News Round Up 2017

[rteetz]

Our old style MB's came in that box in December.

Interesting mine for the trip I'm on right now came in the old style box. It didn't have that picture of the castle on it.

 

[crazy4wdw]

Hey Ryan: Congrats! The News Round Up 2016 thread was one of the top five threads on the boards for last year!!!

 

[jade1]

News

Tarzan is supposedly Anna and Elsa's little brother.

http://www.wesh.com/article/chris-buck-talks-tarzan-frozen-theory/8567016

Nice to hear confirmed, covered that last May, but I thought the Treehouse would be Frozen haha.

I'm bummed about the SFR Treehouse, too. The first time we visited WDW as a family my kids were 4 & 6- too young to sit and watch an old movie like SFR. We walked through the giant treehouse anyway and they were appropriately impressed. I made a point to watch the movie again before our next trip and it had a much greater impact. They really appreciated the treehouse AND even POTC took on new meaning because of the pirates in the movie. We are fortunate that a theater near us shows Disney Screens. I'm such a traditionalist and 100% into Disney nostalgia, but realize I am in the minority. I will be disappointed if they change the SFR treehouse into another Tarzan tree, but change is bound to happen. My first trip as a child there was a line to walk through the Treehouse. Our last three trips, only a handful of people were walking it with us. Clearly it needs updating to maximize use of that space.

Isn't Tarzan Anna and Elsa's brother? Oh boy.

 

[jade1]

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Thanks for the Pandora pics-can not wait.

Also fyi the Lions were amazing the other night oh the night safari.

Have a "snap" I kept but not super clear of course, the male was talking and walking across the rocks as were the females-spectacular.

 

[rteetz]

News

News Round Up 2016 was a top thread of the year!

http://www.wdwinfo.com/walt-disney-world/top-five-threads-for-2016-on-disboards-com/

You guys all help make it great.

 

[rteetz]

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Updated guidemaps debut Jan. 9th.

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2017/01/updated-disney-park-maps-debuting-later.html?m=1

 

[disneymath]

That's just surprising to me. That's quite a long break for the holidays.

I think it just depends on how different school districts allocated the days off.

I teach in Ontario, Canada and we always get 10 "school (week) days" off for Christmas Break ... this year we were in still in school on Fri. Dec. 23rd, so we don't go back until Mon. Jan. 9th.

EDIT ... have been away for a day or so, didn't realize that many had already given similar replies on the next page of the thread!

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

That is the back of the building that is only visible now from the parking lot - so the berm is just to hide it from view from outside of the park ... you won't see any of the building while inside the land - it's all cthat breed with rock work

That's good to hear . Thanks for that information appreciate it

 

[saskdw]

Interesting mine for the trip I'm on right now came in the old style box. It didn't have that picture of the castle on it.

Being from Canada they don't ship ours, we picked them up at check-in. Maybe they were out of the old boxes by then.

 

[rteetz]

It might be hard to tell in this photo but this pirates boat in front of us a couple nights ago was seriously leaning to the right. The weight distribution was not good on that boat. I wonder if they had any water in the boat. Our didn't but that was a very noticeable lean.

 

[Q-man]

I think the regions are embracing the different calendars, in part so families can enjoy vacations at popular destinations while avoiding the peak crowds(not just at Disney).

Spring Break calendars were originally based on planting season as the kids were going to be out anyway to help plant. That is why traditionally the break is in March in the South and April in Northern climates.

 

[soniam]

News

Possible Avatar opening date revealed

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/01/florida-resident-3-potential-avatar-opening-date-revealed/

I wouldn't be surprised if it opened that early. The CM we spoke with at Nomad Lounge last week said that imagineers were in there all the time now, and James Cameron has been visiting a lot too. She was told very positively and energetically by one of the imagineers that it would be opening sooner than later. So, I guess we will see. I figured that meant July though. I wouldn't mind if it opened significantly before our late July trip to work out some of the kinks. I booked AKL in case it does open. We already had CSR booked, but I may cancel it. I actually got a 30% bounce back while we were there; however, I suspect the same offer could be made to everyone soon.

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

I wouldn't be surprised if it opened that early. The CM we spoke with at Nomad Lounge last week said that imagineers were in there all the time now, and James Cameron has been visiting a lot too. She was told very positively and energetically by one of the imagineers that it would be opening sooner than later. So, I guess we will see. I figured that meant July though. I wouldn't mind if it opened significantly before our late July trip to work out some of the kinks. I booked AKL in case it does open. We already had CSR booked, but I may cancel it. I actually got a 30% bounce back while we were there; however, I suspect the same offer could be made to everyone soon.

I was at Nomad Lounge last week too. I heard a waitress tell a family right by me that her manager got to go in early to see the progress. She then said that Pandora is "ahead of schedule." While I was sitting outside, there were plenty of people coming by and taking pictures of the bridge lol.

 

[soniam]

I was at Nomad Lounge last week too. I heard a CM tell a family right by me that her manager got to go in early to see the progress. She then said that Pandora is "ahead of schedule." While I was sitting outside, there were plenty of people coming by and taking pictures of the bridge lol.

We were there on New Years Day at night and sat outside. Alexandria was our server. She is awesome, and we have had her before. I love Tiffins and Nomad Lounge. Can't wait until Pandora opens. I think there might be a neat, sort of hidden, view from their deck. We were peeking through the gap in the walls to see down the bridge

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

We were there on New Years Day at night and sat outside. Alexandria was our server. She is awesome, and we have had her before. I love Tiffins and Nomad Lounge. Can't wait until Pandora opens. I think there might be a neat, sort of hidden, view from their deck. We were peeking through the gap in the walls to see down the bridge

I got my info on the 29th of December. I can't remember my server. I had her before though, and she actually remembered me. If you were there at night, did you catch them testing the bioluminescent lights? The waitress told me that at night, they have been testing that while the park was still open.

 

[soniam]

I got my info on the 29th of December. I can't remember my server. I had her before though, and she actually remembered me. If you were there at night, did you catch them testing the bioluminescent lights? The waitress told me that at night, they have been testing that while the park was still open.

We didn't see them testing, but they may have taken the day off since it was 1/1. Plus, the park closed early at 7pm, so we were only there from 6-7pm.

 

[jlundeen]

Spring Break calendars were originally based on planting season as the kids were going to be out anyway to help plant. That is why traditionally the break is in March in the South and April in Northern climates.

Interesting...about as outdated now as daylight savings

 

[Travis B]

harumph.....ugly

They'll camouflage it, I'm sure.

 

[andyw715]

It's to build a bigger berm to hide the land.

Interesting that they don't build the berms first. To hide the behind-the-magic reality.

 

[rteetz]

Interesting that they don't build the berms first. To hide the behind-the-magic reality.

They don't really need to. The construction didn't look like anything more than general construction early on. Now that they are finishing up the berm is needed to hide backstage areas.