News Round Up 2019

[skier_pete]

Not surprisingly, the future is that we will all be paying $100 a month for 10 streaming services instead of $100 a month for cable/satellite.

The other likely outcome is a cable/satellite package that groups in several streaming services as well. They may have to provide an a la cart style package to compete.

However, I think the next step will be that we will see the merger/death of many of the 250 cable channels that exist now. There's lots of channels out there that if people had to pay specifically for that channel, they wouldn't survive.

Myself, I feel "stuck" with cable because of wanting to see my local hockey teams games. I can see OTHER teams game by subscribing on-line, but my own team is blocked out...this is going to have to be address eventually too.

 

[Moliphino]

Guess there is no one right answer for how long to keep it up but now does seem pushing it. I get wanting it up for marathon weekend and technically from a religious standpoint the official Christmas season just ended this past Sunday (with Jesus being baptized) but hard to argue a reason for it still being up

We still have our tree up. Mostly due to laziness. It's a real tree, too, so I'm a little surprised it hasn't keeled over by now.

 

[Sweettears]

We still have our tree up. Mostly due to laziness. It's a real tree, too, so I'm a little surprised it hasn't keeled over by now.

Or worse caught on fire. Just kidding. We always have a real tree and it can get pretty crispy if it’s up too long.

 

[Ambehnke]

10 days for us!

Us too!

 

[rteetz]

My last WDW update

 

[writerguyfl]

Wow. I managed at Hilton 25 years ago and we locked up $50/day for incidentals back then.

I know, right?!?

I spent about 10 years working in hotels. I did a variety of things, including Front Desk Supervisor, Accounting, Revenue Manager, and Night Manager. After that, I moved to Orlando to work for Mickey. Most of my time I was at the Disney Reservations Center. Over and over, I was stunned at the way Disney operated. The really basic hospitality stuff wasn't being done.

A couple of times, I tried providing suggestions to various managers. I was rebuffed and told that wasn't "the Disney Way" of doing things. It was frustrating. At one point, I actually asked my manager's manager, "What would have happened if someone told Walt that wasn't how amusement parks were run?"

Anyway, whoever is running the Resorts Division must have come from outside the company. Many of the changes (like this one authorizing credit) that have happened over the last several years are all copied from "regular" hotels. Examples: Smart phones as room keys, changes to room service, requiring reservation changes to meet current stay restrictions.

 

[JaxDad]

@rteetz, I thought you would like this...

28,000 Pounds of Discarded Banana Peels Will Be Put to Good Use After Disney Races
https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a25857255/chiquita-recycles-banana-peels-disney-marathon/

 

[osully]

The new baby giraffe reminds me of something my husband and I have been talking about. Imagine Mickey & Minnie had a baby?

Mickey and Minnie have also never been married... Can you imagine if they had a wedding event or something in the Disney Parks?

Imagine the merchandise. I’m thinking Royal Wedding plates etc. But with Mickey and Minnie!

Maybe for their 100th anniversary!

(PS yes I know this sounds crazy but I figured if any crowd online will understand it’s you guys!)

 

[osully]

Not surprisingly, the future is that we will all be paying $100 a month for 10 streaming services instead of $100 a month for cable/satellite.

The other likely outcome is a cable/satellite package that groups in several streaming services as well. They may have to provide an a la cart style package to compete.

However, I think the next step will be that we will see the merger/death of many of the 250 cable channels that exist now. There's lots of channels out there that if people had to pay specifically for that channel, they wouldn't survive.

Myself, I feel "stuck" with cable because of wanting to see my local hockey teams games. I can see OTHER teams game by subscribing on-line, but my own team is blocked out...this is going to have to be address eventually too.

I’d rather that and get just what I want! We were paying $100 a month + Netflix + Crave TV (we live in Canada).

 

[TheMaxRebo]

The new baby giraffe reminds me of something my husband and I have been talking about. Imagine Mickey & Minnie had a baby?

Mickey and Minnie have also never been married... Can you imagine if they had a wedding event or something in the Disney Parks?

Imagine the merchandise. I’m thinking Royal Wedding plates etc. But with Mickey and Minnie!

Maybe for their 100th anniversary!

(PS yes I know this sounds crazy but I figured if any crowd online will understand it’s you guys!)

Well, according to Walt, they are married in real life/off screen .... so I suppose that could be a renewal of their vows or something

In the September 30, 1933 issue of Film Pictorial magazine, Walt Disney addressed that very subject. “In private life, Mickey is married to Minnie. A lot of people have written to him asking this question, because sometimes he appears to be married to her in his films and other times still courting her. What it really amounts to is that Minnie is, for screen purposes, his leading lady. If the story calls for a romantic courtship, then Minnie is the girl; but when the story requires a married couple, then they appear as man and wife. In the studio we have decided that they are married already.”

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Not surprisingly, the future is that we will all be paying $100 a month for 10 streaming services instead of $100 a month for cable/satellite.

The other likely outcome is a cable/satellite package that groups in several streaming services as well. They may have to provide an a la cart style package to compete.

However, I think the next step will be that we will see the merger/death of many of the 250 cable channels that exist now. There's lots of channels out there that if people had to pay specifically for that channel, they wouldn't survive.

Myself, I feel "stuck" with cable because of wanting to see my local hockey teams games. I can see OTHER teams game by subscribing on-line, but my own team is blocked out...this is going to have to be address eventually too.

The thing with me is our internet comes from our cable provider and there is a discount to get both - so the additional charge to get TV added is less than what I would have to pay for streaming TV separate

So that linkage is still there making it attractive - if it goes away then maybe different story

I am also a bit limited in that I want/need SNY which only a few streaming services have

 

[SaintsManiac]

I explored cutting the cord as my cable contract was up and it worked out way cheaper for me to keep cable

Yep. It's not going anywhere anytime soon. My husband works for our local internet/phone/cable provider. It's going strong.

 

[middlechild]

The race for cable companies and the competition is to own the subscriber. Whatever supplier can get you to log into their service first will win. Having a connection into the house is a big advantage. Wireless developments via 5G in clustered areas can be competitive. Data pipeline will become an utility like service, but the subscriber ownership will determine who gets paid first. Comcast now offers wireless and cable together, to hold the subscriber. Netflix? Comcast? Disney? Rogers? It is all about content, and owning the subscriber in the future.

 

[jknezek]

EA Games has been something of a disaster for Star Wars. Seriously, I just restarted Knights of the Old Republic again, which I tend to do every 3 or 4 years, rather than play the newer garbage that has come out in the last 15 years.

https://apptrigger.com/2019/01/15/ea-cancels-star-wars-game/

 

[BigRed98]

News

Foodie Guide to 2019 Epcot International Festival of the Arts

 

[BigRed98]

News

Photos: Vertical Construction Begins at Hollywood Studios Main Entrance

 

[BigRed98]

News

Photos: Hidden Mickey and Minnie Decorative Elements Added to Disney Skyliner Station at Disney’s Riveria Resort

 

[jknezek]

Interesting. Not sure this is the approach I would take with an existing character. Black Widow has a solid fan following, and putting up an R Rated movie for her seems like it might cut into the following that has grown on the lower rated MCU movies. However, her backstory does certainly lend itself to a more adult rating. But I think I'd probably cut a new character if you are going to follow Deadpool into the adult superhero genre. It's not like Marvel wouldn't have plenty to choose from.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowb...-Widow-movie-starring-Scarlett-Johansson.html

 

[BigRed98]

News

Don’t Miss the 2019 Pro Bowl Pep Rally at Disney Springs on January 26

 

[BigRed98]

News

Reservations Now Available for Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival Signature Events