News Round Up 2017

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Well you have 4-5 minute boat ride with capacity of each boat at 8 people. I want to say 10-12 boats.

As for Banshee, you are looking at 4 theaters, three sections and three rows very much like Soarin.

Thank you!

 

[rteetz]

News

Another piece the refurbishment puzzle. Mission Space closing for refurbishment.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...ing-for-lengthy-refurbishment-this-summer.htm

 

[jknezek]

News

Another piece the refurbishment puzzle. Mission Space closing for refurbishment.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...ing-for-lengthy-refurbishment-this-summer.htm

Last time I was on this ride they came darn close to needing a refurbishment right then and there. I've never bothered again...

 

[rteetz]

News

New Disney-Sponsored KaBOOM! Playground Built in Central Florida Community

 

[MissGina5]

News

Disney Fans Upset With Changes Made To The Live Action “Mulan” Movie; No Songs, No Li Shang

ahem...

THIS IS WHY STUDIOS ARE HESITANT TO TRY ANYTHING DIFFERENT.

That is all...

I am sorry but No LI SHANG?! is a good reason to be upset. I get that disney wants to push you don't need a man to be happy but I worry that it's going to start looking like if you are a warrior princess you don't get to find love too. Is that just me? Also it seems like just the multicultural princesses with the one exception of Merida

 

[mikepizzo]

I am sorry but No LI SHANG?! is a good reason to be upset. I get that disney wants to push you don't need a man to be happy but I worry that it's going to start looking like if you are a warrior princess you don't get to find love too. Is that just me? Also it seems like just the multicultural princesses with the one exception of Merida

But they basically have a Li Shang character...it's just another recruit instead of being the leader. What's it matter if the guy's name is Li Shang or Chen Honghui? There's probably still going to be a shirtless scene (which seems to be a thing people want to see...Li Shang shirtless).

 

[MissGina5]

But they basically have a Li Shang character...it's just another recruit instead of being the leader. What's it matter if the guy's name is Li Shang or Chen Honghui? There's probably still going to be a shirtless scene (which seems to be a thing people want to see...Li Shang shirtless).

Well...ok I didn't know that I will accept this alternative lol. I like the name Li Shang better though but that's a very very minor thing. That's my bad though, I saw no Li Shang who is my fave and went into petite meltdown mode without reading the article

 

[jknezek]

My wife and I were discussing something like this after the family watched Moana this past weekend. We decided that it will be few and far between that we get a male character who isn't a (sometimes horribly) flawed but in the end helpful person, usually after being shown the right way by the female lead. Certainly Moana, Zootopia, Frozen, Tangled, and Princess and Frog filled this role. Heck it's hard to see Rogue One as anything but a reimagining of that theme, and the less I dwell on Anger being the only male attribute in Inside Out the better (though that wasn't consistent in the parents' heads).

I get the past and the problem with the historical princesses, and being a father of a 7 year old girl I'm happy to see girl power independent of the power to fall in love being well represented. But as a parent of twin five year old boys, I feel like Disney is now trending into the over compensation stage of correction.

With both Coco and Gigantic primarily following male characters, it will be interesting to see how they cover this trend. I'm thankful for Big Hero 6, as that is certainly the recent exception in terms of male roles as far as new IP animation.

 

[rteetz]

News

Bob Iger is currently being interviewed by his wife Willow Bay at the University of Southern California Marshall

Iger says Beauty and the Beast is well past $400 million world wide.

Iger has been on Twitter for a while but under a fake name. Iger joined Twitter officially because he has felt its a platform that can be used by him as a tool.

Bob says The Last Jedi is quite good. Episode 9 is being written and entering early production. They will not be using CGI for Carrie Fisher in Episode 8 like in Rogue One. The Han Solo film will cover finding Chewie, and how Han got his name. Lucasfilm has a team working on the next decade for Star Wars films. Mark Hamill talks in Episode 8.

Disneyland Shanghai was 17 years in the making. Iger wanted people of China to feel they have built it.

Iger says Disney uses technology to tell better stories and have better experiences.

Bob's Christmas card featured him riding the Tron coaster in Shanghai.

Iger has told creatives to not create Virtual Reality experiences but rather create real experiences.

Pandora: You feel the pulse of the Banshee and different temperatures, using 3D. The Navi animatronic has incredible expressions.

Iger has ridden the falcon ride in the simulation lab at Imagineering.

Iger says he is serious that July 2019 will be his end. He says succession is a complicated thing. Come 2019 Iger will have 45 years in at ABC and Disney.

 

[MissGina5]

My wife and I were discussing something like this after the family watched Moana this past weekend. We decided that it will be few and far between that we get a male character who isn't a (sometimes horribly) flawed but in the end helpful person, usually after being shown the right way by the female lead. Certainly Moana, Zootopia, Frozen, Tangled, and Princess and Frog filled this role. Heck it's hard to see Rogue One as anything but a reimagining of that theme, and the less I dwell on Anger being the only male attribute in Inside Out the better (though that wasn't consistent in the parents' heads).

I get the past and the problem with the historical princesses, and being a father of a 7 year old girl I'm happy to see girl power independent of the power to fall in love being well represented. But as a parent of twin five year old boys, I feel like Disney is now trending into the over compensation stage of correction.

With both Coco and Gigantic primarily following male characters, it will be interesting to see how they cover this trend. I'm thankful for Big Hero 6, as that is certainly the recent exception in terms of male roles as far as new IP animation.

Fear was also male but I get your point. It also bothers me that maybe two out of the bunches of great male leads from the past are acknowledged fully, Aladdin and Peter Pan. Do I mostly want Hercules to be bigger so Meg can come out again? Sure but I also would love to hear more about Milo or Jim though I know they didn't do quite so hot.
But I am mostly about princess movies sooo I am like ok who's next can she be Italian?

 

[mikepizzo]

Well...ok I didn't know that I will accept this alternative lol. I like the name Li Shang better though but that's a very very minor thing. That's my bad though, I saw no Li Shang who is my fave and went into petite meltdown mode without reading the article

Happens to the best of us every once in a while

 

[umichigan10]

News

Another piece the refurbishment puzzle. Mission Space closing for refurbishment.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...ing-for-lengthy-refurbishment-this-summer.htm

Definitely could use a plussing. It says end of July so hoping its open when I'm there beginning of august

 

[PaintsWithAllTheColors]

My wife and I were discussing something like this after the family watched Moana this past weekend. We decided that it will be few and far between that we get a male character who isn't a (sometimes horribly) flawed but in the end helpful person, usually after being shown the right way by the female lead. Certainly Moana, Zootopia, Frozen, Tangled, and Princess and Frog filled this role. Heck it's hard to see Rogue One as anything but a reimagining of that theme, and the less I dwell on Anger being the only male attribute in Inside Out the better (though that wasn't consistent in the parents' heads).

I get the past and the problem with the historical princesses, and being a father of a 7 year old girl I'm happy to see girl power independent of the power to fall in love being well represented. But as a parent of twin five year old boys, I feel like Disney is now trending into the over compensation stage of correction.

With both Coco and Gigantic primarily following male characters, it will be interesting to see how they cover this trend. I'm thankful for Big Hero 6, as that is certainly the recent exception in terms of male roles as far as new IP animation.

Yeah, I've noticed this... in Tv and Movies I've found the male role to be a well-meaning bumbling fool, or at least not nearly as bright as the female counter-part. While I totally understand wanting to make sure girls have strong role models, it's too bad the boys are getting left in the dust... a Disney Princess "Dream Big" campaign was recently released and I LOVED it, as it showed girls excelling in multiple arenas (crafts, science, reading, sports, dance) using the Disney princesses as inspiration. However, I thought, too bad my nephews don't have this type of campaign for them to relate to... except for Big Hero Six, the movies my nephews love (Cars, Toy Story, etc) don't have human male role models. Hopefully Disney can flesh that out a bit in the upcoming films

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

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Another piece the refurbishment puzzle. Mission Space closing for refurbishment.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...ing-for-lengthy-refurbishment-this-summer.htm

Oh my gosh, if they update that horrendous video and do nothing else I'd be happy.

Hey kids, do you want to go on a mission to Mars...in the year 2000 graphic wise?

 

[MommaBerd]

@jknezek & @PaintsWithAllTheColors - I'm right there with you...though I think it tends to be an unpopular viewpoint.

 

[Killer Fish]

Iger has ridden the falcon ride in the simulation lab at Imagineering.

What is this? I feel like I missed a Falcon ride.

Never mind I assume Millennium Falcon

 

[MissGina5]

@jknezek & @PaintsWithAllTheColors - I'm right there with you...though I think it tends to be an unpopular viewpoint.

I think many view it to be anti-feminist, but as Emma Watson pointed out in her He for She campaign, feminism at its most successful DOES benefit men as well to take on more feminine qualities and not have to live up to the machismo effect. I agree in general there is an oversaturation of straight white male leads in pretty much every realm of entertainment. I know Disney doesn't seem to be racing to bring the LGBTQ representation to their animated movies, but a good starting point even would just be to show that gender roles are essentially a myth. We also don't want to overcorrect and decide that Happily Ever After isn't something anyone should want. It's ok to choose to be the princess who wants to fall in love, but that princess should be her own person and falling in love should be her choice, not her only option.

On that note this is what makes me extremely defensive of Snow White and Cinderella who are seen as only looking for love, Cinderella just wanted to go out for once and Snow White as a beloved princess (career) who was happy with her life and was ready to find love. Aurora gets the short end of the stick though, neither Maleficent nor the original really give her her own personality.

 

[rteetz]

News

Final Disney Dreams! nighttime spectacular performance announced

 

[rteetz]

News

CinéMagique to close from 30th March 2017, Disneyland Paris confirms

 

[a4matte]

News

Pandora will have EMH nightly ever night from May 27-July 4. This is for Pandora only. The rest of the park will stay closed.

https://twitter.com/touringplans/status/844928260140142592

Wonder if this means the other parks will have no EMH. That would suck - I like being at the Magic Kingdom late night (so incredibly not a morning person).