News Round Up 2019

[Lesley Wake]

Not sure if anyone posted this yet but WDWNT came out with a list of malfunctions and things wrong in the parks. It’s disappointing to see some of the more simple things that Walt would have had fixed in a matter of hours.

https://wdwnt.com/2019/01/introduci...ffects-damaged-items-and-more-from-the-parks/

Also the yeti bullet point made me laugh

It's really sad how long this list has gotten! But I appreciate Tom's intro about how, yes the story will appear negative, but he is hoping it could end up reaching someone at Disney that can make a difference and invest money into fixing them!

 

[Dentam]

Should have confirmed this with a bus driver.

 

[loutoo]

It's really sad how long this list has gotten! But I appreciate Tom's intro about how, yes the story will appear negative, but he is hoping it could end up reaching someone at Disney that can make a difference and invest money into fixing them!

I find this article a little heavy handed. He is pointing out 50 very specific issues over the 4 parks. Many of these rides have hundreds of effects each, and many, if not most of these issues wouldn't be noticed by the people on the dis let alone the average guest. ( I was at the park over the holidays for my 7th trip in 3 years and missed much of these "problems")

He says that Tokyo doesn't have these problems, but Tokyo is 15 years newer and sees on average 16,000 fewer guests a day. I dont think any american knows the parks well enough to spot if there is a singular missing effect in Tokyo. I sure wouldn't ( nor would the average Japanese tourist notice these issues here)

We all want the yeti fixed, but none of us want to deal with EE being down for a year(s) to have it done.

Repair and maintenance happens at the parks constantly, and we all would love an unlimited budget to do more, but at this time of nearly unprecedented expansion and construction I think complaints about hippos' ears not wiggling and a few of the hundreds of IASW dolls not moving is a little over the top.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I find this article a little heavy handed. He is pointing out 50 very specific issues over the 4 parks. Many of these rides have hundreds of effects each, and many, if not most of these issues wouldn't be noticed by the people on the dis let alone the average guest. ( I was at the park over the holidays for my 7th trip in 3 years and missed much of these "problems")

He says that Tokyo doesn't have these problems, but Tokyo is 15 years newer and sees on average 16,000 fewer guests a day. I dont think any american knows the parks well enough to spot if there is a singular missing effect in Tokyo. I sure wouldn't ( nor would the average Japanese tourist notice these issues here)

We all want the yeti fixed, but none of us want to deal with EE being down for a year(s) to have it done.

Repair and maintenance happens at the parks constantly, and we all would love an unlimited budget to do more, but at this time of nearly unprecedented expansion and construction I think complaints about hippos' ears not wiggling and a few of the hundreds of IASW dolls not moving is a little over the top.

I get that - but at the same time Disneyland is even older than WDW and it generally is in better shape (not saying perfect but better than similar attractions at WDW) so it can be done

Maintenance is definitely a challenge and the time it takes. People always complain when rides are closed for maintenance

I wonder how people would react if they took the rides down more often or did like the first Monday of every month Splash was down or something. I know some could be done overnight and they could hire more people to do that but I don’t think that can fully deal with it

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I find this article a little heavy handed. He is pointing out 50 very specific issues over the 4 parks. Many of these rides have hundreds of effects each, and many, if not most of these issues wouldn't be noticed by the people on the dis let alone the average guest. ( I was at the park over the holidays for my 7th trip in 3 years and missed much of these "problems")

He says that Tokyo doesn't have these problems, but Tokyo is 15 years newer and sees on average 16,000 fewer guests a day. I dont think any american knows the parks well enough to spot if there is a singular missing effect in Tokyo. I sure wouldn't ( nor would the average Japanese tourist notice these issues here)

We all want the yeti fixed, but none of us want to deal with EE being down for a year(s) to have it done.

Repair and maintenance happens at the parks constantly, and we all would love an unlimited budget to do more, but at this time of nearly unprecedented expansion and construction I think complaints about hippos' ears not wiggling and a few of the hundreds of IASW dolls not moving is a little over the top.

I think more or less the issue you've got with WDW is that they neglected certain rides for far too long as well as some things were not constructed well or well thought out in terms of usage they would have.

Fixing some things like the Yeti would be painful in the sense that no one would want it to be closed I agree on that point at the same time if they had fixed it back then would the public outcry be as bad? I mean not only do you have more and more people visiting nowadays you've also had massive amounts of construction with more still occuring. It could have been fixed a lot earlier on and maybe the issue may not have been as much of an issue.

Some of these things, frankly shouldn't still be broken given that they have a more routine refurb schedule for certain rides like Splash Mountain. And TSL showed wear and tear really early on. The darn thing opened 6 1/2 months ago and the paint is chipping off tables, trash cans and other props?

I don't think the point was to be nitpicky for eternity. I do think the point of the article was to describe how much stuff needs some lovin'. The parks are never going to be 100% in full working order due to the nature of things-animatronics break unexpectedly, lights stop working unexpectedly. But seeing something time and time and time again not working or that it's stayed in disrepair for an extended time period is an issue to me.

 

[loutoo]

I get that - but at the same time Disneyland is even older than WDW and it generally is in better shape (not saying perfect but better than similar attractions at WDW) so it can be done

Maintenance is definitely a challenge and the time it takes. People always complain when rides are closed for maintenance

I wonder how people would react if they took the rides down more often or did like the first Monday of every month Splash was down or something. I know some could be done overnight and they could hire more people to do that but I don’t think that can fully deal with it

I agree they can do better, and wish they would. I just think it is unrealistic to expect all of those effects to be working every day, or even to be repaired quickly when they do fail. You can take rides down a lot easier in parks that are less crowded. WDW resort parks average 50k+ guest a day compared to 30k in Tokyo and 27k in cali. MK is 10% busier than Disneyland and 20% busier than Tokyo disneyland. That might not sound like much, but 20% is 10k people a day You need as much capacity as possible to eat those bodies.

 

[danikoski]

Not sure if anyone posted this yet but WDWNT came out with a list of malfunctions and things wrong in the parks. It’s disappointing to see some of the more simple things that Walt would have had fixed in a matter of hours.

https://wdwnt.com/2019/01/introduci...ffects-damaged-items-and-more-from-the-parks/

Also the yeti bullet point made me laugh

It is really disconcerting how worn TSL already is looking. I can give something like IASW a pass if some of the characters aren't working right. A lot of those characters are pushing 50 and there are a lot of them to maintain. However, TSL isn't even a year old yet and it has a lot of wear and tear. Whether they did or not, the photos I've seen, not just from this article, make the land appear like Disney used the cheapest product and rushed the job.

 

[osully]

Not the Babybel chair! Oh no!

 

[Sweettears]

I get that - but at the same time Disneyland is even older than WDW and it generally is in better shape (not saying perfect but better than similar attractions at WDW) so it can be done

Maintenance is definitely a challenge and the time it takes. People always complain when rides are closed for maintenance

I wonder how people would react if they took the rides down more often or did like the first Monday of every month Splash was down or something. I know some could be done overnight and they could hire more people to do that but I don’t think that can fully deal with it

Funny that they used to be able to handle this. Crowds might be larger but I can remember trips where they used to repaint details in MK overnight to keep things fresh. Haven’t seen that in a while.

 

[wareagle57]

Not sure if anyone posted this yet but WDWNT came out with a list of malfunctions and things wrong in the parks. It’s disappointing to see some of the more simple things that Walt would have had fixed in a matter of hours.

https://wdwnt.com/2019/01/introduci...ffects-damaged-items-and-more-from-the-parks/

Also the yeti bullet point made me laugh

As a college football fan, I'm really curious what the FSU (I assume this is Florida St University) possum is...

 

[Sweettears]

It is really disconcerting how worn TSL already is looking. I can give something like IASW a pass if some of the characters aren't working right. A lot of those characters are pushing 50 and there are a lot of them to maintain. However, TSL isn't even a year old yet and it has a lot of wear and tear. Whether they did or not, the photos I've seen, not just from this article, make the land appear like Disney used the cheapest product and rushed the job.

I think some of the issues in TSL is that they rushed the work in order to get the park opened. Certainly not an excuse. Maybe if they could shorten the time of the main construction (I.e. US) they would have more time to get the details right.

 

[rteetz]

News

Ballast Point is Now Open in Downtown Disney

 

[mikeamizzle]

The article says $124.99 and to purchase in the Stein Haus.

Just checked the shop parks app also, same price and says in store purchase only.

Thanks a lot, my apologies for missing it in the story.

 

[mikeamizzle]

Same here (iPhone 6 plus) - though I like the 4 parks one

Luckily, (at least as of last May) they were still offering Iphone 6 and below cases at the D-tech locations. Hopefully they don't phase them out too quickly (I know I'm an outlier but I just bought a new Iphone 6 in June since it was 200.00)

 

[mikeamizzle]

That list isn't helping anyone. (don't believe for a second that management or any of the executive team takes Tom Corless seriously.)

I do enjoy his site's content; but he is completely full of himself.

 

[The Pho]

Thanks a lot, my apologies for missing it in the story.

We all overlook something now and then.

 

[MissGina5]

So .. it's official. They are just going to remake EVERY 90s Disney movie into a live-action one?

What else is missing? Hercules and Tarzan? And both of those could easily be live-action remakes .. but do they need to be? There are tons of similar movies that tell those tales in live actions.

I will take Hercules if it means getting the dang characters in the park

 

[tlmadden73]

It is really disconcerting how worn TSL already is looking. I can give something like IASW a pass if some of the characters aren't working right. A lot of those characters are pushing 50 and there are a lot of them to maintain. However, TSL isn't even a year old yet and it has a lot of wear and tear. Whether they did or not, the photos I've seen, not just from this article, make the land appear like Disney used the cheapest product and rushed the job.

Agree. Things not working on some older attractions is fine -- not having it running is better than it "half working" .. But wow .. the peeling paint on a land not even a 7 months old? Shocking. Didn't even realize that Slinky dog was missing his tail either.

 

[Clockwork]

Agree. Things not working on some older attractions is fine -- not having it running is better than it "half working" .. But wow .. the peeling paint on a land not even a 7 months old? Shocking. Didn't even realize that Slinky dog was missing his tail either.

Slinky’s tail was removed due to structure issues in the tail mount. It was basically vibrating so much it was doing cosmetic damage to the rear carriage. They probably will go with a lighter tail and a vibration dampener to fix the issue.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Not sure if anyone posted this yet but WDWNT came out with a list of malfunctions and things wrong in the parks. It’s disappointing to see some of the more simple things that Walt would have had fixed in a matter of hours.

https://wdwnt.com/2019/01/introduci...ffects-damaged-items-and-more-from-the-parks/

Also the yeti bullet point made me laugh

SHUT IT DOWN!!

I find this article a little heavy handed.

What?!?! Tom?!?!?