News Round Up 2018

[AMusicLifeForMe]

well, the article specifically is worded as: "The Disney Parks Live Entertainment team is already busy creating new thrills to debut immediately following the conclusion of “IllumiNations,” continuing the tradition of nightly entertainment on the World Showcase Lagoon."

I take that to mean no gap period between the old and new shows (or at the very least, very minimal)

I just hope we don't get another "Concert On The Water" like a specific show that I wasted 25 minutes of my life watching a few years ago.

I hope the new show can immediately debut instead of a "placeholder" show.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I'm saddened by the news of IllumiNations. I am excited for something new but I have doubts that Disney will 'do right' by the new show and I think that's just moreseo because of their trends the last several years or so.

I don't want a grand, talked up show only for cutbacks and whatnot. I give credit for delays (sometimes things happen) but ROL was way too long of a delay for me to be fully forgiving lol so hopefully fingers crossed that does not happen.

I did like how IllumiNations wasn't just a fireworks show, wasn't just a show with music and wasn't just a show with laser lights. Encompassing a variety of things to keep your eyes and ears going this way and that way, etc.

So in a nutshell I'll be cautiously optimistic and hey at least YouTube is around

 

[jlundeen]

Looking forward to a change!!!

I am too. I like this one, but, I think the first we saw in 1989 I think was actually better. Sponsored by GE...

Maybe it's cause it was our first trip to Epcot...but I liked the old show's music much more (I'm a sucker for the big symphonic Classical stuff though....it ended with the "1812 Overture" and was breathtaking!) After the show, they projected the map of the world on Spaceship Earth, and then played several variations of "Small World" - which may have been fitting, but I think it was more to drive people out of the park... HA HA HA

Here's a YouTube video if anyone is interested in a little history...

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I am too. I like this one, but, I think the first we saw in 1989 I think was actually better. Sponsored by GE...

Maybe it's cause it was our first trip to Epcot...but I liked the old show's music much more (I'm a sucker for the big symphonic Classical stuff though....it ended with the "1812 Overture" and was breathtaking!) After the show, they projected the map of the world on Spaceship Earth, and then played several variations of "Small World" - which may have been fitting, but I think it was more to drive people out of the park... HA HA HA

Here's a YouTube video if anyone is interested in a little history...

Agreed! We liked the prior version better, and never really got into this one. That said, I do have that Illuminations dessert party booked for Nov, so we can wish it a not-super-fond-but-still farewell!

 

[JJZMgailey]

I prefer to read this headline as "New Show coming to Epcot in 2019".

Same here!!! YES!! It's not ALL bad.

 

[Dean Marino]

Is there a dedicated thread for this issue? I'll be happy to take my question there....

Is anyone else still having trouble with the website and the app? I haven't seen any improvements for quite a while - still no friends and family list (however they do appear on the page where you can make FPs, and I confirmed in the online chat that everyone is still linked to my account), and my reservations list is still not correct. Not a showstopper for me right now as I can see all the ADRs I made (under my name - the one under another of the travelers name is not showing up), and their Dolphin reservation is still not showing up. Wondering where this is now...

There is no website - just a continuing experiment. AMAZON has a website. WDW has a toy.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

There is no website - just a continuing experiment. AMAZON has a website. WDW has a toy.

lol that's a good analogy really.

But even Amazon has it's hiccups. The awful most recent Prime Day comes to mind where the website broke on a day when many people were relying on it to work.

Every now and then I have issues with my Amazon app too where it closes unexpectedly, freezes, etc.

But it's not close to the issues that have been reported over time with MDE or Disney's website

 

[Mr. Mickey]

I got an interesting email from Disney for a survey about ESPN. This wa snot a usual survey however. I always like to do the surveys to see if there’s any information I can obtain but this one was really weird. It has four questions:
1 Age
2 Gender
3 Have you seen Jack Ryan?
4 Do you intend on watching Jack Ryan?

And that was it. I could be mistaking but isn’t this a non Disney show? And even weirder why was this under ESPN? Does anyone have any info about this particular survey?

 

[ICTVgrad07]

I'm sad about Illuminations ending" but knew it was on borrowed time the last few years. Our wedding song was "promise" so the show will always have a special place in our hearts. Luckily we have trips planned for end of Oct and mid-Dec on the books...and hubby texted me and was like "Illuminations- every night!"

Intrigued to see what's next!

 

[rteetz]

News

Disney Files Trademark for the Name Skymosphere

 

[rteetz]

News

New promotional Mickey Mouse MagicBand given out at hospitality event

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I got an interesting email from Disney for a survey about ESPN. This wa snot a usual survey however. I always like to do the surveys to see if there’s any information I can obtain but this one was really weird. It has four questions:
1 Age
2 Gender
3 Have you seen Jack Ryan?
4 Do you intend on watching Jack Ryan?

And that was it. I could be mistaking but isn’t this a non Disney show? And even weirder why was this under ESPN? Does anyone have any info about this particular survey?

These are random loose guesses:

Target audience of ESPN is on average males. Target audience of Jack Ryan is likely also on average males. Maybe they are trying to see if there is an interest level towards that type of show in regards to them producing a show similar to it and if it would appeal towards one demographic more than another.

I'm not sure that ESPN has much to do with it, IMO, but maybe that's where that type of target audience and topic would be more likely to reach who they are wanting it to to get responses.

(FWIW both my husband and I watch Jack Ryan and we both like it lol )

 

[Capang]

News

Disney Files Trademark for the Name Skymosphere

Doesn’t really roll off the tongue, does it? I’d confuse it with Stratosphere in Vegas.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

News

New promotional Mickey Mouse MagicBand given out at hospitality event

Aww man I actually really like that design too

 

[Capang]

Aww man I actually really like that design too

I do, too. Those little Mickey heads look like the Mickey confetti in the snow globe Mickey head picture frames they’ve been selling in the park.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Doesn’t really roll off the tongue, does it? I’d confuse it with Stratosphere in Vegas.

I'd confuse it with Cosmosphere but you'd likely have to be local to where I'm at to get that connection lol. I agree it's a bit of a mouthful. I think my mind would try to say Skiesmosphere rather than Skymosphere.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I do, too. Those little Mickey heads look like the Mickey confetti in the snow globe Mickey head picture frames they’ve been selling in the park.

Oh yeah that's true! If it just had the Mickey I'd like it but those small Mickey heads and the various colors make it IMO.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Same here!!! YES!! It's not ALL bad.

well, it can be both - take time to appreciate and remember what we love about the existing show but still look forward to the new

I loved Wishes - tons of emotional connections to it ... but also love Happily Ever After and actually think it has an even better message

So lets enjoy Illuminations while we have it - I love that they gave us a years notice so people can make a trip to see it - but also be excited for the new show - or at a minimum cautiously optimistic! (sometimes I feel like "Cautiously Optimistic" is what I should change me user name to )

edit: hope that didn't come off as snarky - wasn't my intent at all, I know you always try to look at the positive in any situation @WebmasterJackie ... just while I am excited for the new I am going to miss Illuminations and it's message, etc.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I got an interesting email from Disney for a survey about ESPN. This wa snot a usual survey however. I always like to do the surveys to see if there’s any information I can obtain but this one was really weird. It has four questions:
1 Age
2 Gender
3 Have you seen Jack Ryan?
4 Do you intend on watching Jack Ryan?

And that was it. I could be mistaking but isn’t this a non Disney show? And even weirder why was this under ESPN? Does anyone have any info about this particular survey?

Jack Ryan is on Amazon Prime ... so yeah, like others have said my guess is how much this type of show resonates with the same audience as ESPN?

Doesn't seem like the type of show that would be on the new Disney streaming service either

 

[TheMaxRebo]

News

Disney Files Trademark for the Name Skymosphere

makes me think of Streemosphere so wonder if they are planning on using that term to describe shows that take place in the sky (using drones, etc.) and not the name of a particular show