News Round Up 2018

[Roxyfire]

So, I’m a little late to comment, but I am disappointed to see so many summer Saturday nights on the schedule. Why not limit it to week no guts? I thought this was a great idea for the chillier off months; my son and I even went this year. But it stinks for the summertime visitors who would likely get the extended hours without these events. Given this news, I’m willing to bet they decide to sell more tickets, too. Sadly, for us, unlike previous years, the park didn’t “feel” empty and we did have to wait in lines, albeit short ones.

My guess is the number of tickets sold will ultimately creep up until it’s like a party night. Compared to the summer crowds, the limited number of tickets may seem great, but I think the charm and the “magic” of it will quickly be lost.

Not counting tax it's almost an extra $20 per hour (full price) or $15 per hour (discounts) both before tax. That's assuming you're through the gate at 7 and stay until the very end (6 hours). That's quite a lot for an extra Saturday evening in say, July, when the parks normally would be open until 12 or 1 am anyway. I say that's a hard pill to swallow but I'm sure there's people who've already purchased their tickets.

 

[mikepizzo]

I think AS2 is the best we can do for an abreviation

I know it's longer, but why not TSASS? Then you can pronounce it Tee-Sass. Toy Story Alien Saucer Spin?

 

[FoxC63]

The quality of their t-shirts has gotten so bad. If you hold them up to the light, you can see right through them.

I believe they are made for the extreme heat in Florida. Some of the T's we have here at our local Disney Store in MI are much thicker by comparison.

 

[rteetz]

I know it's longer, but why not TSASS? Then you can pronounce it Tee-Sass. Toy Story Alien Saucer Spin?

I prefer AS2

 

[rteetz]

News

Roll out dates for Disneyland mobile order

https://wdwnt.com/2018/05/mobileorderrollout/

 

[mikepizzo]

I prefer AS2

Whatever floats youz guyz boats. I personally think more people will be confused if you start throwing numbers into things that don't have numbers in them but you do you!

 

[rteetz]

Whatever floats youz guyz boats. I personally think more people will be confused if you start throwing numbers into things that don't have numbers in them but you do you!

I don’t think people will get TSASS. I also came up with AS2 for the TSL thread so I’m a bit biased.

 

[MissGina5]

News

Production Has Begun On Disney’s “The One And Only Ivan”; Full Cast Announced

Danny DeVito is going to be in Dumbo?! Amazing.

 

[Mr. Mickey]

Not sure if anyone posted this yet, but...

This is a really interesting look at Toy Story Land and gets me very excited

Also is anyone else bothered that at the end the green army man is taller than Buzz? It’s these types of things I hope and expect Disney to avoid

 

[mikeamizzle]

This is sort of an ad. But I just bought an Oculus Go VR system yesterday and have gotten a chance to experience some of the disney parks and studios VR and 360 degree cam multimedia that they have released for the first time and I am pretty blown away.

Its almost worth the 199.00 price of entry just for the amazing ILM VR star wars shorts and behind the scenes features as well as a 360 degree virtual reality tour of pandora hosted by Joe Rohde.

This is my first dip into the VR space so I apologize if this is old news but I encourage anyone interested to check it out. There is some amazing Disney content. Was pretty blown away the first time I watched the hollywood rip ride rocket 360 cam VR ride through that Universal Orlando has posted up on the Oculus video platform.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Whatever floats youz guyz boats. I personally think more people will be confused if you start throwing numbers into things that don't have numbers in them but you do you!

In the end I am sure people will just call it "the alien ride" or something - just like people call it "Ariel's Ride" and not "Under the sea - Journey of the Little Mermaid" - even as an abbreviation "UtSJotLM" just doesn't roll off the tongue

 

[Disneymom1126]

My guess would be the two Star Wars attractions and the new Mickey Minnie Runaway Railroad Ride will be Tier 1 and everything else will be tier 2

Dare I suggest maybe they eliminate the tiers at HS after these open? Between Toy Story Land rides, RNRR, Tower of Terror, SWGE rides, M2R2 (I just wanted to get in on adding the numbers to abbreviations lol) there aren't the sheer number of rides as MK, but there are a lot of sought-after rides that I think people would be happy to select FP for. It will be interesting to see what they end up doing!

 

[MissGina5]

In the end I am sure people will just call it "the alien ride" or something - just like people call it "Ariel's Ride" and not "Under the sea - Journey of the Little Mermaid" - even as an abbreviation "UtSJotLM" just doesn't roll off the tongue

I call that the Little Mermaid and thats about it lol

 

[mikeamizzle]

is @SS blocked as a word that we aren't supposed to use? I apologize for breaking the rules here if I did inadvertently I'll edit that out (even if its not spelled the same...) I Kind of like using that as the acronym for the ride. I mean, its pretty funny I'm not sure what why not just use it. Disney definitely is aware of the acronym when naming these attractions, I wouldn't be shocked if they chose this name for the attraction because of the acronym lol. Some people in imagineering I'm sure have a bit of sense of humor with this stuff.

 

[rteetz]

is @SS blocked as a word that we aren't supposed to use? I apologize for breaking the rules here if I did inadvertently I'll edit that out (even if its not spelled the same...) I Kind of like using that as the acronym for the ride. I mean, its pretty funny I'm not sure what why not just use it. Disney definitely is aware of the acronym when naming these attractions, I wouldn't be shocked if they chose this name for the attraction because of the acronym lol. Some people in imagineering I'm sure have a bit of sense of humor with this stuff.

We have an inappropriate word filter here on the DIS. That’s why we use AS2 as the acronym.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Dare I suggest maybe they eliminate the tiers at HS after these open? Between Toy Story Land rides, RNRR, Tower of Terror, SWGE rides, M2R2 (I just wanted to get in on adding the numbers to abbreviations lol) there aren't the sheer number of rides as MK, but there are a lot of sought-after rides that I think people would be happy to select FP for. It will be interesting to see what they end up doing!

Maybe over time but I think you need the teiring so that more people have a shot at getting a FP for at least one of the Star Wars rides. Otherwise people that are staying on site for longer stays will book up all of Star Wars and The Mickey ride at like 70 days out and no one else will be able to get any of them

 

[Tigger's ally]

We have an inappropriate word filter here on the DIS. That’s why we use AS2 as the acronym.

Then why does it keep letting people type "Universal"?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

is @SS blocked as a word that we aren't supposed to use? I apologize for breaking the rules here if I did inadvertently I'll edit that out (even if its not spelled the same...) I Kind of like using that as the acronym for the ride. I mean, its pretty funny I'm not sure what why not just use it. Disney definitely is aware of the acronym when naming these attractions, I wouldn't be shocked if they chose this name for the attraction because of the acronym lol. Some people in imagineering I'm sure have a bit of sense of humor with this stuff.

I assume the same people that named the All Star Sports resort

 

[MissGina5]

I assume the same people that named the All Star Sports resort

Id be more inclined to stay there, were it called All Star Athletics

 

[rteetz]

News

The creation of Wheezy

https://www.wdwmagic.com/attraction...he-wheezy-animatronic-for-slinky-dog-dash.htm