News Round Up 2018

[Brocktoon]

As someone who is on Disney message boards daily, I had no idea what "Oh My Disney" was. I'm still not sure I do. Is the site that popular to deserve a mention in this movie?

'Oh My Disney' is the Disney Company's official blog/social media hub ... I'm probably not the site's target demographic but I don't think it's as hugely popular as Disney would like to believe. But if Disney is making a movie involving the internet I'm not surprised they are plugging one of their main outlets. I'm figuring the Disney Company cross promotions shown in the trailer will be a very small part to the whole movie, but as a trailer to build excitement for Disney fans they took the easy route and stuffed it all in one shot.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

To play devil's advocate....

As it stands now, 1 adult and one too short child can get FP's for Buzz while the rest of the fam gets FP's for Space and gets a RS pass for the 1 adult to return with the other kids to reride Space. So, in essence, the family got 1 extra FP out of the deal. The 1 adult got a Buzz FP and a Space FP.

If everyone has to have a FP, then the too short child has to essentially give up a FP in order for the children to reride the ride with the 1 adult that had to sit out with the too small child.

So either someone in the party gives one up, WDW let's the 1 adult have an extra FP, or Mom and Dad have to duke it out to see who gets to be the cool one and enjoy the ride with their kids. (extreme 1st world issue, extreme).

That is correct .... and you have some people on the other end that think it is unfair Disney does rider swap at all and you should just have to choose to either not let the young kids go on the big rides and have to just wait or pick and choose and only all go on rides that everyone can go on .... that a rider swap at all gives an unfair advantage to those with young kids

... so never going to make everyone happy

 

[skier_pete]

I'll admit we have used it to get in multiple rides on the same attraction - but people would do it to get on multiple attractions with only 1 FP. So the 1 parent gets at FP for Soarin' and the 2nd parent rides that via rider swap, and the 2nd parent has a FP for Test Track and the first parent rides that via Rider Swap - so they both get on 2 tier 1 attractions while only using up 1 FP each (we never did that - we always all had FP for the same attraction)

First up - I am not arguing against doing this. I am the first in line when it comes to taking advantage of a system and would do it in a heartbeat if I could. I was a FP hoarder who used all my FP late - I parked at the resorts to save parking fees. So I am not being "judgy" by saying this.

BUT either one of these options take the same advantage - extra people in the FP line that don't have a FP. The second option you describe would use MORE of those slots than the first, but still very much the same. Now since the current system allows it, I see nothing wrong with doing it, but I can also see why Disney would want to get rid of it. If even 10% of people are taking advantage of it, it's making standby waits 10% longer.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Personally, yes. Oh My Disney is essentially the Disney version of Buzzfeed and is very popular among my friends and people in my demographic (early to mid 20s).

Ok, I've never been on Buzzfeed so comparing it to that doesn't mean much to me

But if it is a Disney run things I can certainly see them pushing it - and obviously allows for all the self-deprecating humor

 

[rteetz]

As someone who is on Disney message boards daily, I had no idea what "Oh My Disney" was. I'm still not sure I do. Is the site that popular to deserve a mention in this movie?

Its a Disney app basically Disney "trends".

 

[TheMaxRebo]

First up - I am not arguing against doing this. I am the first in line when it comes to taking advantage of a system and would do it in a heartbeat if I could. I was a FP hoarder who used all my FP late - I parked at the resorts to save parking fees. So I am not being "judgy" by saying this.

BUT either one of these options take the same advantage - extra people in the FP line that don't have a FP. The second option you describe would use MORE of those slots than the first, but still very much the same. Now since the current system allows it, I see nothing wrong with doing it, but I can also see why Disney would want to get rid of it. If even 10% of people are taking advantage of it, it's making standby waits 10% longer.

right, though if everyone has to have a FP for the same ride - that means even the young kids that are too small to ride (since it isn't like you can give them a FP for another ride and they go along on it) - so that is an unused FP that frees up a spot in the line

Other than that, I agree with your math - just the other seems more "wrong" to me in that you are enabling people to get on two headliners with only one FP - especially for the parks with Tiers as everyone else can only get one Tier 1 ride.

But I also agree it is up to Disney to close the loopholes (though it does still seem wrong that people are selling these on eBay when they clearly state "NOT FOR SALE" at the bottom - you'd think eBay wouldn't allow that)

 

[rteetz]

Yeah, and on top of that this could be a terrible year for a movie like this to come out. Whether Snapchat will survive 2018 is already in question, and there's a push to have Facebook broken up and sold off because it may have too strong a monopoly. Some of the references made in this film may not even last one or two years, let alone ten. While I didn't like Wreck-it Ralph, it at least seemed like a sweet quasi-period piece (some kind of weird mash-up of the 80s and 2010s, like how Riverdale is somehow both current and the 1950s) but this just seems like The Emoji Movie. I feel like it'll be most successful at reinvigorating people's opinions of the Princesses, since they've probably withstood the test of time more so than any other Disney character (aside from Mickey, of course)

I think Snapchat will survive 2018. Every single person my age I know has/uses it.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I think Snapchat will survive 2018. Every single person my age I know has/uses it.

and "older" people use it too. I see a lot of my friends using it with their kids too - so I think it has some legs and won't be just a quick fad

 

[rteetz]

and "older" people use it too. I see a lot of my friends using it with their kids too - so I think it has some legs and won't be just a quick fad

I think the worry is their business model. They made some big UI changes that upset users. Then their stock hasn't been great. The Snapchat glasses weren't exactly a big success either. Overall though I think they are fine.

 

[nkosiek]

To play devil's advocate....

As it stands now, 1 adult and one too short child can get FP's for Buzz while the rest of the fam gets FP's for Space and gets a RS pass for the 1 adult to return with the other kids to reride Space. So, in essence, the family got 1 extra FP out of the deal. The 1 adult got a Buzz FP and a Space FP.

If everyone has to have a FP, then the too short child has to essentially give up a FP in order for the children to reride the ride with the 1 adult that had to sit out with the too small child.

So either someone in the party gives one up, WDW let's the 1 adult have an extra FP, or Mom and Dad have to duke it out to see who gets to be the cool one and enjoy the ride with their kids. (extreme 1st world issue, extreme).

Someone on the other thread had an idea to give an adult a "companion" pass to ride the one the little kid would be on, while still utilizing their FP on Space. I'd be down with that. I don't care about abusing the system in Epcot, or AK. In fact, we scheduled everyone for FOP including the kid, just b/c it was easier. Will probably take him to go drum in Africa while others ride.

 

[rteetz]

News

Baymax from Big Hero 6 finally appears on a new MagicBand

 

[soniam]

That is correct .... and you have some people on the other end that think it is unfair Disney does rider swap at all and you should just have to choose to either not let the young kids go on the big rides and have to just wait or pick and choose and only all go on rides that everyone can go on .... that a rider swap at all gives an unfair advantage to those with young kids

... so never going to make everyone happy

Like having to go to WDW with a little kid isn't already unfair

 

[rteetz]

News

PHOTOS: Movie Props From Solo: A Star Wars Story Arrive at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Like having to go to WDW with a little kid isn't already unfair

I guess their point is you are choosing to go to WDW with kids so if there are disadvantages, that is on you for wanting to take kids

 

[Mattimation]

I think Snapchat will survive 2018. Every single person my age I know has/uses it.

Yeah, I've seen that it's re-surging, and I am in the minority of 20-somethings who doesn't use it. I know the redesign from earlier in the year did cause that huge exodus and celebrity boycott, costing the company over 1 billion dollars which it's only just now recovering from. Supposedly it's also the driving factor in the push to break-up Facebook, since Facebook either wants to buy it or shut it down so they can make their own version without infringing on IP. I won't pretend to fully understand the situation, but all I do know is I've heard a lot of negative press and speculation that it's days are numbered.

 

[soniam]

I guess their point is you are choosing to go to WDW with kids so if there are disadvantages, that is on you for wanting to take kids

I know, but if it weren't for kids, there wouldn't be WDW

 

[jlundeen]

and "older" people use it too. I see a lot of my friends using it with their kids too - so I think it has some legs and won't be just a quick fad

As an "older person" who has it (Snapchat), I can tell you that all the folks that I know that have it only use it for the funny pictures - not the messaging.... maybe that just my crowd, which admittedly, is not very large. and many are not very tech savvy.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

As an "older person" who has it (Snapchat), I can tell you that all the folks that I know that have it only use it for the funny pictures - not the messaging.... maybe that just my crowd, which admittedly, is not very large. and many are not very tech savvy.

Ok, maybe that is all my friends use it for (I too, am in the "older person" demographic) - as I see them post some funny pictures on Facebook (another "old person" tool). I've never used it so not really sure what it is for - I thought it was just for the funny filters

 

[Helvetica]

News

Wreck it Ralph 2 trailer

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2066460980032599

So awesome!

Poor Princess Eilonwy, she’s no where to be found.

 

[HuskieJohn]

I can see issues with Wreck it Ralph 2 being that it becomes dated quickly. Things like Snapchat, FB, Oh My Disney all featured could be extinct 10 years from now. Disney movies won’t be though and children in the future might not understand the references.

So its like most of the movies that I grew up with which I have to explain to my kids what something is, why they are doing this or not doing what they would do now.