Disney News, Discussion & an Element of Fun - 2023 Edition

[HokieRaven5]

List of dates and Attractions available during Extended Evening Hours for Eligible WDW Resort Guests at Disney’s Animal Kingdom:

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park
Extended evening hours are available at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park on November 8, November 22, December 4 and December 28, 2023.

• Avatar Flight of Passage
• DINOSAUR
• Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
• It’s Tough to be a Bug!
• Meet Favorite Disney Pals at Adventurers Outpost
• Na’vi River Journey
• TriceraTop Spin

 

[Gary Stocker]

List of dates and Attractions available during Extended Evening Hours for Eligible WDW Resort Guests at Disney’s Animal Kingdom:

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park
Extended evening hours are available at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park on November 8, November 22, December 4 and December 28, 2023.

• Avatar Flight of Passage
• DINOSAUR
• Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
• It’s Tough to be a Bug!
• Meet Favorite Disney Pals at Adventurers Outpost
• Na’vi River Journey
• TriceraTop Spin

To reiterate what some have conveyed here I really hope this is available for my 2024 trip (April). Pandora at night is a whole different animal (pardon the pun).

 

[jlundeen]

So when they do the extended hours in other parks, it looks like the original park (in my case, EPCOT on Monday Dec 4) will NOT do extended hours?

Boy, this makes it SO hard to plan!

 

[HokieRaven5]

Minnie's Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks Dessert Party returns for 2023 at Walt Disney World

There are two versions of the party, one with firework viewing from the Plaza Gardens on Main Street U.S.A. priced at $99, and one with viewing from the Tomorrowland Terrace priced at $114. Pricing is unchanged from last year.

Reservations open on September 28, 2023 via Disneyworld.com. A valid admission ticket for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party on the same night is required, and is not included in the price of the dessert party.

 

[HokieRaven5]

Donald Glover’s ‘Star Wars’ Series ‘Lando’ Is Now a Movie

News broke in July that Donald and Stephen Glover had been tapped by Disney and Lucasfilm to replace Justin Simien as the writers of a new “Lando” television series on Disney+. But not so fast. The project is actually being developed as a “Lando” movie, Lucasfilm confirmed to Variety. Glover debuted as a young Lando Calrissian in the 2017 “Star Wars” tentpole “Solo,” which was a notable box office disappointment for Disney and Lucasfilm.

Stephen Glover first dropped the news of a “Lando” movie on a recent appearance on the “Pablo Torre Finds Out” podcast, telling the host, “It’s not even a show…the idea right now is to do a movie. Right now, because of the strike, it’s kind of like telephone, all of the information.” That’s all the info Stephen could provide. Lucasfilm confirmed the news afterwards.

 

[HokieRaven5]

Space Mountain at Disneyland Park will close for refurbishment on Sept. 18 and reopen on Oct. 26.

 

[HokieRaven5]

Yellow-Backed Duiker Calf Makes Debut at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

 

[HokieRaven5]

Disney issues a statement amid reports that it is in talks to sell ABC and its linear businesses

Bloomberg reported earlier today that the Walt Disney Co. has held exploratory talks about selling its ABC network and TV stations to local broadcaster Nexstar Media Group Inc.

Disney has issued a statement late this afternoon saying, “While we are open to considering a variety of strategic options for our linear businesses, at this time The Walt Disney Company has made no decision with respect to the divestiture of ABC or any other property and any report to that effect is unfounded.”

 

[PolyRob]

Disney issues a statement amid reports that it is in talks to sell ABC and its linear businesses

Bloomberg reported earlier today that the Walt Disney Co. has held exploratory talks about selling its ABC network and TV stations to local broadcaster Nexstar Media Group Inc.

Disney has issued a statement late this afternoon saying, “While we are open to considering a variety of strategic options for our linear businesses, at this time The Walt Disney Company has made no decision with respect to the divestiture of ABC or any other property and any report to that effect is unfounded.”

I'm not really sure what the appropriate response is! "Open to considering a variety of strategic options" doesn't sound promising.

 

[disney-inspired]

Space Mountain at Disneyland Park will close for refurbishment on Sept. 18 and reopen on Oct. 26.

No Ghost Galaxy this year

 

[HokieRaven5]

Avengers Vault, the new shop in Avengers Campus, opens on Sept. 18 at Disney California Adventure Park.

Scott Gustin

 

[Elijah Abrams]

Disney issues a statement amid reports that it is in talks to sell ABC and its linear businesses

Bloomberg reported earlier today that the Walt Disney Co. has held exploratory talks about selling its ABC network and TV stations to local broadcaster Nexstar Media Group Inc.

Disney has issued a statement late this afternoon saying, “While we are open to considering a variety of strategic options for our linear businesses, at this time The Walt Disney Company has made no decision with respect to the divestiture of ABC or any other property and any report to that effect is unfounded.”

I’ve heard Deadline and The Wrap saying that there were considerations of just the O&O stations being sold to Nexstar, not the whole network itself.

 

[HokieRaven5]

NEW: The WGA (Writers) and AMPTP (Movie Studios) are set to meet next week. Statement:



Scott Gustin

 

[HokieRaven5]

The City of Anaheim released a Disneyland Forward “Supplemental Environmental Impact Report” earlier today - and the report includes some new drawings.

*Everything is conceptual




Scott Gustin via Mousekegamer Twitter

 

[Duckbug.Ducktales]

The City of Anaheim released a Disneyland Forward “Supplemental Environmental Impact Report” earlier today - and the report includes some new drawings.

*Everything is conceptual
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Scott Gustin via Mousekegamer Twitter

I'll be so ecstatic if this comes to fruition.

 

[1lilspark]

I’ve heard Deadline and The Wrap saying that there were considerations of just the O&O stations being sold to Nexstar, not the whole network itself.

So basically DirectTV will loose local ABC in all markets not just the ones currently owned already by nextar … we’ve already lost our local NBC affiliate in July and have been mooching off my brother in laws peacock account

 

[afan]

So basically DirectTV will loose local ABC in all markets not just the ones currently owned already by nextar … we’ve already lost our local NBC affiliate in July and have been mooching off my brother in laws peacock account

How? Sinclair owns the Seattle ABC. Sinclair is the one negotiating this station not Disney.

 

[HokieRaven5]

Mirabel Meet & Greet Times at Magic Kingdom



Morning

• 9:00 AM
• 9:45 AM
• 10:30 AM
• 11:15 AM

Afternoon

• 12:00 PM
• 12:45 PM
• 2:00 PM
• 2:45 PM
• 3:15 PM
• 3:45 PM

 

[rangerxenos]

Good Morning!

 

[jlundeen]

So basically DirectTV will loose local ABC in all markets not just the ones currently owned already by nextar … we’ve already lost our local NBC affiliate in July and have been mooching off my brother in laws peacock account

We have DirecTV too, and haven't lost any channels.... is this a local thing?