News Round Up 2017

[maltdizzy]

I'm thinking purely construction so both were in the 3 year range.

My comment was about how far in advance CL was announced before they actually started construction on it.

 

[rteetz]

News

A breakdown of options for CBR guests during the renovations

http://www.wdwmagic.com/resorts/dis...during-caribbean-beach-resort-renovations.htm

 

[sachilles]

I'm guessing the phone reservation people, who are doing their job like anyone else, probably got a little fed up with the new onslaught. So they passed on the guest sentiment, resulting in the newly announced offerings during that time.

Who knows if this is a reaction, or if somebody actually thought ahead about it....but was poor in sharing that info in a timely manner.

My guess is the development side got out ahead of the operations side of this, and this is the aftermath.

I'm inclined to think this is a case of the left hand, not knowing what the right hand is doing. Being as big an organization as they are, I'm sure this is something that fell through the cracks. Sadly management has been through this a lot, and probably know they are expected to "tow the company line", which is a cultural problem. Given they are guest service industry, eventually that mentality prevails, but sometimes too late to be effective.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

News

A breakdown of options for CBR guests during the renovations

http://www.wdwmagic.com/resorts/dis...during-caribbean-beach-resort-renovations.htm

To be honest, if that exact information was available from the start and clearly communicated to people there would be a lot let issues (some people might still have issues and need to switch resorts, but I bet a lot would be fairly ok with it)

 

[Roxyfire]

I'm guessing the phone reservation people, who are doing their job like anyone else, probably got a little fed up with the new onslaught. So they passed on the guest sentiment, resulting in the newly announced offerings during that time.

Who knows if this is a reaction, or if somebody actually thought ahead about it....but was poor in sharing that info in a timely manner.

My guess is the development side got out ahead of the operations side of this, and this is the aftermath.

I'm inclined to think this is a case of the left hand, not knowing what the right hand is doing. Being as big an organization as they are, I'm sure this is something that fell through the cracks. Sadly management has been through this a lot, and probably know they are expected to "tow the company line", which is a cultural problem. Given they are guest service industry, eventually that mentality prevails, but sometimes too late to be effective.

Cynically, I think they were just expecting people to just accept the changes as is. Realistically, they probably had some of this planned but didn't communicate it to the appropriate people or weren't planning to roll it out right away. Either way, it's bad business and I'm glad there was enough pressure in place for them to "clarify" their plans.

 

[rteetz]

News

New Up themed Magicband 2.0

http://blogmickey.com/2017/02/photos-magicband-2-0-now-available/

 

[Dentam]

News

New Up themed Magicband 2.0

http://blogmickey.com/2017/02/photos-magicband-2-0-now-available/

One of my all time favorite Disney/Pixar movies - this is so cute!

 

[MommaBerd]

News

New Up themed Magicband 2.0

http://blogmickey.com/2017/02/photos-magicband-2-0-now-available/

Oh! I do love this! Probably the first ever I would strongly consider buying...

 

[rteetz]

News

FP kiosk in Africa is moving

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2017/02/fastpass-kiosk-in-africa-to-move-at.html

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

News

Menus for Flower and Garden

http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories...ernational-flower-and-garden-festival-are-up/

Will prices be announced early, or will we have to wait until the first day of the festival?

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Has anyone heard anything about more dates of the extra cost magic hours at MK? I think the last night schedule is in early March. I'm considering going to Orlando for a weekend trip sometime in the near future. We have Universal APs and this would be the ideal time to do the night at MK.

 

[rteetz]

Will prices be announced early, or will we have to wait until the first day of the festival?

Sometimes pricing comes out ahead of time.

 

[rteetz]

Has anyone heard anything about more dates of the extra cost magic hours at MK? I think the last night schedule is in early March. I'm considering going to Orlando for a weekend trip sometime in the near future. We have Universal APs and this would be the ideal time to do the night at MK.

Nothing yet.

 

[rteetz]

I just posted a ton of new aerials on the aerials thread.

 

[Maineiak]

I just posted a ton of new aerials on the aerials thread.

Does anyone else have System of a Down running through their heads now? No?

 

[rteetz]

News

breakfast-bookings-now-available-for-fantasmic-dining-package

 

[Maggles41]

It is on Hulu.

That is the original movie, which was also good, but I meant the taping of the Broadway musical.

 

[rteetz]

 

[DISnewjersey]

Apologize if its been mentioned someone already but..... I was watching Tim Tracker's video from today and he was at a MK DVC event. The event had a special fireworks display containing music from movies being featured in the new Happily Ever After fireworks. Does anyone think this was a preview of the new show (without the projections and lasers)?

 

[Lurkerin]

I just posted a ton of new aerials on the aerials thread.

Does anyone else have System of a Down running through their heads now? No?

Aerials...in the sky...