News Round Up 2018

[amberpi]

News

Adventures by Disney Introduces River Cruise Down the Seine River in France!

I did this trip, not by Disney obviously, as it's one of the few cruises that interests me (the other is in Russia) and it's a great trip. I'm sure Disney does it well!

 

[OKW Lover]

News

Adventures by Disney Introduces River Cruise Down the Seine River in France!

We did a Viking River cruise that was very similar to this a couple of years ago. Really nice cruise and great opportunity to see Paris and DL Paris with some extra days before or after.

NEWS

Adventures by Disney introduces Southern California Short Escape

The Adventure will showcase Disney-oriented icons such as the Walt Disney Imagineering campus in Glendale, the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank with a visit to the Walt Disney Archives, Disneyland (including an exclusive visit to Walt Disney’s famed apartment above the firehouse on
Main Street, U.S.A.), and Walt Disney’s apartment.


Guests will even get to dine at one of Walt Disney’s favorite restaurants; the historic Tam O’Shanter that opened way back in 1922.


sounds really cool!

So almost a smaller Backstage Magic? It does sound really cool.

As @rteetz and others have noted, this sounds like BSM without Hollywood. Not a bad trade off for a shorter trip. IMHO, the Hollywood section of this tour is pretty weak. Perhaps missing the Jim Henson Studio part is a real negative, but the remainder is merely an interesting prelude to the meat of that tour. Remains to be seen what else is cut out of the rest of it...

 

[skier_pete]

As @rteetz and others have noted, this sounds like BSM without Hollywood. Not a bad trade off for a shorter trip. IMHO, the Hollywood section of this tour is pretty weak. Perhaps missing the Jim Henson Studio part is a real negative, but the remainder is merely an interesting prelude to the meat of that tour. Remains to be seen what else is cut out of the rest of it...

It cuts the Hollywood day, and it's also shorter time at Disneyland. It keeps the most important day, the Imagineering and the Studio tour, and if it still includes some backstage stuff at Disneyland (I didn't look that close) it would probably contain about 85% of the best stuff of the trip. (The first day at El Captian and Henson studios and such is great, but not A+++ level like the rest.) I mean, I get why people don't do it for the cost, it still ranks as the fourth most expensive vacation we ever took, and the ones above it were all at least 11 days and this was only 6, but so, so worth it.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

As @rteetz and others have noted, this sounds like BSM without Hollywood. Not a bad trade off for a shorter trip. IMHO, the Hollywood section of this tour is pretty weak. Perhaps missing the Jim Henson Studio part is a real negative, but the remainder is merely an interesting prelude to the meat of that tour. Remains to be seen what else is cut out of the rest of it...

It cuts the Hollywood day, and it's also shorter time at Disneyland. It keeps the most important day, the Imagineering and the Studio tour, and if it still includes some backstage stuff at Disneyland (I didn't look that close) it would probably contain about 85% of the best stuff of the trip. (The first day at El Captian and Henson studios and such is great, but not A+++ level like the rest.) I mean, I get why people don't do it for the cost, it still ranks as the fourth most expensive vacation we ever took, and the ones above it were all at least 11 days and this was only 6, but so, so worth it.

The Jim Henson studio was in no way a highlight for me. It was neat to get to go inside and interact with a puppeteer and hear the stories, but there really wasn't any Muppet stuff there.

My ABD backstage magic was probably the best vacation I ever took. We still are friendly with and meet up with about 10 people we met on the trip.

Imagineering was probably the best thing ever. I still have my Lucky autograph in a place of prominence.

 

[tarak]

It cuts the Hollywood day, and it's also shorter time at Disneyland. It keeps the most important day, the Imagineering and the Studio tour, and if it still includes some backstage stuff at Disneyland (I didn't look that close) it would probably contain about 85% of the best stuff of the trip. (The first day at El Captian and Henson studios and such is great, but not A+++ level like the rest.) I mean, I get why people don't do it for the cost, it still ranks as the fourth most expensive vacation we ever took, and the ones above it were all at least 11 days and this was only 6, but so, so worth it.

I’ve been wanting to take an ABD trip for ages. The cost always gets me, but I’ve heard nothing but great things about them.

 

[Fantasia79]

Photo update

Magic Kingdom Photo update

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2018/01/photo...ts-hundreds-new-souvenirs-many-mugs-hats-etc/

Those Mickey mugs look like he’s in an altered mental status.

And the Lichtenstein estate might be owed some money on that design.

 

[PaintsWithAllTheColors]

The thing with that tour is that, while I’d LOVE to do it, it’s hard to justify spending $4,400 when we live here.... but I don’t know of another way to get some of those experiences without it :/

 

[rteetz]

Today in Disney History

Disney’s Vero Beach resort opened in 1996

 

[PolyRob]

I am confused by this as the runDisney/New Balance deal had ended. Maybe they are just doing non-running Disney shoes now? I have four pair of the runDisney ones.

I have seen some of those, they are so cool! I may or may not have looked on ebay at the Toy Story Midway Mania! ones... haha

 

[rteetz]

I have seen some of those, they are so cool! I may or may not have looked on ebay at the Toy Story Midway Mania! ones... haha

I have Donald, Goofy, Space Mountain, and Dumbo.

 

[PolyRob]

I have Donald, Goofy, Space Mountain, and Dumbo.

I just looked them up. They are all so cool! I bet they are probably a lot more comfortable than those vans too.

 

[rteetz]

News/Rumor

According to a poster on WDWMagic Mickey's Not So Scary will begin August 24th and have three parties in August. The 2PM parade test and 6PM party start test worked well so that will continue as well.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

News/Rumor

According to a poster on WDWMagic Mickey's Not So Scary will begin August 24th and have three parties in August. The 2PM parade test and 6PM party start test worked well so that will continue as well.

We've been tossing around doing a trip that last week of August ... never crossed my mind we could go to a Halloween party

 

[umichigan10]

News/Rumor

According to a poster on WDWMagic Mickey's Not So Scary will begin August 24th and have three parties in August. The 2PM parade test and 6PM party start test worked well so that will continue as well.

By this trend 4th of July weekend should have Halloween parties in what 10 years?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

By this trend 4th of July weekend should have Halloween parties in what 10 years?

Maybe they should add Easter parties or something, and then they can be like EPCOT and just have each festival/party season run into each other so there is something going on year-round

 

[jknezek]

Maybe they should add Easter parties or something, and then they can be like EPCOT and just have each festival/party season run into each other so there is something going on year-round

They are working on it. Having 2 tickets per day definitely seems like the goal. Especially as one of those tickets is "non-discounted" even if you visit for multiple days. Think about it this way, if you come for a week, that 6th and 7th day ticket isn't really all that valuable to Disney. The discounted price is minimal compared to one day tickets. The hard ticket parties though? Those prices are almost full freight for 1 day without hopper. It's a huge benefit to get someone to buy those tickets, even if they drop a 6th or 7th day.

I freaking hate the way Disney is turning MK into a 2 ticket day, but people seem to love it. Personally, after going to MVMCP, I wouldn't do it again. It just wasn't that special for me. But clearly I'm not in the majority since demand for these parties is massive.

 

[LSLS]

Maybe they should add Easter parties or something, and then they can be like EPCOT and just have each festival/party season run into each other so there is something going on year-round

That or tickets are just going to become half day tickets. Buy your tickets til 4, it's $100 if you want to stay after that.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

They are working on it. Having 2 tickets per day definitely seems like the goal. Especially as one of those tickets is "non-discounted" even if you visit for multiple days. Think about it this way, if you come for a week, that 6th and 7th day ticket isn't really all that valuable to Disney. The discounted price is minimal compared to one day tickets. The hard ticket parties though? Those prices are almost full freight for 1 day without hopper. It's a huge benefit to get someone to buy those tickets, even if they drop a 6th or 7th day.

I freaking hate the way Disney is turning MK into a 2 ticket day, but people seem to love it. Personally, after going to MVMCP, I wouldn't do it again. It just wasn't that special for me. But clearly I'm not in the majority since demand for these parties is massive.

honestly that is one reason we have never done either the Halloween or Christmas parties - just mentally I have trouble dealing with "wait, I paid for tickets for the week, why do I need to pay for another ticket to get in?" - I know you don't have to have a regular ticket for the day you do the party and can use the party ticket to come in at 4, but like you said, once you get up to like 5 days adding days 6 and 7 are very inexpensive

 

[Moliphino]

honestly that is one reason we have never done either the Halloween or Christmas parties - just mentally I have trouble dealing with "wait, I paid for tickets for the week, why do I need to pay for another ticket to get in?" - I know you don't have to have a regular ticket for the day you do the party and can use the party ticket to come in at 4, but like you said, once you get up to like 5 days adding days 6 and 7 are very inexpensive

Same for us. We've gone during Christmas or Halloween season for the past 7 years in a row and have never done a party and have no plans to in the future.

 

[umichigan10]

Maybe they should add Easter parties or something, and then they can be like EPCOT and just have each festival/party season run into each other so there is something going on year-round

“Welcome to our Presidents’ Day patriotic party, where you can dance off with your favorite commander and chief in liberty square, view a special ‘family feud’ edition of the hall of presidents, and snack on special American themed goodies for a cool price of 99.95!”

Guess I should’ve majored in marketing and hopped on the Disney train huh?