News Round Up 2017

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Ok, don't hate me, but why are people so legitimately sad about this?

To piggy back on rteez's comment a lot has to do with emotional attachment to it. I mean we all know something can't go on and on and on but still.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Ok, don't hate me, but why are people so legitimately sad about this?

Not sad (at least for me) - more wistful and bringing up memories of watching it with my family and stuff ... watching it from main st and hearing about Wishes coming true kinda brings out the "Disney feels"

 

[buteraa]

True but Tiffins is very good

I'm keeping mine. I'll watch the first showing then head to Pandora for the rest of the night.

Please post lots of pictures and videos!

 

[circus4u]

Pandora -- The World of Avatar and 10 other hot theme parks of the future
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/travel/pandora-world-of-avatar-future-theme-parks-2017/index.html

 

[rteetz]

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

Goodbye Wishes! I'm looking forward to seeing videos of Happily Ever After tomorrow!

 

[MissGina5]

I know this doesn't belong and I'll repost it where it actually belongs later but we just ran into Steve Porter in HS and I had to say something!!!! Excitement is through the roof and my poor husband has no idea what just happened!

I meant to respond how jealous I am of this because I have the biggest dorkiest crush on him since I started watching the vlogs. His fiancee is lucky haha

 

[mikepizzo]

I meant to respond how jealous I am of this because I have the biggest dorkiest crush on him since I started watching the vlogs. His fiancee is lucky haha

My fiancee and I were waiting in line at the EPCOT character spot, and we noticed this girl behind us with this unique Disney shirt. Then we noticed the guy that she was with. I told my fiancee, "That's definitely Steve". So we were debating on saying something because it didn't seem like he was doing any kind of work for The Dis at the time, they were just enjoying the park. We both ended up exiting the character spot at the same time and I decided to say hi and tell him we were fans of the show. We didn't really say anything else because we didn't want to take up his time, but he seemed like a nice guy.

Also, fiancee and I were stuck on the People Mover, near the end. She was looking down and people watching and was 100% confident that she spotted Oliver. He was sitting near one of the pillars on his phone. She was itching for the ride to resume so she could exit and say hi. Just as we are coming down the moving walkway, he gets up and starts to walk away. So we put a little pep in our step and caught up with him and said hi, told him we were fans of the show, etc. He told us we just missed him calling in live to the show, and we were minutes away from being on the show. That would have been pretty neat. Another guy that seemed genuinely nice.

I'd love to meet Ryno one day, and talk to him about Power Rangers.

 

[Tiki Birdland]

Goodbye Wishes!

Didn't get to see Wishes in the park... kids were too little at the time. But, we got to see it twice from our room: once on the beach at the Poly; another from our balcony of the Contemporary. Looking forward to the new Happily Ever After show when we get there in July. To those that shared the Wishes show on Periscope and YouTube: Thank you very much!

Interested in learning more about the projection technology used. Saw a few demo videos. But, nothing about how the images are mapped...

 

[TheMaxRebo]

My fiancee and I were waiting in line at the EPCOT character spot, and we noticed this girl behind us with this unique Disney shirt. Then we noticed the guy that she was with. I told my fiancee, "That's definitely Steve". So we were debating on saying something because it didn't seem like he was doing any kind of work for The Dis at the time, they were just enjoying the park. We both ended up exiting the character spot at the same time and I decided to say hi and tell him we were fans of the show. We didn't really say anything else because we didn't want to take up his time, but he seemed like a nice guy.

Also, fiancee and I were stuck on the People Mover, near the end. She was looking down and people watching and was 100% confident that she spotted Oliver. He was sitting near one of the pillars on his phone. She was itching for the ride to resume so she could exit and say hi. Just as we are coming down the moving walkway, he gets up and starts to walk away. So we put a little pep in our step and caught up with him and said hi, told him we were fans of the show, etc. He told us we just missed him calling in live to the show, and we were minutes away from being on the show. That would have been pretty neat. Another guy that seemed genuinely nice.

I'd love to meet Ryno one day, and talk to him about Power Rangers.

Ryno is the one team member I spoke to the longest - saw him at one of the meets that was held in Hershey, PA and just chatted for a bit and about our upcoming first trip to Disneyland, etc. He was a super nice guy. Also, my photo with him that has Dustin photobombing us is one of my favorite mementos

 

[Mattimation]

I just posted this in the Wishes/Happily Ever After thread, but people here might be interested too; the "Happily Ever After" theme song is now available to purchase on iTunes. It's a re-orchestrated pop/country version of the song, so it's not exactly what we'll hear tonight, but it's still a nice preview!

 

[andyw715]

Crowds for the final Wishes are huge.

I wonder what percentage of people there knew it was the last showing (knowing prior to getting to the park).

We were at HS in Nov 2015 for the opening night of the Osborne Christmas lights, not knowing that it was the last season for the lights.

 

[Delano Fiedler]

Do we have an official acronym for "Happily Ever After"? Its too long to type everytime

 

[rteetz]

Do we have an official acronym for "Happily Ever After"? Its too long to type everytime

HEA

 

[NawlinsGuy80]

I really only sat and watched WISHES in it's entirety once! HalloWishes once as well

I still believe Hallowishes is the best firework display that I've seen at Disney.

 

[rteetz]

News

Tokyo DisneySea Searider with Nemo and friends is now open

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...nds-searider-now-open-at-tokyo-disney-resort/

 

[rteetz]

News

Tom Mazloum named Senior VP of resorts and transportation operations

http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/walt-...portation-operations-at-walt-disney-world.htm

 

[rteetz]

News

New HEA poster

https://www.instagram.com/p/BT_qQc9j9KY/

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

I just posted this in the Wishes/Happily Ever After thread, but people here might be interested too; the "Happily Ever After" theme song is now available to purchase on iTunes. It's a re-orchestrated pop/country version of the song, so it's not exactly what we'll hear tonight, but it's still a nice preview!

Thanks for letting us know. I will probably have to buy it unless Disney decides to release a new soundtrack.

 

[crazy4wdw]

Ok, don't hate me, but why are people so legitimately sad about this?

Not sad (at least for me) - more wistful and bringing up memories of watching it with my family and stuff ... watching it from main st and hearing about Wishes coming true kinda brings out the "Disney feels"

I was very distraught when Fantasy in the Sky was replaced with Wishes. Even though I like Wishes, for me it doesn't live up to the original fireworks show. I had numerous visits to WDW after it opened with different family members so Fantasy in the Sky holds a special place in my heart.