News Round Up 2019

[Capang]

I apologize this isn’t news related, just want opinions of my favorite people on this page.

Heading to Disney On Ice for the first time tomorrow. Very excited as I hear the show is fantastic.

Any advice from fellow Dis Boards members who have been? We’ll be at the United Center in Chicago. Home in time for Super Bowl.

If you are looking for souvenirs set aside a lot more than you think. I found prices at there worse than the park, ie $20for a snow cone on a plastic cup, $30 for a cheap light up wand, $30 for plush. The cheapest was a bag of cotton candy for $12 that came with a plastic crown. These were prices in Cleveland 2 years ago.

That said, the shows are wonderful. High quality and energetic. Have fun!

 

[rteetz]

News

Peter Pan has reopened!

http://blogmickey.com/2019/02/peter-pans-flight-reopens-after-refurbishment-full-ride-through/

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Can you even buy a preloaded visa anywhere that accepts Disney gift cards as payment? Not to mention that as far as I know you usually can't use any store's gift cards to buy other gift cards, including the visa one.

Target stopped allowing gift cards to be used to buy Entertainment cards (entertainment would be Disney and the like). I *think* it still works at Walmart to convert their gift cards to Disney gift cards but I haven't kept up and up on that.

To my knowledge you couldn't at either place use their gift card to purchase a prepaid gift card (backed by Visa, Mastercard, etc) as those were not categorized as Entertainment gift cards. Those run through a POS system like a credit/debit card even though they have a finite balance. But in all honesty I haven't attempted to use a Visa prepaid gift card to purchase a gift card so I don't know if that works or not.

 

[rteetz]

News

FIRST LOOK: New Four Parks Popcorn Bucket Debuts at Walt Disney World

 

[siren0119]

I didn't pay for memory maker but I did think the borders were cute when I was perusing my photos.

I could see the guest who doesn't go often wanting the borders because it adds that little extra touch. Someone who has enough photos to choose from throughout the various trips or knows they'll get many more pictures in the future may be less likely to see it as an added bonus.

That said frequent visitors may also like the borders for things like trip reports or to frame a special photo after printing it out, etc.

We aren't FREQUENT visitors but I used the frames for ride photos, because it was a lot easier (and fun for the kids) to have a sticker or frame that said which ride it was. We don't go often enough that we can ID ride photos quickly by sight. I also used the stickers for character photos where the character signature was available.

Can't you buy a preloaded visa card with your giftcards and just use that as a CC for mobile ordering?

I don't think you are allowed to use gift cards to purchase prepaid credit cards - it has to do with the way the cards are categorized. IIRC anything that bears one of the major CC logos (AMEX, Visa, MC) is subject to a different set of regulations than a gift card for a particular store, and that includes how you are allowed to pay for it.

 

[OSUZorba]

NEWS:

Peter Pan's Flight reopened today. I am pretty sure that was earlier than planned.

The news is actually that it opened on time and I was late posting it.

 

[rteetz]

NEWS:

Peter Pan's Flight reopened today. I am pretty sure that was earlier than planned.

No it was scheduled for today.

 

[OSUZorba]

Definitely possible - also possible that maintenance has always been going on but now people are more focused on it and matching up things that are getting worked on (that would have happened anyway) the that article and putting 2 and 2 together

Not saying Disney isn’t behind on maintenance and should step it up (and hope they do) just saying it isn’t like they did zero maintenance before

That is probably true for some of the stuff. But I don't believe things that have been broken for years randomly got fixed the week later that article as planned.

 

[OSUZorba]

No it was scheduled for today.

Well nevermind then, I thought it was going to be after my trip ended.

 

[wareagle57]

Can't you buy a preloaded visa card with your giftcards and just use that as a CC for mobile ordering?

Not sure, but I don't think that solves the issue. This issue is people like to pay for their entire trip with the giftcards because they are often bought at a 5-20% discount through various methods. So you're not paying as much for your mobile order if you use a gift card vs cash or card. Of course if you know you're coming back, I don't feel like it's THAT big a deal. But still, every penny counts.

 

[Dfan79]

Now if only I could fly like Peter to Florida. ...on second thought it's too damn cold for that. I'll take JetBlue.

 

[Fantasia79]

News/rumor

Sounds like a crack down on walking back reservations!


https://wdwnt.com/2019/02/wdw-fastpass-to-be-revoked-with-canceled-resort-reservations/

 

[Fantasia79]

is it the Frozen show or the World of Enchantment one? We just saw the Frozen one a few weeks ago and enjoyed it - just be prepared for thousands of little girls in princess dresses screaming "Let it Go!!!"

We've gone the last few years and every year my kids want these snow cone cups - so we get that. They definitely push those sorts of things and the light up toys

It’s Mickey’s Search Party. Write up in the Trib today looked good.

 

[rteetz]

News/rumor

Sounds like a crack down on walking back reservations!


https://wdwnt.com/2019/02/wdw-fastpass-to-be-revoked-with-canceled-resort-reservations/

Reported this yesterday and we have a thread on it for further discussion.

 

[Fantasia79]

Reported this yesterday and we have a thread on it for further discussion.

Sorry @rteetz shouldv have known better!

 

[rteetz]

Sorry @rteetz shouldv have known better!

No worries. This is the first major site reporting it.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

Anything here reporting the unfortunate incident at MCO today? I don’t know much but sounds like some flight delays this afternoon. We fly back at 6:55 tonight.

 

[rteetz]

Anything here reporting the unfortunate incident at MCO today? I don’t know much but sounds like some flight delays this afternoon. We fly back at 6:55 tonight.

A TSA agent committed suicide at the airport.

 

[rteetz]

More on the incident at Orlando International

https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-storie...al-airport-after-suicide-inside-the-terminal/

 

[mum22girlz]

Anything here reporting the unfortunate incident at MCO today? I don’t know much but sounds like some flight delays this afternoon. We fly back at 6:55 tonight.

A TSA agent committed suicide at the airport.

My SIL is there right now. The event caused a chain of reaction where some people got through without being screened by security. They pulled everyone back to go through security. Things are moving VERY slow.