News Round Up 2019

[AMusicLifeForMe]

They did say in the announcement for the Food and Wine that the concert series are ending a week before the end of the rest of the festival to start prepping for Candlelight Procession, so maybe that is starting earlier than the rest of the Festival of the Holidays

I hope so. I love the Candlelight Processional so much! I also hope the Voices of Liberty will start their Dickens Caroler sets early.

 

[rteetz]

News

PHOTOS: Haunted Mansion Master Gracey Limited Edition Plush Set Released at Disneyland and Walt Disney World

 

[SaintsManiac]

News
2019 International Festival of the Holidays Dates Announced, November 29-December 30
https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-storie...nal-festival-of-the-holidays-dates-announced/

A grand total of 5 days in November without any festivals (Nov 24-29)

The 5 days I will be there lol.

 

[jhoannam]

It could just be me but I'm anticipating that Disney won't announce the official opening and all of a sudden they'll be open one day or, the announcement will be a very short window between announcement date and actual opening date.

But doesn't the Rivera Station need a lot of work? And aren't they expanding the IG entrance to accommodate the gondola capacity?

 

[rteetz]

But doesn't the Rivera Station need a lot of work? And aren't they expanding the IG entrance to accommodate the gondola capacity?

Its about the same as the rest of the stations.

 

[Cinderumbrella]

Just checking - no Food and Wine thread started yet, right?

https://www.disboards.com/threads/2019-epcot-food-and-wine-festival-dates.3738016/

Try this for now

 

[scrappinginontario]

But doesn't the Rivera Station need a lot of work? And aren't they expanding the IG entrance to accommodate the gondola capacity?

Sorry, I wasn't saying that I anticipate it being soon (even though I wish it were as we arrive in 3 1/2 weeks) just that I can see them opening it with either a short window after announcing opening date or even just, 'SURPRISE!' gondolas are running with people in them!

Guessing they will test with CMs first so we'll see 'people' but not guests.

So many questions....can you tell I'm excited for these? They're my SWGE!

 

[rteetz]

News

Captain Marvel hits the $1 Billion mark at the Box Office

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/captain-marvel-1-billion-box-office-1203175093/

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Not that anyone cares really just wanted to report back we were able to get Avengers: Endgame tickets for the AMC theater we wanted once the site was back to working

We're opting to go on Saturday rather than Friday because the movie times for normal showing were like 5pm or like 9pm lol and the people we are going with can't get off work early enough to make it to the 5ish time slot.

In any case I think I'll have to ignore this thread that Friday night into Saturday night to avoid all the comments and potential spoilers

 

[SG131]

Sorry, I wasn't saying that I anticipate it being soon (even though I wish it were as we arrive in 3 1/2 weeks) just that I can see them opening it with either a short window after announcing opening date or even just, 'SURPRISE!' gondolas are running with people in them!

Guessing they will test with CMs first so we'll see 'people' but not guests.

So many questions....can you tell I'm excited for these? They're my SWGE!

I wonder how much testing with people they will need to do. They will test with the weights which will be the max capacity, more than what you'd get in them by putting CMs in. I also feel like Disney wouldn't want to pay too many people to sit and ride around in them for hours and its probably not ideal to make CMs the test dummies. Other than making sure some of the loading and unloading procedures (esp with ECV) are covered with those running the Gondolas they may not need to do much more once they get the all clear from the tests with weights.

 

[scrappinginontario]

I wonder how much testing with people they will need to do. They will test with the weights which will be the max capacity, more than what you'd get in them by putting CMs in. I also feel like Disney wouldn't want to pay too many people to sit and ride around in them for hours and its probably not ideal to make CMs the test dummies. Other than making sure some of the loading and unloading procedures (esp with ECV) are covered with those running the Gondolas they may not need to do much more once they get the all clear from the tests with weights.

Yes, it's the loading and unloading I was thinking of. ECVs, strollers, people taking their time, those who 'miss' getting out in time, etc. Even if more for the CMs who will be working at the stations. I'm sure they'll test a ton of different scenarios and the day it goes live to real guests, new things they never thought of will happen! Such is the life of testing!

 

[crazy4wdw]

Just checking - no Food and Wine thread started yet, right?

I'll have one started on the restaurant board later today.

 

[crazy4wdw]

Disney Accused Of Gender Pay Gap In Class-Action Lawsuit

 

[Jetku]

For those in the northeast region, “first to play” Annual Passes for Legoland Resort New York are on presale today and general sale tomorrow.

$95 with TBD blackout dates (per Instagram, not all summer) and no free parking.

Got my family’s passes and can’t wait for it to open! I’ll likely upgrade one of our passes to take advantage of perks that become available.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

For those in the northeast region, “first to play” Annual Passes for Legoland Resort New York are on presale today and general sale tomorrow.

$95 with TBD blackout dates (per Instagram, not all summer) and no free parking.

Got my family’s passes and can’t wait for it to open! I’ll likely upgrade one of our passes to take advantage of perks that become available.

Thanks for posting this - I'll have to look into these. it is only about 1 hour from my house

 

[jhoannam]

Sorry, I wasn't saying that I anticipate it being soon (even though I wish it were as we arrive in 3 1/2 weeks) just that I can see them opening it with either a short window after announcing opening date or even just, 'SURPRISE!' gondolas are running with people in them!

Guessing they will test with CMs first so we'll see 'people' but not guests.

So many questions....can you tell I'm excited for these? They're my SWGE!

oh okay... I hope it's true and I hope it's soon. I'm excited too. We are staying at Pop Century this August!

 

[crazy4wdw]

Just checking - no Food and Wine thread started yet, right?

didn't seem one - usually one in the Restaurants board but only see the one from 2018 where someone commented they had the dates wrong before realizing it was still the 2018 thread, not the 2019 one. Don't see one for 2019 yet

Planning thread for the 2019 Food and Wine Festival is up and running on the restaurant board: https://www.disboards.com/threads/2...-festival-august-29-november-23-2019.3743358/

 

[rteetz]

News

Disney now classifies upscale things as the Crown Collection

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...-under-the-new-crown-collection-by-disney.htm

 

[TheMaxRebo]

NEWS/RUMOR

Attractions magazine reporting new Harry Potter show will utilize drones ... you can see preview in twitter post:
https://mobile.twitter.com/Attractions/status/1113265996217892864?s=09

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

News

Disney now classifies upscale things as the Crown Collection

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...-under-the-new-crown-collection-by-disney.htm

The name for whatever reason seems like an odd choice here. I get where they were going with it though.

I think it's also interesting they chose to include the Deluxe resorts in there. Their rates may be upscale lol but I know a common comment is Deluxe at Disney does not equate to Deluxe elsewhere.