News Round Up 2017

[rteetz]

When it comes to cruise ships, bigger is just NOT better to me; I don't want to be on a floating city. But obviously there are LOTS of people who feel differently from me...

I've never been on a cruise but I think I would prefer the larger ship to the smaller ship. In the case of Royal they have huge ships and then small ships so you have a lot of options.

 

[TwoMisfits]

I've never been on a cruise but I think I would prefer the larger ship to the smaller ship. In the case of Royal they have huge ships and then small ships so you have a lot of options.

Once you are, you'll realize that huge volumes of people may enable more attractions, but they make everything harder and longer to do (getting on board, getting food at a buffet, getting back to the ship after being in port, finding a seat for a show or at the bar, etc). There is a "happy medium" number that gives enough attractions without being insanity...

 

[Spacedog1975]

I have not yet been on a cruise, but I don't want to be on any ship so large that it can't be managed properly.
I've seen videos on Discovery Channel type documentaries with such ships being blown by the wind because they have too much surface area on one side.
Hopefully there is an engineering solution for such a thing.

 

[crazy4wdw]

WDWNT discovered permits which were filed with the South Florida Water Management District which indicate an overlook will be built on Hourglass Lake, between Pop Century and AoA - maybe a supporting structure for the gondola system?

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/03/break...erlook-built-pop-century-tied-gondola-system/

 

[rteetz]

WDWNT discovered permits which were filed with the South Florida Water Management District which indicate an overlook will be built on Hourglass Lake, between Pop Century and AoA - maybe a supporting structure for the gondola system?

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/03/break...erlook-built-pop-century-tied-gondola-system/

Actually they were discovered by @DanBoris first on wdwmagic.

 

[rteetz]

I have not yet been on a cruise, but I don't want to be on any ship so large that it can't be managed properly.
I've seen videos on Discovery Channel type documentaries with such ships being blown by the wind because they have too much surface area on one side.
Hopefully there is an engineering solution for such a thing.

My uncle is a big time cruiser on royal. He routinely sails on the big ships such as the Oasis or Allure. He's never mentioned anything about that being a problem.

 

[rteetz]

Once you are, you'll realize that huge volumes of people may enable more attractions, but they make everything harder and longer to do (getting on board, getting food at a buffet, getting back to the ship after being in port, finding a seat for a show or at the bar, etc). There is a "happy medium" number that gives enough attractions without being insanity...

That is true. I do eventually want to go on a cruise. A lot of people seem to rave about the Oasis and Allure though in terms of how good they are. Sometimes service is an issue but overall most seem very pleased with the bigger ships.

 

[Roxyfire]

That is true. I do eventually want to go on a cruise. A lot of people seem to rave about the Oasis and Allure though in terms of how good they are. Sometimes service is an issue but overall most seem very pleased with the bigger ships.

Yes, same here. I went on one many years ago but I'm guessing it's probably now considered one of their smaller ships. I'd love to try DCL too but it's so pricey.

 

[rteetz]

Yes, same here. I went on one many years ago but I'm guessing it's probably now considered one of their smaller ships. I'd love to try DCL too but it's so pricey.

Compared to other cruise lines yes DCL is incredibly pricey but I've never heard someone complain about offerings and service on a Disney ship.

 

[Reddog1134]

News

Permit for GOTG mission breakout had name GOTG mission breakdown

http://permits.anaheim.net/tm_bin/tmw_cmd.pl?tmw_cmd=StatusViewCasebld&shl_caseno=BLD2017-00894

Typo? Or clever foreshadowing?

 

[rteetz]

Typo? Or clever foreshadowing?

Could be both?

 

[skier_pete]

Yes, same here. I went on one many years ago but I'm guessing it's probably now considered one of their smaller ships. I'd love to try DCL too but it's so pricey.

Slightly OT - but we did a single 5-day DCL cruise, and while enjoyed it very much thought it was very pricey. It was on the Wonder which is one of the smaller (older) ships. The ships always felt very crowded to me, especially the pool areas. But when we got to Castaway Cay I couldn't help but notice that the place seemed very uncrowded. When I asked about it, it was pointed out to me that they had to expand Castaway Cay to accommodate the larger ships, so when the small ships are there it makes it seem very uncrowded. In my view, it was a good sales pitch to stick to the smaller ships, and CC day was by far our favorite part of the cruise.

Even more OT - Ironic that our favorite part of the cruise was on land? It was actually possibly this cruise that triggered us to buy into DVC (resale) when we realized how much more we liked staying at a Disney "resort" (i.e Castaway Cay) than we did going on a Disney cruise ship. We bought DVC about 6 weeks after the cruise. No plans to do anothe cruise anytime soon.

 

[mom2rtk]

This morning there was 30 threads written in Chinese jibberish

It was a lot more than 30. I subscribe to the TPAS forum with email notifications on new threads. It was probably more than 100. And that's not the first time this week.

 

[DanBoris]

WDWNT discovered permits which were filed with the South Florida Water Management District which indicate an overlook will be built on Hourglass Lake, between Pop Century and AoA - maybe a supporting structure for the gondola system?

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/03/break...erlook-built-pop-century-tied-gondola-system/

I don't buy their idea that this might be a bridge from the middle of the lake to the north end, there are just to many reasons that doesn't make sense. Having the gondola station at the bridge makes sense.

 

[rteetz]

It was a lot more than 30. I subscribe to the TPAS forum with email notifications on new threads. It was probably more than 100. And that's not the first time this week.

It's been ongoing for a over a week now.

 

[Ai12gani]

It's been ongoing for a over a week now.

I'm pretty sure its been going on for a few months at least. Every once and a while I'll see some foreign langauge writing as a thread or 2(more like 6), usually before most if the Americans wake up due to time zones. But yeah it has been more prominent lately.

 

[birostick]

Compared to other cruise lines yes DCL is incredibly pricey but I've never heard someone complain about offerings and service on a Disney ship.

Its more expensive because there is no gambling on the Disney ships. They have to make up the money somewhere, plus it is Disney.

 

[jlundeen]

This morning there was 30 threads written in Chinese jibberish

I've been getting notified in my inbox because I "watch" this forum - over 100 today, and almost that many every morning for about the last week or so....

 

[lockedoutlogic]

I don't like the idea of recasting existing characters, even as younger versions. That said, they've been 2 for 2 with Star Wars films for me, so I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Much like until they make a bad Marvel movie, I'll line up no matter what I think of the property.

If you don't think either of these things is enough of an accomplishment, just take a look at the Snyderverse over at WB.

They are 1-0 with an abstention...

#3 is the doozy...no rehash is gonna work this time

 

[lockedoutlogic]

I've been getting notified in my inbox because I "watch" this forum - over 100 today, and almost that many every morning for about the last week or so....

I'd unclick that if I were you