News Round Up 2018

[rteetz]

No matter what you do I am sure you will get the same question 100 times in 20 different places

Exactly.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

As far as merging with simple questions we tend to do that so we don’t have 50 of the same topic threads out there.

Just my FINAL unsolicited two cents of the day...

I definitely get that AND appreciate it... to a point. I think the Pandora thread became unwieldy at the height of the Pandora frenzy while mods were merging EVERY SINGLE QUESTION into the one monster thread. I stopped checking DIS at some point because it stopped being useful to me. I got answers on Twitter and elsewhere instead. They seemed to back off of it some at some point and allow some other posts, at which point I checked back in here.

I found merging EVERYTHING really diminished the usefulness of these boards when one couldn't just get a quick one-off or slight-tangent question answered without reading pages and pages, or having that question get lost and remain unanswered in the monster thread. Or god forbid someone asked a question that had been answered because they didn't read hundreds of pages and they get told to read the whole thread -- ludicrous. Paging through multiple posts one might have been able to find a quick on-topic answer based on thread titles rather than reading the whole monster thread.

I LOVE a good monster thread with an awesome first-few-posts; I "watch" them and read fairly religiously, particularly when I have a trip coming up. But allowing some other threads as well maximizes usefulness of the boards... to me at least...

I find myself converting to @MommaBerd's idea of a sub-forum now... That would allow the best of both worlds... an awesome MONSTER THREAD and additional threads for specific questions / topic areas.

 

[rteetz]

Just my FINAL unsolicited two cents of the day...

I definitely get that AND appreciate it... to a point. I think the Pandora thread became unwieldy at the height of the Pandora frenzy while mods were merging EVERY SINGLE QUESTION into the one monster thread. I stopped checking DIS at some point because it stopped being useful to me. I got answers on Twitter and elsewhere instead. They seemed to back off of it some at some point and allow some other posts, at which point I checked back in here.

I found merging EVERYTHING really diminished the usefulness of these boards when one couldn't just get a quick one-off or slight-tangent question answered without reading pages and pages, or having that question get lost and remain unanswered in the monster thread. Or god forbid someone asked a question that had been answered because they didn't read hundreds of pages and they get told to read the whole thread -- ludicrous. Paging through multiple posts one might have been able to find a quick on-topic answer based on thread titles rather than reading the whole monster thread.

I LOVE a good monster thread with an awesome first-few-posts; I "watch" them and read fairly religiously, particularly when I have a trip coming up. But allowing some other threads as well maximizes usefulness of the boards... to me at least...

I find myself converting to @MommaBerd's idea of a sub-forum now...

Understandable. Those first few posts are the meat of these threads. They have an incredible wealth of information. I always take quotes and reviews and such from additional sources and posts in the threads and add them to those first posts. We just really don’t want the boards clogged up with numerous threads on the same topic.

The sub forum idea is an interesting one though and I may pass that along.

 

[soniam]

Exactly.

I can see there being logistics questions that are completely different for the two parks, ie operating hours, entrance/exit procedures. DL may do it one way, but once WDW opens, lessons may be learned and things change. Even food could be different. Was it ever announced if DL would serve alcohol in SWGE? The rides will probably work the same way. However, I think the logistics questions are the most important ones at first. Also, if they do FP, those are completely different between the two. It would be like having one thread for Fantasmic, since the shows really aren’t the same,

 

[dina444444]

I can see there being logistics questions that are completely different for the two parks, ie operating hours, entrance/exit procedures. DL may do it one way, but once WDW opens, lessons may be learned and things change. Even food could be different. Was it ever announced if DL would serve alcohol in SWGE? The rides will probably work the same way. However, I think the logistics questions are the most important ones at first. Also, if they do FP, those are completely different between the two. It would be like having one thread for Fantasmic, since the shows really aren’t the same,

Yes alcohol will be served in SWGE at DLR. DLR confirmed it to the OC Register a while ago.

 

[rteetz]

I can see there being logistics questions that are completely different for the two parks, ie operating hours, entrance/exit procedures. DL may do it one way, but once WDW opens, lessons may be learned and things change. Even food could be different. Was it ever announced if DL would serve alcohol in SWGE? The rides will probably work the same way. However, I think the logistics questions are the most important ones at first. Also, if they do FP, those are completely different between the two. It would be like having one thread for Fantasmic, since the shows really aren’t the same,

There would be posts dedicated to this. The lands themselves are exactly the same so not really an apples to apples comparison with Fantasmic.

It’s not easy which is why we’ve been discussing it so far in advance.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Understandable. Those first few posts are the meat of these threads. They have an incredible wealth of information. I always take quotes and reviews and such from additional sources and posts in the threads and add them to those first posts. We just really don’t want the boards clogged up with numerous threads on the same topic.

The sub forum idea is an interesting one though and I may pass that along.

Agree on all points!

Those first few posts are a godsend to planners -- I love them and they are my first go-to always. I sometimes copy-and-paste them into a "Note" on my iPhone and refer to it once in the parks. Fantastic stuff that you guys pull together for all of us!

And yeah... I don't need to see 300 "Pandora at rope drop" posts either! But maybe ONE with that title that people post their up-to-date experiences on for people who care about that... stuff you wouldn't paste ALL of in a first post. That sort of thing.

 

[soniam]

Yes alcohol will be served in SWGE at DLR. DLR confirmed it to the OC Register a while ago.

Couldn’t remember if it was a rumor or confirmed. Obviously it affected me

 

[soniam]

There would be posts dedicated to this. The lands themselves are exactly the same so not really an apples to apples comparison with Fantasmic.

It’s not easy which is why we’ve been discussing it so far in advance.

They may seem the same, but operationally, I bet they will be very different. How about a comparison between Pooh’s then? Same ride, completely different logistically.

 

[rteetz]

They may seem the same, but operationally, I bet they will be very different. How about a comparison between Pooh’s then? Same ride, completely different logistically.

I totally get that which is why we would have the dedicatedly posts to each park. Disneyland is opening first. Unfortunately the Disneyland board isn’t the monster than TPAS is and this is where the majority of planning activity happens on this site.

 

[soniam]

I totally get that which is why we would have the dedicatedly posts to each park. Disneyland is opening first. Unfortunately the Disneyland board isn’t the monster than TPAS is and this is where the majority of planning activity happens on this site.

I think one thread works great in the beginning, but later it could be confusing. Yeah, the DL forum can be slow, kind of like DL. This is s compliment to DL, not a criticism.

 

[rteetz]

I think one thread works great in the beginning, but later it could be confusing. Yeah, the DL forum can be slow, kind of like DL. This is s compliment to DL, not a criticism.

Personally I don’t think we will see a slow down with Star Wars for a while. No matter what we do it’s not going to be perfect.

I do appreciate all the comments and suggestions though!

 

[jlundeen]

As so many of us are pretty obsessive planners, to my way of thinking, sub-forums/threads seems to me to be the most organized way - like file folders in storage - one main topic - with lots of sub-topics, and separate divisions under those for mini-topics or community type stuff.

I know I get totally frustrated at times trying to find something using the search feature on the DIS boards.... there are so many threads started by others who have maybe tried to find the answer and couldn't, so they start yet another one on the same topic, and end up with a few replies.... then someone else has the same experience, and things are duplicated all over the place.

Hard to manage, I know, but a good organization to start out would be much easier I would think, than trying to re-org later on...

just my old habits from long ago as a programmer (in the really olden days of main frame computers).

 

[soniam]

Personally I don’t think we will see a slow down with Star Wars for a while. No matter what we do it’s not going to be perfect.

I do appreciate all the comments and suggestions though!

Oh I don’t think SWGE at DL will be slow for many years to come. I just feel right now it’s a slower pace.

 

[rteetz]

Oh I don’t think SWGE at DL will be slow for many years to come. I just feel right now it’s a slower pace.

I agree. I just feel for this site at the moment one FAQ on TPAS will work best with sections for Disneyland. If the Disneyland board wants an FAQ I would be glad to assist.

 

[dina444444]

I agree. I just feel for this site at the moment one FAQ on TPAS will work best with sections for Disneyland. If the Disneyland board wants an FAQ I would be glad to assist.

It would probably be good to put a mega thread over there but so frequently people go straight to TPAS even for Disneyland that the mods then try to move stuff but doesn’t always happen. And I can definitely help with maintaining Disneyland parts. I’m already planning to go for the Disneyland opening lol.

 

[rteetz]

It would probably be good to put a mega thread over there but so frequently people go straight to TPAS even for Disneyland that the mods then try to move stuff but doesn’t always happen. And I can definitely help with maintaining Disneyland parts. I’m already planning to go for the Disneyland opening lol.

This would likely have to be in discussion with the Disneyland mods. They have not been in any of our discussions.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

no idea how reliable this source is but report of the new Potter coaster opening Memorial Day, May 27th, 2019:

 

[rteetz]

no idea how reliable this source is but report of the new Potter coaster opening Memorial Day, May 27th, 2019:

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Not surprised. It’s been said Universal wants it for Summer.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Not surprised. It’s been said Universal wants it for Summer.

given Disney seems to be loading up for Fall I wonder if Summer could be big for Universal next year