News Round Up 2017

[skier_pete]

am I the only one who really doesn't mind the festivals? They certainly don't take away from the spirit of EPCOT and if anything add to it. They can add booths faster than full pavillions, I just hope that doesn't delay pavillions further.

I don't mind the festivals at all. We love Food and Wine, and are hoping to catch the end of the Arts Festival in February. I just think it's funny that they are essentially year round because they've let the park fall so far behind the other parks they need them to keep business up.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Oh Nos!!! Gertie has no feet!

And her tail has been severed from her body!!!!

 

[osully]

News

In an interview today Bob Iger said Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge will open after October 2019 in Fiscal 2020.

Flight of Passage is the highest rated WDW attraction.

More expansions are being discussed for Shanghai.

Disney has big plans for Mickey's 90th birthday across the company.

Disney's streaming service will feature exclusive content specific to the service/app.

This service won't go out until late 2019.

Marvel and Star Wars will be a part of the service.

The Disney app will not have advertising.

I want them to call their streaming service The Disney Vault!

 

[mikepizzo]

am I the only one who really doesn't mind the festivals? They certainly don't take away from the spirit of EPCOT and if anything add to it. They can add booths faster than full pavillions, I just hope that doesn't delay pavillions further.

I don't mind the festivals at all. We love Food and Wine, and are hoping to catch the end of the Arts Festival in February. I just think it's funny that they are essentially year round because they've let the park fall so far behind the other parks they need them to keep business up.

@MissGina5 what @skier_pete said. It's not that I mind them or think they are bad. It's just transparent that they want to extend these parties. Pretty much, as soon as one stops another one starts. To modify a conversation between Helen and Dash Parr:

"Everyday is a party, Dash."
"That's just another way of saying there is no party."

 

[Mr. lncredible]

@MissGina5 what @skier_pete said. It's not that I mind them or think they are bad. It's just transparent that they want to extend these parties. Pretty much, as soon as one stops another one starts. To modify a conversation between Helen and Dash Parr:

"Everyday is a party, Dash."
"That's just another way of saying there is no party."

That might be the case if you're a local or frequent WDW more than once every few years, but for the majority of people visiting these are special events. I think it's nice to have something extra going on to make your vacation more enjoyable, even if it is only perceived as a limited time event.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I don't mind the festivals at all. We love Food and Wine, and are hoping to catch the end of the Arts Festival in February. I just think it's funny that they are essentially year round because they've let the park fall so far behind the other parks they need them to keep business up.

I see what you're saying... I would just add that even if the park was chock full of attractions, I'd still love the various festivals and hope they keep them around.

 

[skier_pete]

I see what you're saying... I would just add that even if the park was chock full of attractions, I'd still love the various festivals and hope they keep them around.

Oh they definitely aren't going anywhere. The fact is they are trying to replicate the unrivaled success of food and wine. Flower and Garden started in 1993, Food and Wine started in 1995. F&W is in large part responsible (along with the Halloween party) for turning what 20 years ago was a "dead" zone for WDW (Sept - Nov) into a really popular season, now probably more popular than winter and spring excepting school breaks. It's also a huge success at drawing in locals for the event. F&G is a nice event, and people do go to it, but it doesn't draw the crowds that F&W does. This is the reason they're putting food booths in Flower and Garden and the Holidays around the world. This is the reason that they put the Arts festival in place - that one in particular is a target for locals / snowbirds. Right now Jan/early Feb is probably the true "slow" time for Disney that the fall USED to be. If the Arts festival can become a draw, that boosts another season for them.

My joke was intended to point out that Disney wishes every season was as successful as Food and Wine, so why not just call every festival Food and Wine?

To paraphrase Syndrome: "When everyone season is special, the no-one will be."

 

[mikepizzo]

That might be the case if you're a local or frequent WDW more than once every few years, but for the majority of people visiting these are special events. I think it's nice to have something extra going on to make your vacation more enjoyable, even if it is only perceived as a limited time event.

We usually go twice a year so we definitely fall into the frequent Walt Disney World visitor pool.

I agree that it's nice to have something like Food and Wine festival going on, but to your point, more often than not it's only a perceived limited time event.

If I were to go to EPCOT only once in my life and I was told that Food and Wine was going on the one day that I would be there, then that's great! But then I get home and I see that another event that's near identical to the "one day only" event is running...well it doesn't take away from my enjoyment of that one day but it does show that what I thought was a "special" event is really just a day-in day-out operation.

That's not a bad thing...it's all just marketing.

My joke was only to further the joke @skier_pete made by putting all the special events under one umbrella and jokingly renaming the gate to better reflect what the suits have made that gate.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Obviously a small thing but I am seeing it reported that the models have not been installed at Walt Disney Presents yet due to hurricane prep efforts

 

[rteetz]

Photo Update

Walt Disney Presents minus the models

PHOTOS - One Man's Dream reopens as Walt Disney Presents

 

[rteetz]

News

SeaWorld will be closed starting 5PM Saturday and will be closed all day Sunday and Monday.

 

[adam.adbe]

Why not just call it "Event-COT" and get it out of the way?

Events; Parties; Closed other things. It's what Walt dreamed of.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Events; Parties; Closed other things. It's what Walt dreamed of.

Well, if we base it on that Walt's dream for EPCOT was a city where people lived and companies went to in order to innovate in a collaborative setting ... so we've been way off of that for a while now

 

[rteetz]

News

Characters in Flight/Aerophile Balloon deflated ahead of storm

http://blogmickey.com/2017/09/photos-aerophile-balloon-disney-springs-deflated-ahead-hurricane-irma/

 

[rteetz]

News

Savannah Bee Company Kiosk to be replaced by Hammock seller.

https://blogmickey.com/2017/09/phot...ng-savannah-bee-company-kiosk-disney-springs/

 

[circus4u]

News

Characters in Flight/Aerophile Balloon deflated ahead of storm

http://blogmickey.com/2017/09/photos-aerophile-balloon-disney-springs-deflated-ahead-hurricane-irma/

Looks like they left the deflated balloon laying flat on the dock. Not sure that is a good idea, but they must know more than I know.

 

[rteetz]

Looks like they left the deflated balloon laying flat on the dock. Not sure that is a good idea, but they must know more than I know.

it appears to be covered and sandbagged so I would think that must be good enough.

 

[rteetz]

Breaking! Universal will close at 7PM tomorrow and remain closed through Monday.

 

[rteetz]

Legoland will be closed Saturday through Monday.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Photo Update

Walt Disney Presents minus the models

PHOTOS - One Man's Dream reopens as Walt Disney Presents

I like the new marquee.