News Round Up 2018

[Dfan79]

Calling it right now. It's called "Cursed Prince" because the prince Elsa loves has the power of fire. That is my prediction, write it down in the annals and give me credit later.

 

[Pete M]

I actually find EPCOT's show to be much better than Magic Kingdom's NYE show. The 360-degree finale is great, but it is only cool if you are seeing it in person. I haven't liked how Disney Parks Blog has filmed the finale in recent years.

There is nothing like the "Fireworks Finale of Death" that EPCOT brings on New Years Eve and 4th of July. I hope these pyrotechnic tags will continue once Illuminations leaves next year.

that's what my family is hoping for we're actually going to brave the crowds this year. eep!

 

[rteetz]

News

58% jump for Poppins

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...isney-emily-blunt-bumblebee-transformers/amp/

 

[Capang]

News

58% jump for Poppins

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...isney-emily-blunt-bumblebee-transformers/amp/

That's good. It was such a great film. That jump was predicted here on the thread, too, was it not?

 

[rteetz]

That's good. It was such a great film. That jump was predicted here on the thread, too, was it not?

Yes I thought it would have a decent jump.

 

[writerguyfl]

I could definitely see this happening. But, the question I have is do you expand the warnings (in an attempt to hold harmless or indemnify) to other languages as well? It's that limitation that I see being an issue.

That's an interesting question. Aside from English and Spanish, it looks like they also have the same materials available in Portuguese. But, as far as this lawsuit goes, I would bet it gets tossed fairly quickly because it all about Spanish-speaking guests.

 

[dazza3]

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News

58% jump for Poppins

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...isney-emily-blunt-bumblebee-transformers/amp/

still way behind aqua man this weekend

 

[rteetz]

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still way behind aqua man this weekend

I don't think anyone expected it to beat that after the run Aquaman has been on. I still am not interested in that film though.

 

[MissGina5]

News

New look for Bo Peep in Toy Story 4

https://wdwnt.com/2018/12/leaked-toy-story-4-art-offers-new-look-for-bo-peep/

oh I am all about this

 

[TheMaxRebo]

That's good. It was such a great film. That jump was predicted here on the thread, too, was it not?

Well, not sure if any numbers were mentioned but the idea of it doing well over the holiday definitely was suggested .. will be interesting to see how it does over the next couple of days as lots of people are also off areound New Years

 

[skier_pete]

We saw Poppins today at 2:30 pm at a theater showing it every hour (so 3 screens), and it was probably 90% sold out. I think it's doing ok.

Enjoyed the check out of it. Is it as good as the original? Of course not, but considering how awful it could easily have been, it was a fun entertaining 2 hours.

 

[Mr. Mickey]

I previously followed the Disney-Fox merger pretty intently but with the lack of recent updates one major detail seems to have slipped my mind. Does the merger go through officially January 1st or sometime down the line in 2019? Thanks

 

[rteetz]

I previously followed the Disney-Fox merger pretty intently but with the lack of recent updates one major detail seems to have slipped my mind. Does the merger go through officially January 1st or sometime down the line in 2019? Thanks

It’s said to be completed in January.

 

[rteetz]

News

Dates for the Lion King and Jungle festival at Disneyland Paris

https://attractionsmagazine.com/lion-king-jungle-festival-dlp/

 

[BigRed98]

News

Dates for the Lion King and Jungle festival at Disneyland Paris

https://attractionsmagazine.com/lion-king-jungle-festival-dlp/

Do we know if Disneyland Paris will do another Fan Daze event in 2019?

 

[rteetz]

Do we know if Disneyland Paris will do another Fan Daze event in 2019?

Has not been announced yet.

 

[closetmickey]

News

Dates for the Lion King and Jungle festival at Disneyland Paris

https://attractionsmagazine.com/lion-king-jungle-festival-dlp/

Thank you. Do we know where the show will be or what it will be like? Anything close to WDW’s show (guessing not but hoping so!)? Also, will Mickey and the Magician be playing this summer? I’ve seen conflicting info.
Sorry to ask all this here! The DLP forum is really quiet.

 

[Gusey]

Thank you. Do we know where the show will be or what it will be like? Anything close to WDW’s show (guessing not but hoping so!)? Also, will Mickey and the Magician be playing this summer? I’ve seen conflicting info.
Sorry to ask all this here! The DLP forum is really quiet.

The Festival of the Lion King will be going into to the Chaparral Theater in Frontierland by the train station there They have being developing that whole area for quite some time now, including the station, and construction could be seen from the railroad atm

 

[closetmickey]

The Festival of the Lion King will be going into to the Chaparral Theater in Frontierland by the train station there They have being developing that whole area for quite some time now, including the station, and construction could be seen from the railroad atm

Thank you! I wonder if the show will become semi permanent? Knowing it is going into a theater gives me hope for an entertaining show. Thank you!

 

[rteetz]

Rumor

Disney+ will debut in September 2019. They will look to do some testing in smaller markets first. The goal is to have it very similar to Netflix.