Disney News, Discussion & an Element of Fun - 2024 Edition

[Brian Noble]

I'm lots of fun! This is what I was doing on Tuesday.



(As an aside, the folks at Rocky Mountain Construction know what they are doing.)

 

[Smugpugmug]

Or maybe it has nothing at all to do with a pavilion that was torn down ~25 years ago, and they are just using the term to mean "what's coming in the future that you can't quite see yet?" You know, its plain and ordinary meaning.

After all, the marketing person who named the panel may well have been in middle school on its last operating day.

I do think it's a reference to the former Epcot attraction but I still decree that some touching of grass is in order if you're (general you're, not pointing fingers) upset about it.

 

[Duckbug.Ducktales]

I do think it's a reference to the former Epcot attraction but I still decree that some touching of grass is in order if you're (general you're, not pointing fingers) upset about it.

Yeah, I think it's a reference given the 80s colors and the design. But the (possibly young) marketing person probably did not mean to make anyone upset, lol

ETA: for what it's worth, I think it's a cool graphic

 

[KayMichigan]

Heard on social media that the Disney gift shops aren't selling refrigerator magnets any more. Can anyone confirm or deny?

I'd be bummed if it's true because thats one of my go-to souvenirs, since they're inexpensive and easy to display.

 

[BrianL]

Heard on social media that the Disney gift shops aren't selling refrigerator magnets any more. Can anyone confirm or deny?

I'd be bummed if it's true because thats one of my go-to souvenirs, since they're inexpensive and easy to display.

No! I've been trying to collect a lot of magnets to cover this door I have. I kind of have rules about wha tI will get but try to pick up a few on every trip.

 

[OKW Lover]

Heard on social media that the Disney gift shops aren't selling refrigerator magnets any more. Can anyone confirm or deny?

I'd be bummed if it's true because thats one of my go-to souvenirs, since they're inexpensive and easy to display.

Not true. I've seen magnets in the gift shops in several parks within the past week.

 

[KayMichigan]

Great!! Thanks!!

 

[Duckbug.Ducktales]

Oh, I really hope they don't get rid of magnets! Every time I stay at a new Disney resort I get a magnet for that resort and I still need YC, AoA, and Fort Wilderness

 

[BrianL]

Oh, I really hope they don't get rid of magnets! Every time I stay at a new Disney resort I get a magnet for that resort and I still need YC, AoA, and Fort Wilderness

I poked around, and I could only find some complaints that they didn't sell as many as they used to - like there used to be a whole wall, and now they are scattered about near the keychains. Hopefully they aren't getting rid of them completely.

 

[mdmost]

I do think it's a reference to the former Epcot attraction but I still decree that some touching of grass is in order if you're (general you're, not pointing fingers) upset about it.

I'll have you know I touched quite a lot of grass yesterday before that post. Watered my lawn by hand.

 

[Naomeri]

First trailer for Captain America: Brave New World

 

[Smugpugmug]

I'll have you know I touched quite a lot of grass yesterday before that post. Watered my lawn by hand.

That's already an improvement over the average Disney parks fan on Twitter.

 

[jpeterson]

I poked around, and I could only find some complaints that they didn't sell as many as they used to - like there used to be a whole wall, and now they are scattered about near the keychains. Hopefully they aren't getting rid of them completely.

I wonder if there is a correlation with the prevalence of stainless steel refrigerators? Magnets don't stick to many of those, so the days of fridge magnets may be over.

 

[BrianL]

I wonder if there is a correlation with the prevalence of stainless steel refrigerators? Magnets don't stick to many of those, so the days of fridge magnets may be over.

Probably true. My fridge won't take magnets eihter, but I have a metal door that does.

 

[Duckbug.Ducktales]

I wonder if there is a correlation with the prevalence of stainless steel refrigerators? Magnets don't stick to many of those, so the days of fridge magnets may be over.

Hm, my stainless steel fridge takes magnets. I guess I got lucky.

One can also just get a square piece of metal for magnets, then hang it on a wall like art

 

[cat4hurricane]

Yeah, I don't need you teasing all of us with a long dead, much beloved attraction as the name of your expo where we hope to hear great things about what's coming to the parks.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1811447107649225213

https://twitter.com/x/status/1811447601222328608

I’d be interested to see what they decide to show. Wasn’t a huge fan of the continuous Blue Sky concepts at the last one they did. I know Beyond Big Thunder and AK changes are supposed to occur at some point, Epcot just finished being Walcot too. Maybe they’ll dive more into that? Unsure what’s going on at DLR/DCA as that’s not my side of the country, but I’m hoping we all get some solid amount of new things for both WDW and DLR as a whole. The more concrete things we get (no blue sky, an announcement on when construction is happening, more than just concepts) the happier I’ll be. I know Covid kinda wrecked the last one we had with a lot of Epcot’s ideas being shelved (Goodbye Mary Poppins ride) so anything with more solid progress made than that last D23 will be a plus in my book.

 

[Donald Duck Family]

Heard on social media that the Disney gift shops aren't selling refrigerator magnets any more. Can anyone confirm or deny?

I'd be bummed if it's true because thats one of my go-to souvenirs, since they're inexpensive and easy to display.

I just returned yesterday. There were plenty of magnets for sale.

 

[KayMichigan]

I just returned yesterday. There were plenty of magnets for sale.

Yay!!!! Thanks for letting me know!

 

[soniam]

Heard on social media that the Disney gift shops aren't selling refrigerator magnets any more. Can anyone confirm or deny?

I'd be bummed if it's true because thats one of my go-to souvenirs, since they're inexpensive and easy to display.

Were they talking about Tokyo Disney? I found very few there. Most were incredibly boring, except the Jungle Cruise 40th anniversary ones they still had. I guess they aren't big magnet fans in Japan or not big fans of the Jungle Cruise. These were released months ago.

I wonder if there is a correlation with the prevalence of stainless steel refrigerators? Magnets don't stick to many of those, so the days of fridge magnets may be over.

Some steel refrigerators do take magnets. They can add a ferrous impurity to the stainless steel to make it magnetic. We have an area in our kitchen that has a stainless steel backing. Since our fridge won't take them, my husband made sure that backing was a magnetic stainless steel. Still have leftover rusting in the garage

Probably true. My fridge won't take magnets eihter, but I have a metal door that does.

We put them on our door between the garage and the house, since it's metal. We also put them on our filing cabinet.

Hm, my stainless steel fridge takes magnets. I guess I got lucky.

One can also just get a square piece of metal for magnets, then hang it on a wall like art

Some do. It has to be a different type of stainless steel. See above.

 

[Smugpugmug]

Obviously not going to post anything when or if they are revealed, but apparently Disney had 1TB of data leaked today and WDI was found within the data so info about the upcoming D23 event may be leaked. Just a heads up if anyone sees anything on social media about it. I already see people on WDWMagic discussing this and I know many people read this forum and that one.