News Round Up 2017

[WDWFantasmicFan]

Just posted this over on the Rumor Tracking thread, but Disney's 'Uber' style system (to be called Minnie Van's) may begin testing in the next couple of weeks according to WDWNT:

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/07/break...vice-called-minnie-vans-first-details-emerge/

 

[bladiator]

ignoring Grand Villas because those are different folks entirely

The 1%ers.

The question is (and I'm done jacking after this...):

What would the buyin price have to be for you to do that?
The theory we kicked around lead to the consensus that the price would be the same but the points per night would be less...
...I don't know if that will hold...$176 a point. Even if studios are low and 75 points get you a week (okw is 75-90 base)...that's $13,200...
...which is close to what it cost me for 200 not that awful long ago.

You're right, I read that part but I think I just let it roll right over me. OK, so I would definitely just grab SSR or OKW resale and be happy to get a studio anywhere. Home resort means nothing to me (well, I don't think it does, speaking as a person that has no DVC). I don't want to pay a premium for points regardless of the location because I am not a forward thinking planner as far as vacations go, so 7 months is too far out for me.

 

[bladiator]

AND have a Tower view of Illuminations

Sweet fancy moses, I would buy DVC for this alone.

 

[Roxyfire]

The 1%ers.

Yep, or your just giant family who've all bought in together and get along so great. I am a part of neither so I can't relate. I'll take my regular studio, but lots in my same boat.

 

[Roxyfire]

Just posted this over on the Rumor Tracking thread, but Disney's 'Uber' style system (to be called Minnie Van's) may begin testing in the next couple of weeks according to WDWNT:

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/07/break...vice-called-minnie-vans-first-details-emerge/

That name, #groan. Also did Corless update the CSS on his website? It looks better. Still clickbait central but at least it looks nice now...

 

[rteetz]

News

Images from Marvel's Black Panther

https://ohmy.disney.com/news/2017/0...ack-panther-are-everything/?cmp=smc|977223984

 

[mikepizzo]

So cool! At first viewing, I thought it was a video and not a animatronic.

I for sure thought the fencing scene was a video at first.

 

[Fantasia79]

@rteetz you, of course, may be correct. I seem to remember hearing both Coronado as DVC and Convention. But that makes more sense with the design rather than DVC being re-invented.

CBR obviously, as that's a total construction site there.

Minnie Vans are going to be a game changer.

 

[rteetz]

Apparently the translation to the new red head scene in Pirates at DLP is "We want guns! Like the red head!"

 

[rteetz]

It will have a covered and air conditioned connection to the convention centers.

 

[rteetz]

News

Bus changes at DHS

https://blogmickey.com/2017/07/hollywood-studios-bus-drop-reconfiguration/

 

[rteetz]

Ok I have watched the new red head scene a couple times now. I think they could have done better. It just doesn't have a good story line. Why do the pirates want the red head's guns? It just doesn't make a lot of sense in the story.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Ok I have watched the new red head scene a couple times now. I think they could have done better. It just doesn't have a good story line. Why do the pirates want the red head's guns? It just doesn't make a lot of sense in the story.

yeah, I agree - I mean, guess I need to see it in English to really make an opinion but it does feel a bit forced and more of just an overlay rather than not a new, well conceived scene.

As for wanting the Red Head's guns - i think it is that they are auctioning off gold and stuff now but the pirates don't want to bid on that, they want to bid on guns like the Red Head has taken or something like that

 

[Reddog1134]

Don't think anyone has said DVC at Coronado. The concept doesn't look it either. DVC always has balconies. Balconies, Balconies, Balcoines. Even if they are 2 ft x 4 ft - balconies.

I don’t know if this will be DVC or not but I don’t think balconies are a good indicator either way. Up until Wilderness Lodge(?) all DVC’s had Grand Villas. Up until Poly, all DVC’s had a 1br option. Things are always evolving.

 

[Reddog1134]

Ok I have watched the new red head scene a couple times now. I think they could have done better. It just doesn't have a good story line. Why do the pirates want the red head's guns? It just doesn't make a lot of sense in the story.

Maybe "guns" is a euphemism?

 

[rteetz]

yeah, I agree - I mean, guess I need to see it in English to really make an opinion but it does feel a bit forced and more of just an overlay rather than not a new, well conceived scene.

Im not 100% opposed to a new scene but this doesn't seem that great. Hopefully the english version conveys better?

 

[BlackMagicWoman]

Maybe "guns" is a euphemism?

Could be...I don't think that the term torpedoes would be appropriate for the era.

 

[DISnewjersey]

Im not 100% opposed to a new scene but this doesn't seem that great. Hopefully the english version conveys better?

I'm at work so couldn't listen to the audio very well but it sounded like it was 100% in French. Visually, I thought they were having an auction for the guns and jewels... and the girls were holding the items for auction. Am I wrong?

 

[bladiator]

yeah, I agree - I mean, guess I need to see it in English to really make an opinion but it does feel a bit forced and more of just an overlay rather than not a new, well conceived scene.

As for wanting the Red Head's guns - i think it is that they are auctioning off gold and stuff now but the pirates don't want to bid on that, they want to bid on guns like the Red Head has taken or something like that

The scene is pretty much what I expected from the concept artwork we saw a couple weeks ago. They didn't want to move any of the AAs so they just drew them on a page and then said to each other "what else can these guys say to each other that isn't selling wenches without adding or moving any of them?" And this is what you get. It's about as uninspired as expected. Others have mentioned it being a way to have a new "female pirate" character they can build off of, but unless the English version is less underwhelming, I'm going to go ahead and give this the check mark for "PC related change".

 

[rteetz]

I'm at work so couldn't listen to the audio very well but it sounded like it was 100% in French. Visually, I thought they were having an auction for the guns and jewels... and the girls were holding the items for auction. Am I wrong?

The red head is holding a gun and some of the other women are holding jewels but the audio I guess only mentions the guns?