News Round Up 2016

[TheMaxRebo]

Rumor

WDWNT spreading craziness again. HKDL to remove their castle for a new one?

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/11/rumor-hong-kong-disneyland-tear-sleeping-beauty-castle/

I get them wanting their own castle - but with all the help that parks needs, spending the money to tear down the existing Castle (which is very nice looking with the green hills behind it, etc.) doesn't seem like the most cost efficient plan that will provide much return on investment

 

[rteetz]

Not to poke holes, but didn't they have a scrim over Disneyland's castle when they were fixing it up for the 60th?

Yes they did and Hong Kong has also had a scrim over their castle before.

 

[publix subs]

would be so tight to see Ariel's Castle replace SB Castle in HKDL

 

[rteetz]

News

Filming to take place at AK

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2016/11/filming-to-take-place-at-animal-kingdom.html

 

[rteetz]

News

MK to close early November 17th for CM service celebration

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2016/11/magic-kingdom-park-closing-at-430-pm-on.html

 

[rteetz]

Photo update

Magic Kingdom update

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2016/11/magic-kingdom-update-main-entrance_10.html

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2016/11/magic-kingdom-update-main-entrance.html

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2016/11/magic-kingdom-update-main-entrance_44.html

 

[ej119]

News

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has announced the next installment of "Treasures from the Disney Vault," hosted by Leonard Maltin, for Wednesday, December 21.
http://www.tcm.com/disney/

Looks as though the theme of this installment is animals.

Below is the schedule, all times in Eastern.

8:00pm - Perri (1957)
9:30pm - Old Yeller (1958)
11:15pm - The Littlest Outlaw (1955)
12:45am - Silly Symphonies: The Tortoise and the Hare (1935) and The Ugly Duckling (1931)
1:15am - The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
3:00am - A Tale of Two Critters (1977)
4:00am - Sammy, the Way Out Seal (parts 1 and 2) (1962)

Wow, this is probably the line-up that I'm least familiar with -- could it be we're now running out of "treasures"? I have been looking forward to them airing Old Yeller since its been years since I've seen it. I've heard of some of the others (and seen the Silly Symphonies), so this will essentially be new for me.

As I wondered previously: how much longer will this series last if the Disney/TCM partnership will allegedly be coming to an end soon?

 

[MommaBerd]

News

Filming to take place at AK

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2016/11/filming-to-take-place-at-animal-kingdom.html

With such short notice, I'm sure this is going to make some people unhappy...

 

[afan]

With such short notice, I'm sure this is going to make some people unhappy...

They've been filming in all of the parks or will be. It hasn't affected anything except we didn't get to see the new castle projection show. We say Kelly Clarkson sing I'll be home for Christmas at mk yesterday and heard her do part of stronger from a bit away at epcot.

 

[skier_pete]

News

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has announced the next installment of "Treasures from the Disney Vault," hosted by Leonard Maltin, for Wednesday, December 21.
http://www.tcm.com/disney/

Looks as though the theme of this installment is animals.

Below is the schedule, all times in Eastern.

8:00pm - Perri (1957)
9:30pm - Old Yeller (1958)
11:15pm - The Littlest Outlaw (1955)
12:45am - Silly Symphonies: The Tortoise and the Hare (1935) and The Ugly Duckling (1931)
1:15am - The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
3:00am - A Tale of Two Critters (1977)
4:00am - Sammy, the Way Out Seal (parts 1 and 2) (1962)

Wow, this is probably the line-up that I'm least familiar with -- could it be we're now running out of "treasures"? I have been looking forward to them airing Old Yeller since its been years since I've seen it. I've heard of some of the others (and seen the Silly Symphonies), so this will essentially be new for me.

As I wondered previously: how much longer will this series last if the Disney/TCM partnership will allegedly be coming to an end soon?

Fascinating bunch of movies - lots of animal movies. I was actually thinking on the last round that I was surprised we hadn't seen Old Yeller yet. Disappointed we aren't getting any Disneyland/Wonderful World of Color episodes.

Have they done Swiss Family Robinson yet? Maybe they have and I just missed it. (Edited: I found the list - they haven't yet.)

 

[Reddog1134]

Iger announces more hotels to be built at WDW.

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/11/bob-i...l-built-walt-disney-world-disneyland-resorts/

 

[skier_pete]

Iger announces more hotels to be built at WDW.

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/11/bob-i...l-built-walt-disney-world-disneyland-resorts/

This is interesting....they mention the two rumored changes (At CBR and Contemporary) but these are both rumored to be DVC. The way that Disney continues to convert deluxe rooms to DVC tells me it's unlikely they build more deluxe resorts. I wonder if we could see more value / moderate resorts. These are the ones that are typically running with 95% capacity.

 

[sachilles]

Anyone care to speculate where on property they'd put a "new" resort? There were test balloons near the mini golf course between Epcot and DHS. Maybe the space between Grand Floridian and MK? typically the monorail resorts are Deluxe, but in that spot you wouldn't necessarily need a monorail stop....and you wouldn't get prime view of the MK from it's "good side".
I know the space between the poly and contemporary is supposedly ill suited for building.

 

[rteetz]

Iger announces more hotels to be built at WDW.

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/11/bob-i...l-built-walt-disney-world-disneyland-resorts/

This is misleading. He didn't come out and say we are building new hotels. He said we will be looking at building new hotels. They may not end up building brand new hotels at WDW but could look at more DVC options, expansion to existing resorts, etc.

 

[rteetz]

Anyone care to speculate where on property they'd put a "new" resort? There were test balloons near the mini golf course between Epcot and DHS. Maybe the space between Grand Floridian and MK? typically the monorail resorts are Deluxe, but in that spot you wouldn't necessarily need a monorail stop....and you wouldn't get prime view of the MK from it's "good side".
I know the space between the poly and contemporary is supposedly ill suited for building.

Those balloons were for Swan and dolphin expansion. That space isn't big enough for a brand new hotel. Possible sites could be in the DHS area, around bay lake, and maybe even closer to AK.

 

[ejgonz2]

I so want a SW hotel with Hoth, Degobah and Tatooine sections!

 

[a4matte]

would be so tight to see Ariel's Castle replace SB Castle in HKDL

If you're talking Eric's Castle, it's already at WDW and wouldn't really be impressive enough.
If you're talking Triton's Castle under the sea, it's already at Tokyo Disney Sea. It would be neat to see a huge version of it though, but I don't think it'd really fit in.

Watch it become Elsa's castle or something.

 

[rteetz]

Watch it become Elsa's castle or something.

I don't think it would be the ice castle but maybe the castle that Anna and Elsa share in arendale.

 

[crazy4wdw]

Rumor

WDWNT spreading craziness again. HKDL to remove their castle for a new one?

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/11/rumor-hong-kong-disneyland-tear-sleeping-beauty-castle/

Disney and More is reporting that this rumor may be true!

http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2016/11/is-hong-kong-disneyland-thinking-to.html

 

[rteetz]

Disney and More is reporting that this rumor may be true!

http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2016/11/is-hong-kong-disneyland-thinking-to.html

I saw that. They seem to like a lot of what WDWNT says though. I'm still not sure about this one yet.