News Round Up 2017

[a4matte]

I agree- there is no denying the link between Ghastlies and the 2017 Halloween merch. Heads will roll.
If they dealt with this before, with Alice items, wouldn't they take steps to make sure it didn't happen again? I feel like even a Google image search would have picked up on the Ghastlies and avoided all this. If I paid for a party ticket, I would be ticked at the lack of party merchandise.

Ehhhh... it can be hard to find a similar style just through google. There are tons of different artworks and styles out there. And I've definitely never seen the Ghastlies until someone else mentioned it on Facebook.

I can tell you how this may have happened since I deal with this fairly often. Professionally I am a designer and many of the things I work on have a lot of exposure throughout the globe so I have to be cautious when things like this happen. It's possible the project manager sent over some images of the Ghastlies to the illustrator and said "I want it done in this style." Some of the project managers I've been dealing with with my clients lately seem to not understand that you can't just rip off someone else's artwork. I get TONS of reference from places like Etsy, Pinterest, and Google. These conversations tend to work like this: "I found this photo on Google and I love it, I want to use it on _____" 'Sorry, we can't do that. That photo is copyright to someone else. Just because you found it on Google doesn't mean you can use it.' Of course we've used some of those references as inspiration for our work, but we are careful to make it different enough to simply be "inspired by" whatever it is they sent.

It's also possible that the illustrator is the one who made the decision to use the style. That person may not have brought it to the attention of the project managers that they used it for style reference. I feel like if they had, a good project manager would have asked for more changes after seeing the two next to each other. They're simply WAY too close and legal would have lost their minds over it LONG before it went into production.

 

[rteetz]

News

Disney to maintain retail at Flamingo Crossings

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/08/disne...ented-shopping-dining-counter-disney-springs/

 

[rteetz]

Photo update

Baseline Taphouse

http://blogmickey.com/2017/08/photos-baseline-tap-house-logo-now-visible/

 

[rteetz]

Photo update

Disneyland update

http://micechat.com/169343-disneyland-photo-update-almost-halloween/

 

[rteetz]

Photo update

DCA update

http://micechat.com/169346-disneyland-resort-photo-update-monsters-after-dark/

 

[rteetz]

News

Union wage negotiations begin

http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories...ns-begin-disney-proposes-2-5-salary-increase/

 

[rteetz]

News

Day of giving to support Harvey relief efforts

http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories...g-on-aug-31-to-support-harvey-relief-efforts/

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

News

Day of giving to support Harvey relief efforts

http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories...g-on-aug-31-to-support-harvey-relief-efforts/

I think that's really nice how so many people are coming together to help people. My husband actually worked in Katy/Houston,TX from July 2015-mid December 2015 and we kept talking about what would have happened had he still been there (there's no doubt his corporate apartment he was in would have been flooded).

There's actually an army vehicle that a landscaping company owns (they use it for hauling stones) from our area head down there. They had never thought to use it in a flood conditions but recently used it for the 1st time to help a stranded family on top of their roof in our area when we had some floods recently so they got the idea of using it in Houston.

Just really amazing when we all do come together to help

 

[marcyleecorgan]

we kept talking about what would have happened had he still been there (there's no doubt his corporate apartment he was in would have been flooded).

There's actually an army vehicle that a landscaping company owns (they use it for hauling stones) from our area head down there. They had never thought to use it in a flood conditions but recently used it for the 1st time to help a stranded family on top of their roof in our area when we had some floods recently so they got the idea of using it in Houston.

Just really amazing when we all do come together to help

Yep, everyone just has to get together and help when these things happen. Know your Neighbor, Tweet your Street

 

[OKW Lover]

News

Disney to maintain retail at Flamingo Crossings

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/08/disne...ented-shopping-dining-counter-disney-springs/

Looking forward to this development. Its only a few miles from our house!

 

[skier_pete]

Not *really* news, but a DIS family is trying to pull off six parks in one day today! If you want to follow them (they are already in park #3!) and "cheer" them on, they are on both twitter and Facebook as ultimateparkhop.

This is one thing that doesn't seem too hard to "pull off" if you have the time to waste - it's more the challenge of "how much time can I spend on transportation. We're actually planning on 6 parks in 2 days (actually about 30 hours) in November and it's only barely intentional.

Off topic (but I didn't start it) to me much more fun challenges would be:
(A) All the coasters for the 4 (or 6) parks in a day. (5 in MK, Everest and RnRC + 3 currently in Uni - do you include Gringotts and Mummy to make it 12)
(B) Ride every form of Disney Transportation a day. Vague to define but would have to minimum include Bus, Boat, Ferry (counts separate from boat), Monorail, Parking Lot Tram, Main Street Bus and Main Street Horse Carriage, WDW Railroad, Conservation Station Train, Tomorrowland Speedway and Peoplemover (last two technically rides but my game my rules). Anything I miss - I exclude rental stuff such a Sea-racer or Surrey Bike or Horse.
(C) All the Disney THRILL rides. (This comes down to me as 3 MK Mountains, EE, Dinosaur, FoP, RnRC, ToT, Test Track and M:S (Orange) = 10 rides)
(C) All the Disney Dark Rides. Again, would need to define this - do rides like Pirates/Dinosaur count? How about Star Tours. I am thinking define as "slow moving continous loading dark rides". So Buzz counts, Toy Story Doesn't. By that rule there's not as many as you might think. 2 in Epcot, none in AK, none in DHS, five in MK?
(D) I know there's a challenge out there to ride EVERY ride in all four parks, but that seems way too difficult.

 

[SureAsLiz]

This is one thing that doesn't seem too hard to "pull off" if you have the time to waste - it's more the challenge of "how much time can I spend on transportation. We're actually planning on 6 parks in 2 days (actually about 30 hours) in November and it's only barely intentional.

Off topic (but I didn't start it) to me much more fun challenges would be:
(A) All the coasters for the 4 (or 6) parks in a day. (5 in MK, Everest and RnRC + 3 currently in Uni - do you include Gringotts and Mummy to make it 12)

The family is doing 6 Disney parks in one day, not 6 Orlando.
They've finished the 4 at WDW and are on their way to DLR now to try for those two

 

[MissGina5]

I agree- there is no denying the link between Ghastlies and the 2017 Halloween merch. Heads will roll.
If they dealt with this before, with Alice items, wouldn't they take steps to make sure it didn't happen again? I feel like even a Google image search would have picked up on the Ghastlies and avoided all this. If I paid for a party ticket, I would be ticked at the lack of party merchandise.

I wish they could work it out with Ghastlies because the merchandise is SO CUTE

 

[MommaBerd]

This is one thing that doesn't seem too hard to "pull off" if you have the time to waste - it's more the challenge of "how much time can I spend on transportation. We're actually planning on 6 parks in 2 days (actually about 30 hours) in November and it's only barely intentional.

I don't know - I think it takes a lot of planning and good luck (e.g. no flight delays or traffic issues in LA) in order to get to the DLR parks before closing - DCA closes at 8 tonight and MK at 9:00. Anyhow, I think it's fun to follow along and I thought others might, too.

 

[skier_pete]

The family is doing 6 Disney parks in one day, not 6 Orlando.
They've finished the 4 at WDW and are on their way to DLR now to try for those two

OH- my misunderstanding! That is a challenge! One I've seen done before several times, though.

 

[DrunkJam]

OMG I just thought they meant all 6 at WDW! I see that water parks don't count and they are doing both coasts!
Wow!

 

[Buckeye218]

News

Union wage negotiations begin

http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories...ns-begin-disney-proposes-2-5-salary-increase/

So how long do negotiations typically last before the inevitable spectre of a strike looms? Planning a Jan 2018 trip and I'd like for this to be resolved by then. I'd imagine if the union wanted to press their advantage with a strike, then threatening one during holidays would have the most impact. Naturally, avoiding one altogether is ideal, but I'm a natural-born skeptic.

 

[rteetz]

News

Marvel day at sea line up

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...per-heroes-to-assemble-on-disney-cruise-line/

 

[circus4u]

PHOTOS: World Drive Flyover Construction at Magic Kingdom Toll Plaza
http://blogmickey.com/2017/08/photo...ruction-magic-kingdom-toll-plaza-august-2017/

 

[PaintsWithAllTheColors]

OH- my misunderstanding! That is a challenge! One I've seen done before several times, though.

DH and I just realized this could be done fairly recently! Back in May we were flying back from WDW and landed at SNA and drove right past Disneyland on our way home. Disneyland and DCA were both still open and we realized it was fairly doable! We considered trying for it but we were pretty tired from the flight. If we had, it would've been a 4 park day for us (Epcot, Animal Kingdom WITH the Pandora preview!, DCA and DLR). We still kinda wish we had done it

One of these times we want to rope drop MK and close our DLR with castle pics at both.