News Round Up 2019

[TheMaxRebo]

Most cities want you to report stuff like potholes etc, it's the only way they find out about it generally. My current city posted on fb to report them after our snow because they don't have enough workers to just find them. I've gotten quick work having graffiti painted over at a park, a street sign fixed after a car knocked it over and a stop light fixed that wasn't recognizing anyone was in the lane to change the light. The light drove me nuts because I was always at it late at night after class and knew if I ran it on red I'd end up caught by a cop that just happened to be there so I'd wait and wait until another car came along.

In that regard, what they're doing with the list is similar but it shouldn't be necessary with Disney. While I understand how big it is, there's also plenty of employee's walking around the area's they work in and should be reporting when things aren't working etc. It shouldn't take it being made public for things to get done.

In my town they would just laugh at you ... But all services here are completely corrupt

 

[scrappinginontario]

I like the list if it means Disney will fix some things that have been broken for a while.

We visited Disney in January and December of 2018. During both of our trips, the screens in the Test Trak ride that show how your car is doing against the others were broken as were the ones in the car. My 10yo puts a lot into building her car (as do other kids...and adults) and it’s disappointing when something this major in a ride is broken for an extended period of time. It’s still listed now so this big ride feature has been broken for at least 15 months.

 

[OSUZorba]

I didn't notice the bathrooms being dirty. They didn't seem to be that way to me. Nor the trash cans. But I know other people have noticed that.

I've mentioned it before that because I go infrequently I don't notice some of these small details or even larger details that someone who goes time and time again.

I'm thinking they are just trying to call attention to it could put it on Disney's radar better as it's quite easy to imagine some of these things just sit like that as being so low on the priority list. I know though sometimes when I read them I do chuckle a bit at some of them. I understand the main purpose though.

Not the same thing but in the midst of my metro's immense crazy probably never before seen pot hole issue after a harsh winter I thought to myself earlier this month that I was getting tired of the huge potholes coming up and down the main street into my neighborhood. I decided to report them to my city. Those potholes were fixed within a week, well fixed as best they can, which is quite impressive given the thousands of other potholes just the city has to deal with. Had I never contacted the city they would have sat there for who knows how long (they had been there for over 3 months already and were just getting worse and worse).

Are you in KC? My SIL lives up there and had said that the roads are nothing but pot holes right now.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Are you in KC? My SIL lives up there and had said that the roads are nothing but pot holes right now.

lol yeah

I'm in the suburbs of the KC metro on the KS side. Your SIL is totally right though!

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

lol yeah

I'm in the suburbs of the KC metro on the KS side. Your SIL is totally right though!

I'm happy I've gotten out of the City of Potholes. I mean the City of Fountains. (I miss KC though)

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I'm happy I've gotten out of the City of Potholes. I mean the City of Fountains. (I miss KC though)

Hey at least your weather in your new home is better than ours here is

We miss you too though!

*Bonus you get to be a local now so we expect Disney news and updates from you as you're in the parks

 

[OSUZorba]

lol yeah

I'm in the suburbs of the KC metro on the KS side. Your SIL is totally right though!

She lives in KCMO Proper near the Plaza. I've seen some pictures of Ward Parkway that looks like its in a war zone.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

She lives in KCMO Proper near the Plaza. I've seen some pictures of Ward Parkway that looks like its in a war zone.

Ah yeah I know where she lives

MO side of the metro did get the worst of it IMO but KS side has some really rough parts too. There's no escaping it . I believe KCMO said they'd be fixing pot holes into June (because of the huge amount of reports they've gotten). I don't know what other parts of the metro has said though. Of course it doesn't help the pot hole situation when you have 70s even low 80s (above average) followed by freeze warnings for several days after that.

*Sorry for the off topic tangents in the thread

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

This list, I mean...I suppose if I went to any theme park as often as some do, I would be able to make a list of everything that is broken or dirty.

How do we even know if half of these are true? Maybe the elephant didn't spray when that person went by, but did when another person went by?

I'm sure there are some maintenance issues that WDW could be working on, but I would never even notice most of that list.

I just can't imagine going on vacation and looking for things to be disappointed about, and some of those items had to be looked for.

100% agree!!

And Disney doesn’t need a fan list for these things to know they need to be fixed. This is far more about griping than any kind of public service!!

And if I had a nickel for every time someone posted things like “TRASH CANS ARE OVERFLOWING IT’S A MESS!!”, while I was there and saw no such thing,... well, you know the rest.

 

[OSUZorba]

100% agree!!

And Disney doesn’t need a fan list for these things to know they need to be fixed. This is far more about griping than any kind of public service!!

And if I had a nickel for every time someone posted things like “TRASH CANS ARE OVERFLOWING IT’S A MESS!!”, while I was there and saw no such thing,... well, you know the rest.

It is obviously an attempt to shame them into fixing things.

I agree that I don't like them including the dirty bathrooms, etc and they should focus on things that are actually broken.

There are probably some things that Disney didn't really know about too, like the blown speakers in the jungle cruise queue.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

It is obviously an attempt to shame them into fixing things.

I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell to anyone who thinks this is how Disney sets its rehab schedule.

 

[OSUZorba]

I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell to anyone who thinks this is how Disney sets its rehab schedule.

Most of this stuff could be fixed over night, and some stuff that has been broken a long time has been fixed since the list started being published.

 

[rteetz]

I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell to anyone who thinks this is how Disney sets its rehab schedule.

They got this idea sort of from MiceChat. MiceChat used to do something similar a long time ago and Disneyland actually did start fixing and updating a lot of things because of it.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

NEWS

Grapefruit garage now open at Disney Springs

http://blogmickey.com/2019/04/photos-video-grapefruit-garage-now-open-at-disney-springs/

 

[rteetz]

News

New Toy Story merchandise now on ShopDisney

https://wdwnt.com/2019/04/shop-new-...-jersey-and-more-available-now-on-shopdisney/

 

[rteetz]

Photo update

Animal Kingdom update

https://wdwnt.com/2019/04/photo-rep...ntenace-in-pandora-plastic-trash-penguin-etc/

 

[Gusey]

NEWS

Free dining offer for 2020 for UK guests announced (no idea how details compares to past years but seems to still be pretty substantial)

https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-storie...er-for-2020-arrivals-coming-for-uk-residents/

That is what they have had in the UK for a quite a few years and the 14 day ticket thing is always offered from as long as I can remember (I find I tend to stay for 2 weeks because of distance from UK so it makes it worth it than but 14 day ticket). Wondering if this hints 2019 not the last year for free dining for you guys in the US like it is believed because of Star Wars opening?

 

[Farro]

That is what they have had in the UK for a quite a few years and the 14 day ticket thing is always offered from as long as I can remember (I find I tend to stay for 2 weeks because of distance from UK so it makes it worth it than but 14 day ticket). Wondering if this hints 2019 not the last year for free dining for you guys in the US like it is believed because of Star Wars opening?

I'd rather they get rid of free dining and give resort and AP discounts still, but hopefully this is a good omen.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

That is what they have had in the UK for a quite a few years and the 14 day ticket thing is always offered from as long as I can remember (I find I tend to stay for 2 weeks because of distance from UK so it makes it worth it than but 14 day ticket). Wondering if this hints 2019 not the last year for free dining for you guys in the US like it is believed because of Star Wars opening?

Thanks for sharing - Obviously these deals never applied to me so I didn't recall the details but at first glace it seemed like not a big change from previous years

So I think that is interesting for people who look at other deals/offerings for those of us from this side of the Atlantic. I think how they handle international guests is always a little different but I would think that they would have at least lessened the deal for those come form the UK if they were going to really slash other offerings next year as well - so I would take this as at least a positive sign

 

[TheMaxRebo]

VIDEO

Clip of Fluffy animatronic in action for the Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure (or, HMCMA ... or, what are we calling it? Just Hagrids Bike Ride or something?)

https://twitter.com/thrillgeek/status/1117808933270425602