News Round Up 2017

[rteetz]

I wouldn't say it's the timing of the movie that's the issue - family movies with plenty of different themes do well around the holidays. People are just completely unaware that this exists, because it hasn't been marketed enough to saturate the market.

This trailer could have launched with, say, Pirates 5 to maximize the amount of people who would see it. I do believe that this will run ahead of Cars 3 when that releases in a few weeks.

I imagine we'll get plenty from D23 about it as well.

I felt they didn't market Moana right away either and they did well. Not frozen well but it did good enough.

 

[rteetz]

News

A look at Super Nintendo World coming to Universal Studios Japan!

https://twitter.com/usj_mcpe/status/872629796810838016

 

[rteetz]

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

News

A look at Super Nintendo World coming to Universal Studios Japan!

https://twitter.com/usj_mcpe/status/872629796810838016

If they do build one of these at Universal Hollywood or Orlando, I feel like I might go to a Universal park. I have never been, but that is mostly because I haven't been interested in most of the IP's they promote there.

 

[rteetz]

If they do build one of these at Universal Hollywood or Orlando, I feel like I might go to a Universal park. I have never been, but that is mostly because I haven't been interested in most of the IP's they promote there.

They will be. Universal has announced some form of Nintendo will come to all of their parks. We don't know the plans for Orlando or Hollywood yet tho.

 

[Capang]

Not sure if this is the proper thread to post but it if not feel free to move/remove.did the sdfp loophole close? I am here now and had seven (7!) FP today which is a record for me. I always struggled to find a 4th that was decent. I did:
1. Star tours
2. TSMM
3. ToT
4. Little Mermaid
5. Pirates
6. Splash
7. Small World

Granted some of those don't really need a FP but I've never seen availability like today.

 

[rteetz]

Not sure if this is the proper thread to post but it if not feel free to move/remove.did the sdfp loophole close? I am here now and had seven (7!) FP today which is a record for me. I always struggled to find a 4th that was decent. I did:
1. Star tours
2. TSMM
3. ToT
4. Little Mermaid
5. Pirates
6. Splash
7. Small World

Granted some of those don't really need a FP but I've never seen availability like today.

Yes Disney has closed that loophole.

 

[fan1080]

Any reports of locked accounts today? Just read a rumor about a family being escorted out last night, but not sure why.

Happy travels.

 

[wareagle57]

Not sure if this is the proper thread to post but it if not feel free to move/remove.did the sdfp loophole close? I am here now and had seven (7!) FP today which is a record for me. I always struggled to find a 4th that was decent. I did:
1. Star tours
2. TSMM
3. ToT
4. Little Mermaid
5. Pirates
6. Splash
7. Small World

Granted some of those don't really need a FP but I've never seen availability like today.

MK has always been the easiest park to get additional FP. Splash is the only extra FP that you would ever possibly have trouble getting depending on what time it is. (I assume the DHS FP were your original 3)

 

[Flyerjab]

You know, depending upon what is built in Orlando for this IP, I believe that this could have almost as big of an impact on vacationers in the Orlando parks as Harry Potter did. Imagine a land that has characters that kids (and adults that grew up playing video games) would die to have their pictures with. Well, Mario and Co. fits that bill perfectly and to me could be as big of a draw as the Disney characters. Add to that another castle as a centerpiece to the land. With this, UNI could really try to create a nighttime show that could at least be worth mentioning along with the Disney shows. And imagine if you were to get a Mario Kart ride and a Donkey Kong ride as your centerpieces. I'll be honest...that will draw me and my family away from WDW for part of our vacation. There aren't a lot of IPs that UNI has aside from Harry Potter that would make me want to visit there for an extended period. Now, add to that a Nintendo Land, Volcano Bay, and nice resorts that are more affordable than Disney resorts, and I think that UNI will be breaking that 30% market share no problem. Even with Star Wars Land opening in 2019, I believe that after that, when Nintendo Land is built, that will be another perfect counterpunch for UNI. This is really going to get interesting. I still feel that Disney believes that WDW's ace in the hole is Epcot. It will be interesting to see what they do with that park. It is a huge nostalgia place for many Disney fans. If done properly...well...just another big counterpunch in this battle for theme park supremacy in Orlando. And as Pete Werner always says, in the end we win.

 

[Delano Fiedler]

Halloween Horror Nights tickets are now on sale
http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando/tickets.php

 

[dlavender]

Halloween Horror Nights tickets are now on sale
http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando/tickets.php

First night, Sept 15th!

With WDW starting parties in August, I shouldn't be surprised.

 

[Delano Fiedler]

First night, Sept 15th!

With WDW starting parties in August, I shouldn't be surprised.

Well, I was kinda guessing this already when I booked my September trip. Im just happy that I have my tickets already for it

 

[rteetz]

News

There will be an entire pavilion dedicated to Star Wars land at D23 expo.

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2017/06/a-galaxy-of-stories-coming-to-d23-expo/

 

[dclpluto]

Not sure if this is the proper thread to post but it if not feel free to move/remove.did the sdfp loophole close? I am here now and had seven (7!) FP today which is a record for me. I always struggled to find a 4th that was decent. I did:
1. Star tours
2. TSMM
3. ToT
4. Little Mermaid
5. Pirates
6. Splash
7. Small World

Granted some of those don't really need a FP but I've never seen availability like today.

We also started off at Hollywood studios yesterday and than to magic kingdom.

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

News

There will be an entire pavilion dedicated to Star Wars land at D23 expo.

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2017/06/a-galaxy-of-stories-coming-to-d23-expo/

They're also doing a Voices of Disney Parks panel! if you haven't seen those panels on Youtube from previous years, you should check it out. You will never look at some of the rides the same way lol. I really don't know how I'm going to handle my schedule for D23 now lol.

 

[rteetz]

They're also doing a Voices of Disney Parks panel! if you haven't seen those panels on Youtube from previous years, you should check it out. You will never look at some of the rides the same way lol. I really don't know how I'm going to handle my schedule for D23 now lol.

I have seen those panels before. I also think the women of Imagineering panel should be cool. Wish I was going!

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

I have seen those panels before. I also think the women of Imagineering panel should be cool. Wish I was going!

Yeah. I will probably end up in those before going to any of the other panels I think. However, some of the animation ones intrigued me. I just don't know how I'm going to get in to all of the ones I want, or if I will just be lucky.

 

[skier_pete]

Am I missing something here? Memory Maker is $149. An AP is somewhere around $800. 4-6 days worth of admission is around $400 depending on park hopper/exact number of days. I just don't see a family of 4 getting $250 dollars worth of savings from food and merch. That would be over $1000 dollars worth of food and souvineers. And not all restaurants have the AP discount. If I remember correctly from the year I had an AP, no QS had them and the TS restaurants were about 50/50.

It all depends on your situation - if you're a party of 2 it probably doesn't work, if you're a party of 6 it might. If you are a DVC owner, maybe it makes sense. (We can get a Gold AP for $549 versus $400 for a 8 day park hopper.) Again, it all depends. Find what works best for you.

 

[a4matte]

It's so badly timed...this should have been a late Sept/early Oct release to take advantage of the theming...Day of the Dead theming is not gonna sell well at Thanksgiving and Christmas...

Hocus Pocus was released on July 16, 1993 - so at least it's somewhat closer to the holiday than that one was

As for the marketing - Disney seems to have generally been holding back in some of the long-term marketing over the past few years IMO. I feel like we didn't know much about Frozen (or an actual trailer) until very close to the release date. It seems like trailers used to be released further in advance in the past and they just don't do it anymore. Marketing should really pick up in late September through October to the release date in November.