News Round Up 2019

[rteetz]

they are having trouble filling the place? That sound you hear is me not being surprised

You and pretty much everyone.

 

[dlavender]

And when you add in taking away the boarders, stickers, and editing...........it really plummets......

We all should have seen this coming when they included it in the price of APs.

 

[rteetz]

News

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2019/09/walt-disney-world-announces-sponsorship.html

 

[dina444444]

NEWS

Well this is sad news - Mickey and Minnie should be one of the last paces to not have people photographers

https://twitter.com/x/status/1172269839458734082

At Disneyland most character meet and greets don’t have any photo pass photographers anymore and we don’t have the boxes.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

At Disneyland most character meet and greets don’t have any photo pass photographers anymore and we don’t have the boxes.

Yet another reason why I greatly prefer character meets at WDW over DLR

 

[Firebird060]

News

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2019/09/walt-disney-world-announces-sponsorship.html

Im waiting for UCF to change there name to Walt Disneys UCF, within 10 years if enough cast members take advantage of the aspire program, such a large portion of UCFs budget will be funded by Disney,

 

[jknezek]

News

https://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2019/09/nba-experience-to-offer-free-admission.html?m=1

yeah. I think I had the over/under on this place at 3 years when it was announced. I'm thinking I might have been ridiculously optimistic.

 

[skier_pete]

At Disneyland most character meet and greets don’t have any photo pass photographers anymore and we don’t have the boxes.

Yet another reason why I greatly prefer character meets at WDW over DLR

Ahh, remember the days of when you had to take your own vacation pictures?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Ahh, remember the days of when you had to take your own vacation pictures?

I do and the end result was that I showed up in zero of the pictures

 

[TheMaxRebo]

NEWS

Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks Dessert Party Dates & Pricing Announced

https://twitter.com/x/status/1172572821870063617

 

[tlmadden73]

News

https://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2019/09/nba-experience-to-offer-free-admission.html?m=1

So how long before they offer heavily discounted or free admission to all resort guests?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

PHOTOS

some images of the new photo box at Mickey/Minnie greet .... the camera is "hidden" in the bookcase

https://twitter.com/x/status/1172578897663266817

 

[Firebird060]

So how long before they offer heavily discounted or free admission to all resort guests?

The better question is how long is the contract with the NBA to use the branding expires and Disney Closes this experience.

 

[tlmadden73]

The better question is how long is the contract with the NBA to use the branding expires and Disney Closes this experience.

Considering that ABC/ESPN probably has a HUGE contract with the NBA to air its game .. my guess is that both parties will probably keep this propped up for way too long.

Seems a hugely expensive endeavor to promote the NBA (and get people to watch it on ESPN/ABC).

I would have thought they could have done the same thing with a lot less space.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

The better question is how long is the contract with the NBA to use the branding expires and Disney Closes this experience.

I feel like just with the connection of the NBA and ABC/ESPN that it will get a bit of a longer leash that otherwise ... but yeah, I could see it changing format so it isn't an entry fee (more just some experiences you have pay for individually or something) sooner rather than later. I could see people willing to walk in and check it out but no way willing to pay at all just to enter though

 

[Tigger's ally]

We all have to remember as well that the NBA is in hiatus right now. Wonder if this will have more appeal when the actual NBA season is going on? It's Baseball and Football season right now.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

PHOTOS

Progress on Star Wars Hotel

https://twitter.com/x/status/1172591335972528130

 

[jknezek]

We all have to remember as well that the NBA is in hiatus right now. Wonder if this will have more appeal when the actual NBA season is going on? It's Baseball and Football season right now.

I'm not sure it matters. I think the business model is flawed. There aren't enough people who will pay to just step inside. They need to change it up to pay for experiences inside, so families can wander in and spend some time but only the ones who care pay to play. I still don't think you can profit on this size space with this theme, but that's the very first change they need to make.

 

[unbanshee]

We all have to remember as well that the NBA is in hiatus right now. Wonder if this will have more appeal when the actual NBA season is going on? It's Baseball and Football season right now.

Perhaps The NBA Experience could close down for 6 months out of the year like the NBA then?

 

[Tigger's ally]

Perhaps The NBA Experience could close down for 6 months out of the year like the NBA then?

or operate at a loss and being propped up by the NBA and Disney for 6 months and making a profit the other six months. None of us know the economics of the place yet people are saying it is done already. Heck, I still don't know how they spent all the money re-doing Planet Holleywood. It's never busy either and they made it bigger with the outdoor seating.