News Round Up 2017

[rteetz]

Wonder if this means the other parks will have no EMH. That would suck - I like being at the Magic Kingdom late night (so incredibly not a morning person).

Not sure. They definitely want people at Pandora though.

 

[skier_pete]

Bob says The Last Jedi is quite good.

Hmmm, never thought he'd admit that!

The Han Solo film will cover finding Chewie, and how Han got his name.

*spoiler* - He used to be Han Teamplayer.

 

[Spacedog1975]

News

Pandora will have EMH nightly ever night from May 27-July 4. This is for Pandora only. The rest of the park will stay closed.

https://twitter.com/touringplans/status/844928260140142592

I hope when they eventually do regular evening EMH that they'll keep a few more things running. Even if they just kept Expedition Everest and Dinoland running, it would disperse crowds.

 

[merry_nbright]

I hope when they eventually do regular evening EMH that they'll keep a few more things running. Even if they just kept Expedition Everest and Dinoland running, it would disperse crowds.

Dinoland would look so cool lit up with campy Christmas lights during the evening. Never ventured into Dinoland my last visit at night. Is it already lit well or was it shut down?

 

[Ben Pieper]

The moment you forget about the "extra" days lol. So, if anyone is going to be there on May 27th, please report back tomorrow.

Hopefully I'll be able to tell you. Looks like I'm getting up at 6AM to book a single 4 minute experience 64 days in the future. Only at Disney.

 

[rteetz]

Rumors - Disneyland edition

Jim Hill says that Downtown Disney in Disneyland will receive major work much like Disney Springs did.

Once Star Wars Experience opens Star Tours will close and those simulators will move to DCA and become part of the new Marvel area as the Iron Man experience like Hong Kong.

Captain America coaster in DCA

Jedi Academy leaves Tomorrowland

Fantasyland renovations come post Star Wars Experience with possible Beauty and the Beast ride or Frozen ride

 

[TheMaxRebo]

News

Full Avatar menu and pricing

http://blogmickey.com/2017/03/full-menu-pricing-satuli-canteen-pandora-world-avatar/

Glad to see the prices aren't crazy (sometimes when they make better/healthier food it really jacks up the price)

do we know what brewery is making the beer for Pandora?

 

[rteetz]

Glad to see the prices aren't crazy (sometimes when they make better/healthier food it really jacks up the price)

do we know what brewery is making the beer for Pandora?

Have not seen what brewery is.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Two things on Pixar live

It won't replace Beauty and the Beast
It's going run for a limited time

I am glad it is just being added rather than replacing B&tB (so, different times of the day but technically a +1 attraction vs +1-1=0)

 

[TheMaxRebo]

News

AK goes to tiering and FP bookings start tomorrow.

http://blogmickey.com/2017/03/fastpass-pandora-world-avatar-tiered-available-reserve-tomorrow/

ha - I thought it might bring tiering .... at least for a while to allow more guests to get on at least one of the new attractions each day

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I like how all these unique menu items with themed names and then you get to the bottom and "Bud Light". Cause apparently even on other planets, there's still cr**py beer.

I assume that is for the explorers in case the new planet doesn't have drinkable water ... only excuse to ever drink Bud Light

 

[TheMaxRebo]

My wife and I were discussing something like this after the family watched Moana this past weekend. We decided that it will be few and far between that we get a male character who isn't a (sometimes horribly) flawed but in the end helpful person, usually after being shown the right way by the female lead. Certainly Moana, Zootopia, Frozen, Tangled, and Princess and Frog filled this role. Heck it's hard to see Rogue One as anything but a reimagining of that theme, and the less I dwell on Anger being the only male attribute in Inside Out the better (though that wasn't consistent in the parents' heads).

I get the past and the problem with the historical princesses, and being a father of a 7 year old girl I'm happy to see girl power independent of the power to fall in love being well represented. But as a parent of twin five year old boys, I feel like Disney is now trending into the over compensation stage of correction.

With both Coco and Gigantic primarily following male characters, it will be interesting to see how they cover this trend. I'm thankful for Big Hero 6, as that is certainly the recent exception in terms of male roles as far as new IP animation.

Plus one could argue that a lesson of "girls, you can fix your man!" isn't really a great lesson

Oh, and wasn't Fear male as well in Inside Out?

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

I hope when they eventually do regular evening EMH that they'll keep a few more things running. Even if they just kept Expedition Everest and Dinoland running, it would disperse crowds.

It is odd to me that they'll have Pandora only open for those. Won't it be swamped? I wouldn't want to go with only 2 rides running, those lines could potentially be huge.

Dinoland would look so cool lit up with campy Christmas lights during the evening. Never ventured into Dinoland my last visit at night. Is it already lit well or was it shut down?

I've seen it at night, it is pretty, all the lights are on.

Plus one could argue that a lesson of "girls, you can fix your man!" isn't really a great lesson

Oh, and wasn't Fear male as well in Inside Out?

Yeah, Riley's Fear and Anger were male. But Disgust was a girl and that isn't a great emotion either. Which always confused me, since her mom's emotions were all women and her dad's were all men. Does this mean when Riley hits puberty Fear and Anger will have a sex change?

 

[MissGina5]

Plus one could argue that a lesson of "girls, you can fix your man!" isn't really a great lesson

Oh, and wasn't Fear male as well in Inside Out?

yeah but they kinda address that in the song, you can't change people but love transforms in SOME ways.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Yeah, Riley's Fear and Anger were male. But Disgust was a girl and that isn't a great emotion either. Which always confused me, since her mom's emotions were all women and her dad's were all men. Does this mean when Riley hits puberty Fear and Anger will have a sex change?

Or maybe that was Disney getting into LGBTQ topics - but yeah, I thought that was odd too

 

[TheMaxRebo]

yeah but they kinda address that in the song, you can't change people but love transforms in SOME ways.

That's true - but even that can mess with some people "oh, he's a jerk but I love him and love will change him, you'll see!" .... some times people are just jerks and stay jerks

 

[jknezek]

Oh, and wasn't Fear male as well in Inside Out?

Yeah. I had kind of forgotten about him. Someone else mentioned it as well. My bad. There is an interview linked at the bottom with John Lassiter where he talks about why Riley's emotions were split but the parents were all one sex or the other. Riley's were split to provide more interesting characters, the parents were the same to help make the cinematography of the dinner table scene less confusing.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-Inside-Out-Main-Character-Has-Male-Female-Emotions-72176.html

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Yeah. I had kind of forgotten about him. Someone else mentioned it as well. My bad. There is an interview linked at the bottom with John Lassiter where he talks about why Riley's emotions were split but the parents were all one sex or the other. Riley's were split to provide more interesting characters, the parents were the same to help make the cinematography of the dinner table scene less confusing.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-Inside-Out-Main-Character-Has-Male-Female-Emotions-72176.html

Ah, so the parents' emotions were all one sex for practical reasons. Bah. Hahaha.

 

[beer dave]

News

Universal has filed a patent for a new ride system that could be used for a future Harry Potter attraction

http://orlandoinformer.com/blog/har...=OIFacebook&utm_campaign=New&utm_content=Fact

Let me see if I get this-- now there will be a screen in front of you in a small room, but instead of simulating motion, there will be real motion?
And the screen will not be replicating the visuals of said motion?

Sounds like polar express 2.

I feel nauseated just thinking about it.

 

[beer dave]

The moment you forget about the "extra" days lol. So, if anyone is going to be there on May 27th, please report back tomorrow.

I am arriving the 26th, so I will see what is available tomorrow, but I think i will have to wait till march 26.....