News Round Up 2017

[WooPigScientist]

Interesting...about as outdated now as daylight savings

Probably, but not for all of us . As long as it's not raining that week, we get a TON of field work done when our college kids are out of school. Even one or two extra bodies make a world of difference for us. Our kids aren't old enough for that yet, but when they are, they're not going to be spending spring break at the beach . . .

But outdated or not, I get the feeling parents would freak the heck out if schools tried to change it up too much. Sometimes ours will get so bent out of shape over the littlest schedule changes. We have a few schools that have gone to breaking it into two 5-day weekends rather than one full week, but that's about as far as they can push it.

 

[rteetz]

News

One day dining plan in testing

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/01/disne...plans-theme-parks-disney-dine-go-speed-sales/

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

News

One day dining plan in testing

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/01/disne...plans-theme-parks-disney-dine-go-speed-sales/

Interesting. I would assume good for non Disney resort guests.

 

[a4matte]

I recently came across a petition with fans asking for Carrie Fisher's character, Princess Leia, to become an official Disney Princess. The petition also asks for Disney to change the rules. That is because there is a rule that a Disney Princess must not be acted by a "real" person. The Princess must be animated.

If she were to become an official princess she'd be in an animated form. Disney will not use a "real" person as an official princess because that means they have to pay royalties to the actress to use her likeness. This is why you don't see Giselle from Enchanted on anything and the few times you do she's always in her animated form.

News

Tarzan is supposedly Anna and Elsa's little brother.

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

Why are they just now reporting on this? He said this a while ago.
I still feel it's stupid and absolutely hate the idea. It feels so fan fiction-y and cheap.

News

New packaging for magicband 2.0

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/01/photos-guests-now-recieving-magicband-2-new-packaging/

Last week we received our little pamphlet about an upcoming trip in October - it also has this new style. No more Incredibles theme.

 

[mikepizzo]

Why are they just now reporting on this? He said this a while ago.
I still feel it's stupid and absolutely hate the idea. It feels so fan fiction-y and cheap.

I think the difference is that, however many months ago, they said the ship that is shown in the Little Mermaid was the same ship, but they never said anything about Tarzan being their brother.

I too think this is absolutely ridiculous. If this was in fact their intention (which is what they are making it seem) they did a really poor job and didn't bother to care about the detail. This is caving to fan theories.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

If she were to become an official princess she'd be in an animated form. Disney will not use a "real" person as an official princess because that means they have to pay royalties to the actress to use her likeness. This is why you don't see Giselle from Enchanted on anything and the few times you do she's always in her animated form.

I wonder if all the live action remakes impact these things at all. Now that Emma Watson is Belle, does that impact things? Leia has been in animated form as well so they could use it.

I think if they really wanted to you could make it work but I wonder what Carrie Fisher and her family would want - does she want to be remembered as a princess or as a fighter, etc.? Honest question, I don't know, but think it should fit into what she/her family want her legacy to be, not what the fans want

 

[Reddog1134]

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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.

I hadn't heard any news on POTC in a while. Was the problem with the new boats taking on water ever addressed?

 

[Mattimation]

I wonder if all the live action remakes impact these things at all. Now that Emma Watson is Belle, does that impact things? Leia has been in animated form as well so they could use it.

I think if they really wanted to you could make it work but I wonder what Carrie Fisher and her family would want - does she want to be remembered as a princess or as a fighter, etc.? Honest question, I don't know, but think it should fit into what she/her family want her legacy to be, not what the fans want

Actually, the animated version falls into the same issue of using her likeness. When Disney found out they'd have to pay to use Amy Adams' likeness if they wanted to add Giselle to the Princess line-up they tried simply using the animated version, but found they couldn't do that either since animated Giselle is based directly on Amy Adams. The same issue would apply to any animated Leia, since she's based on Carrie Fisher.

As for the live action remakes, Disney is keeping those pretty separate from the animated movies and princess line-up. They haven't replaced Cinderella with Lily James, or Aurora with Elle Fanning. Also, just a few years out, you can't find official merchandise of these movies featuring these actresses anywhere. By this time next year, any live action Beauty and the Beast products will no longer be in production and most likely will have disappeared from any store shelves.

 

[Reddog1134]

I wonder if all the live action remakes impact these things at all. Now that Emma Watson is Belle, does that impact things? Leia has been in animated form as well so they could use it.

I think if they really wanted to you could make it work but I wonder what Carrie Fisher and her family would want - does she want to be remembered as a princess or as a fighter, etc.? Honest question, I don't know, but think it should fit into what she/her family want her legacy to be, not what the fans want

I was thinking the same thing about the princesses now being in live action movies and Leia being animated.

However, "Disney Princesses" is only a marketing gimmick. So, it doesn't really matter to me if they include her. Maybe make her an "Honorary Princess" just to recognize Carrie and the character she portrayed.

 

[rteetz]

News

Joffreys is coming to the Magic Kingdom

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/01/joffr...ic-kingdom-annual-pass-discounts-now-offered/

 

[rteetz]

I hadn't heard any news on POTC in a while. Was the problem with the new boats taking on water ever addressed?

I didn't have any water in my boat but that boat I have the picture of very well could've.

 

[luisov]

I think the difference is that, however many months ago, they said the ship that is shown in the Little Mermaid was the same ship, but they never said anything about Tarzan being their brother.

I too think this is absolutely ridiculous. If this was in fact their intention (which is what they are making it seem) they did a really poor job and didn't bother to care about the detail. This is caving to fan theories.

I think Chris Buck was just trolling the fans. Last time someone spoke about this, pretty much everyone at the studio thought it was a really funny fan theory, but that it didn't count as part of the Disney canon. Animators love to encourage these fan theories because it gives more depth to their films and creates legends and stories for other animators to talk about. Even the Pixar theory, which is actually pretty good, has been debunked by some Pixar creatives.

Unless someone at the studio truly took this theory seriously and plans to use it as a plot point for the sequel, I wouldn't take it as official Disney canon... Just like nobody takes those direct to video sequels from the 90's as canon.

 

[rteetz]

News

Tilikum the killer whale has died

http://abcnews.go.com/US/tilikum-se...ied/story?id=44598477&cid=social_twitter_abcn

 

[mikepizzo]

I think Chris Buck was just trolling the fans. Last time someone spoke about this, pretty much everyone at the studio thought it was a really funny fan theory, but that it didn't count as part of the Disney canon. Animators love to encourage these fan theories because it gives more depth to their films and creates legends and stories for other animators to talk about. Even the Pixar theory, which is actually pretty good, has been debunked by some Pixar creatives.

Unless someone at the studio truly took this theory seriously and plans to use it as a plot point for the sequel, I wouldn't take it as official Disney canon... Just like nobody takes those direct to video sequels from the 90's as canon.

I get what you're saying, and I know it's all in good fun, but I think if the creator of the original content confirms it, then it is canon. No different if J.K. Rowling confirmed some fan theory regarding Harry Potter.

 

[skier_pete]

Why are they just now reporting on this? He said this a while ago.
I still feel it's stupid and absolutely hate the idea. It feels so fan fiction-y and cheap..

Right - this isn't anything new it's been around for a few years - but it is not just fan-fictiony, it's really, really silly and wrong.Tarzan family is the Greystokes and they are ENGLISH. (And yes I know this is fictional - but Tarzan is already based on existing story - you can't just throw some other story over it and ignore the basis.)

 

[Tigger's ally]

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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.

They were leaning into the Pigsty! arggggggghhhhhhhhh!

 

[mikepizzo]

They were leaning into the Pigsty! arggggggghhhhhhhhh!

I'd rather be leaning towards the Red Head

 

[MommaBerd]

News

One day dining plan in testing

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/01/disne...plans-theme-parks-disney-dine-go-speed-sales/

I'm not clear as to what the benefits are to either Disney or the guest. I guess we'll have to wait on pricing?

ETA: Just saw there is a thread on this over at the TPAS board. Prices are quoted over there (can't remember exactly), but is not a deal for the most part.

 

[superme80]

News

More in depth look at Cars 3.

http://ew.com/movies/2017/01/05/cars-3-first-look/

There goes my money....

 

[merry_nbright]

I heard mumblings that the electrical water pageant was getting a makeover and going down for a year. Please, please tell me that's not true! This is the year I'll finally be able to see if from my hotel!