News Round Up 2018

[rteetz]

News

Disneyland Hotel Updates Menus for Tangaroa Terrace and Trader Sam's

 

[PxyShan]

News

Disneyland Hotel Updates Menus for Tangaroa Terrace and Trader Sam's

It can't be a bad thing to have more places selling the long beans. It's too bad they took the pork sandwich off the menu though. I know they really don't want people to stay at Trader Sam's all that long, but it's pretty lacking when you really want something substantial to go with your Uh Oa.

 

[SaharanTea]

This is scary as I was their that Friday. We left Saturday to come home and news of the shooting came out as we were pulling into our driveway very early Sunday morning.

We read the news as we were getting ready for our first park day. That was a bad week for Orlando.

 

[koala1966]

I didn't like it very much, and I love Kurt Russell! But I can't remember why...

Because it wasn't good, lol. I remember being disappointed

 

[rteetz]

Anyone get Last Jedi on Blu-ray or DVD? I watched the deleted scenes and some of the other extras. I always find it interesting to see what could have been.

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

Anyone get Last Jedi on Blu-ray or DVD? I watched the deleted scenes and some of the other extras. I always find it interesting to see what could have been.

I bought it on iTunes a couple days ago, but I have yet to watch the deleted scenes or the movie again.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Anyone get Last Jedi on Blu-ray or DVD? I watched the deleted scenes and some of the other extras. I always find it interesting to see what could have been.

I saw some of the deleted scenes in YouTube. The Finn/stormtrooper one was bizarre. So was the one with luke telling ray that the villagers were being slaughtered.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Sort of news. If anyone is near the Dallas area on April 6-8 Dallas fan expo is happening and a decent number of Disney stars are going.

Susan Egan (Meg from Hercules)
Jodi Benson (Ariel)
Linda Larkin (Jasmine)
paige O'Hara (Belle)

They are all available for autographs and will have panels. Jodi Benson will be hosting a panel Saturday night and she will also be singing.

 

[Uncle Donald Wess]

Anyone get Last Jedi on Blu-ray or DVD? I watched the deleted scenes and some of the other extras. I always find it interesting to see what could have been.

Yep, got my copy as well. I agree the deleted scenes are very interesting especially watching with the commentary on them. Also the Audio Commentary with the movie is great too

 

[rteetz]

Sort of news. If anyone is near the Dallas area on April 6-8 Dallas fan expo is happening and a decent number of Disney stars are going.

Susan Egan (Meg from Hercules)
Jodi Benson (Ariel)
Linda Larkin (Jasmine)
paige O'Hara (Belle)

They are all available for autographs and will have panels. Jodi Benson will be hosting a panel Saturday night and she will also be singing.

Jodi is amazing in person!

 

[rteetz]

Photo Update

Disneyland Resort Photo Update: Bug Off

 

[DBDiz]

Anyone get Last Jedi on Blu-ray or DVD? I watched the deleted scenes and some of the other extras. I always find it interesting to see what could have been.

I got most of the way through the Behind the Scenes Documentary. It's incredible to see how much work that went into everything.

 

[rteetz]

I got most of the way through the Behind the Scenes Documentary. It's incredible to see how much work that went into everything.

The documentary is the next thing I am going to watch. I did the deleted scenes and re-watched the movie.

 

[DizDaD7]

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Here's the current map from the WDW site - is this the area you are talking about? Where did the path end?

Yes -- it went uphill towards the top of the map, and just ran parallel to the main path before rejoining it, probably for about 1000 feet. It was less than a 5 minute walk. But it felt very isolated in places.

FWIW, That was not a very long trail, and not really secluded...DI VINE used to set up in there in years past, and I do recall them having Character meet n greets up there..Baloo from what I remember... The real good hidden trail that starts across from Pizzafari, is the one I think the OP was talking about though...Winds around the tree.

 

[koala1966]

Anyone get Last Jedi on Blu-ray or DVD? I watched the deleted scenes and some of the other extras. I always find it interesting to see what could have been.

I keep forgetting to stop and pick it up, I wonder if the version I want is still available... I should know by now to just preorder online...

 

[rteetz]

Sadly I'm just hating it more and more.

Sorry this is long.

Rey's nobody (I think that will change) and learned nothing but "she" crushes everybody.

Kylo goes nowhere and can't beat an untrained little girl, and the movie started with him belittled for the mask-which was pretty cool IMO.

Snoke s dead, who was he anyway?

The lightsaber could have been its own story almost (a story for another day), but Luke tossed it minute one and Rian breaks it in half.

Leia dies, but comes to life anyway-even though she's the only one really dead.

Luke uses the comfort of his island to use his Master Jedi Powers (after not caring he created Kylo and killed Han) to project (finally does something other than milking a teet) and give the remaining 7 Rebels (everybody else is by now dead and all ships blown up) 5 minutes of time to escape (wow big helper)-as long as the untrained no powers girl can magically lift the boulders in the back entrance, or they all get slaughtered-and then he dies out of the series forever.

Well that worth seeing him after 40 years, ya know-the whole point of FA (remember Rey being shocked about Luke and the Force being real) was to find this incredible asset that left a secret trail (map) to be found if really needed.....

We get the Hollywood PETA animal abuse (look closer), the child labor camp with the animals, and of course the bad white man run money grubbing gambling casino and weapon builders, along with the white Nazi bumbling First Order leaders.

But the good news, we still a mom on life support, a boy and a girl left to fight with each another day that nobody cares about.........oh and Chewy.

Let's do Game of Thrones directing type stuff, that's been kinda successful.

Maybe Luke is shocked by Rey's story. Wonders just who could she be to be this powerful already. Starts training immediately to help fix the mess he created and hid from, and actually gets emotional about Han when Chewy makes him aware of it.

He shows Rey the Knights of Ren battle, no it wasn't because Luke tried to KILL his nephew in his sleep, she is now scared for once.

Then Kylo and the Knights and of Ren and more descend on the island, Chewy sees them coming and boldly battles them killing many, struggles into the Falcon, looks at a picture of Han and codes in self destruct-Goes out a hero and takes a bunch more with him.

Luke raises his ship out of the water and with Rey escape to fight another day, with good reason.

He has an actual emotional "in person" reunion with his sister after all the years, and with Han dead and her son out of control.

Yes, they killed Chewy. Now they've done it, now I care, now I'm watching with interest.

And what do we have, Snoke taking Kylo to the next level, Rey learning and maybe finding who she really is, Leia on her way out but not in a weird way, Luke literally going to kick a$$ in IX.

I think Rey being a nobody will change too.

I'd love to learn more about Snoke.

I think Leia not dying in this movie is my biggest complaint. This would have been the best send off for her.

 

[jade1]

I think Rey being a nobody will change too.

I'd love to learn more about Snoke.

I think Leia not dying in this movie is my biggest complaint. This would have been the best send off for her.

Agreed. Do you feel there is enough remaining currently?

I can't see one reason to care about any of them, or the story going forward. Unless JJ has some magic left anyway.

 

[jtwibih]

I tend to think that the original EU, along with some of the video games that showcased a different type of Jedi power, has been a significant contributor to the criticism that the new SW universe is seeing. Whether people hated or loved those stories, they still mapped what the characters look like years later. There were also some very good stories in the old canon. Now that all of that has been scrapped as canon, SW fans are struggling to grasp the new stories because of what was told before. I’m neither saying that those people are wrong or right but I think the reception to the new movies would be significantly different had those post ROTJ stories had not been told. Almost every story written had a connection to the Skywalkers (that was the original intent of SW anyway) and now the connections are being broken to take the focus off of them. That is tough to get past for many fans as well.

Just my opinion.......

 

[Pete M]

I'd wager that snoke's backstory will show up in a book or a comic.

 

[Chef Louis]

Can't get myself to revisit TLJ, don't really want to rehash my opinions. The next movie will change my opinion on the movie, so I'll probably watch it again after that one.