News Round Up 2017

[OhioStateBuckeye]

People aren’t exactly thrilled with the 21 minute short in front of Coco. Not that it’s bad but it’s 21 minutes in front of a movie. Many theaters in Mexico stopped showing the short.

I feel like this should be a 1 week only type thing. Or, if they are really desperate, hold the short back and make it during week 3 of Coco playing only.

I don't blame the theaters in Mexico a lot. They finally get a movie from Disney/Pixar that is based on their culture that their people really want to see, and then they want them to sit through a 20 minute unrelated short.

 

[rteetz]

News

Drop off/Pick Up location at Epcot moving

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2017/11/guest-pick-up-and-drop-off-area-moving.html?m=1

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I feel like this should be a 1 week only type thing. Or, if they are really desperate, hold the short back and make it during week 3 of Coco playing only.

I don't blame the theaters in Mexico a lot. They finally get a movie from Disney/Pixar that is based on their culture that their people really want to see, and then they want them to sit through a 20 minute unrelated short.

I got the feeling Disney was worried about the interest in Coco on it's own and so they added this to draw in more crowds (I heard of some thinking that the Frozen short was originally going to be a TV special - which would fit the time length better for a 1/2 hour TV slot - but that was just speculation)

But if it is having the opposite effect maybe they do drop it or switch it out for another short or something

 

[MommaBerd]

On my last 2 WDW trips I have done the HEA Dessert Party with the Plaza Garden viewing. To me, this is well worth the cost. Just for the fact that I don't have to stake out a spot in the Hub or anywhere else for an hour or so. Both times the Plaza Garden was not full. I think people have finally realized the Tomorrowland Terrace option does have some obstruction for the projections on the castle.

I would like to have sat down for the last time I was there in October, but it was rather rainy. Even with a poncho it would have been miserable to sit down.

The night we went, the Plaza Garden was not full, but it was more crowded than I anticipated. The very worst though, (which was not an inherent flaw of the party) was a lady had parked herself at the front/center of the viewing area on our side, and held up her iPad to record the entire show. I was SO aggravated!!! But I will agree, the cost of the party was “worth it” relative to our saving time, reducing stress, and having a better point of view (despite iPad lady).

 

[TheMaxRebo]

The night we went, the Plaza Garden was not full, but it was more crowded than I anticipated. The very worst though, (which was not an inherent flaw of the party) was a lady had parked herself at the front/center of the viewing area on our side, and held up her iPad to record the entire show. I was SO aggravated!!! But I will agree, the cost of the party was “worth it” relative to our saving time, reducing stress, and having a better point of view (despite iPad lady).

On the latest Connecting with Walt podcast Micheal mentioned in the Asian parks (forget which one specifically he was talking about) that if one guest does that another will take their cell phone, turn on the flashlight feature and shine it in the first guest's eyes until the lower their screen ... just a tip for next time

 

[jlundeen]

News

Drop off/Pick Up location at Epcot moving

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2017/11/guest-pick-up-and-drop-off-area-moving.html?m=1

I wonder if the Minnie Vans will also be able to use this area...apparently they now go to the bus area - we used Minnie Vans last week for AK and MK, but since we were at Beach Club, we walked to HS and Epcot.

 

[rteetz]

News

New Peter Pan Dooneys

https://t.co/7vFVeZKRqx?amp=1

 

[Q-man]

I agree about paying a 2nd person for each bus. But it still makes me wonder what the purpose of the "Bus comedian" was.

Extra security personnel given a cover to watch everyone on a bus and not freak guest out?

 

[Q-man]

News

Drop off/Pick Up location at Epcot moving

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2017/11/guest-pick-up-and-drop-off-area-moving.html?m=1

Seems like a security move to keep relatively unknown cars away from the buses.

 

[MommaBerd]

On the latest Connecting with Walt podcast Micheal mentioned in the Asian parks (forget which one specifically he was talking about) that if one guest does that another will take their cell phone, turn on the flashlight feature and shine it in the first guest's eyes until the lower their screen ... just a tip for next time

I actually listened to that podcast because - SQUEAL - we are going to China in April!!! (Hangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai) I loved that tip...only she was standing all the way in the front so there wasn’t any way to shine the light...maybe I could try standing a safe distance beside the person and shine it sideways?!

 

[rteetz]

News

Walls have now appeared near Space Mountain

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/11/photo...rway-tron-lightcycle-power-run-magic-kingdom/

 

[rteetz]

News

New Disney Starbucks holiday mugs

http://blogmickey.com/2017/11/new-starbucks-holiday-mug-ornaments-released/

 

[rteetz]

Photo Update

DHS Skyliner Station progress

http://blogmickey.com/2017/11/photos-work-progresses-hollywood-studios-skyliner-gondola-station/

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

I'm not saying I don't agree with the phone flashlight light shining in the face theory, but I don't think you could do that here. Quick way to start a huge fight.

 

[rteetz]

I'm not saying I don't agree with the phone flashlight light shining in the face theory, but I don't think you could do that here. Quick way to start a huge fight.

Definitely. I just wish people would actually listen to things that say no flash photography and stuff like that. I hate seeing flashes in Haunted Mansion for example.

 

[sachilles]

I actually listened to that podcast because - SQUEAL - we are going to China in April!!! (Hangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai) I loved that tip...only she was standing all the way in the front so there wasn’t any way to shine the light...maybe I could try standing a safe distance beside the person and shine it sideways?!

If you haven't got your visa yet, It takes about 2 weeks if you do everything right on first pass. They changed their photo requirements to something metric, and it's no longer the standard passport photos. The mini-6 photo print at CVS is pretty close. Basically goes from square to rectangle.

 

[jlundeen]

Definitely. I just wish people would actually listen to things that say no flash photography and stuff like that. I hate seeing flashes in Haunted Mansion for example.

Well, I put that in the same category as putting kids on shoulders and blocking the view of everyone behind them

if folks would just consider the other people around them, and think about what their actions may do to affect others.

Common sense stuff...similar to "move all the way across the row..." But, we could harp on this for many many pages.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Definitely. I just wish people would actually listen to things that say no flash photography and stuff like that. I hate seeing flashes in Haunted Mansion for example.

It would be nice. I don't think I've ever been on the Little Mermaid ride without people using flash. My fav was a grandparent two clamshells ahead of us turning to take pics of their grand kids in the clam between us thus effectively flashing us in the face for the whole ride.

People are idiots. I used to ask people to stop but that just usually starts a fight. So I guess that puts me in the sit there and take it group.

 

[rteetz]

News

Planned power outages at Grand Floridian

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2017/11/scheduled-power-outages-to-occur-at.html?m=1

 

[jlundeen]

It would be nice. I don't think I've ever been on the Little Mermaid ride without people using flash. My fav was a grandparent two clamshells ahead of us turning to take pics of their grand kids in the clam between us thus effectively flashing us in the face for the whole ride.

People are idiots. I used to ask people to stop but that just usually starts a fight. So I guess that puts me in the sit there and take it group.

One trip we were entering the Mickey's Philharmagic, and I had carefully calculated to let enough folks into the row ahead of us so that we would be close to center... some jerk had plopped his bottom down in the center of the row, along with all his teenaged (I'm assuming...) kids, and wouldn't budge. When I got close to him, I said something like "we're suppose to move all the way across" and he just crossed his arms over his chest and said "no". So, I sweetly asked everyone in the line up behind me to not be too careful about climbing over him....and purposely stepped on his toes. His kids were very embarrassed, but he was too dense to figure it out.