News Round Up 2016

[luisov]

Speaking of princesses, here's the second teaser poster from Disney's next animated film, Moana (Vaiana in some countries):

EDIT: Also presented today, a litograph promoting Inner Workings, the animated short that will play in front of Moana. This short along with a preview of Moana have been presented at the Annecy festival, and have been very well received.

 

[jknc]

Photo update

A look at the Royal Sommerhaus Queue

http://www.kennythepirate.com/2016/...-anna-and-elsas-new-royal-summerhus-in-epcot/

20 month build and most of queue is outside.

 

[a4matte]

Photo update

A look at the Royal Sommerhaus Queue

http://www.kennythepirate.com/2016/...-anna-and-elsas-new-royal-summerhus-in-epcot/

I thought they were going to be meeting in their summer/spring-y costumes, not the everyday ones?
And while the house and queue and all are beautiful, I really wish the background ice palace wasn't a flat painting. It would look so much nicer for it to be a 3 dimensional thing - not a FULLY 3D model, but one that has just enough dimension to make it look like it's not flat in the background, maybe something that's about 4-5 inches max between the closest the deepest points.

 

[jknc]

I doubt that happens. Girls love the princesses. Think of the wait times for the likes of Cinderella, Snow White, Aurora, etc. Ariel's meet and greet is usually 30-45 minutes whenever I'm there in the "off-season." I don't think they will worry much about that happening for a really long time.

Sounds too like because of some "magic" there may be more than 1 pair of AE in the greet.

Similar to Olaf in DHS

 

[SureAsLiz]

I thought they were going to be meeting in their summer/spring-y costumes, not the everyday ones?

That was a rumor at one point, but it was debunked shortly after. I believe the promotional artwork that was released show their winter outfits

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I thought they were going to be meeting in their summer/spring-y costumes, not the everyday ones?
And while the house and queue and all are beautiful, I really wish the background ice palace wasn't a flat painting. It would look so much nicer for it to be a 3 dimensional thing - not a FULLY 3D model, but one that has just enough dimension to make it look like it's not flat in the background, maybe something that's about 4-5 inches max between the closest the deepest points.

Heck - why couldn't they do projection mapping of a animated view?

 

[a4matte]

News/Update

Fences are going up along the beach at Grand Floridian

 

[wareagle57]

Does anyone have a run time for the new Soarin yet? I'm wondering if they shortened it any to alleviate wait times.

 

[mike_71]

News

Soarin around the world is open and all three theaters are operating. The line is long but it's only about a 60 minute wait.

A wider look at Soarin Around the World

 

[mike_71]

News

New non-Frozen entertainment has shown up in Norway. There are two Vikings that are in the area. No pictures or video of them yet.

Pic: https://twitter.com/Blog_Mickey/status/743810726733701120

Short video: https://twitter.com/Blog_Mickey/status/743811040073383936

 

[mike_71]

Photo update

A look at the Royal Sommerhaus Queue

http://www.kennythepirate.com/2016/...-anna-and-elsas-new-royal-summerhus-in-epcot/

A video walkthrough

 

[jade1]

Dory animated record, not sure if this was on here but good start it appears.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/finding-dory-box-office-thursday-record-1201797625/

 

[skier_pete]

Where is @lockedoutlogic to complain that there is nothing worth talking about right now?

 

[closetmickey]

Pic: https://twitter.com/Blog_Mickey/status/7438107

Pic: https://twitter.com/Blog_Mickey/status/743810726733701120

For some reason those Vikings look to me more like dressed up guests drinking around the world then streetmosphere performers!

 

[circus4u]

Does anyone have a run time for the new Soarin yet? I'm wondering if they shortened it any to alleviate wait times.

The video is 4 mins 56 seconds.

 

[circus4u]

Where is @lockedoutlogic to complain that there is nothing worth talking about right now?

Maybe he is in line at the Royal Sommerhaus ?! (Sorry, couldn't resist!)

 

[dlavender]

Where is @lockedoutlogic to complain that there is nothing worth talking about right now?

He self banished from this thread.

 

[Reddog1134]

New signage going up in all public beach areas.

 

[rteetz]

We have a thread regarding signage and new fencing being put up lets keep that there please.

 

[ecclescake]

Does anyone know what the new smells are in Soarin' yet? I'm anxiously waiting to find out if the old ones are still there!