News Round Up 2018

[AMusicLifeForMe]

Posted an illuminations update in the rumor and illuminations threads.

You are scaring me. Do I even dare to look?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I am thinking a "spaceship" type bus. The inside is all screens or something and you are transported over.

The hotel is also only two stories so expect things to be very limited.

yeah, I guess be it something on a track or just a specialized bus it is the same effect

 

[TheMaxRebo]

You are scaring me. Do I even dare to look?

depends when your next trip is

 

[wnwardii]

depends when your next trip is

Does today count for @AMusicLifeForMe?

 

[rteetz]

You are scaring me. Do I even dare to look?

Get your illuminations viewings in now...

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

Get your illuminations viewings in now...

 

[FoxC63]

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

Have a great trip!

 

[rteetz]

News

Plan Your End-of-Summer Vacation to the Disneyland Resort with a Special Hotel Offer

 

[Firebird060]

If Disney goes with buses to SWL from the Star Wars Hotel, it just shows how far behind WDW is because of budget worries compared to Tokyo Disney. I swear there are about 3 different ways I can think of without being a Imagineer to transport people from the SWH to SWL without using something ground based.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

If Disney goes with buses to SWL from the Star Wars Hotel, it just shows how far behind WDW is because of budget worries compared to Tokyo Disney. I swear there are about 3 different ways I can think of without being a Imagineer to transport people from the SWH to SWL without using something ground based.

and it isn't like they have never heard of a gondola

 

[Iowamomof4]

Anything on wheels just would seem extremely out of place at a Star Wars resort. "Wheels" scream "Earth" to me. Some sort of gondola or conveyor system would fit in much better with the theme.

 

[Firebird060]

and it isn't like they have never heard of a gondola

Gondolas are a option but really, its not that far of a distance lets have disney add a monorail, people mover highbread, call it a horizontal space elevator for the guests. The full loop of track would maybe be a mile at the most if they add mag lev tech from the 90s it would be less moving parts and cost less to run then a fleet of busses.

Also it would allow Disney to tell everyone to stop saying they need more monorail because hey there you go Disney just added the smallest monorail track on Disney Property.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Gondolas are a option but really, its not that far of a distance lets have disney add a monorail, people mover highbread, call it a horizontal space elevator for the guests. The full loop of track would maybe be a mile at the most if they add mag lev tech from the 90s it would be less moving parts and cost less to run then a fleet of busses.

oh I agree, I was always thinking it would have been something like the people mover (maybe not that exact technology but something like a tram on a track) ... my point was just that Disney is clearly open to new forms of technology anyway so why be married to simply using buses for what will be (largely) your most expensive stay on property?

Now, maybe it is something like self driving automated "buses" - just something not on a track and it will work really well, but just a bit surprised to hear it might/will be buses

 

[hertamaniac]

I am thinking a "spaceship" type bus. The inside is all screens or something and you are transported over.

The hotel is also only two stories so expect things to be very limited.

I also think that as well with the caveat that the "spaceship bus" will have a dedicated port at the hotel that may not be have any visibility to the outside. Perhaps it can be an all-electric vehicle given the short distance and no real concerns on toxic fumes, etc.

 

[Firebird060]

The Enchanted Tiki Room Pop vinyls are now available at Boutiki at the Polynesian!

They are also on ShopDisney now. They are backordered and I didnt see them yesterday but they are there right now

 

[jessicag13]

They are also on ShopDisney now. They are backordered and I didnt see them yesterday but they are there right now

THANK YOU!!! order placed.
i've been checking the app ever since the release, but never think to check the website

 

[Firebird060]

No problem, I know my wife wanted them for our Tiki Room so I have been watching myself. I mean i could pay someone to go to disney to buy one for me but I really dont like paying the extra for someone else to have fun at Disney on my behalf. Now if only there was a way to use my AP discount on the website and get my 20 percent off lol...

 

[rteetz]

Arneil the greeter at Port Orleans French Quarter is retiring.

 

[rteetz]

News

New Disney’s Magical Express Buses Debuting at Walt Disney World Later This Year

 

[Amy11401]

Arneil the greeter at Port Orleans French Quarter is retiring.

Do we know when he is retiring? I was hoping to be able to meet him when we go in the fall.