News Round Up 2017

[bmalonef45]

My last 2 cruises were a 5 night in the celebrity constellation and a 4 night we on the Disney dream....

It's hard to compare apples to oranges...but I'm 100% sure that the celebrity was better in value and quality

While we've never traveled on Celebrity we have done Carnival and Royal Caribbean (both older smaller ships) and while they are both much less expensive the quality and experience was not comparable. We will be going on our 5th DCL trip in June and I have to admit for the entire family DCL may have priced themselves out of our range but we'll see. Its hard to justify twice the price or more for sure. But we still love our Disney Cruises!

 

[lockedoutlogic]

While we've never traveled on Celebrity we have done Carnival and Royal Caribbean (both older smaller ships) and while they are both much less expensive the quality and experience was not comparable. We will be going on our 5th DCL trip in June and I have to admit for the entire family DCL may have priced themselves out of our range but we'll see. Its hard to justify twice the price or more for sure. But we still love our Disney Cruises!

By your own admission: you're comparing apples to grapefruits

 

[lockedoutlogic]

News

Shanghai hits 8 million guests

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2017/03/shanghai-disneyland-welcomes-almost-8-million-guests/

Pretty good for a country with 1.9 billion people

 

[rteetz]

Pretty good for a country with 1.9 billion people

It's doing better than Hong Kong...

 

[lockedoutlogic]

It's doing better than Hong Kong...

Another bad idea that doesn't get nearly as much press as euro or shanghai...

 

[rteetz]

Another bad idea that doesn't get nearly as much press as euro or shanghai...

DLP did get some press today. Someone asked for some background into the buyout. Iger said they feel in order to turn around DLP and make it more profitable they need to be in full ownership/control.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

DLP did get some press today. Someone asked for some background into the buyout. Iger said they feel in order to turn around DLP and make it more profitable they need to be in full ownership/control.

Translation: we've spent 25 years begging everyone we can find to invest in this thing hoping the crowds will come without having to pump billions of our own money into it...and we ran out of options...

 

[rteetz]

News

Projections say Beauty and The Beast is going to do incredibly well.

http://deadline.com/2017/03/beauty-...in-america-civil-war-finding-dory-1202038233/

 

[bbmassey]

I really enjoy listening to podcasts on my way to work. Fridays are my "non-career" days and I typically listen to sports podcasts. I want to add some Disney to the mix. What are some of the best Disney podcasts out there? If anyone would know, it would certainly be this crew. Thanks in advance!

 

[twebber55]

I really enjoy listening to podcasts on my way to work. Fridays are my "non-career" days and I typically listen to sports podcasts. I want to add some Disney to the mix. What are some of the best Disney podcasts out there? If anyone would know, it would certainly be this crew. Thanks in advance!

The Dis unplugged
Disney Dish with Len testa and Jim Hill
Radio Harambe
to name a few

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Enjoyed your review. I've been wanting to do a Disney cruise since the cruise line was started - being a Disney geek and all. I'm doing a short three day cruise in about 2 months just so I can experience what its like. Now if I to schedule a visit to Disneyland at some point.

enjoy your cruise! We have our first cruise booked for next Feb - on the Wonder (though, it just got totally redone so has most of the features of the newer ships at this point). We have 3 small kids so even though it is pricey it really seems like the best option for us with the great kids clubs, etc.

The RCL and some others look really cool but seem more geared towards adults or at least older kids

Oh, and definitely support you making a pilgrimage to Disneyland at some point. To be honest, I found I prefer WDW after out trip but still hits you in the Disney Feels to know you are walking where Walt walked and to see the light on in his apartment, etc.

 

[skier_pete]

By your own admission: you're comparing apples to grapefruits

Which are which - I love apples but hate grapefruits!!!

 

[skier_pete]

News

Projections say Beauty and The Beast is going to do incredibly well.

http://deadline.com/2017/03/beauty-...in-america-civil-war-finding-dory-1202038233/

I don't need to look at numbers to guess $1 billion is a lock...but I am feeling underwhelmed. I keep watching the previews thinking.."I've already seen this movie done near perfectly - at best this is probably a not-as-good version of a movie that already exists." Oh well, I'm a certain I am in the minority on that one.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

I don't need to look at numbers to guess $1 billion is a lock...but I am feeling underwhelmed. I keep watching the previews thinking.."I've already seen this movie done near perfectly - at best this is probably a not-as-good version of a movie that already exists." Oh well, I'm a certain I am in the minority on that one.

You're not alone. I already have tickets but I'm feeling apprehensive.

I love Emma Watson but she doesn't seem to be a great singer and honestly... She doesn't seem like a good fit for Belle to me.

I guess we'll see. I have a feeling the movie will be a one and done for me, even though the animated is one of my fav Disney films.

 

[MommaBerd]

I doubt we'll see it in the theater. I'm not a fan of this animation to live action trend...

 

[mikepizzo]

I don't need to look at numbers to guess $1 billion is a lock...but I am feeling underwhelmed. I keep watching the previews thinking.."I've already seen this movie done near perfectly - at best this is probably a not-as-good version of a movie that already exists." Oh well, I'm a certain I am in the minority on that one.

The preview we saw at One Man's Dream didn't give me high hopes.

I don't know if what we saw was a different cut than what will be the theatrical version, but it seemed very choppy the way it was edited. Towards the end of "Belle" they did a hard cut to the reprise, and she was wearing a cardigan or sweater or something and my fiance and I looked at each other and we asked, "where did that come from?".

When the musical number ended, instead of doing a cut from the aerial shot to a ground shot, they stayed with the aerial while Gaston started talking to Belle. "Cool" I thought, "Maybe they'll do is nice long take as the camera pans back down to the ground while following Gaston and Belle walking through the town".

Immediately a hard cut back to the ground.

It seemed really disjointed. Again though, perhaps this was a different cut than what the theatrical version is going to be v0v

 

[TwoMisfits]

You're not alone. I already have tickets but I'm feeling apprehensive.

I love Emma Watson but she doesn't seem to be a great singer and honestly... She doesn't seem like a good fit for Belle to me.

I guess we'll see. I have a feeling the movie will be a one and done for me, even though the animated is one of my fav Disney films.

You can easily return the tickets and wait it out. Atom was very easy to work with on a return...I'm betting Fandango is, too...

 

[Spacedog1975]

Pretty good for a country with 1.9 billion people

This might have some impact:

The survey found that in 2012, the households in the top 5 percent income bracket earned 23 percent of China’s total household income. The households in the lowest 5 percent accounted for just 0.1 percent of total income. Average annual income for a family in 2012 was 13,000 renminbi, or about $2,100.

Survey in China Shows a Wide Gap in Income - nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2013/07/20/world/asia/survey-in-china-shows-wide-income-gap.html

 

[SJMajor67]

GMA Pandora preview! I can't embed videos from twitter so the link is below!

https://twitter.com/GMA/status/839837213982609409

 

[rteetz]

I don't need to look at numbers to guess $1 billion is a lock...but I am feeling underwhelmed. I keep watching the previews thinking.."I've already seen this movie done near perfectly - at best this is probably a not-as-good version of a movie that already exists." Oh well, I'm a certain I am in the minority on that one.

I've come to the conclusion that in no way is this going to be as good as the animated original. I'm still going to see it and will judge it as a live action after that.