News Round Up 2016

[Ai12gani]

Not sure if this is true but I heard the facade of the Haunted Mansion at MK was taken down. I've also heard that it was due to termites.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Club Villain returning?? Dates in Sept and Oct are highlighted!
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/hollywood-studios/club-villain/

And apparently book able this morning

(Though the Star Wars parties despite now being highlighted for a few days for August and early Sept are still not open for bookings - much to the consternation of people looking to book those)

 

[umichigan10]

Not sure if this is true but I heard the facade of the Haunted Mansion at MK was taken down. I've also heard that it was due to termites.

The scrim was up yesterday and I'm not going back until Saturday but hopefully its down then. No idea about the second part tho

 

[skier_pete]

Club Villain returning?? Dates in Sept and Oct are highlighted!
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/hollywood-studios/club-villain/

You know - I've been critical of a lot of these "special" events, but at least this one is providing something unique that you can't get any other way. If they are going to do up-pay events, that's exactly what they should be. I personally would not consider the $129 price worth it, but for those that really enjoy the villians - I could see this being worth the price. Plus it doesn't impact the regular guests - which also to me is relatively important. (if you take away hours the park is open to host an extra after hours event - a la things like MNSSHP - that rather sucks.)

The morning magic hour - which just give you what you get anyways, just an hour earlier for $69 is dumb. (For the $280 for your family of 4, get a room on site and go to EMH.) This one also affects the regular guest experience because you could show up at rope drop and have 200 people in line at TSMM in front of you.

 

[Alice Royal]

Unless something has changed, Al...who drives more poorly in Orlando...the "non-residents" or the residents?

I guarantee right now that the light at 535 and 536 just turned red and a tricked out numbnut mobile will be coming through in 3...2...1...

Alright, alright. Everyone should learn how to drive safely. In my experience it's been an equal mix of locals so 'used to' the roads that they make poor decisions and tourists who don't understand that just because you passed under the Disney gate doesn't mean you can cross 4 lanes of traffic without your directional on because you missed the exit for Epcot or something.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

And apparently book able this morning

(Though the Star Wars parties despite now being highlighted for a few days for August and early Sept are still not open for bookings - much to the consternation of people looking to book those)

Just to add - it appears Star Wars parties are now bookable for August

 

[Tigger's ally]

you can cross 4 lanes of traffic without your directional on because you missed the exit for Epcot or something.

Just wanted to take you out of context so that I have something to blame it on when some jerk does this to me next time I am down there.

 

[a4matte]

You know - I've been critical of a lot of these "special" events, but at least this one is providing something unique that you can't get any other way. If they are going to do up-pay events, that's exactly what they should be. I personally would not consider the $129 price worth it, but for those that really enjoy the villians - I could see this being worth the price. Plus it doesn't impact the regular guests - which also to me is relatively important. (if you take away hours the park is open to host an extra after hours event - a la things like MNSSHP - that rather sucks.)

The morning magic hour - which just give you what you get anyways, just an hour earlier for $69 is dumb. (For the $280 for your family of 4, get a room on site and go to EMH.) This one also affects the regular guest experience because you could show up at rope drop and have 200 people in line at TSMM in front of you.

We did it around Valentine's Day. It was definitely one of the highlights of our trip. We were sat with a couple who were equally Disney-nerdy as us and I still talk to them. The show was well put together, the room was nicely decorated, the characters had really nice costumes and amazing little sets with thrones (and the evil queen's working magic mirror), pretty good food and drinks. Both of us wore villain shirts from Tokyo that have huge pictures of Maleficent and Ursula and had 2 little girls beg us to take pictures with them because they were dressed as them. We'd definitely do it again.

 

[rteetz]

Not sure if this is true but I heard the facade of the Haunted Mansion at MK was taken down. I've also heard that it was due to termites.

The facade is being worked on, it wasn't taken down. They have scrims up covering it.

 

[rteetz]

News

Private event to close The Landing at Disney Springs on Friday.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...closing-early-on-friday-for-private-event.htm

 

[rteetz]

News

Big update coming to MDE

http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/mymag...ence-app-will-bring-navigation-capability.htm

 

[rteetz]

News

Fantasyland Tsum Tsums coming out this month, orange bird and jungle cruise to come out in the fall.

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/07/photo...d-orange-bird-jungle-cruise-coming-fall-2016/

 

[rteetz]

Photo update

Big Disneyland Paris photo update

http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2016/07/disneyland-paris-update-peter-pans_14.html

 

[rteetz]

News

Bookings for premium events at food and wine begin July 21st.

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...s-for-epcot-international-food-wine-festival/

 

[rteetz]

News

A look inside Frozen ever after.

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/07/a-look-inside-frozen-ever-after-at-epcot/

 

[Roxyfire]

News

Big update coming to MDE

http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/mymag...ence-app-will-bring-navigation-capability.htm

This is pretty great. I haven't been to Disney in like 20 years and never stayed on property before. I'm sure it's no big deal to most but it really does ease a bit of my anxiety around not getting a rental car.

 

[luisov]

Photo update

Big Disneyland Paris photo update

http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2016/07/disneyland-paris-update-peter-pans_14.html

I really like what they did to Peter Pan. It looks really fresh, and the new effects are great. I just wish they'd install some new animatronics in this ride. They are still using technology from the 50's it seems.

The rest of the park is looking really nice. There's lots of work going on, but at the end hopefully it'll reclaim its place as the most beautiful MK out there.

 

[skier_pete]

News

Big update coming to MDE

http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/mymag...ence-app-will-bring-navigation-capability.htm

This is pretty great. I haven't been to Disney in like 20 years and never stayed on property before. I'm sure it's no big deal to most but it really does ease a bit of my anxiety around not getting a rental car.

Seems like a great idea for newcomers. I just wonder if it's "smart" enough to know when things are going on that change traffic patterns. Particularly, If you are going from Splash Mountain to Space Mountain at 3:15 PM - will it rout people correctly through fantasyland instead of the hub because the parade is blocking the traffic flow? I guess MK is the only park that still has a parade anymore, so maybe it's only really a problem there.

The only negative I can see is you might end up seeing some of the less traveled paths have more people on them. I'm thinking specifically of the path along the back of the tree of life (Not the heavily traffic one from Africa to Asia.)

 

[TheMaxRebo]

News

Big update coming to MDE

http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/mymag...ence-app-will-bring-navigation-capability.htm

I like that for the "outside the parks" part it will give you different transportation opens with estimated times ... I think that is really helpful for when you need to connect from resort to resort or like when you are truing to get to Pioneer Hall or something a bit out of the way

 

[rteetz]

Seems like a great idea for newcomers. I just wonder if it's "smart" enough to know when things are going on that change traffic patterns. Particularly, If you are going from Splash Mountain to Space Mountain at 3:15 PM - will it rout people correctly through fantasyland instead of the hub because the parade is blocking the traffic flow? I guess MK is the only park that still has a parade anymore, so maybe it's only really a problem there.

The only negative I can see is you might end up seeing some of the less traveled paths have more people on them. I'm thinking specifically of the path along the back of the tree of life (Not the heavily traffic one from Africa to Asia.)

Yeah I was wondering if the directions would accommodate for parades and such.