News Round Up 2019

[Farro]

NEWS

Free dining offer for 2020 for UK guests announced (no idea how details compares to past years but seems to still be pretty substantial)

https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-storie...er-for-2020-arrivals-coming-for-uk-residents/

Maybe this is can be sort of a hopeful sign that they won't do away with all resort discounts next year? Like the AP one? Hopeful?

 

[crazy4wdw]

those CR sinks are awful and need to be replaced. lol

Agree, I hope the flat sinks in the bathrooms are replaced!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Agree, I hope the flat sinks in the bathrooms are replaced!

Although we stayed there when my youngest was an infant and it worked well for bathing her

 

[rteetz]

News

Tokyo Disneyland’s Cinderella Castle Undergoing 6 Month Refurbishment Starting Later This Year

 

[rteetz]

Photo Update

PHOTO REPORT: Downtown Disney District 4/13/19 (Parking Structure Updates, Orange Bird Alex and Ani Bangle, Black Tap Updates, ETC.)

 

[rteetz]

Photo Update

PHOTO REPORT: Disney California Adventure 4/13/19 (New Rainbow Unicorn Merchandise, Rita’s Baja Blenders Refurbishment, etc.)

 

[rteetz]

News

“Donald’s Hot Jungle Summer” and “Disney Pirates Summer” Coming July 9th – September 1st to Tokyo Disney Resort

 

[rteetz]

Photo Update

PHOTOS: Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure at Epcot – Construction Update 4/14/19

 

[rteetz]

Photo Update

PHOTOS: 2019 Easter Egg Display at Disney’s Contemporary Resort

 

[rteetz]

News

Weekly Walt Disney World Maintenance Report (4/14/19) – “Okay, It’s Worse…”

 

[rteetz]

News

Lucasfilm Releases New Images From Disney+ Series, “The Mandalorian”, Series Debuts November 12th

 

[Farro]

News

Weekly Walt Disney World Maintenance Report (4/14/19) – “Okay, It’s Worse…”

This list, I mean...I suppose if I went to any theme park as often as some do, I would be able to make a list of everything that is broken or dirty.

How do we even know if half of these are true? Maybe the elephant didn't spray when that person went by, but did when another person went by?

I'm sure there are some maintenance issues that WDW could be working on, but I would never even notice most of that list.

I just can't imagine going on vacation and looking for things to be disappointed about, and some of those items had to be looked for.

 

[rteetz]

This list, I mean...I suppose if I went to any theme park as often as some do, I would be able to make a list of everything that is broken or dirty.

How do we even know if half of these are true? Maybe the elephant didn't spray when that person went by, but did when another person went by?

I'm sure there are some maintenance issues that WDW could be working on, but I would never even notice most of that list.

I just can't imagine going on vacation and looking for things to be disappointed about, and some of those items had to be looked for.

Some aspects are certainly worse than others and usually these aren't just single reports. They usually compile multiple visits/reports to show it is truly broken/needs repair.

I think the point of this list is that maintenance at WDW has fallen a bit over the years. I am not a big fan of the Walt argument but when he was around with Disneyland if something wasn't properly working they would shut the attraction down until it was fixed.

There are certainly things around WDW that have been broken for years now.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Some aspects are certainly worse than others and usually these aren't just single reports. They usually compile multiple visits/reports to show it is truly broken/needs repair.

I think the point of this list is that maintenance at WDW has fallen a bit over the years. I am not a big fan of the Walt argument but when he was around with Disneyland if something wasn't properly working they would shut the attraction down until it was fixed.

There are certainly things around WDW that have been broken for years now.

I didn't notice the bathrooms being dirty. They didn't seem to be that way to me. Nor the trash cans. But I know other people have noticed that.

I've mentioned it before that because I go infrequently I don't notice some of these small details or even larger details that someone who goes time and time again.

I'm thinking they are just trying to call attention to it could put it on Disney's radar better as it's quite easy to imagine some of these things just sit like that as being so low on the priority list. I know though sometimes when I read them I do chuckle a bit at some of them. I understand the main purpose though.

Not the same thing but in the midst of my metro's immense crazy probably never before seen pot hole issue after a harsh winter I thought to myself earlier this month that I was getting tired of the huge potholes coming up and down the main street into my neighborhood. I decided to report them to my city. Those potholes were fixed within a week, well fixed as best they can, which is quite impressive given the thousands of other potholes just the city has to deal with. Had I never contacted the city they would have sat there for who knows how long (they had been there for over 3 months already and were just getting worse and worse).

 

[rteetz]

I didn't notice the bathrooms being dirty. They didn't seem to be that way to me. Nor the trash cans. But I know other people have noticed that.

I've mentioned it before that because I go infrequently I don't notice some of these small details or even larger details that someone who goes time and time again.

I'm thinking they are just trying to call attention to it could put it on Disney's radar better as it's quite easy to imagine some of these things just sit like that as being so low on the priority list. I know though sometimes when I read them I do chuckle a bit at some of them. I understand the main purpose though.

Not the same thing but in the midst of my metro's immense crazy probably never before seen pot hole issue after a harsh winter I thought to myself earlier this month that I was getting tired of the huge potholes coming up and down my street. I decided to report them to my city. Those potholes were fixed within a week, well fixed as best they can, which is quite impressive given the thousands of other potholes just the city has to deal with. Had I never contacted the city they would have sat there for who knows how long (they had been there for over 3 months already and were just getting worse and worse).

Yeah I have seen a mix with bathrooms and trashcans. When Pandora first opened and I am sure it was due to crowds I noticed overflowing trashcans. More recently they have been fine.

Like you said I think this is trying to get Disney to notice some of these things that have been neglected.

 

[MommaBerd]

News

Weekly Walt Disney World Maintenance Report (4/14/19) – “Okay, It’s Worse…”

In regards to the author’s opening paragraph, Shanghai Disneyland IS pretty bad, even when we went a year ago. But, many of the places we went to in Shanghai were like that - they looked nice - even opulent - at first glance or from a distance, but on closer inspection there was lots of wear-and-tear or things in need of repair. It shouldn’t be this way in any Disney Park, but it seemed par for the course in Shanghai.

 

[rteetz]

In regards to the author’s opening paragraph, Shanghai Disneyland IS pretty bad, even when we went a year ago. But, many of the places we went to in Shanghai were like that - they looked nice - even opulent - at first glance or from a distance, but on closer inspection there was lots of wear-and-tear or things in need of repair. It shouldn’t be this way in any Disney Park, but it seemed par for the course in Shanghai.

Yeah I think that’s just a cultural thing. And with Disney not having full ownership I’m not sure what they can do to improve that.

 

[afan]

Not the same thing but in the midst of my metro's immense crazy probably never before seen pot hole issue after a harsh winter I thought to myself earlier this month that I was getting tired of the huge potholes coming up and down the main street into my neighborhood. I decided to report them to my city. Those potholes were fixed within a week, well fixed as best they can, which is quite impressive given the thousands of other potholes just the city has to deal with. Had I never contacted the city they would have sat there for who knows how long (they had been there for over 3 months already and were just getting worse and worse).

Most cities want you to report stuff like potholes etc, it's the only way they find out about it generally. My current city posted on fb to report them after our snow because they don't have enough workers to just find them. I've gotten quick work having graffiti painted over at a park, a street sign fixed after a car knocked it over and a stop light fixed that wasn't recognizing anyone was in the lane to change the light. The light drove me nuts because I was always at it late at night after class and knew if I ran it on red I'd end up caught by a cop that just happened to be there so I'd wait and wait until another car came along.

In that regard, what they're doing with the list is similar but it shouldn't be necessary with Disney. While I understand how big it is, there's also plenty of employee's walking around the area's they work in and should be reporting when things aren't working etc. It shouldn't take it being made public for things to get done.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Most cities want you to report stuff like potholes etc, it's the only way they find out about it generally. My current city posted on fb to report them after our snow because they don't have enough workers to just find them. I've gotten quick work having graffiti painted over at a park, a street sign fixed after a car knocked it over and a stop light fixed that wasn't recognizing anyone was in the lane to change the light. The light drove me nuts because I was always at it late at night after class and knew if I ran it on red I'd end up caught by a cop that just happened to be there so I'd wait and wait until another car came along.

In that regard, what they're doing with the list is similar but it shouldn't be necessary with Disney. While I understand how big it is, there's also plenty of employee's walking around the area's they work in and should be reporting when things aren't working etc. It shouldn't take it being made public for things to get done.

Oh I know most cities want you to report it even mundane things like smaller street lights. I think most people either don't want to worry about the hassle of it, don't think it's a big deal or figure someone else has done it already. I did see a lot of people were reporting pot holes to the city that actually needed to be reported to the state's DOT but the city kindly did the leg work for them..at least they advised that's what they would be doing.

TBH this winter was just so bad the cities know there's a lot of pot holes lol they just don't know each and every street they are on.

I feel ya on the Disney part too.

 

[Farro]

Yeah I have seen a mix with bathrooms and trashcans. When Pandora first opened and I am sure it was due to crowds I noticed overflowing trashcans. More recently they have been fine.

Like you said I think this is trying to get Disney to notice some of these things that have been neglected.

Well then I guess it's nice someone is doing it, but I'll stay blissfully unaware.

So thanks to those keeping an eye out!