News Round Up 2019

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Disney Plus News tweeted out these images and I hadn't seen all of this together in one spot so thought it was a good summary of what original content is coming when to Disney+ ... Didn't realize all the small series coming in 2020 (like behind the scenes of Frozen II and of Animal Kingdom)

Coming at Launch:
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Coming in 2020:
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Coming in 2021:
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The new content is nice to know about, but I think a lot of us would sign up simply due to access to the OLD content and I think there is still questions around what (or how much) old content there will be. "Old is new .. if you've never seen it before (or haven't seen it in a while)"
 
I have a hard time considering The Island of Pigeon Forge as a park of any sort, never mind a top 10 one...

This list is always strange though.
The Island of Pigeon Forge? Really Trip Adviser? Have you ever been there? A couple of rides and what basically is an outdoor shopping mall? IMHO the only thing there worth anything is the Ole Smokey Mountain Distillery and that is almost impossible to get in to.

Why don't you have Mall of America on your list too?
 
Well looks like I know what I'll be watching for the next three years. I'm kind of geeking out over all the behind the scenes type content. I mean you can only watch the same Travel Channel episode on Blizzard Beach so many times :P
I would love to see stuff like this. Unfortunately I've never been able to find it on our Canadian stations and we don't seem to carry the Travel Channel.

My DD flips when we cross the border as we get so many more options on our Netflix account. She downloads a bunch of stuff when we're at Disney and can still watch it when we return to Canada! :)
 

Is anyone besides me, hoping that Virgin actually goes through with their plans to run the rail line from the Airport to Disney, and maybe we can get away from the Magical Express and instead have a Disney Express train. I really like the 15 minute ride from Degal in paris to DLP via train compared to there 1hr bus ride.
 
Is anyone besides me, hoping that Virgin actually goes through with their plans to run the rail line from the Airport to Disney, and maybe we can get away from the Magical Express and instead have a Disney Express train. I really like the 15 minute ride from Degal in paris to DLP via train compared to there 1hr bus ride.
Part of me thinks this is great but another part of me isn't sure it would really save much time. Going from A to B is great (e.g. Degal to Paris) but the challenge is the DME goes from A to 20 different Disney Resorts. If there was an express train, wouldn't it still mean a transfer to another kind of transportation to get people from the train station to their resort? How often does the train run?

While it sounds like a train has potential to be faster getting to Disney, I'm not sure it would save much/any time in getting me to my actual resort. The less changes I need to make with our carry-on luggage etc, the better for our family, especially after a long day of travel already behind us.

Just my .02
 
Part of me thinks this is great but another part of me isn't sure it would really save much time. Going from A to B is great (e.g. Degal to Paris) but the challenge is the DME goes from A to 20 different Disney Resorts. If there was an express train, wouldn't it still mean a transfer to another kind of transportation to get people from the train station to their resort? How often does the train run?

While it sounds like a train has potential to be faster getting to Disney, I'm not sure it would save much/any time in getting me to my actual resort. The less changes I need to make with our carry-on luggage etc, the better for our family, especially after a long day of travel already behind us.

Just my .02


I guess it all depends on where they put the Terminal on Disney property and the frequency of trains, my thoughts on this is that if Disney ever makes Makes the magical express a not free service, then for my dollars I would prefer a train transfer, right now Magical express is free, so I take it, but If i had to pay for transport from MCO to my resort then, I would rather hop a train if that option was available. It would be a long time coming anyway, as there has been talks of a train from MCO to WDW for years and nothing has come from it.
 
I would love to see stuff like this. Unfortunately I've never been able to find it on our Canadian stations and we don't seem to carry the Travel Channel.

My DD flips when we cross the border as we get so many more options on our Netflix account. She downloads a bunch of stuff when we're at Disney and can still watch it when we return to Canada! :)

Have you tried at your library? When I need a WDW fix, I often order DVDs through inter-library loan and there are a few that have TC-esque documentaries.
 
I think every iteration of the franchise (radio show, novel, mini series, video game, and movie) have all been highly enjoyable. So really I think whatever comes of this, I’ll be a fan, the source material is just gold.

Adams is one of my favorite authors and I agree. Between the mini series and the film I think they hit the right tone and individually touched upon different things that were important to the source material.
 
Universal is holding a large press conference on August 1st at the Orange County Convention center, most likely for the first major public announcement for the new theme park and resort complex they are building (Rumored to be named Fantastic Worlds) basically across the street from the Convention center.
 
Universal is holding a large press conference on August 1st at the Orange County Convention center, most likely for the first major public announcement for the new theme park and resort complex they are building (Rumored to be named Fantastic Worlds) basically across the street from the Convention center.
We were just at the Convention Center last weekend for a martial arts tournament. That area is really, really congested at all hours of the day, weekday or weekend. I will be fascinated to see how Universal decides to handle transportation. If it is surface road buses, transfers between the parks will truly suck. You could easily blow an hour or two of your ticketed day just trying to move between them. I get that we complain about Disney buses, but it's rare that you are on the bus more than a half an hour to anywhere. You may wait a while to get a bus, but the ride itself is generally not bad (barring an accident of course). How Universal handles it is my biggest question. That and where they get all the employees they are going to need...
 
We were just at the Convention Center last weekend for a martial arts tournament. That area is really, really congested at all hours of the day, weekday or weekend. I will be fascinated to see how Universal decides to handle transportation. If it is surface road buses, transfers between the parks will truly suck. You could easily blow an hour or two of your ticketed day just trying to move between them. I get that we complain about Disney buses, but it's rare that you are on the bus more than a half an hour to anywhere. You may wait a while to get a bus, but the ride itself is generally not bad (barring an accident of course). How Universal handles it is my biggest question. That and where they get all the employees they are going to need...

This is part of it: https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/video/xpZDV3ZzE6M0-YTO73ryX8rsKrlWrI6s
 
Universal is holding a large press conference on August 1st at the Orange County Convention center, most likely for the first major public announcement for the new theme park and resort complex they are building (Rumored to be named Fantastic Worlds) basically across the street from the Convention center.

What would "Fantastic Worlds" be? Is there a theme they are going for? Outer Space, Fantasy?
 
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