News Round Up 2016

[mollmoll4]

New look for the Carousel of Progress
http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/06/photo...of-progress-at-magic-kingdom-gets-a-new-look/

I can't help but look at that paint job and see 1/3 tab file folders.

 

[crazy4wdw]

Turner Classic Movies has released the schedule for “Treasures from the Disney Vault,” coming up on June 28.

The night begins at 8:00pm; the schedule includes:

• 8:00pm – The Parent Trap (1961)
• 10:15pm – The Band Concert (1935), Thru the Mirror (1936), Clock Cleaners (1937)
• 11:00pm – Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
• 12:45am – Flowers and Trees (1932), The Pied Piper (1933), Old King Cole (1933)
• 1:15am – An Adventure in Color (1961)
• 2:15am – Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978)
• 4:00am – Trenchcoat (1983)

 

[Fantasia79]

New look for the Carousel of Progress
http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/06/photo...of-progress-at-magic-kingdom-gets-a-new-look/

Doesn't change much on the inside.

 

[phillipsjp2003]

Thank you Ryan. Got our Skipper Canteen reservation for November. Always fun to try something new.

 

[rteetz]

Thank you Ryan. Got our Skipper Canteen reservation for November. Always fun to try something new.

I hope you have a great time!

 

[zaccaglin]

I never realized chicken little scored so low. I kind of liked that movie.

I like chicken little as well. Surprising to,see it fell so low. Bolt is my favorite on the other hand, glad to see it started the Rudy on new movies.

New look for the Carousel of Progress
http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/06/photo...of-progress-at-magic-kingdom-gets-a-new-look/

Glad to see that attraction hasn't been completely forgotten.

 

[leholcomb]

Disney can always move Moana to December. Moana is opening just one week after the Harry Potter spin-off in November, which is a big risk even though their respective target markets don't seem to overlap that much.

Overlap here!

Of course I'd go see both of them if they opened the same weekend anyways.

 

[Eoghann]

I never realized chicken little scored so low. I kind of liked that movie.

You did? Disney still owes me for having watched that movie.

 

[Eoghann]

Doesn't it make sense for it to have the tone of a war movie? Seriously asking because my knowledge on Star Wars is strictly through pop-culture osmosis. Just like all the Captain America movies really aren't super hero movies? Especially Captain America: Winter Solider. That felt more like a Bourne Identity movie.

Well yes and no. Star Wars is in part influenced by war movies, but a certain type of war movie.

 

[luisov]

Overlap here!

Of course I'd go see both of them if they opened the same weekend anyways.

I'm actually really excited for both as well. I'm a big HP and Disney animation fan, so I want both to do well.

 

[j2thomason]

New look for the Carousel of Progress
http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/06/photo...of-progress-at-magic-kingdom-gets-a-new-look/

Now if they would only refurb the inside and mechanics of the ride. We saw the same scene twice the other and rotated mid-scene.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Well yes and no. Star Wars is in part influenced by war movies, but a certain type of war movie.

Disney is making a huge mistake altering rogue one for "tone"

They are so proud of their Abrams masterpiece...

But I have to tell you: after about 5 watches ...that movie has little depth. It lacks staying power. The "darkest" movie - empire - still has as much staying power as all the others combined.

I think they are making a toy isle mistake...which was what Star Wars fans feared from the start.

 

[linzbear]

Agree - another case of "why isn't the entire parks and resorts oriented towards what I like" syndrome. If you don't want to try what's there - move on to the 12 places in MK with standard American junk food choices. I made a reservation for October, and look forward to seeing the different choices.

I feel like there should be some acknowledgement or filter for "adventurous eaters". I'm sure the menu would last much longer if visitors knew what they were getting into. As it is, you have people looking at the name and deciding it must be cool because they loved Jungle Cruise, but not looking at the menu.

I mean, it's in Adventureland - it would be so easy to theme.

It would be really useful to have on the dining reservation site for everyone, too. The adventurous eaters would know where to go, and the parents of kids who only eat chicken nuggets would, too

 

[rteetz]

You did? Disney still owes me for having watched that movie.

Well it came out when I was a kid and I haven't watched it in a few years. We own it on DVD. I thought it was a decent film as a kid.

 

[Eoghann]

But I have to tell you: after about 5 watches ...that movie has little depth. It lacks staying power. The "darkest" movie - empire - still has as much staying power as all the others combined.

To be brutally honest, as huge a fan of Star Wars as I am, I don't think any of them have depth. People praise Empire as this "dark" movie as though dark indicates depth and sophistication, but it doesn't. Yoda talking gibberish and passing it off as wisdom isn't deep and the "I am your father" moment is the epitome of a twist/shock ending. Nothing in the movie lead up to that at all.

These are shallow, popcorn movies and I love them for it.

 

[minnie mum]

I feel like there should be some acknowledgement or filter for "adventurous eaters". I'm sure the menu would last much longer if visitors knew what they were getting into. As it is, you have people looking at the name and deciding it must be cool because they loved Jungle Cruise, but not looking at the menu.

I mean, it's in Adventureland - it would be so easy to theme.

It would be really useful to have on the dining reservation site for everyone, too. The adventurous eaters would know where to go, and the parents of kids who only eat chicken nuggets would, too

?? Just how much spoon feeding does the average American require?? The menus are posted on the website for anyone to read. Most places also have a menu posted outside. So who's fault is it if they sit down in a theme park restaurant and don't like what's offered?.

 

[Eoghann]

?? Just how much spoon feeding does the average American require?? The menus are posted on the website for anyone to read. Most places also have a menu posted outside. So who's fault is it if they sit down in a theme park restaurant and don't like what's offered?.

Have you met the average American?

We need text on our adverts telling us that we shouldn't stand on top of our cars while they are moving...

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Have you met the average American?

We need text on our adverts telling us that we shouldn't stand on top of our cars while they are moving...

Agree...in general - Americans are awful about food...both their preferences and education of it.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

To be brutally honest, as huge a fan of Star Wars as I am, I don't think any of them have depth. People praise Empire as this "dark" movie as though dark indicates depth and sophistication, but it doesn't. Yoda talking gibberish and passing it off as wisdom isn't deep and the "I am your father" moment is the epitome of a twist/shock ending. Nothing in the movie lead up to that at all.

These are shallow, popcorn movies and I love them for it.

lol...you're right I used "depth" when that wasn't correct.

I would say "most memorable/lasting"

Irv kershner and frank oz correctly pointed out that mark hammil carried the movie. And he did...no doubt. At that time...acting with a puppet was almost unthinkable outside of light hearted stuff like muppets and mr Rogers neighborhood. Never with plot consequences Involved.

We forget just how unique those movies were...if not "deep"

But whatever term used - the point remains.

In my opinion - there is no such thing as "too serious" a Star Wars movie at this point. It's what they need. And if it doesn't taken a frivolous, fleeting American $450 mil in 10 days...you know what happens?

It becomes a diehard fan cult classic and lives on in merchandising forever...which is much more lucrative.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

?? Just how much spoon feeding does the average American require?? The menus are posted on the website for anyone to read. Most places also have a menu posted outside. So who's fault is it if they sit down in a theme park restaurant and don't like what's offered?.

You mean the same that say that Le cellier is the "best steak anywhere"? Chef mickeys is "good"? Or that boma or Sanaa is "too weird"?