News Round Up 2017

[rteetz]

News

Yacht Club is getting a Quick Sevice area!

 

[PolyRob]

News

Yacht Club is getting a Quick Sevice area!

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Nice! Going from the YC to the BC Marketplace was a trek! And the freestyle machines are like Gasparilla

 

[MommaBerd]

This just popped up on my Twitter feed, the AT-ATs look pretty well assembled now:

https://twitter.com/finding_dylan/status/842084528734666752

AWESOME!!!

 

[superme80]

This just popped up on my Twitter feed, the AT-ATs look pretty well assembled now:

https://twitter.com/finding_dylan/status/842084528734666752

OMG! So excited!!!!

 

[Lee Matthews]

This just popped up on my Twitter feed, the AT-ATs look pretty well assembled now:

https://twitter.com/finding_dylan/status/842084528734666752

OMG that's awesome.

It's because it seems like they are inside the Building, it's either got to be part of the queue or the ride itself.

I'm going with it being part of the ride where your against the first order and the building itself will be like being inside a Star Destroyer or something

 

[beer dave]

I still think they are bridges....

 

[Capang]

Random question..when did "May the 4th/Fourth Be With You" start...I ask because well technically May 4th is my B-day but now instead of it just being Cinco De Mayo references around that time of May it seems the May the 4th/Fourth Be With You is referenced almost as often.

Not that this makes it official or anything, but I've made a big deal of May 4 for nearly 10 years in my classroom. A full day of Star Wars jokes and references.

 

[Sweettears]

Not that this makes it official or anything, but I've made a big deal of May 4 for nearly 10 years in my classroom. A full day of Star Wars jokes and references.

My grandson was born on May 4. He's gonna be two so his take on SW has yet to be determined.

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

News

A look at the HKDL BB-8 meet and greet which will also come to DHS next month.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...s-to-disneys-hollywood-studios-next-month.htm

I'm so excited for this!

 

[UKDisneyJoe]

Is the BB-8 meet and greet replacing Chewie then? My DW will be gutted as she loves Chewie and we are going Nov/Dec this year

 

[mikepizzo]

I was thinking that it would be cool to see, but isn't it hard to interact with something that only swings it's "head," rocks and sways, and beeps? At least Chewy (I don't know about Kylo Ren) can give you a hug and look at you, and have a bit of interaction...feels a little more personal...maybe just me.

Just like Baymax. Fiancee got in trouble thinking she could give him a hug. I got in trouble because I went to wrap my arm around him to take the picture (seriously what an awkward picture it was with our arms straight by our side). The cast member was not the nicest.

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Yacht Club is getting a Quick Sevice area!

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Anyone else notice those multi-soda dispensers in the picture? Wasn't there some kind of debate whether Disney would be installing them or not, not too long ago? I bowed out of that one, so I don't know if I'm remembering correctly.

 

[MommaBerd]

Anyone else notice those multi-soda dispensers in the picture? Wasn't there some kind of debate whether Disney would be installing them or not, not too long ago? I bowed out of that one, so I don't know if I'm remembering correctly.

Coke *really* wants these to be installed as many places as possible. It's better quality control of their products. I expressed some of the complaints/concerns from one of those threads to my brother who works for Coke. One of the bigger complaints was that kids want to "play" with the machine, thus making the lines long. His response was that in Coke's eyes, that's a GOOD thing...it's engaging the future generation of Coke drinkers. It associates fun and freedom (to choose) with the beverage.

 

[mikepizzo]

Coke *really* wants these to be installed as many places as possible. It's better quality control of their products. I expressed some of the complaints/concerns from one of those threads to my brother who works for Coke. One of the bigger complaints was that kids want to "play" with the machine, thus making the lines long. His response was that in Coke's eyes, that's a GOOD thing...it's engaging the future generation of Coke drinkers. It associates fun and freedom (to choose) with the beverage.

Gotcha, that was it. I don't drink soda so it's pretty much a non-issue for me, which is why I didn't really pay attention. It all makes sense though.

 

[jlundeen]

Gotcha, that was it. I don't drink soda so it's pretty much a non-issue for me, which is why I didn't really pay attention. It all makes sense though.

I don't drink soda either, and, in my opinion, it seems way to attract more people/kids to drinking it. But they do also have settings for the flavored, non-sweetened water, although, since I wasn't familiar with the machine and all the choices on our visit to POFQ last fall, I spent some time figuring out how to use it, and I will confess that I dumped a couple of wrong choices out. They had several machines set up, though, so it was a problem for others who were waiting.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I don't drink soda either, and, in my opinion, it seems way to attract more people/kids to drinking it. But they do also have settings for the flavored, non-sweetened water, although, since I wasn't familiar with the machine and all the choices on our visit to POFQ last fall, I spent some time figuring out how to use it, and I will confess that I dumped a couple of wrong choices out. They had several machines set up, though, so it was a problem for others who were waiting.

They should come up with an app where you can see all the options available, preselect what you want, and then just scan your phone and the machine makes your drink

 

[sachilles]

The AT-AT's still seem odd, the way they are surrounded in the building. Wondering is that is the ride queue or something, where you snake around it up close. You really would only get a view of them from that second level. If you were at the level with their feet you wouldn't see much.

 

[Roxyfire]

They should come up with an app where you can see all the options available, preselect what you want, and then just scan your phone and the machine makes your drink

Funny enough, they do have one, at least on iOS. The Coke Freestyle app. They don't do a good job of advertising it, but I did notice on a local machine that it uses QR codes.

 

[circus4u]

Beauty and the Beast review.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/15/entertainment/beauty-and-the-beast-review/index.html

 

[mikepizzo]

Funny enough, they do have one, at least on iOS. The Coke Freestyle app. They don't do a good job of advertising it, but I did notice on a local machine that it uses QR codes.

I just checked on Android, also available.

You can actually save different mixes so you don't have to waste your time selecting the same thing over and over. That's actually a pretty cool idea.

 

[skier_pete]

This just popped up on my Twitter feed, the AT-ATs look pretty well assembled now:

https://twitter.com/finding_dylan/status/842084528734666752

OK - pretty clearly NOT a bridge. I can't imagine their going to make two giant things like that just to put them in the queue. (Of course, there's one outside Star Tours, so maybe.) After spending a week at Universal I am now trepidatious that Disney is going to go with all screens for both their rides...this give me hope (A New Hope? ) that there will be some amount of physical objects in the rides.