my luck, I find this EXCELLENT set of media...on its last ten minutes of existance...I scrolled around Main Street...tried Tomorrowland and refreshed to find out it went ka-put.

But, honestly, why? Bandwith issues? Please, don't tell me something like "we just wanted it until the 50th anniversary, and then we can pull it, out of respect"...for what?! Me, personally, I think that the popular demand will meet up with ya guys. Becuase I'll speak up. I know, it's on the radio, but I want my choices, man! And, plus, it seemed really cool. I've been searching for a music piece forever, found it here (luckily I didn't go to VisionsFantastic ten minutes later, huh?)...this is like the subs, it may take a while...but, by-gum, I want to scroll in Tomorrowland like I had intended to at 11:40 PM and I will set out to live that dream!

Seriously, guys, c'mon, limited editions are only good when up for sale. But, when something's free, it's almost a crime to take away the gift...

I understand your frustration over '50 Years', but we have been saying and posting that we would only be offering it in it's entirety from July 10th thru the 17th (We actually kept it open an extra day). The reason we can't host it full time is the enormous amounts of bandwidth it consumes. These are basically CD quality MP3's and there's over 13 hours of it and they've been quite popular. It has nothing to do with "respect" and is purely a logistical problem hosting them on a long-term basis, along with the rest of our library (which now consists of 80+ attraction and show videos).

We understand the disappointment when we "take something away" like this, but we've tried to give everyone plenty of opportunity to listen to the tracks, while at the same time staying within our limitations as a website that operated by donations. (You may notice there are no banner ads on VF).

That's not to say that 50 Years of "gone forever", and I encourage you to continue to visit the site and watch for updates. As bandwidth becomes available again we may be able to host them at a later date.