News Round Up 2018

[rteetz]

News

Epcot Flower and Garden merchandise

http://blogmickey.com/2018/02/photos-2018-epcot-flower-garden-festival-merchandise/

 

[Tiki Birdland]

Disney and McDonald's are getting back together again.

How about bringing back the French Fry Kiosk?!!

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

News

Epcot Flower and Garden merchandise

http://blogmickey.com/2018/02/photos-2018-epcot-flower-garden-festival-merchandise/

Well, good news is that I won't be tempted to spend any money on merch over the SWDS half wknd...

 

[rteetz]

Well, good news is that I won't be tempted to spend any money on merch over the SWDS half wknd...

I wish I could say the same...

 

[mollmoll4]

This looks fun! I like the baby Moana easter egg (does it count as an easter egg if it's that obvious?).

 

[splash327]

Wahoo! Looks so funny...

 

[skier_pete]

I can see it being advantageous in one park and not in another. Honestly, we buy APs because it's cheaper than the alternative, and gives us flexibility to potentially plan an additional quick trip on top of our annual and/or running trips.

When it comes to perks, we are DVC, AP and have Disney VISA -- so a lot of those overlap. Are there ANY AP perks currently that aren't at a park? I can't think of one...

Curious what kinds of things they could add that would make you consider keeping your AP?

Yes - we are planning on using a similar technique going forward. Multiple trips in 12 months, followed by 12-18 months of not going, then mulitple trips again. When you look at the way the ticket pricing is going, a 4 day park ticket costs about 60% of an AP, more if you have access to the Gold AP.

 

[splash327]

News

Epcot Flower and Garden merchandise

http://blogmickey.com/2018/02/photos-2018-epcot-flower-garden-festival-merchandise/

Rteetz - I think I caught your magic band addiction...

 

[rteetz]

Rteetz - I think I caught your magic band addiction...

I just hope they don't sell out before I get there!

 

[skier_pete]

I want to say a few thousand? Not sure if they increased the capacity from last year.

Don't worry, they'll keep increasing the capacity until it's as unpleasantly full as the Halloween party. Then they'll cancel the Halloween parties as they realize people are paying more for no extras. (Me being cynical I know.)

News

Epcot Flower and Garden merchandise

http://blogmickey.com/2018/02/photos-2018-epcot-flower-garden-festival-merchandise/

It continues to appear that Figment will survive any future purge at Imagination - as they plaster him all over everything at this park.

Rteetz - I think I caught your magic band addiction...

My wife bought herself two MB this past trip, and bought me one also. My daughter also got the fob, as she found that she didn't like wearing the band. I have to say, the 2.0 version with the removable puck makes the idea of having bands more paletable, but I still refuse to fall into the "collector" trap.

 

[rteetz]

Don't worry, they'll keep increasing the capacity until it's as unpleasantly full as the Halloween party. Then they'll cancel the Halloween parties as they realize people are paying more for no extras. (Me being cynical I know.)



It continues to appear that Figment will survive any future purge at Imagination - as they plaster him all over everything at this park.



My wife bought herself two MB this past trip, and bought me one also. My daughter also got the fob, as she found that she didn't like wearing the band. I have to say, the 2.0 version with the removable puck makes the idea of having bands more paletable, but I still refuse to fall into the "collector" trap.

I am not sure about that. I think they might raise capacity some but the draw is low crowds.

Figment is the face of the park.

I fell into it a long time ago...

 

[MommaBerd]

Don't worry, they'll keep increasing the capacity until it's as unpleasantly full as the Halloween party. Then they'll cancel the Halloween parties as they realize people are paying more for no extras. (Me being cynical I know.)

Similar to @rteetz ’s reply, people are already a little disappointed in the promise of an empty park, but in reality, not quite living up to the promise. I have been fortunate enough to have been in MK on a REALLY not crowded day - particularly one time when it was closing at 4:00 for a CM party. The night I went for DAH felt like it was more crowded than that day. And honestly, I wouldn’t do it again. For people who usually go during more crowded times, it’s a real treat...at least for now. But, IMO, sell another 1000 tickets and it will *definitely* lose its “worth it” feel.

 

[Iowamomof4]

This looks fun! I like the baby Moana easter egg (does it count as an easter egg if it's that obvious?).

Where was baby Moana?
Edit: Okay, I guess you're talking about the toddler in the car? But it isn't really baby Moana, right? She just looks like her. I think she also reminds me of Bonnie from Toy Story 3. I think the same artists just draw similar faces, so characters start to look alike from one movie to the next.

 

[Moramoon]

News

Epcot Flower and Garden merchandise

http://blogmickey.com/2018/02/photos-2018-epcot-flower-garden-festival-merchandise/

Are those...purple rose cups? I guess they did so well with the Beauty and the Beast cups....

 

[wareagle57]

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Similar to @rteetz ’s reply, people are already a little disappointed in the promise of an empty park, but in reality, not quite living up to the promise. I have been fortunate enough to have been in MK on a REALLY not crowded day - particularly one time when it was closing at 4:00 for a CM party. The night I went for DAH felt like it was more crowded than that day. And honestly, I wouldn’t do it again. For people who usually go during more crowded times, it’s a real treat...at least for now. But, IMO, sell another 1000 tickets and it will *definitely* lose its “worth it” feel.

When it's been empty in the past and that's the expectation, I think people have a right to be disappointed or even mad. This isn't like a party where you are paying for all the extra offerings. The selling point of this ticket is literally low crowds. When I first saw videos of the park at past events I was really jealous and wanted to be able to go one day. But now this clearly won't be worth it to me. Having the park empty was more of a selling point than non-existent lines honestly. But at the very least I'd expect literally zero wait everywhere we go, with maybe the exception of Mine Train and Space, which should still be a virtual walkon. If they are going to cheat the rest of us out of park hours so they can sell a 2nd ticket, at least make the event worth going to. This is just double paying to have average crowds from 5-10 years ago.

 

[mcd2745]

Don't worry, they'll keep increasing the capacity until it's as unpleasantly full as the Halloween party. Then they'll cancel the Halloween parties as they realize people are paying more for no extras. (Me being cynical I know.)

Someone here has to take that torch, I guess.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

I learned my lesson about falling into Disney collecting traps a long time ago with Vinylmations. They pretty much killed the product by eliminating the trading boxes. I'm still trying to get rid of mine.

I have never bought a magic band, I have paid several dollars for one of those peel and stick covers but that is as far as I'll go.

I can at least see magic bands as being easy to display if you have some sort of curtain rod or something you could attach them all to.

 

[rteetz]

News

More New Magicbands

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...in-march/?CMP=ILC-DPFY18Q2wo0214180220180006B

That AK one will probably be mine....

I really need to start resisting....

 

[TheMaxRebo]

News

More New Magicbands

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...in-march/?CMP=ILC-DPFY18Q2wo0214180220180006B

That AK one will probably be mine....

I really need to start resisting....

I still don't get the whole "purple wall" thing

 

[rteetz]

I still don't get the whole "purple wall" thing

It’s an Instagram teenage girl thing.