News Round Up 2019

[rteetz]

-1 that it's Secret Life of Pets... I just can't get excited about Illumination's stuff. My kids never ask for a repeat watching of any of their properties either. Gotta work with what you own though.

I liked Pets. Was it amazing? No but good for what it is. Interested to see how the sequel does. I will say I do really enjoy Despicable Me and that is Illumination.

 

[firefly_ris]

I liked Pets. Was it amazing? No but good for what it is. Interested to see how the sequel does. I will say I do really enjoy Despicable Me and that is Illumination.

I actually love the character of Gru and the first movie was good, but then it was just too much. I think it's something about the overall aesthetic choice Illumination uses, and I dunno. I can't quite place exactly what it is that prevents me from liking them a lot, heh.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I get that but if you make it like Cabana Bay then other than the retro aspects how different are the two? I personally don't have a problem this resort theming but do think they could have gone a little more specific than just summer.

Well they'd be different because they have different theme . I'm not into retro feel so on a theming aspect Cabana Bay isn't my cup of tea. Summer however would be. So while they could have the same overt style of theming one would be appealing to me one would not.

In any case I get that it can be a con if one is used to very specific theming. All this talk just makes me wish it was already done so I see what the end result was lol.

 

[firefly_ris]

Well they'd be different because they have different theme . I'm not into retro feel so on a theming aspect Cabana Bay isn't my cup of tea. Summer however would be. So while they could have the same overt style of theming one would be appealing to me one would not.

In any case I get that it can be a con if one is used to very specific theming. All this talk just makes me wish it was already done so I see what the end result was lol.

This is from last year, so I'm not sure if anything has changed since then, but here were the previews of the rooms/suites:

I haven't seen anything else from around the rest of the resort though.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

NEWS

new Plant Based Food Guide available at Magic Kingdom:

https://wdwnt.com/2019/04/photos-new-plant-based-food-guide-now-available-at-the-magic-kingdom/

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

This is from last year, so I'm not sure if anything has changed since then, but here were the previews of the rooms/suites:

I haven't seen anything else from around the rest of the resort though.

Thanks for that I actually remember watching that now . I guess I watched it then forgot about it lol.

 

[eliseisawkward]

NEWS

new Plant Based Food Guide available at Magic Kingdom:

https://wdwnt.com/2019/04/photos-new-plant-based-food-guide-now-available-at-the-magic-kingdom/

Oh this would make planning so so so much easier for me!! Fingers crossed they make this for the other parks and DS too!!!

 

[samsteele]

It’s called Endless Summer so it’s supposed to have a beach vibe. Not really sure what theming was expected.

Many would think surfers, sunshine, palm trees, flip flops, sandcastles and that. I also think Beach Boys but that's really retro. And copyrighted

 

[rteetz]

Many would think surfers, sunshine, palm trees, flip flops, sandcastles and that. I also think Beach Boys but that's really retro. And copyrighted

Some of those things are being painted onto the sides of this resort. Palm trees are a given and common in Florida. The rest I’m sure they’ll have somewhere. The pool is shaped like a surfboard.

 

[dina444444]

News

Universal Hollywood finally announces Secret Life of Pets attraction

https://www.latimes.com/business/la...versal-studios-attraction-20190410-story.html

Finally. They started construction on this months ago.

 

[samsteele]

here were the previews of the rooms/suites

That room looks great. A good mix of clean, modern and some theming. Hopefully the general vibe follows into the smaller standard rooms. I forgot all about that review. Thanks for posting!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Some of those things are being painted onto the sides of this resort. Palm trees are a given and common in Florida. The rest I’m sure they’ll have somewhere. The pool is shaped like a surfboard.

There are what look like surfboards in the water on the big light fixture above the line at the food counter

 

[samsteele]

There are what look like surfboards in the water

Jaws POV. Good but scary. You want that hamburger how raw?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Universal's Illuminattion makes their films for less than half the budget of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar.

I don't like their stuff either, but we seem to be in the minority here. Illumination routinely beats Disney at the box office and are easily the most profitable animation studio on the planet right now.

Secret Life of Pets 2 is going to be a monster and I bet it outgrosses Toy Story 4 this summer.

Not sure if I agree with regularly beating Disney at the box office (unless you aren't including Pixar) - I do agree that the budget Disney has for all their movies is too high and I think they would benefit from making some of their movies on lower budgets

But just from a Gross take standpoint, the top 10 highest worldwide grossing animated movies, per Wikipedia, are:
- Frozen (2013): $1.3bn
- Incredibles 2 (2018): 1.24bn
- Minions (205): $1.16bn
- Toy Story 3 (2010): $1.07bn
- Despicable Me 3 (3017): $1.035bn
- Finding Dory (2016): $1.028bn
- Zootopia (2016): $1.023bn
- Despicable Me 2 (2013): $971m
- Lion King (1994): $968m
- Finding Nemo (2003): $940m

So 7 of the top 10 are Disney/Pixar

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Jaws POV. Good but scary. You want that hamburger how raw?

make mine bloody

 

[MissGina5]

Finally. They started construction on this months ago.

...it sounds like another screen with a track

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

...it sounds like another screen with a track

It's the way of the future for theme parks.

I mean, that's all Pandora is anyway.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

It's the way of the future for theme parks.

I mean, that's all Pandora is anyway.

well, Flight of Passage, yes... River Journey has some screens but a lot of physical sets including the Animatronic Shamen

And for Galaxy's Edge, the Rise of the Resistance ride will feature a ton of physical sets and AAs (and screens, too)

And for Universal, at least the new Potter coaster should have a lot of physical sets too

 

[MissGina5]

It's the way of the future for theme parks.

I mean, that's all Pandora is anyway.

see but River Journey still had sets! Like I love the little light thingies bobbing up and down. Give me SOMETHING like that. Universal is so lazy about this. Its old sound stages with nothing but screens and a track that jerks me around while I wear some old 3D glasses.

 

[DisLiss]

Is anyone surprised anymore when Disney takes away a guest benefit and charges for it? Nope.

I'm a little disappointed, but not surprised.

Once they take away the hotel emh, they can start slowly raising capacity for the evening parties. It's ok though, it'll be due to guest demand to be able to see the mk at night.

I'm not surprised at all, but I think it's a bad idea for them to keep raising capacity since lower crowds are why people are willing to pay for those hours in the first place. I just figured that once they discontinued the free hours they would start having more and more paid events.