News Round Up 2016

[nvrenoughdisney]

Any rumors on possible showtimes for Jungle Book?

 

[Flyerjab]

Rumor

More on the probable menu change coming to Skipper Canteen

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/04/jungl...en-restaurant-to-undergo-radical-menu-change/

So disappointing if it is entirely changed out with basic run-of-the-mill amusement park fare. I go to these parks to experience things I don't experience in my routine daily life. I can eat hamburgers and chicken nuggets at home at a million different locations. And there are plenty of places in the MK to eat those things. Give me something different to experience and I am happy.

 

[Irish_Mike]

Rumor

More on the probable menu change coming to Skipper Canteen

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/04/jungl...en-restaurant-to-undergo-radical-menu-change/

Really disappointing - I was looking forward to trying a lot of those items.

Disney really just needs to put a sign in front of these exotic restaurants to tell guests where the nearest chicken tenders and burgers are.

 

[UncleMike101]

So disappointing if it is entirely changed out with basic run-of-the-mill amusement park fare. I go to these parks to experience things I don't experience in my routine daily life. I can eat hamburgers and chicken nuggets at home at a million different locations. And there are plenty of places in the MK to eat those things. Give me something different to experience and I am happy.

As one person noted, Disney is always pandering to the lowest common denominator.
It's always easier to dumb down an idea than to educate someone to it's good points.

 

[rteetz]

I guess there's no chance of Off Kilter returning? One of my favorite WDW entertainment options. Didn't they recently get rid of the lumberjack show?

Not right now no

 

[rteetz]

Any rumors on possible showtimes for Jungle Book?

Not yet

 

[rteetz]

News

New Women's apparel coming this spring to WDW

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...ns-apparel-for-spring-season-at-disney-parks/

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I preferred it when I was 5 and it was called the Empress Lilly.
Character breakfast on a "boat". Magic.

That meal is actually one of the few specific memories I have of Disney Trips when I was a kid

 

[rteetz]

News

Ferrari World possibly coming to Orlando

http://m.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/ar...-america-and-orlando-is-in-the-running-for-it

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Rumor

More on the probable menu change coming to Skipper Canteen

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/04/jungl...en-restaurant-to-undergo-radical-menu-change/

Pretty disappointed to here this. Though I do have to say that seeing what was coming for Tiffins it did seem to overlap a bit, so hopefully they take some of the "best of" from here and bring it there.

The Explorer's Club Restaurant in Mystic Point in Hong Kong Disneyland had a similar theme of representing these different areas, largely southeast Asia ... so the food was different but seemed more "known" to me than what was on the Skipper's canteen menu. Things like Tandori Chicken, or Korean BBQ Short Rips - so not your usual park fare but things more people might have seen before a little bit at least. I wonder if something like that could work

 

[TheMaxRebo]

As one person noted, Disney is always pandering to the lowest common denominator.
It's always easier to dumb down an idea than to educate someone to it's good points.

Though, to be fair, Disney could have "educated" people more by making the menu more approachable and having some less exotic items (don't have to go all the way to Chicken Nuggets, but a few options that people would be more willing to try) could help to bring people in and then once there maybe they try something someone else in their dining party got or something. Make it easier for them to be willing to try something different

 

[crazy4wdw]

I guess there's no chance of Off Kilter returning? One of my favorite WDW entertainment options. Didn't they recently get rid of the lumberjack show?

I just read on the Port Orleans fan site that two former band members from Off Kilter are playing at Scat Cat's Club at POFQ on some evenings.

 

[englishrose47]

As Shakespeare once said "A lousy overpriced restaurant by any other name would be just as bad."

OK - not an exact quote.

Maybe it was Dickens or Chaucer

 

[rteetz]

News

Beach Party coming to Grand Floridian

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2016/04/beach-party-coming-to-disneys-grand.html

 

[Iowamomof4]

Rumor

More on the probable menu change coming to Skipper Canteen

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/04/jungl...en-restaurant-to-undergo-radical-menu-change/

I wonder if there's any chance they'll also switch Skipper Canteen over to normal ADR (180-advanced) reservations. It's still same-day for now, isn't it?

 

[rteetz]

I wonder if there's any chance they'll also switch Skipper Canteen over to normal ADR (180-advanced) reservations. It's still same-day for now, isn't it?

yes its same day

 

[Spacedog1975]

I think the same day thing was a mistake. It would make more sense to make everything in the park ADR and hold 5-10% for walkups at all restaurants. If you've trained people to ADR the crap out of their vacations, your target market isn't going to do a walk up table service.

 

[Iowamomof4]

I think the same day thing was a mistake. It would make more sense to make everything in the park ADR and hold 5-10% for walkups at all restaurants. If you've trained people to ADR the crap out of their vacations, your target market isn't going to do a walk up table service.

Sorry, your idea would make sense. Disney doesn't do that.

 

[rteetz]

News

Slots for upcoming Disney movies announced. Jungle book 2 and Mary Poppins sequel confirmed but neither have official dates yet.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/d...jungle-book-2-mary-poppins-sequel-1201760227/

 

[Spacedog1975]

News

Slots for upcoming Disney movies announced. Jungle book 2 and Mary Poppins sequel confirmed but neither have official dates yet.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/d...jungle-book-2-mary-poppins-sequel-1201760227/

Haven't seen JB yet, but I hope the sequel isn't (just) a cash grab.