News Round Up 2017

[rteetz]

@rteetz ... sorry to hear about the half being cancelled, definitely a disappointment.

@lockedoutlogic ... have to agree about Epcot being a very scary lightening place.

Sorry about the race @rteetz that's terrible.

It is what it is. They made the right decision for our safety as there really isn't a place to put us on course. I'll be back next year for this that is for sure.

 

[rteetz]

News

Doctor Strange coming to DVD and Blu-Ray February 28th.

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/01/doctor-strange-coming-home-video-february-28th/

 

[lockedoutlogic]

News

Disney CFO expects Avatar to have Carsland like impact

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/os-cfb-tourism-column-01092017-20170105-story.html

Pleased read this before you "like" it...it's about as depressing from the park fan's perspective as you can get...

"We think avatar is great simply because we paid for it...we're not hurrying for anything else...don't ask"

Go Comcast go...is all i can say.

Where'd did this canned suit/mouthpiece come
From?

And of course the sentinel writes it without asking a damn question...unbelievable...

 

[Loopster]

I've only used it once a day but others in my party have used it multiple times in a day. I've really enjoyed it.

Ryan, what was the wait time for the busses? Or do they have a set time that they pick up to go to each park?

Sorry about the run. That sucks.

 

[rteetz]

Ryan, what was the wait time for the busses? Or do they have a set time that they pick up to go to each park?

Sorry about the run. That sucks.

They have set times. They pick up every half hour.

Thanks, it is what it is. Onto tomorrow.

 

[rteetz]

News

First look at Festival of the Arts menus

http://www.wdwinfo.com/disney-world/epcot/festival-of-the-arts.htm#foodstudios

 

[rteetz]

Well call me a sucker all you want but I bought the 45th anniversary magicband 2. It's surprisingly more lighter/thinner than I thought it would be.

 

[Fantasia79]

News

First look at Festival of the Arts menus

http://www.wdwinfo.com/disney-world/epcot/festival-of-the-arts.htm#foodstudios

This looks very creative and great!

 

[MamaMaleficent2016]

Typical Disney inconsistency- I have a Jan 29th check in, today I received the new 2.0 MagicBands but they came in the Incredibles packaging, not the Castle packaging that others have received. Using up old stock?

 

[LSLS]

You're older than I am...no wonder you're so salty

Nope, we just played old school in college on the gamecube, not that old.

 

[rteetz]

 

[SureAsLiz]

Well call me a sucker all you want but I bought the 45th anniversary magicband 2. It's surprisingly more lighter/thinner than I thought it would be.

I've been wearing this one almost exclusively since I bought it, and I really like it. It was a little iffy the first night but once I figured out where to wear it on my wrist it became much more comfortable. It also makes mickey-to-mickey easier (not that it was hard before) since it doesn't rotate around my wrist like the smaller style

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Well call me a sucker all you want but I bought the 45th anniversary magicband 2. It's surprisingly more lighter/thinner than I thought it would be.

Not a sucker - same as spending money on other souvenirs

Plus you got it for research for you work on the DIS #TaxWriteoff

 

[rteetz]

Not a sucker - same as spending money on other souvenirs

Plus you got it for research for you work on the DIS #TaxWriteoff

Good point! I haven't bought much in the parks this trip anyways.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Not a sucker - same as spending money on other souvenirs

Plus you got it for research for you work on the DIS #TaxWriteoff

...jury is still out on this one

 

[lockedoutlogic]

http://metro.co.uk/2017/01/07/disne...princess-leia-in-star-wars-episode-9-6366876/

Something interesting to look at...we'll be discussing this for years down the road.

 

[danikoski]

http://metro.co.uk/2017/01/07/disne...princess-leia-in-star-wars-episode-9-6366876/

Something interesting to look at...we'll be discussing this for years down the road.

I love the character of Leia Organa, however, after watching Rogue One, and even Star Wars Rebels, I'd like to see them push the story past the Skywalker's...So maybe, fingers crossed, this will force them to...Maybe...

Or they will slap something together that will seem trite...I hope not... Actually I wish they'd get Gareth Edwards in to help do rewrites...

 

[RAD]

I looked into that as well. Problem for me is that Direct doesn't offer Big Ten or Comcast Plus which severely limits me from watching sports around Chicago

You might want to double check about Big Ten network, I have DIRECTV and they have one full time channel and four additional ones they can fire up with the schedule requires it. My guide also shows a channel 665-1 which says it's CSN Chicago Plus HD (Alternative) which means it's a part time channel.

 

[DIS-OH]

Congrats to @rteetz on completing the WDW marathon!

 

[jade1]

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Looks like you are getting around-nice to see.


Took a few of our new "choices" to stay at as well a couple weeks ago.

Also excited about the new "VWL" pool area and dining-looks to be vastly improved.