News Round Up 2019

[rteetz]

Of course the day after we leave

I wouldn't be surprised if there are soft openings though. I fully expect them.

 

[SaintsManiac]

I'm very happy to have a preferred room booked at Pop in November! YAY Skyliner!!!

 

[SG131]

News

We have an opening date!!

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...-on-sept-29-2019-at-walt-disney-world-resort/

Darn, I was really hoping for them during opening weekend of star wars.

 

[rteetz]

I'm very happy to have a preferred room booked at Pop in November! YAY Skyliner!!!

I am at CBR in November and Pop in January so I am excited for sure.

 

[scrappinginontario]

I wouldn't be surprised if there are soft openings though. I fully expect them.

Thanks for this hope. We're there until the 16th which may be too early for even soft openings but I'm still choosing to dream it could happen!

 

[danikoski]

NEWS

Aladdin crosses $950m globally, Toy Story 4 $750m

https://thedisinsider.com/2019/07/14/aladdin-toy-sory-4-box-office/

also, just thinking How Big this year can get for Disney, they are already at $6.4bn in global ticket sales, and still has the Lion King, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Frozen 2, and Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker coming

I went and saw Aladdin on Thursday, and the movie theater was pretty full...Fuller then I expected. I also thought the movie was good, and Will Smith did a good job of putting his own touch on the Genie.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

definitely bummed the Skyliner isn't opening sooner - was hoping to take advantage of them during our stay at POP this August ... so guess we will just be teased by them our entire stay

 

[evlaina]

And the predicted discounts have started. Guessing they'll announce this same offer to the general public within a few days.

Selfishly hoping they don't offer a second round of FD for September as we're hoping the crowds will be lighter than normal.

You and me both!!

 

[rteetz]

News

Man Allegedly Exposed to Toxic Fumes at Disney’s Vero Beach Resort

 

[tlmadden73]

Surprised it wont be open for SWGE grand opening .. but I guess there are reasons. Dont want a dangling gondola to be rushed into production.

Looking forward to an AoA stay in October.

 

[soniam]

Although I would think it could be worked out without any actual cash going to Disney - perhaps just supplying the cars would be enough. Obviously that would cost Tesla $$ as well, but perhaps quite a bit less than a traditional sponsorship and could be built into some of their other capital expenditures.

Oh sure. Free Cash Flow doesn't refer to cash explicitly. It's likely Tesla would supply the batteries and motors or something along those lines plus tech support and repair/replacement services, not hard cash. That being said, it doesn't matter how it's structured. Tesla has a resource imbalance. They need more than they have, and giving some away would be difficult. Though I suspect a few hundred batteries and motors and a few dozen chargers wouldn't break Tesla, I'm not sure it would be worth it either. Pretty much all the Disney corporate sponsorships have disappeared. That's not an accident. It's hard to imagine Tesla all of a sudden deciding it makes sense when just about everyone else has decided it doesn't. Except GM, who each generation turns their World of Motion/Test Track sponsorship into more advertising and less entertainment. Bleh.

All of that would require engineers and people. Those don't come free you know. Sometimes when Tesla has a large backlog of cars to deliver to customers, they round up salaried employees who aren't directly involved in the manufacturing or sales of the cars to help out. That way they don't have to pay extra. He is very frugal when it comes to spending money. Tesla employees, well at least some of them, don't even get discounts on the cars.

 

[scrappinginontario]

It may be totally unrelated as really only 1 resort is affected but, the new Disney Visa cardholder's offer that was released today ends the day before the Skyliner opens. Coincidence??

 

[rteetz]

It may be totally unrelated as really only 1 resort is affected but, the new Disney Visa cardholder's offer that was released today ends the day before the Skyliner opens. Coincidence??

I think in this case yes. I still expect more discounts very soon. There is only one skyliner resort in that discount option.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

It may be totally unrelated as really only 1 resort is affected but, the new Disney Visa cardholder's offer that was released today ends the day before the Skyliner opens. Coincidence??

might be more the date and I know Disney's fiscal calendar starts oct 1st, so just their next like scheduling period might start the 29th since that is the Sunday of the first week that goes into the next fiscal period

So the date is relevant to both, but one isn't necessarily impacting the other, if that makes sense

 

[TheMaxRebo]

NEWS

This sounds pretty neat - nothing major but I love additions like this to Disney+ and just short things you can put on when you have a few minutes

https://www.laughingplace.com/w/new...-series-marvels-storyboards-coming-to-disney/

 

[PaintsWithAllTheColors]

I wouldn't be surprised if there are soft openings though. I fully expect them.

Good point. We booked Sep 21-23 at CBR before our AK DVC stay with the intent of trying them out... we’ll see if that’s late enough for soft openings. Fingers crossed!

 

[leholcomb]

All of that would require engineers and people. Those don't come free you know. Sometimes when Tesla has a large backlog of cars to deliver to customers, they round up salaried employees who aren't directly involved in the manufacturing or sales of the cars to help out. That way they don't have to pay extra. He is very frugal when it comes to spending money. Tesla employees, well at least some of them, don't even get discounts on the cars.

None of us do.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

NEWS

https://twitter.com/x/status/1150845116137070592

 

[TheMaxRebo]

NEWS

https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-storie...g-to-the-d23-expo-for-the-first-time-in-2019/

 

[TheMaxRebo]

NEWS

more Disney Parks Play App pins released

https://twitter.com/x/status/1150865747675156481