News Round Up 2018

[tarak]

I am so excited. I love a lot of these, especially Bao. I just bought a plush Bao from shop Disney.



I love B&B, but we have it on DVD. Looking forward to Flight of the Navigator, Black Hole, and Cat from Outer Space. Cheese fest here we come



I wish. My son complains to anyone who will hear that they need more B&B in the parks. It always makes me proud and tear up a bit when he does



Those, the Dole Whip, and Tea Cup ones are on shop Disney too. I was bad and bought the Dole Whip backpack I already have a D&B HM purse. Plus, I love the tiki lining on the backpack.

My husband picked up Bedknobs and Broomsticks a few years back and watched it with the kids. They hated it. I felt so bad for him, as he had fond memories of watching it as a child. Same for me with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. My kids thought it was just goofy. I think their Disney love for the older movies is limited to the animated ones. I remember Black Hole when it was first released. I'd love to see how it holds up.

We'll pick up the Pixar films. Those are fun. I remember when I bought a different collection of animated shorts a few years ago - not Pixar, the one with the Frozen short and a number of other films. My youngest at the time was maybe four and she was obsessed with watching the Little Match Girl. She'd ask me things like "Where are her shoes? Is her Grandma coming back for her?" Then my teenager blurted out "She's dead." Fun times.

 

[soniam]

My husband picked up Bedknobs and Broomsticks a few years back and watched it with the kids. They hated it. I felt so bad for him, as he had fond memories of watching it as a child. Same for me with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. My kids thought it was just goofy. I think their Disney love for the older movies is limited to the animated ones. I remember Black Hole when it was first released. I'd love to see how it holds up.

We'll pick up the Pixar films. Those are fun. I remember when I bought a different collection of animated shorts a few years ago - not Pixar, the one with the Frozen short and a number of other films. My youngest at the time was maybe four and she was obsessed with watching the Little Match Girl. She'd ask me things like "Where are her shoes? Is her Grandma coming back for her?" Then my teenager blurted out "She's dead." Fun times.

We lov Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in our hour too and have it on DVD. DH and I have been to Rothenburg where with the evil Barron was filmed.

 

[ksromack]

We lov Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in our hour too and have it on DVD. DH and I have been to Rothenburg where with the evil Barron was filmed.

I'm going to have to rewatch Chitty Chitty Bang Bang now. We love Rothenburg!

 

[Amy11401]

My husband picked up Bedknobs and Broomsticks a few years back and watched it with the kids. They hated it. I felt so bad for him, as he had fond memories of watching it as a child. Same for me with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. My kids thought it was just goofy. I think their Disney love for the older movies is limited to the animated ones. I remember Black Hole when it was first released. I'd love to see how it holds up.

We'll pick up the Pixar films. Those are fun. I remember when I bought a different collection of animated shorts a few years ago - not Pixar, the one with the Frozen short and a number of other films. My youngest at the time was maybe four and she was obsessed with watching the Little Match Girl. She'd ask me things like "Where are her shoes? Is her Grandma coming back for her?" Then my teenager blurted out "She's dead." Fun times.

I remember watching Bedknobs and Broomsticks as a kid!
Actually the one we watched the most often was Swiss Family Robinson.

 

[skier_pete]

My husband picked up Bedknobs and Broomsticks a few years back and watched it with the kids. They hated it. I felt so bad for him, as he had fond memories of watching it as a child. Same for me with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. My kids thought it was just goofy. I think their Disney love for the older movies is limited to the animated ones. I remember Black Hole when it was first released. I'd love to see how it holds up.

Black Hole is and was terrible, or at least terrribly boring. Bedknobs and Broomsticks is more of a YMMV film I think depending on whether you grew up with it, kind of like Pete's Dragon.

When are they going to do the Kurt Russel / Dexter Riley trilogy?

 

[soniam]

Black Hole is and was terrible, or at least terrribly boring. Bedknobs and Broomsticks is more of a YMMV film I think depending on whether you grew up with it, kind of like Pete's Dragon.

I loved Pete's Dragon as a kid, but it just did not hold up. B&B still has great songs by great actors and a really funny story. Plus, it has the live action and animation.

 

[rteetz]

News

Portion of Television Parking Lot Closing for Restriping at Disney's Hollywood Studios

 

[jlundeen]

Have there been any updated photos of the Hollywood Studios bus parking areas and walking path from resorts since this was posted?

 

[rteetz]

Have there been any updated photos of the Hollywood Studios bus parking areas and walking path from resorts since this was posted?

The Blue loop is what is currently open. The red portion is still being constructed. The old loops are all closed and being ripped up.

 

[rteetz]

Have there been any updated photos of the Hollywood Studios bus parking areas and walking path from resorts since this was posted?

This gives you an idea of what it looks like right now. This photo is from a week ago.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Have there been any updated photos of the Hollywood Studios bus parking areas and walking path from resorts since this was posted?

Have to say the current condition of that parking lot was a low point for our visit last week - just a maze of fences, not always clear where to go, paths set up covering actual spots, etc. just not great “show” to welcome you to the park

 

[rteetz]

News

PHOTOS: Tatooine Traders Reimagining to Remove Movie Set Theming

 

[rteetz]

Photo Update

PHOTOS: Monsters Inc Laugh Floor Facade Demolition and More Tomorrowland Construction

 

[jlundeen]

This gives you an idea of what it looks like right now. This photo is from a week ago.

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Wow... renovation is always a mess, but yikes... Hope they get it done sooner rather than later.....

 

[rteetz]

The touch screen interactive queue elements from Mine Train have been removed.

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

The touch screen interactive queue elements from Mine Train have been removed.

I noticed this the other day and wondered how long it has been removed for.

 

[The Pho]

The touch screen interactive queue elements from Mine Train have been removed.

Surprised it took this long. When was the last time it actually worked?

 

[rteetz]

Surprised it took this long. When was the last time it actually worked?

I haven’t been in the standby queue for at least a year but it worked then.

 

[wareagle57]

I haven’t been in the standby queue for at least a year but it worked then.

It seems to be day to day on if they were working or not.

They were pretty useless though because you’re walking past them so fast. If they are going to design stuff like this for the queues (which I hope they continue to do) they need to figure out how how to let people actually stand there and use them.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

It seems to be day to day on if they were working or not.

They were pretty useless though because you’re walking past them so fast. If they are going to design stuff like this for the queues (which I hope they continue to do) they need to figure out how how to let people actually stand there and use them.

I'm all for that but I think you'd also have to have them where the line stays long enough for people to use them.

We ran into it every now and then where people would hold up the line to play those last year in 7DMT or we would get past them and then be waiting in the line. And while I know it's not a norm at all we ran into this problem also in Peter Pan with the hand activated interactiveness. People kept holding up the line to play with it and it was a bit annoying with that and some people would ask if they could just go past them while they played with it.