News Round Up 2018

[tlmadden73]

I worry they waited too long for this one. I loved the Artemis Fowl books when I was a child, but I feel like I'm not going to enjoy this film much as an adult because of how young it slants. YA feels like stories for 13-18ish, but Artemis Fowl was definitely intended for younger readers than that. I'm not sure the kids who grew up with the books will still enjoy the story, and I don't think the books are as prominent today among today's children. It probably won't matter much since it'll be a movie parents can take their kids to while they're still out of school, but I don't think it'll have the same built-in audience that Hunger Games had, and it definitely doesn't have the staying power that Harry Potter does.

I never heard of this book series surprisingly. Despite it being "YA", it looks interesting to me. I enjoyed Harry Potter as an adult, probably moreso than I would have had I read them as a teenager.

Good stories don't have a shelf life (look at all the comic books movies, the Lord of the Rings or the Disney adaptations of fairy tales).

 

[sherlockmiles]

I never heard of this book series surprisingly. Despite it being "YA", it looks interesting to me. I enjoyed Harry Potter as an adult, probably moreso than I would have had I read them as a teenager.

Good stories don't have a shelf life (look at all the comic books movies, the Lord of the Rings or the Disney adaptations of fairy tales).

I enjoyed most of the series. Got a bit weird in the middle.
Never did spend the time to decode the messages though.
I'm looking forward to seeing the movie.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I worry they waited too long for this one. I loved the Artemis Fowl books when I was a child, but I feel like I'm not going to enjoy this film much as an adult because of how young it slants. YA feels like stories for 13-18ish, but Artemis Fowl was definitely intended for younger readers than that. I'm not sure the kids who grew up with the books will still enjoy the story, and I don't think the books are as prominent today among today's children. It probably won't matter much since it'll be a movie parents can take their kids to while they're still out of school, but I don't think it'll have the same built-in audience that Hunger Games had, and it definitely doesn't have the staying power that Harry Potter does.

That's part of the reason I was saying nowadays.

Twilight was written in 2005 and the first film released in 2008. They were striking while the iron was hot. Harry Potter was published in 1997 with film rights sold in 1998 and the first film released in 2001. Artemis Fowl was written in 2001 with a film being released in 2019; in fairness there was a tv series in the works early on not too long after the first books but it ultimately failed in being produced.

I don't think Artemis Fowl is on the same level as the ones I've mentioned but part of their film success was being released with the public's attention was there.

And consumers shift and change what they like. Many 90s movies could be considered really cheesy and corny by today's standards but were big hits back then. And I think in terms of box office YA novels to film adapatations had a strong run there for a while but interests have waned on that. Though yes Artemis Fowl does run a bit lower in age group.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Good stories don't have a shelf life (look at all the comic books movies, the Lord of the Rings or the Disney adaptations of fairy tales).

A novel to a film adaptation is not the same thing as saying good stories don't have a shelf life.

 

[umichigan10]

yeah, they could do some projections or (can't believe I am saying this) screens for some cool effects or something ... they do a little thing that is kinda cool on the airport shuttle train at the Zurich airport

(skip to about the 1 minute mark)

Exactly. I’m not expecting anything extravagant, but a little hint of something would be cool

 

[rteetz]

News

Ant man and the Wasp facade revealed at Hong Kong Disneyland

https://wdwnt.com/2018/11/photos-new-facade-for-ant-man-and-the-wasp-nano-battle-completed/

 

[Disneymom1126]

From the concept art (which I know is not anything exact) it seems more like the entrance to Tron will involve going over the train tracks - so will be more of a “tunnel” being build that the train will go through

I am interested to see what they do as obviously seeing a steam train doesn’t fit with Tomorrowland so perhaps mix of a tunnel and foliage to hide it?

This makes sense and would also require them to shut down the train for a bit while they build the tunnel/walkway. My thought when riding it this past week and seeing where they are building Tron was just that there would be no way to get to Tron without crossing the tracks in some way!

 

[rteetz]

Random night in October 2019 prices for Gran Destino Tower at Coronado

Standard roughly $525
Water view $552
Standard King $617
Water view King $629
Standard Club access $650
Executive suite $909
One bedroom suite $1305
Presidential suite $1782

 

[Farro]

Random night in October 2019 prices for Gran Destino Tower at Coronado

Standard roughly $525
Water view $552
Standard King $617
Water view King $629
Standard Club access $650
Executive suite $909
One bedroom suite $1305
Presidential suite $1782

Wow!!! Those are definitely deluxe prices.

 

[dolewhipdreams]

News

Disney’s Artemis Fowl trailer

https://twitter.com/artemisfowl/status/1067325112670547971?s=21

That's a fair pint - and while YA books have made for successful movies most that I can think of off hand skew a bit older (Hunger Games, etc.) and, to your point, will teenagers (who can go to the movies alone) think they are "too cool" for Disney?

I agree with all the discussion around why it may flop, but I for one am excited to see what they do with it. I absolutely loved these books. And I'm way too old to think I'm "too cool" for anything so if I'm in that theater by myself then so be it

 

[Moliphino]

Random night in October 2019 prices for Gran Destino Tower at Coronado

Standard roughly $525
Water view $552
Standard King $617
Water view King $629
Standard Club access $650
Executive suite $909
One bedroom suite $1305
Presidential suite $1782

Yikes! I guess I'll never be staying in the tower!

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Random night in October 2019 prices for Gran Destino Tower at Coronado

Standard roughly $525
Water view $552
Standard King $617
Water view King $629
Standard Club access $650
Executive suite $909
One bedroom suite $1305
Presidential suite $1782

I'd love to see some photos of the Presidential Suite (there aren't any or any concept art showing it floating around yet are there?) Ohhh and a One Bedroom Suite. I'm intrigued what the price gets you

BTW is the Standard then 2 queen beds?

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I agree with all the discussion around why it may flop, but I for one am excited to see what they do with it. I absolutely loved these books. And I'm way too old to think I'm "too cool" for anything so if I'm in that theater by myself then so be it

There's always the idea for a DIS meet . We could all be too cool together

 

[Farro]

Yikes! I guess I'll never be staying in the tower!

We were considering it for a big 2020 trip, but we'd rather stay Boardwalk Inn with a Boardwalk/Water view for roughly 100 more a night. If we are going to splurge, then I want a hotel where I can walk to 2 parks with an awesome view!

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Random night in October 2019 prices for Gran Destino Tower at Coronado

Standard roughly $525
Water view $552
Standard King $617
Water view King $629
Standard Club access $650
Executive suite $909
One bedroom suite $1305
Presidential suite $1782

I can't imagine why someone would book a 1BR here when one at BLT (theme park view) is $962 for some random dates in Oct (as one example)... is there something I'm missing?

 

[Tigger's ally]

I can't imagine why someone would book a 1BR here when one at BLT (theme park view) is $962 for some random dates in Oct (as one example)... is there something I'm missing?

Conventions maybe. Keep in mind the business class is why this was built in the first place. Travel expenses are different than my back pocket expenses.

 

[Gusey]

Just a little somthing about Artemis Fowl, work in a book shop here in UK and just this week, you could get the book free (as substitute to the book you were supposed tog et as it was out of stock) if you bought another book and most parents hadn't heard of the book before and was quite a challenge to encourage them. Wonder if it will do well here in the UK based on that???

 

[Mrs. W]

Random night in October 2019 prices for Gran Destino Tower at Coronado

Standard roughly $525
Water view $552
Standard King $617
Water view King $629
Standard Club access $650
Executive suite $909
One bedroom suite $1305
Presidential suite $1782

Oh my! Those prices are substantially more than the prices for my dates 12/4-12/7/19. I’ll be at BLT, but I looked at Gran Tower earlier and it’s only $378/night for standard view club level. I wish Coronado had additional transportation options, but then of course, it wouldn’t be $378 for club level.

 

[Farro]

The site confused me. I looked dates and all the Tower rooms were unavailable, they only had the (old) hotel room prices.

 

[The Pho]

I can't imagine why someone would book a 1BR here when one at BLT (theme park view) is $962 for some random dates in Oct (as one example)... is there something I'm missing?

It's a big convention hotel so people going for the convention want to stay close to that. I think the pricing is less for park goers.