News Round Up 2016

[rteetz]

Photo update

Here is a fantastic photo update for avatar

http://blogmickey.com/2016/02/pandora-construction-update-2162016/

 

[Dean Marino]

News

Typhoon Lagoon refurb extended by a week.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...s-annual-refurbishment-extended-by-a-week.htm

THANK YOU MODERATOR - for highlighting NEWS events, vs commentary . It makes it FAR simpler for me to read REAL NEWS .

 

[soniam]

They also had Star Wars ones come out recently. My sister told me the other day that she wants to collect all of those.

I got them all yesterday, except C3PO. He was sold out online, disneystore.com, by 7am apparently. I have been trying to get all of the Star Wars Itty Bitties from Hallmark. I am still missing BB8 I actually like them better than the Tsum Tsums. Plus, they have non-Disney/Pixar characters, like Wizard of Oz, Scooby Doo, and Snoopy.

 

[luisov]

Photo update

Here is a fantastic photo update for avatar

http://blogmickey.com/2016/02/pandora-construction-update-2162016/

Can't wait for the scaffoldings to dissapear so we can see the mountains in detail. By this time next year, I'm sure we'll have a good picture of what the landscape will look like.

 

[rteetz]

Can't wait for the scaffoldings to dissapear so we can see the mountains in detail. By this time next year, I'm sure we'll have a good picture of what the landscape will look like.

By this time next year we might have some soft openings already.

 

[beer dave]

Catching up from a few days ago - missed stuff while at WDW. We did Club Villain on Saturday, Feb 13. It was WELL worth the price. We had a great time with everything involved and we'd definitely do it again with the new price.

Ha-- I was there with you....

 

[rteetz]

News

Food and Wine expands to 62 days in 2016.

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...-2016-epcot-international-food-wine-festival/

 

[jessicag13]

Food & Wine Dates Announced
"the 21st Epcot International Food & Wine Festival kicks off September 14 and runs through November 14 this fall"
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...-2016-epcot-international-food-wine-festival/

EDIT: darnit, rteetz beat me to it thought i finally was on top of something lol

 

[rteetz]

EDIT: darnit, rteetz beat me to it thought i finally was on top of something lol

Being that it was online for 15 minutes before I posted it I was surprised someone didn't post it before me.

 

[beer dave]

families go when they are able and thats usually when school is out. also unless they implement this at disneyland as well its going t obe very confusing and DVC will start demanding their own pricing. if youwant to blame anyone for the constant crowds, it's the DVC and they keep building them/

A little research would show that you are wrong. There are 30,500 on site rooms, and 60,000 off site-- and there are 4700 DVC rooms in WDW.

That's about 5%. Not so much.

 

[rteetz]

News/Rumor

Looks like park wars out on the west coast. Universal is soon opening wizarding world west but apparently they are also gearing up to start construction on Diagon Alley... And that's not all they want to try and beat Disney to the punch and open before Star Wars...

http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2016/02/universal-studios-hollywood-harry.html?m=1

 

[summerw]

Joy and Sadness meet and greet was apparently canceled for Epcot according to Kenny the Pirate.

Never mind.

 

[a4matte]

Ha-- I was there with you....

Cool! What table? We were at 7 - between Evil Queen and Queen of Hearts. We were two guys in purple shirts - a huge Ursula on mine and a huge Maleficent on him.

 

[rteetz]

I want Johns wardrobe

https://twitter.com/disneyd23/status/700152466390683649

 

[SureAsLiz]

I want Johns wardrobe

https://twitter.com/disneyd23/status/700152466390683649

Not that it's much help, but they were offered to CMs for a while. Not sure if it's still an option though

 

[luisov]

Nick and Judy look like a fun meet and greet opportunity.

https://twitter.com/Disney_Zootopia/status/700152436015525888

 

[rteetz]

Nick and Judy look like a fun meet and greet opportunity.

https://twitter.com/Disney_Zootopia/status/700152436015525888

I don't know if that will be happening at WDW anytime soon though.

 

[nkosiek]

I want Johns wardrobe

https://twitter.com/disneyd23/status/700152466390683649

I wish they released the Pixar shirts to the general public. Love Reyn Spooner but won't pay $200 for a shirt on ebay.

 

[rteetz]

News/Photo update

Fantastic aerial updates of all over WDW property!

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2016/02/updated-aerial-imagery-of-walt-disney.html

 

[rteetz]

News

Mickeys pantry refurb at Disney Springs.

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2016/02/mickeys-pantry-refurbishment-starting.html