News Round Up 2018

[The Pho]

Am I the only person in the world who didn't like that movie?

Not a fan of the movie at all. I think it's aged like milk, I'll watch it every few years but I won't go out of my way for it. But I am a fan of the characters from the film though. Oogie Boogie and Jack in particular. Haunted Mansion overlay was pretty awesome the one time I saw it. And Oogie's show presence is usually a highlight of any show to me.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Not a fan of the movie at all. I think it's aged like milk, I'll watch it every few years but I won't go out of my way for it. But I am a fan of the characters from the film though. Oogie Boogie and Jack in particular. Haunted Mansion overlay was pretty awesome the one time I saw it. And Oogie's show presence is usually a highlight of any show to me.

I think that overlay is a great example of how great execution is more important than IP as I know a lot of people that are not fans of the movie but love the overlay

 

[Farro]

Am I the only person in the world who didn't like that movie?

Nope. Can't stand it.

Not a fan of the movie at all. I think it's aged like milk, I'll watch it every few years but I won't go out of my way for it. But I am a fan of the characters from the film though. Oogie Boogie and Jack in particular. Haunted Mansion overlay was pretty awesome the one time I saw it. And Oogie's show presence is usually a highlight of any show to me.

I love it. I have loved it ever since it first came out. I am/was a huge Tim Burton fan.

I would put Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, and Coraline (not Tim Burton) among my favorite animated films of all time.

 

[skier_pete]

I am one of maybe 10,000 people that saw Nightmare Before Christmas in the theater. I am honestly probably one of those "middle-ground" people. I think it is fun film and has some neat aspects to it, but I wouldn't consider it great. I love the music particularly (big Danny Elfman fan) and enjoy the soundtrack more than the movie itself. There's some amazing animation in there, the character design is wonderful and the whole concept behind it is lots of fun. Would love to see HM holiday some day.

But I always felt the sentiment in it rang very hollow. The "love story" between Jack and Sally I find particularly cringe-worthy with her spending the movie pining for him and helping him while he basically ignores her until the last 30 seconds of the movie. And Jack's epiphany isn't so much motivated by any emotional resonance, but really just by the fact that he botched things so badly humans wanted to kill him. Even Jack sending Santa off (essentially to be killed) he only corrects because it's more about 'setting things right' than any sort of emotional core. I also find that the movie isn't really all that funny. I love a lot of Tim Burton's early work and find the lack of heart here disappointing, as I think he did some beautiful emotional work in Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood is one of my favorite movies of all time which were in a similar timeframe. This movie just doesn't quite work for me.

After I type all this I realize this conversation has nothing to do with news...but here it is anyways.

 

[piglet1979]

I am not a fan of the movie either and not much of a fan of Tim Burton either. Some of his work do like but most I do not.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Whew - I did it, I made it back from being almost 2,500 comments in the hole here! About 6-8 weeks ago, I got distracted from this thread (which I normally read daily). I remained super involved in our Credit Card churning thread on the budget board...and then I did my normal Discount Evaluation when SPD for early 2019 was released and this further distracted me.

I started to try to catch up by reading 10 or so pages of the thread nightly, but you guys kept commenting so of course I wasn't making up much ground LOL!!!

I was so tempted to quote and respond to things but I'm like...they're 4+ weeks old, you can't drum up old news. @rteetz will shun you!! HAHA!

Anyways, I'm back - and I read every comment!!

You're a better DIS'er than I am. I was just at universal for a week and didn't keep up with this thread.

I'll just dive back in, it'll be like the past week never happened.

 

[Lee Matthews]

Am I the only person in the world who didn't like that movie?

Nope, anything Tim Burton isn't my thing

 

[rteetz]

Photo Update

Hollywood Studios Update

https://wdwnt.com/2018/10/photo-rep...ul-disney-skyliner-bus-loop-construction-etc/

 

[Iowamomof4]

You're a better DIS'er than I am. I was just at universal for a week and didn't keep up with this thread.

I'll just dive back in, it'll be like the past week never happened.

The bigest news (which may have happened before you left - but is still being discussed anyway) is that ticket pricing structure is changing as of Oct 16 for wdw and food and drink prices increased BIG TIME about a week ago (also in wdw). There are threads discussing each thing. Also, OPR at CBR finally reopened.

 

[rteetz]

News

Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland reopens

https://wdwnt.com/2018/10/photos-wa...ed-garden-reopens-altered-at-disneyland-park/

 

[rteetz]

News

Disney’s accelerator program demo day will be live streamed

https://www.laughingplace.com/w/new...ccelerator-2018-demo-day-to-be-live-streamed/

 

[tlmadden73]

Photo Update

Hollywood Studios Update

https://wdwnt.com/2018/10/photo-rep...ul-disney-skyliner-bus-loop-construction-etc/

They must be prepping Tatooine Traders to be a more "generic" store that they can just swap out later when (supposedly) Star Tours is replaced by something else.

Why they are doing this refurb now is head scratching though ..

And what's with those two pillars in the middle of the store?

 

[rteetz]

News

New Caribbean Beach map

https://www.wdwmagic.com/resorts/di...de-map-for-disneys-caribbean-beach-resort.htm

 

[Farro]

Agreed. All the pictures I've seen...Sebastian's, Banana Cabana, the new lobby area, the new food court and shopping area all look fantastic IMO. I think they did a great job with this refurb.

I just went and looked at more pictures of the refurb, it looks amazing! Easy, breezy, Caribbean vibe - I think they got this spot on!

 

[amalone1013]

I'm not getting this- is it available every day at 5pm online, or did it already sell out? I was in the process of filling out the form but then it said no inventory.

I just got an email that more were in stock and was able to order one!

 

[adelaster]

I just got an email that more were in stock and was able to order one!

Thank you so much! Just completed the form!

 

[gberg]

No timetable as of yet and I can’t say too much but Bombardier is the builder.

I hope Bombardier does better with the monorail than they are with the new streetcars here in Toronto. Way past delivery deadlines (yes that's plural!) and some of the ones they have delivered have to be sent back for welding repairs!

 

[rteetz]

News

PHOTOS: World of Disney Refurbishment Nearly Complete at Disney Springs

 

[rteetz]

News

Disneyland Paris Announces Full Slate of Events for 2019: Star Wars, Pirates and Princesses, Marvel, Lion King and More

 

[rteetz]

News

Conde Nast Traveler Readers Honor Disney Cruise Line in Two Categories