News Round Up 2018

[rteetz]

The double staggered opening makes it hard to predict as well.

Very true.

 

[PolyRob]

SWGE will be unlike anything we have seen before.

I will use the SWGE crowds as an opportunity to ride SDD and TSM over and over again

 

[soniam]

120 mins right now. OK I'm no longer too scared to be at Disney when SWGE opens. Yesterday was stressing me out.

You will be in de nile (get it) if you think that TSL can even be remotely compared to the opening of Black Spire. 120 min wait is what the ride will be at 3 years after it opens.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

NEWS

First look at "Celebrate Tokyo Disneylan" fireworks/projection show. Definitely looks to have some elements similar to Happily Ever After but also a bit of focus on the rides, and having projections of riding the rides not just the movies/characters. Also they have all the fountains which add another element

 

[Firebird060]

Kinda wish that Disney would at least put half as much attention to details and innovative thoughts into at least one WDW park as the Oriental Land Company does for its Tokyo Disney Sea.

We all know that Disney has the talent to do it, but all the Budget cutbacks whenever Disney adds a new land recently is kinda showing. I mean Pandoras night time stuff was supposed to be more immersive, TSL doesnt even have awnings for Slinky to protect from the Sun, not to mention that the original Slinky renderings were more innovative.

I have high hopes for SWL but right now Disney isnt on the best track record.

 

[rteetz]

NEWS

First look at "Celebrate Tokyo Disneylan" fireworks/projection show. Definitely looks to have some elements similar to Happily Ever After but also a bit of focus on the rides, and having projections of riding the rides not just the movies/characters. Also they have all the fountains which add another element

I really like the color changing lights in the trees like that.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

All this toy story land opening stuff looks like a mess.

Good thing I'm leaving for Disneyland today!!!

I'll take some swge construction pictures for all of you

 

[BigRed98]

NEWS

First look at "Celebrate Tokyo Disneylan" fireworks/projection show. Definitely looks to have some elements similar to Happily Ever After but also a bit of focus on the rides, and having projections of riding the rides not just the movies/characters. Also they have all the fountains which add another element

It’s good that there adding projections and other elements to there firework show because I recently watched Tim Tracker Tokyo Disney vlogs and the firework show was very unimpressive.

 

[Fantasia79]

News

World of Disney Store Opens in Disney Springs

Looks nice and spacious.

 

[Lee Matthews]

Looks much nicer to me

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

News

World of Disney Store Opens in Disney Springs

Looks nice and spacious.

Went inside it about an hour ago. My first thought was a lot of room to walk around. I’m interested how it will be once the 2nd half of the store opens.

 

[tlmadden73]

News

World of Disney Store Opens in Disney Springs

Looks nice and spacious.

So (as suspected) all the characters hanging from the ceiling are gone?

It definitely looks more crisp, clean and spacious (which was needed), but seems to lack that Disney charm. It definitely isn't the garish "Disney Store" vibe from the 90s. While that look was a bit dated, it just "felt" Disney. This looks like the interior of any other big, generic store at an outlet mall.

It does seem to fit into the "Disney Springs" theme though with the bricks and wooden beams architecture inside.

 

[Tigger's ally]

Looks much nicer to me

Yeah, I thought the old one was quite stale and a mess really. I know I am in the minority too, but I thought it needed a spruce up and new direction.

 

[brave321]

News

World of Disney Store Opens in Disney Springs

Looks nice and spacious.

It definitely looks more organized, spacious, and modern. As crazy as that store was, I will miss the over the top, kinda tacky theming. With that it was painfully obvious that you were at Disney, this could be any store.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

News

World of Disney Store Opens in Disney Springs

Looks nice and spacious.

Looks nice - glad they didn't go quite as stark/cold as they have been doing with the mall stores

 

[Iowamomof4]

Went inside it about an hour ago. My first thought was a lot of room to walk around. I’m interested how it will be once the 2nd half of the store opens.

My big question is: Do they have bags for your purchases or must we provide our own? (it's okay if you don't know, you just mentioned being there)

 

[Firebird060]

I would suspect because Disney Springs also offers resort Deliveries and they tend to attach the delivery slips to WDW bags, that the store still has bags for free. You are correct that Disney has aggressively moved to removing bags from its retail stores outside of WDW but because the store in Disney Springs used the generic WDW bags anyway and not the specific Disney Store bags, and because like I said they offer Resort Delivery, it would make since that the Disney Store in Disney Springs would continue to use plastic for now.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

NEWS

Permits filed show more details on location of Star Wars Hotel, located on other side of drainage canal from Hollywood Studios

https://wdwnt.com/2018/07/breaking-...ctions-to-disneys-hollywood-studios-revealed/

 

[jlundeen]

My big question is: Do they have bags for your purchases or must we provide our own? (it's okay if you don't know, you just mentioned being there)

Perhaps they will go back to paper....we all somehow managed to carry around our purchases with paper bags.

 

[jknezek]

Perhaps they will go back to paper....we all somehow managed to carry around our purchases with paper bags.

And used them to protect our public school textbooks!