News Round Up 2017

[rteetz]

Was the quality pretty good on the one you received? I'd love to get one this year but I hate it when the shirt starts getting rougher instead of softer.

I've got two. It's a typical Disney shirt I found. I wear them pretty often.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Yeah thinking I might be getting an Adventureland Swirls one

I was thinking the same thing. Love the orange bird.
I love him even more after I read the Tiki Room comics. The comics' story line was kind of meh (beautiful artwork though). But the orange bird had a two page cameo each edition and that was awesome.

 

[Madteaparty001]

I must say, when I went to Disney Springs last week I was surprised at the amount of interesting Disney themed items I wanted to buy. When we went in 2015 we struggled to find anything that peaked our interest. I'm glad they've really put more effort into their merchandise variety.

 

[writerguyfl]

Thank you for that background. I think my point was more or less....why change the sign as in what prompted the decision to remove the items. At least with the word "The" I believe it's been there since the opening day (please correct me if I'm wrong). I believe the population was added in 1998? I could see them updating that not just elimating it all together..but I guess maybe they didn't want to continue on with that part (still odd but I understand that part more).

No clue on why the change was made. I'm sure there were multiple meetings about the "The" staying or going. One side would be keeping it because it has been there forever. The other would be the desire to not have any exceptions to official names.

Knowing how much Disney loves justifying every change with data, I wouldn't be shocked to find out that they had the survey takers at the entrance asking guests if they cared about the "The" (or even noticed it had been there).

 

[rteetz]

 

[mikepizzo]

News

The train has reopened at MK however some slight changes to the station were made. The word "the" and the population were removed from the Main Street train station sign.

https://twitter.com/disneyman2021/status/840641598753013760

I can't be the only one reminded of "The Social Network" quote:

Drop the "The." Just "Facebook." It's cleaner.

I think I prefer having the "The" in the title, but whatever. I think the new sign looks kind of bland now.

 

[andyw715]

Wow, that was 20 mins with very little payoff

Skip ahead to 11:20 for when they actually go into Pandora but they only go just into it and you can't see very much. Barely can make out just one floating mountain (or "flying mountain" as the host said - along with like 10 other things he used the wrong term for)

Yeah seach on the interwebs for the video that was on The View, a much better tour through the actual land.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I think I prefer having the "The" in the title, but whatever. I think the new sign looks kind of bland now.

When I see changes like that I think to myself that the committee that met to decide what if anything should change thought to themselves "well, if we don't change anything then what was the point of us meeting, taking all this time, and having that catered lunch? We have to change something!"

 

[andyw715]

When I worked for Disney, the "The" was always contentious. I trained the Cast Members at the Disney Reservations Center. One thing we always emphasized was the use of proper nomenclature. Even if it was annoying, Cast Members always were to use the full official name of everything.

When I joined the company, I was told that the official name of the park was "Magic Kingdom". So when I started training, that's what I taught. However, some of my colleagues insisted that the "The" was part of the name, too.

(I still operate in the mindset that I must use the full name of everything. You'll never see an abbreviation in any of my posts on here. And when I write about resorts, I always use the full name. Although, I'll probably leave off "at Disney's Wilderness Lodge" when discussing Copper Creek Villas and Cabins.)

Simiar to Apple and iPhone. You won't hear Apple commercials mention "the iPhone"

 

[mikepizzo]

When I see changes like that I think to myself that the committee that met to decide what if anything should change thought to themselves "well, if we don't change anything then what was the point of us meeting, taking all this time, and having that catered lunch? We have to change something!"

And how easy is it to meet to think of things to take away instead of thinking more details to add.

 

[SJMajor67]

"Beauty and the Beast" comes in at 69% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

 

[rteetz]

Yeah seach on the interwebs for the video that was on The View, a much better tour through the actual land.

Visit the Official Pandora info thread on the TPAS board and view all of the videos including the View, nightlife, the chew, and Good Morning America.

 

[rteetz]

"Beauty and the Beast" comes in at 69% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Interesting, that's not that higher. I think it opened around 80% during the premiere.

 

[twebber55]

Visit the Official Pandora info thread on the TPAS board and view all of the videos including the View, nightlife, the chew, and Good Morning America.

where is this i couldnt find it

 

[rteetz]

where is this i couldnt find it

Theme Parks Attractions and Strategies board.

https://www.disboards.com/threads/official-pandora-the-world-of-avatar-information-thread.3587311/

 

[twebber55]

Theme Parks Attractions and Strategies board.

https://www.disboards.com/threads/official-pandora-the-world-of-avatar-information-thread.3587311/

thanks found it

 

[skier_pete]

Re: Miss Adventure Falls

My wife and daughter love the family raft ride. I really all along liked the idea that you ride UP the lift hill in the ride. Other than that and the animatronic, it looks pretty similar to Teamboat Springs over at BB. It all comes back to there is only so much you can do with water rides. The addition of that ride will definitely make TL the favored water park in my family.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Interesting, that's not that higher. I think it opened around 80% during the premiere.

Well as of right now it's 70% for the critics on Rotten Tomatoes with 98% of the audience wanting to see it.

For anyone who is wondering this is what Rotten Tomatoes has for the Critics Consensus:


I'd say that's a pretty positive consensus.

 

[TwoMisfits]

Well as of right now it's 70% for the critics on Rotten Tomatoes with 98% of the audience wanting to see it.

For anyone who is wondering this is what Rotten Tomatoes has for the Critics Consensus:
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I'd say that's a pretty positive consensus.

It's likely to keep dropping as more reviews post. Pretty much every movie starts high (with the early reviews) and then trends the way more recent reviews post. The more recent reviews have run more 50/50, so this will probably settle right on the edge of fresh, about 60%...

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

It's likely to keep dropping as more reviews post. Pretty much every movie starts high (with the early reviews) and then trends the way more recent reviews post. The more recent reviews have run more 50/50, so this will probably settle right on the edge of fresh, about 60%...

I have no doubt it will change. I didn't include that statement in because well..it goes with the territory. I was more or less updating the information that was put out there. The rating changed within a few hours of the other poster's comment which just reflects it will change again for sure.

My husband and I use Rotten Tomatoes and IMdb when looking at movies to see/watch. We use our own opinions of course but we do look up what the ratings were at that time. While we look at the critics rating and their concensus we tend to put more stock into user's rating or at least we look at the difference between the two. For example Passengers has a 31% from the critics but a 64% from the users. Suicide Squad (while it had its faults sure) has a critics rating of 26% but a 63% from the users.