News Round Up 2016

[Iowamomof4]

News

Disney has updated its hours for October. AK hours extended and DHS fireworks also added.

Worth noting here that the fireworks at DHS are NOT scheduled nightly for October. They're showing about 4 days/week.

 

[Budshark]

Worth noting here that the fireworks at DHS are NOT scheduled nightly for October. They're showing about 4 days/week.

Assuming 8pm nights are fireworks.

Fri, Sat, Mon and Wed

 

[Iowamomof4]

Assuming 8pm nights are fireworks.

Fri, Sat, Mon and Wed

Yes. From yulilin3's thread:
October 1,3,5 7:45pm (updated 9/2)
7,8,10,12 7:30p
14,15,17,19,21,22,24,26,28,29,31 at 8pm

http://www.disboards.com/threads/of...ireworks-dessert-party-launch-bay-jt.3439569/

 

[AzzySpazbourne]

News

40% (which is double the initial estimates) of Disney's Golden Oak homeowners are permanent residents. Disney expected only 20% and 80% just having their Golden Oak homes as vacation properties.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/trav...ey-world-golden-oak-homes-20160902-story.html

 

[rteetz]

Photo update

Disney Springs update

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/09/photo...box-ghost-ride-models-mosquito-repellent-etc/

 

[Jeaniec]

Reservations are available for the Star War's Dessert party for selected dates in October.

 

[AzzySpazbourne]

News

DHS fireworks mishap.

http://www.chipandco.com/star-wars-...-explodes-road-near-hollywood-studios-247591/

 

[Josh Hendy]

News

DHS fireworks mishap.

http://www.chipandco.com/star-wars-...-explodes-road-near-hollywood-studios-247591/

The video is scary. Makes me wonder about the wisdom of putting the fireworks show beside a busy highway ...

 

[EdmondD]

News

40% (which is double the initial estimates) of Disney's Golden Oak homeowners are permanent residents. Disney expected only 20% and 80% just having their Golden Oak homes as vacation properties.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/trav...ey-world-golden-oak-homes-20160902-story.html

Uhhhhhh...

"One house under construction, for a single man in his 20s, will feature a drawbridge between the bathroom and bedroom and a submarine-themed basement with a porthole providing an underwater pool view. Jones is also building a 20,000-square-foot house that will include a Cinderella-inspired 50-foot-long ballroom, an "Alice in Wonderland" themed bunk room with singing cake platters, and a re-creation of the Haunted Mansion's stretching room."

 

[Budshark]

Uhhhhhh...

"One house under construction, for a single man in his 20s, will feature a drawbridge between the bathroom and bedroom and a submarine-themed basement with a porthole providing an underwater pool view. Jones is also building a 20,000-square-foot house that will include a Cinderella-inspired 50-foot-long ballroom, an "Alice in Wonderland" themed bunk room with singing cake platters, and a re-creation of the Haunted Mansion's stretching room."

The porthole between the basement and pool is a great idea. Wish I would've thought of that when I built my Disney mansion - Said none of us ever.

 

[rteetz]

Uhhhhhh...

"One house under construction, for a single man in his 20s, will feature a drawbridge between the bathroom and bedroom and a submarine-themed basement with a porthole providing an underwater pool view. Jones is also building a 20,000-square-foot house that will include a Cinderella-inspired 50-foot-long ballroom, an "Alice in Wonderland" themed bunk room with singing cake platters, and a re-creation of the Haunted Mansion's stretching room."

I wish I had money to just throw away like that.

 

[luisov]

Sounds like Tony Baxter or John Lasseter's houses.

 

[MommaBerd]

The real craziness is the $20K in HOA fees and you get ONE Premium Platinum Plus pass.

To be fair, if you drop $5M+ to build/purchase a home before the end of the year, you get 5 passes for the next three years. But honestly, if I'm paying that much in HOA fees, I - and everyone in my family - should be able to play in the parks as if they were in my backyard for as long as I live there!!!

 

[AzzySpazbourne]

News

Invicta makes new limited-edition Disney watches, but most are already sold out.

http://www.ablogtowatch.com/invicta-disney-mickey-mouse-limited-edition-watches/

 

[loutoo]

The real craziness is the $20K in HOA fees and you get ONE Premium Platinum Plus pass.

To be fair, if you drop $5M+ to build/purchase a home before the end of the year, you get 5 passes for the next three years. But honestly, if I'm paying that much in HOA fees, I - and everyone in my family - should be able to play in the parks as if they were in my backyard for as long as I live there!!!

The costs of shared amenities, facilities, and staff which service a community like this are not not cheap. If you start using the HOA fees to cover APs, say 5 passes at a total over $4000, then you must give either raise the HOA fee or sacrifice 20% of the ammenities, which are a big reason people live in such a place.

I know it is a world that none of us actually live in, but APs and their cost is pretty insignificant here.

 

[MommaBerd]

The costs of shared amenities, facilities, and staff which service a community like this are not not cheap. If you start using the HOA fees to cover APs, say 5 passes at a total over $4000, then you must give either raise the HOA fee or sacrifice 20% of the ammenities, which are a big reason people live in such a place.

I know it is a world that none of us actually live in, but APs and their cost is pretty insignificant here.

I am sure the cost of the landscaping is pretty high, but in all the info on the website, it seems there are not that many amenities that are included. An owner has ACCESS to certain amenities - concierge services, services at The Four Seasons (which you then pay for), and reduced greens fees, I didn't see a lot of other perks. The info said some special events, but others would require a fee. But, I guess if you can afford to live there, all these other costs are relatively insignifican - including APs...

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Uhhhhhh...

"One house under construction, for a single man in his 20s, will feature a drawbridge between the bathroom and bedroom and a submarine-themed basement with a porthole providing an underwater pool view. Jones is also building a 20,000-square-foot house that will include a Cinderella-inspired 50-foot-long ballroom, an "Alice in Wonderland" themed bunk room with singing cake platters, and a re-creation of the Haunted Mansion's stretching room."

Kinda glad that they appear to be Disney fans at least and not just building regular exchange endive houses and then bragging about the address

 

[soniam]

Sounds like Tony Baxter or John Lasseter's houses.

In my book, those two have earned the right to build whatever they want without seeming crazy.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

In my book, those two have earned the right to build whatever they want without seeming crazy.

Would be great if Baxter's house had all the attractions that Disney would let him build in the park - like the Mary Poppins dark ride

 

[luisov]

In my book, those two have earned the right to build whatever they want without seeming crazy.

Hey, Walt had a mini railroad in his backyard. I'm all for craziness.