News Round Up 2017

[crazy4wdw]

News

MK Christmas decor is complete

http://www.wdwmagic.com/events/holi...ays-decorations-at-the-magic-kingdom-2017.htm

I didn't realize that they were putting up the Christmas tree in in Town Square so early. They stopped putting it up until after the Christmas parade was taped, typically after the first week of December. I guess now that they are taping the Christmas specials earlier, they can put the tree up sooner.

 

[skier_pete]

I haven't seen anyone post this. These are the Riviera reosort construction cranes from England in WS. Looks like tower will pop up behind Germany.

 

[Roxyfire]

I haven't seen anyone post this. These are the Riviera reosort construction cranes from England in WS. Looks like tower will pop up behind Germany.View attachment 281695

Interesting, I wonder if they'll even try to help it blend in considering the size of the tower.

 

[rteetz]

Looks really nicely done. I'm still clueless about this show, though. Is it a tree of life kind of thing where they project little segments every now and then or is it a full-lenght show?

Yes it will be smaller segments like the tree of life awakenings.

 

[rteetz]

I didn't realize that they were putting up the Christmas tree in in Town Square so early. They stopped putting it up until after the Christmas parade was taped, typically after the first week of December. I guess now that they are taping the Christmas specials earlier, they can put the tree up sooner.

They don’t tape the parade in WDW anymore only performances. The parade portion is taped in Disneyland.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

So far for 2017, Beauty and the Beast is the top grossing movie with $504 million. Wonder if Justice League or Thor will eclipse it's current box office?

And I am sure Star Wars Episode VIII will pass that

 

[preemiemama]

I know this was reported before, but there was a question on its validity last I saw... Looks like the Passholder preview of the new DHS projection show on TOT is happening tonight, as well as possibly Tuesday and Wednesday. Details here.

 

[jlundeen]

News

MK Christmas decor is complete

http://www.wdwmagic.com/events/holi...ays-decorations-at-the-magic-kingdom-2017.htm

We came home on Saturday, Nov 4.

It was pretty cool to see Halloween last Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and then POOF!!! Thursday was Christmas - not a pumpkin to be seen. That was really amazing... They didn't have the big trees up, except in HS in the middle of Echo lake. At night, the bulbs light up too. And as of last Thursday, they were also playing oldie-but-goodie Christmas songs....

 

[Q-man]

Apparently, some movie theater chains in Mexico are no longer playing the Frozen short in front of Pixar's Coco. There's been a lot of complaints (and memes) about the lenght of the short, but according to the big chains, the reason behind the decision is that theaters are obliged to play it only the first week, and not because of its reception.

On the other hand, Coco has been a massive success here. It literally collapsed the online ticket system of the biggest theater chain in the country.

We went to Thor yesterday and after 20 minutes of previews we left and got a refund. We are done with theaters.

 

[rteetz]

We went to Thor yesterday and after 20 minutes of previews we left and got a refund. We are done with theaters.

Interesting. I have never been bothered by previews.

 

[amberpi]

Interesting. I have never been bothered by previews.

I actually like 'em, and get annoyed when I miss them. Especially at the art house theater, you find out about all kinds of cool movies.

I thought the movie was fun! I saw that it did well at the box office.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Interesting. I have never been bothered by previews.

I actually like 'em, and get annoyed when I miss them. Especially at the art house theater, you find out about all kinds of cool movies.

I thought the movie was fun! I saw that it did well at the box office.

Agreed about the previews. I look forward to them and get annoyed when people talk too loud and it disrupts them. But I do know people who are annoyed with how long they are nowadays.

Other than stalking IMDb a lot of the upcoming movies I see first through previews at the movie theater and unless I'm watching live TV I fast forward through commercials on all the shows I record so I miss out on some movie advertising then.

 

[Capang]

We went to Thor yesterday and after 20 minutes of previews we left and got a refund. We are done with theaters.

That’s the beauty of theaters with assigned seats. Buy tickets and choose seats ahead of time and show up 20 minutes late to miss the previews.

 

[rteetz]

That’s the beauty of theaters with assigned seats. Buy tickets and choose seats ahead of time and show up 20 minutes late to miss the previews.

Another good point. Marcus is the big theater chain in our area. They just went to assigned seats.

 

[jknezek]

We went to Thor yesterday and after 20 minutes of previews we left and got a refund. We are done with theaters.

My wife and I walked into a 7:00 showing last night at 7:20, still watched 2 previews and 5 minutes of Coke commercials and then laughed our way through the movie. It really is ridiculous what they pack in front of a movie.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

That’s the beauty of theaters with assigned seats. Buy tickets and choose seats ahead of time and show up 20 minutes late to miss the previews.

Another good point. Marcus is the big theater chain in our area. They just went to assigned seats.

Hate to say it but personally what annoys me more than people talking during a preview is people showing up late and then trying to find their seats while I'm trying to watch the movie (previews or actual movie). More so if they have to go in front of me or use their cell phone so they can see their where their seat is. It's disruptive to say the least. Less so of course if the movie isn't too busy.

Just be aware not everyone appreciates late people even before assigned seating too (like for example when those who showed up late would then ask others who had been there for 30mins prior to the showing time to move over so they could squeeze in their family).

*Just my opinion

 

[Capang]

Another good point. Marcus is the big theater chain in our area. They just went to assigned seats.

Our AMCs and Regal’s have the recliners with assigned seats. They’re awesome. No worries about getting there late to a sold out show. They also have a bar....which is nice.

 

[Capang]

Hate to say it but personally what annoys me more than people talking during a preview is people showing up late and then trying to find their seats while I'm trying to watch the movie (previews or actual movie). More so if they have to go in front of me or use their cell phone so they can see their where their seat is. It's disruptive to say the least. Less so of course if the movie isn't too busy.

Just be aware not everyone appreciates late people even before assigned seating too (like for example when those who showed up late would then ask others who had been there for 30mins prior to the showing time so they could squeeze in their family).

*Just my opinion

Finding a seat in these theaters is super easy and not distracting. The aisles are so large that a recliner can be all the way extended and you could walk by with feet to spare. Not like the old seats where getting there required climbing over peoples legs.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Finding a seat in these theaters is super easy and not distracting. The aisles are so large that a recliner can be all the way extended and you could walk by with feet to spare. Not like the old seats where getting there required climbing over peoples legs.

Hmm no so in our AMCs.

Aside from the dine-in theaters (like the actual theater inside the main theater) the others are assigned by letter for the aisle and then number for the seat. You have to first see the letter of the aisle and then find the number for your seats. When it's dark in the theater finding that number on the seats where the cupholder is can be difficult. In the dine-in theaters the seat numbers are on the seats themselves. Cinema Suites the seats recline.

The theater that has full recliners near me is roughly the same but the recliners when fully reclined are ok for shorter people like me but for my husband who is tall it means he's got to either decline the foot part or move his legs around just so you could get past him.

It is disruptive people coming into the movie late regardless of your particular theater's ease. Perhaps my take is different because the main theater I go to frequently has fuller theaters and flashlights from the cell phones, people coming in trying to find their seat which unless you're many rows down from where I'm sitting you'll be in the way while you make your way to the seat, etc.

Once the previews are over the theater gets really dark, when the previews are going the theater gets just mostly dark.

Just saying not everyone appreciates it. YMMV.

ETA: I should mention the main theater I go into does not have recliners except for Cinema Suites. The other AMC theater does have recliners but in order to do that they had to cut the seat capacity for every theater in half. There's no way they'll do that to the main theater I go too as they need that full capacity especially since that theater has the Dine-In service with Fork and Screen and Cinema Suites.

 

[crazy4wdw]

And I am sure Star Wars Episode VIII will pass that

Most likely will but it's box office will be split between 2017 and 2018. It might make to $500 million by 12/31. It will certainly be interesting to watch its box office once it opens.