News Round Up 2016

[skier_pete]

NewsBreaking! Two new Cruise Ships announced for 2021 and 2023.

That's big news - that tells me they still feel there is a market to expand out there for the high-end family cruising (which Disney most certainly is). I wonder if this means they end up with a permanent West Coast or European presence. (More likely the former, as I don't think there is much of a cruise market in Europe outside of the summer.)

 

[Phicinfan]

News

More Shareholder news



Iger says nothing about Star Wars land.
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WDWMagic has someone reporting that it was stated SWL in DL and WDW would break ground in 2016...and it is leading to speculation on SWL being in a different area. Any more news on this?

 

[Phicinfan]

WDWMagic has someone reporting that it was stated SWL in DL and WDW would break ground in 2016...and it is leading to speculation on SWL being in a different area. Any more news on this?

Actually make that next month

 

[RAD]

That's big news - that tells me they still feel there is a market to expand out there for the high-end family cruising (which Disney most certainly is). I wonder if this means they end up with a permanent West Coast or European presence. (More likely the former, as I don't think there is much of a cruise market in Europe outside of the summer.)

It's about time they added a couple. What will be interesting to see if RCCL's moving of Oasis of the Seas to Port Canaveral has any impact on DCL pricing or will these two new ships out do the Oasis for features so folks will still be willing to pay that premium.

 

[RAD]

More info about the new ships, https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/03/disney-planning-two-new-cruise-ships/

 

[Maineiak]

Ooh...shareholder question on demand pricing and perceived crowding in the parks....this gonna be good!

 

[Ursula's Apprentice]

I must say this live blog on the shareholders meeting is quite entertaining.

 

[DDLand]

The Disney-owned Marvel movie brand was conspicuously absent from plans to rehabilitate Hollywood Studios. Although Disney bought Marvel in 2009 for $4 billion, the Florida theme park rights to Marvel characters like Spider-Man, the Hulk and Captain America continue to be held by Universal under a long-term contract.

Asked in an interview in July if Universal would ever sell those rights, Thomas L. Williams, Universal’s theme park chairman, answered with one word: “No.”

 

[thepops]

News

Finding Dory Characters joining Turtle talk with crush

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...-dory-join-turtle-talk-with-crush-thissummer/

I'm guessing that shortly thereafter, they'll show up at Animator's Palate on the Fantasy too.

 

[DoingDisney]

Buahahah Iger says MM+ Has done its job to "improve people's experiences" hahahaha. It was supposed to make money, not improve experiences, interesting he isn't trotting out even veiled numbers to try and claim MM+ has improved the bottom line this time around ....

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Here's the video

It looks cute but how does it work? Do you control the cars at all or do they just move at random and make it feel like you are going to crash but then don't?

 

[Ursula's Apprentice]

Is it just me or does this meeting just feel like a bunch of guys in suits clapping each other on the back telling themselves how great they are?

 

[rteetz]

WDWMagic has someone reporting that it was stated SWL in DL and WDW would break ground in 2016...and it is leading to speculation on SWL being in a different area. Any more news on this?

I didn't see that on the live blog I was watching so I don't know.

 

[rteetz]

Is it just me or does this meeting just feel like a bunch of guys in suits clapping each other on the back telling themselves how great they are?

Pretty much

 

[rteetz]

It looks cute but how does it work? Do you control the cars at all or do they just move at random and make it feel like you are going to crash but then don't?

No the cars are wifi controlled.

 

[Eoghann]

Is it just me or does this meeting just feel like a bunch of guys in suits clapping each other on the back telling themselves how great they are?

I take it you're not familiar with this type of call?

It's all about putting as good a spin on the numbers as you can, that's its only real function.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Is it just me or does this meeting just feel like a bunch of guys in suits clapping each other on the back telling themselves how great they are?

That's every earnings meeting ... unless you get an activist investor involved with the questions or something.

 

[Ursula's Apprentice]

I take it you're not familiar with this type of call?

It's all about putting as good a spin on the numbers as you can, that's its only real function.

This would indeed be the first one I've "watched", so yes, not that familiar. Guess I was just expecting...

 

[DDLand]

I didn't see that on the live blog I was watching so I don't know.

Yeah, there are several people that could take a credibility hit if this turns out to be true...

 

[rteetz]

Yeah, there are several people that could take a credibility hit if this turns out to be true...

Well just reading WDWmagic, Martin is in flux trying to get confirmation on what things are happening right now. It seems that Star Wars could've moved up and into the LMA area rather than expanding into the parking lot. This of course would make sense with the closures. I believe I also read the phase three could've then been moved to the animation courtyard area. Everything seems to be up in the air right now.