News Round Up 2018

[rteetz]

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

Might be a decent time to visit WDW too calm before the storm situation maybe?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Might be a decent time to visit WDW too calm before the storm situation maybe?

yeah, my kids are re-watching the Galaxy's Edge preview from the Christmas Day show and had this exchange

Son: When will the lines for the Star Wars rides not be too long?

Me: Like 10 years from now

Son: Yeah, but you and mom will be old people then

... so I got that going for me

 

[MommaBerd]

Son: Yeah, but you and mom will be old people then

 

[Sweettears]

Yep. I’m already in prep mode for the official Star Wars planning thread. Going to be a big year.

I think the fact that you are quicker to start new additional threads on individual discussions might play a role in the decline.

 

[rteetz]

I think the fact that you are quicker to start new additional threads on individual discussions might play a role in the decline.

I’ve always done it that way.

 

[Sweettears]

I’ve always done it that way.

Agreed. But with some of the topics I.e. Toystory Land Skyliner etc... it took a lot of traffic off of the main thread. I certainly believe that your approach is the best just saying it could have attributed to the year over year decline.

 

[rteetz]

Agreed. But with some of the topics I.e. Toystory Land Skyliner etc... it took a lot of traffic off of the main thread. I certainly believe that your approach is the best just saying it could have attributed to the year over year decline.

Maybe but the numbers are pretty similar so I don’t think it played that much of a role.

 

[buteraa]

We've been here since the 20th and have gone to EPCOT quite a few times and almost every time Space Ship Earth was down (temporarily). I think I read on here it was going for refurbishment and I really hope that includes an entire new track system as well. When we did finally get on it broke down for 15-20 minutes and it was just rough in terms of the ride and condition. It needs some love...

Also, with all of the new properties being built I wonder what crowds will be like in the future. Yes, there is Star Wars land coming but I don't know if that will be enough to keep the crowds dispersed. It also looked like they were building some sort of golf club?

 

[rteetz]

We've been here since the 20th and have gone to EPCOT quite a few times and almost every time Space Ship Earth was down (temporarily). I think I read on here it was going for refurbishment and I really hope that includes an entire new track system as well. When we did finally get on it broke down for 15-20 minutes and it was just rough in terms of the ride and condition. It needs some love...

Also, with all of the new properties being built I wonder what crowds will be like in the future. Yes, there is Star Wars land coming but I don't know if that will be enough to keep the crowds dispersed. It also looked like they were building some sort of golf club?

Nothing confirmed on SSE yet.

Not sure what you mean by golf club.

 

[buteraa]

Nothing confirmed on SSE yet.

Not sure what you mean by golf club.

We were on the bus and I caught a glimpse of a walled area. I thought it was one of the new hotels and I could have sworn it said golf club with another word in front of it that I couldn't see. Could be wrong...

 

[rteetz]

We were on the bus and I caught a glimpse of a walled area. I thought it was one of the new hotels and I could have sworn it said golf club with another word in front of it that I couldn't see. Could be wrong...

Aren’t any golf clubs coming. There is Riviera, The Cove, Destino, Star Wars, and Reflections.

 

[afan]

Interesting thought... I know I pushed for a LONG TIME for a dedicated rD forum and I'm glad we now have one! I could see them not opting to do a sub-forum just because the need is more temporary... but I could ALSO imagine a lot of "first trip since SWGE opened" questions for quite a while so maybe it would make sense...

I'll be happy with whatever they decide, as long as it has a dedicated monster thread but that Mods ALSO allow one-off questions and don't merge EVERYTHING into the monster thread. That just becomes too tough to follow and/or get a quick answer IMO.

My unsolicited two cents...

I think this is a great idea also. I can see Star Wars taking over TPAS even with the merging etc and people will get annoyed if they can't find/get non SW stuff answered. Also, we aren't all interested in it and I think a sub would help keep some of the talk from invading everywhere else and other threads. I think that's also going to be the biggest challenge with this thread because it already goes on about some stuff too much at times and people complain, but with all the SW even with the other dedicated thread will still probably get over talked here because other stuff with dedicated threads have too.

I know changes have been made to help identify news etc but I don't think anyone fully realizes how big and how much traffic SW will do, especially for non Disney fans that want to go. Which would also help with the sub, it'll keep them on the Dis rather than them trying to wade through TPAS to find just what they need. Then they may like it all enough or need more WDW/DL info enough to venture to other areas. It's partly about keeping people that are already here happy by keeping things cleaner and easily accessible but also a big thing is drawing more people in from google results, blogs posting about it etc. That's how I found the boards and then the podcast.

 

[skier_pete]

Ugh...Why did I decide to renew my plan on Black Friday. I could have waited a month and got this. Now I have to wait a whole year!!!

So wait, I have to renew my membership in 2019 to get this? I don't just get it as a member? What was I supposed to get for joining in 2018? They gave me a box with some fake documents. Pins seem way cooler.

I am a little terrified of what SW:GE is going to be like when we go to DLR for D23. I'm actually hoping that this keeps crowds down across the rest of the park, and especially at DCA.

 

[rteetz]

So wait, I have to renew my membership in 2019 to get this? I don't just get it as a member? What was I supposed to get for joining in 2018? They gave me a box with some fake documents. Pins seem way cooler.

I am a little terrified of what SW:GE is going to be like when we go to DLR for D23. I'm actually hoping that this keeps crowds down across the rest of the park, and especially at DCA.

2019 is the 10th anniversary for D23.

 

[rteetz]

I think this is a great idea also. I can see Star Wars taking over TPAS even with the merging etc and people will get annoyed if they can't find/get non SW stuff answered. Also, we aren't all interested in it and I think a sub would help keep some of the talk from invading everywhere else and other threads. I think that's also going to be the biggest challenge with this thread because it already goes on about some stuff too much at times and people complain, but with all the SW even with the other dedicated thread will still probably get over talked here because other stuff with dedicated threads have too.

I know changes have been made to help identify news etc but I don't think anyone fully realizes how big and how much traffic SW will do, especially for non Disney fans that want to go. Which would also help with the sub, it'll keep them on the Dis rather than them trying to wade through TPAS to find just what they need. Then they may like it all enough or need more WDW/DL info enough to venture to other areas. It's partly about keeping people that are already here happy by keeping things cleaner and easily accessible but also a big thing is drawing more people in from google results, blogs posting about it etc. That's how I found the boards and then the podcast.

As I’ve mentioned in the past I take suggestions for what to do with this thread. The bolder titles help distinguish posts apart from others. I haven’t found a better way. Certainly it’s not perfect but it’s also nearly impossible to keep every thread from going off topic at some point.

This board is about rumors and news. We have a Star Wars need thread which is specifically for that. As mentioned things still get talked about here but that always happens. TPAS is all for the planning aspects and where the FAQ thread will be. It will be set up just like the Pandora and Toy Story ones. The Star Wars one will be a joint effort with the TPAS mods and myself.

We can certainly have multiple threads in several different parts of these boards but unfortunately people tend to stay in one area and not use search functions for the appropriate areas.

 

[Sweettears]

Maybe but the numbers are pretty similar so I don’t think it played that much of a role.

Not sure where this is going askew but you do a fantastic job of managing the board. Just trying to fill in a possible explanation for the drop in posts. Not important.

 

[rteetz]

Not sure where this is going askew but you do a fantastic job of managing the board. Just trying to fill in a possible explanation for the drop in posts. Not important.

I always appreciate comments, concerns and suggestions!

 

[soniam]

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

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I would say this could be from a very reliable source. I follow that podcast extensively, and they and their contacts seem to nail stuff pretty well. Looking at the pictures, it would be ready by Memorial Day weekend. Hoping to hit this new ride for their private meetup in October. It's a good podcast if you are interested in Universal. They actually get some pretty big name (in the Universal world) guests on the show.

EDIT: "could" be ready, not necessarily "would". Darn fat fingers.

 

[pooh'smate]

Thank you @rteetz for all your hard work in keeping this updated.

 

[Jimmy Mouse]

I couldn't fine the right place for this but these are Tron photos I took from the barnstormer 12/27. See the kid on the fence in the second pic? That's the stand by line for Barnstormer. Thank God we had a FP for it.