News Round Up 2018

[rteetz]

News

New Disneyland Hotel experiencing a delay...

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-disneyland-hotel-subsidy-20180815-story.html#

 

[rteetz]

News

2018 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party MagicBand revealed

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Speaking of the Aventura Hotel, Tim Tracker just posted a video review:

Showed this to my husband and he really liked the place as do I. Modern is not really my style but their usage of space is great. I'd be fine especially if the beds are comfy and easy to sleep on. Interested to see some reviews over time of how people feel the place settles in.

Excited to see a video of the new Endless Summer Resorts too when they get done starting next year!

 

[Douglas Dubh]

I hope they have a DVC wing, it’s so hard to get into Grand Californian through DVC from 7 months out.

I've read that's unlikely. Hotel rooms get a tax cut from the city, timeshare units do not. Maybe they will convert some rooms in one of the other hotels, but supposedly that will require approval of the city, and nothing has been proposed.

 

[rteetz]

I've read that's unlikely. Hotel rooms get a tax cut from the city, timeshare units do not. Maybe they will convert some rooms in one of the other hotels, but supposedly that will require approval of the city, and nothing has been proposed.

And the city is not giving any breaks for the project now. Anaheim is playing hard ball with their biggest revenue maker.

 

[ej119]

News

New Disneyland Hotel experiencing a delay...

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-disneyland-hotel-subsidy-20180815-story.html#

This is so disappointing, and I also think pretty misguided of Anaheim politicos. Of course Disney can't physically move Disneyland, but what is the city council hoping to accomplish by hindering future resort development? Disney could also pull the plug on the new Marvel section of the park in retaliation.

 

[rteetz]

This is so disappointing, and I also think pretty misguided of Anaheim politicos. Of course Disney can't physically move Disneyland, but what is the city council hoping to accomplish by hindering future resort development? Disney could also pull the plug on the new Marvel section of the park in retaliation.

I don’t think Disney will go that far but it’s definitely going to be a battle.

 

[rteetz]

News

James Gunn will reportedly not be reinstated and Kevin Feige stands behind that

https://screenrant.com/disney-kevin-feige-james-gunn-guardians-galaxy-3-director/

 

[MissGina5]

News

James Gunn will reportedly not be reinstated and Kevin Feige stands behind that

https://screenrant.com/disney-kevin-feige-james-gunn-guardians-galaxy-3-director/

literally cannot boooooo this hard enough

 

[circus4u]

Not Disney related, but for all you coaster fans out there, Canada is going for a record-setting coaster, a 245-foot tall coaster that goes 80 miles per hour, four total inversions, and 3625 feet long, opening next year.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel-play/2018/08/15/dive-roller-coaster-yukon-striker-orig.cnn

 

[mum22girlz]

News

Mobile ordering making its way to the resorts

https://wdwnt.news/18081509

I was really hoping that they would allow gift card purchases or the ability to charge to your room by my September trip. I'm now realizing that's it's pretty unlikely. Instead of purchasing the dining plan, we load that money onto a Disney gift card so that dining is still prepaid. I guess we still have to stand in line . . .

 

[Brocktoon]

literally cannot boooooo this hard enough

Hopefully they'll still use his screenplay, or at least some of the ideas. It sounds like Gunn had planned for the current Guardians team to have a trilogy so it would be nice to see his vision completed. There's no way of avoiding having his name somewhere up on the screen even if it's some sort 'based on story/characters developed by' line ... so Marvel might as well just use the script.

 

[Brocktoon]

News

My Disney Experience now lets you buy merchandise on the app

https://wdwnt.com/2018/08/photos-ne...s-you-to-buy-merchandise-directly-on-the-app/

Makes me wonder what the point of shop Disney parks is now?

I'm probably living under a rock, but after logging into the Disney WEBSITE (not the MDE app) I've noticed you can now 'shop parks' via the account menu on your browser. Is this new? I thought you needed the Shop Parks app. 1st time I've noticed the ability to shop the parks via your PC (not the shop disney website) and was wondering if this was updated the same time they updated the MDE app ...

 

[TheMaxRebo]

News

New Disneyland Hotel experiencing a delay...

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-disneyland-hotel-subsidy-20180815-story.html#

Definitely interesting and definitely a political fight

Saw at the end of the article commentary about the proposed living wage bill that Disney was against saying it would discourage new development .... but obviously not having this tax break is also discouraging new development so perhaps they give them the tax break if they support the bill requiring paying a living wage to employees working at locations that receive a tax break or something

 

[OKW Lover]

Would be funny/cool if Universal tried to stick it to Disney and use more of the Marvel brand (though I don’t think they are able to exchange and outside of the parks or anything)

Wondering just what the terms of the marketing agreement between Marvel and Universal is. Would adding more Marvel to Universal actually result in Disney (Marvel's new owner) actually seeing an increase in the franchise fees?

 

[skier_pete]

I hope they have a DVC wing, it’s so hard to get into Grand Californian through DVC from 7 months out.

All indications seem to be there will not be. Disney was allocated a small number of timeshare slots, and I guess half of those were used for VGC, so in theory there could be a similar small DVC segment to this hotel - but it seems like most think that won't happen. I have to say if it did I would buy 50 points in a hot second.

 

[bookbabe626]

Not Disney related, but for all you coaster fans out there, Canada is going for a record-setting coaster, a 245-foot tall coaster that goes 80 miles per hour, four total inversions, and 3625 feet long, opening next year.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel-play/2018/08/15/dive-roller-coaster-yukon-striker-orig.cnn

Here’s a local article about it. Sounds kind of epic, but a little scary...

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...ive-coaster-coming-to-canadas-wonderland.html

 

[Brocktoon]

Could Joss Whedon's Buffy-verse and Firefly be coming to Marvel Comics?

https://www.cbr.com/exclusive-fox-pulls-buffy-vampire-slayer-license-from-dark-horse/

For years Dark Horse comics has been publishing in-canon Buffy and Firefly stories. Now that Disney has acquired Fox, they have pulled back the publishing rights from Dark Horse. This may be very similar to what happened with Star Wars. Dark Horse published Star Wars books for years until Disney got Lucasfilm ... then Marvel rebooted the comic line.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Wondering just what the terms of the marketing agreement between Marvel and Universal is. Would adding more Marvel to Universal actually result in Disney (Marvel's new owner) actually seeing an increase in the franchise fees?

It's a complicated contract to know for sure but the impression I got was that Universals rights are for the parks and what they already have in the parks and they have to maintain it, etc. .... not sure if they are able to build something brand new - and especially outside of the parks I think Disney would fight that

 

[OKW Lover]

All indications seem to be there will not be. Disney was allocated a small number of timeshare slots, and I guess half of those were used for VGC, so in theory there could be a similar small DVC segment to this hotel - but it seems like most think that won't happen. I have to say if it did I would buy 50 points in a hot second.

I don't understand the part about Disney been allocated timeshare slots. Who/what does this allocation?