News Round Up 2017

[skier_pete]

News

Starting in August the 3:00PM parade is moving to 2:00PM at Magic Kingdom.

That's the last straw! How will anyone be able to ask when the 3 PM parade is? It's chaos! CHAOS!!!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

News

The first Dooney & Bourke MagicBand 2 is here

Honestly I am shocked it took them this long to have one - feels like they are just a way to print money

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

Will it be released on dvd or bluray as well?

Nothing has been announced on a DVD/Bluray release. I will let you know if they decide to release that.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

News

There will be a Pandora Magicband

https://blogmickey.com/2017/05/photo-look-pandora-magicband/

An Open Edition Na’vi Avatar Skin MagicBand is coming

any word on if there is any interaction with the land from the bands?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Uh-oh. There goes 50 bucks.
Why is there no smilie of money flying out of my wallet?

well, there is always this:

 

[TheMaxRebo]

That makes sense. I still can't believe the Halloween Parties are starting in August. I'm not even thinking about Halloween in August!

I am right there with you ... my kids don't start school until after Labor Day so kinda hard for me to be in the Halloween Mood when they are still on summer vacation

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Clearly it isn't your job to suck every last dollar out of WDW guests. Oops. Sorry, meant to say "provide them with a unique and memorable seasonal experience."

don't forget "responding to guest demand"

 

[Tigger's ally]

Which means don't infer me a pessimist without reason .

Oh, I have about a million reasons in print.

 

[jknezek]

That's the last straw! How will anyone be able to ask when the 3 PM parade is? It's chaos! CHAOS!!!

Here you go. I'll help you out. "What time is the 2 PM Parade?"

 

[Indybill]

The only thing I've heard that makes sense is with all of the Halloween parties and Christmas parties that close the parks early they wanted people to start to leave MK earlier. So move up the parade an hour and people will start to leave after that.

Yes, but people not going to the party can still enter MK up until 7PM and everyone without a party ticket can stay until 8PM before being swept out so moving the parade an hour doesn't really seem like it would have that big an effect. Yes, party goers can start entering at 4PM on the party ticket so maybe its to clear out a little of that post-parade leaving traffic, but with the security changes it seems like there would be less concern of a backup of people waiting to get in at 4PM with people leaving after the parade is done with all the extra room by the entrance. It just seems like there has to be some other reason to make the change...

 

[dlavender]

Oh, I have about a million reasons in print.

I don't think his mantra of demanding more while paying more is necessarily pessimistic........

It's the other side of the coin from "anything WDW gives to us is undeserved by us" mantra..........

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Oh, I have about a million reasons in print.

No...you really don't...because it's perspective...

Mine is "harsh"...but hits the target far more than the powers that be tend to recognize

 

[SureAsLiz]

any word on if there is any interaction with the land from the bands?

Open edition bands traditionally do not have special lights/sounds. That's always been restricted to Limited Edition.
If a limited edition band isn't released, I will probably end up with this one though, so I'll keep an eye out for anything special

Yes, but people not going to the party can still enter MK up until 7PM and everyone without a party ticket can stay until 8PM before being swept out so moving the parade an hour doesn't really seem like it would have that big an effect. Yes, party goers can start entering at 4PM on the party ticket so maybe its to clear out a little of that post-parade leaving traffic, but with the security changes it seems like there would be less concern of a backup of people waiting to get in at 4PM with people leaving after the parade is done with all the extra room by the entrance. It just seems like there has to be some other reason to make the change...

The bolded is the reason for the change.
Traffic flow in Town Square is awful after the parade on any given day, and trying to let party crowds in at the same time makes it worse.
Having the parade crowd exit an hour earlier gives the area time to clear so that traffic can more easily flow in

 

[rteetz]

any word on if there is any interaction with the land from the bands?

Nothing that I've heard of yet.

 

[Tigger's ally]

[QUOTE="dlavender, post: 57634425, member: 55310]........

It's the other side of the coin from "anything WDW gives to us is undeserved by us" mantra..........[/QUOTE]

Bingo. It is the other side of the coin. People often talk about those that as you say "anything WDW gives to us is undeserved by us" but there are also those "anything that WDW gives to us is not deserving". There are two extremes taken. But, in the end the two extremes are neither one correct. Some things are good. Some things are not so much.

 

[Tigger's ally]

Mine is "harsh"...but hits the target far more than the powers that be tend to recognize

And I comment positively when they do. However, if you do come in "harsh" as you put it on most things, then I would think you would expect to take some flak. It's all good. You can lump me into the WDW does nothing wrong crowd if waiting to judge things for myself doesn't make me question things before I actually experience them.

 

[Tiffany_m15]

Is there a thread where people are posting rumors/news/ideas about what will go into the Cirque location after it closes? Or has that ship sailed?

 

[rteetz]

Is there a thread where people are posting rumors/news/ideas about what will go into the Cirque location after it closes? Or has that ship sailed?

There was. As of right now we don't know for sure what will happen. Rumors say they will set up a temporary show in the parking lot while they renovate the current theater for a new show.

 

[rteetz]

News

Sandra Pedicini theme parks writer for the Orlando Sentinel is leaving the sentinel for a new role come this Friday.

 

[saskdw]

I'm not the only one that is thinking that, and I don't understand why you had to comment in that way.

I guess we will find out why the 3 p.m. parade was moved to 2 p.m. at a later date, but I keep thinking that this is probably the reason why now.

I read the comment as an attempt at humor, not a shot at you.