News Round Up 2017

[rteetz]

I think @tcufrog meant Disney inspired as in...one of the acts could be the hippos and alligators ice skating from Fantasmic. Or the tiki birds swooping around in the sky. Stuff like that.

And I agree, I think that would be an awesome idea. There is already a cirque show that is about Avatar...I wonder if that traveling Avatar show might come to Disney Springs. That would certainly fit with the new Pandora land in AK.

Toruk is going overseas I believe.

I would love to see a Disney theater showing broadway shows.

 

[Mattimation]

Toruk is going overseas I believe.

I would love to see a Disney theater showing broadway shows.

That would be awesome - especially if they perform the shows that either didn't make it to Broadway, like hunchback or jungle book, or the show's that didn't take off on Broadway, like little mermaid or Tarzan.

 

[jlundeen]

Holy wow!

I agree!!! WOW...that's beautiful!

 

[tcufrog]

I think @tcufrog meant Disney inspired as in...one of the acts could be the hippos and alligators ice skating from Fantasmic. Or the tiki birds swooping around in the sky. Stuff like that.

And I agree, I think that would be an awesome idea. There is already a cirque show that is about Avatar...I wonder if that traveling Avatar show might come to Disney Springs. That would certainly fit with the new Pandora land in AK.

That's exactly what I meant. I saw in Vegas the Beatles Cirque show and it was incredible how they used the music. Disney has so much musical
and visual IP that would be amazing inspiration for a Cirque show. Imagine what they'd do with a song like "A Whole New World" or "Be Our Guest."

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

News

The red cards known as FLIK will not be used to track wait times anymore. Disney will now be using the RFID tracking in magicbands.

Just wondering are they considering this to be more accurate than the red cards due to the number of guests with magic bands now?

 

[crazy4wdw]

Minor News:

It had already been announced that the Copper Creek DVC at Wilderness lodge will open in late July. While on the phone with member services today I asked when members would be able to make reservations. He said April 19 for owners at Copper Creek and April 28 for all members of DVC.

Wonder when they'll start accepting cash reservations for Copper Creek?

 

[crazy4wdw]

Tron reboot with Jared Leto may be in the works:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...eto-circling-lead-role-new-disney-film-982575

 

[rteetz]

Just wondering are they considering this to be more accurate than the red cards due to the number of guests with magic bands now?

Could be. You don't have to worry about the red cards anymore either since guests already have a magicband. There was also an update to MDE where they use a phones Bluetooth for wait times as well.

 

[rteetz]

News

Once Upon a Time will have a short refurb this week.

http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories...ction-show-undergoes-refurbishment-march-5-9/

 

[crazy4wdw]

Disney Parks Blog will live stream the Main Street Electrical Parade from Disneyland on Tuesday, March 7, at 8:55 PM, Pacific Time.

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...om-disneyland-park-march-7-at-855-p-m-pt/?dpb

 

[jaxonp]

Holy wow!

This is very very similar to Shanghai but this one is in English. Love Parc Disneyland... it's such a beautiful place.

 

[rteetz]

News

Whoopi Goldberg is a Haunted Mansion CM

https://twitter.com/lissawdw0787/status/838042000859475968

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

I would love to see a Disney theater showing broadway shows.

As soon as Shanghai got the Lion King, I am hoping Disney will do this either at WDW or DLR!

 

[rteetz]

Photo Update

Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout

https://twitter.com/jonatha08077969/status/838207607777079297

Sorry but that just doesn't look good to me.

 

[Dentam]

Yep, July 17th. People can already start touring them and existing members can currently buy points. New buy ins start in April.

We toured the sample 1 bedroom and studio today, along with a sample 1 bedroom of Aulani and a Poly studio. They are technically only offering tours of the new WL villas to existing DVC members according to what we were told today but we were told otherwise yesterday when we booked the tour so they let us tour them. My parents ended up buying points at the Poly. I love the studios there but the new ones at the WL are very nice as well.

 

[rteetz]

We toured the sample 1 bedroom and studio today, along with a sample 1 bedroom of Aulani and a Poly studio. They are technically only offering tours of the new WL villas to existing DVC members according to what we were told today but we were told otherwise yesterday when we booked the tour so they let us tour them. My parents ended up buying points at the Poly. I love the studios there but the new ones at the WL are very nice as well.

Thanks for the report. I think the Poly studios look great too and I haven't even seen one in person.

 

[Dentam]

Thanks for the report. I think the Poly studios look great too and I haven't even seen one in person.

They offered a year's worth of points from last year as a bonus for buying, so my parents went ahead and did it. If it were me, I would have looked into resale through WL or AKL, but they preferred to buy direct.

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

Thanks for the report. I think the Poly studios look great too and I haven't even seen one in person.

My Dad bought into the Polynesian last year, and we stayed there over Christmas-New Years this past year. We stayed in a studio. The studios were great! It was seriously one of my favorite vacations ever to WDW. The Poly has probably become my favorite resort as of right now, but there are several resorts I still want to try (AK Lodge, Beach Club, and Wilderness Lodge to name a few). I really like the atmosphere of the resort when it turns nighttime.

 

[Dentam]

My Dad bought into the Polynesian last year, and we stayed there over Christmas-New Years this past year. We stayed in a studio. The studios were great! It was seriously one of my favorite vacations ever to WDW. The Poly has probably become my favorite resort as of right now, but there are several resorts I still want to try (AK Lodge, Beach Club, and Wilderness Lodge to name a few). I really like the atmosphere of the resort when it turns nighttime.

The Poly was the first resort we ever stayed at in WDW, so it is fitting that my parents bought there. We love the location and the atmosphere of the resort, and the studios are so spacious. We rented points for our studio at the BC Villas for this trip, and the studio we are in now, though it's been recently refurbished, isn't nearly as nice as the ones at the Poly in our opinion.

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

The Poly was the first resort we ever stayed at in WDW, so it is fitting that my parents bought there. We love the location and the atmosphere of the resort, and the studios are so spacious. We rented points for our studio at the BC Villas for this trip, and the studio we are in now, though it's been recently refurbished, isn't nearly as nice as the ones at the Poly in our opinion.

I'm sure that is the case since the Poly is the newest studios until the new DVC area opens at WL. I really want to try Beach Club for the pool. I have never been to that pool, and everyone says it's the best pool on Disney property. I just want to experience it once lol!