News Round Up 2019

[rteetz]

JJ has a lot of mess to clean up and tie up after Rian made a mess of the story he started.
I just don't know why they decided 3 separate directors was the way to go with this last trilogy rather than taking one director all the way through.

Or at least they should had some sort of creative directory that had a vision for all 3 films instead of just making it up on the fly like they seem to be doing.

The problem is that JJ is good at making awesome MacGuffins .. but pretty bad at tying things up. Looking forward to some answers.

JJ was executive producer of 8 so he definitely knew what was going on and was involved in the process of making that film. I liked 8.

 

[rteetz]

so in summary, the entire Cantina will be ready on May 31st (Disneyland one), it will hold at least 150 people, and you should correct people if they are spreading the fake news (so allow myself to correct, myself)

Yep that's more like it.

 

[rteetz]

I wonder if they are just afraid to roll this thing out to the public in the HOT, HUMID and thunderstormy months of July/August/September.
Despite how they MAY actually feel inside -- the pre-conceived perception may be that people won't want to be trapped in a box when it is hot and humid and could be shut down by lightning strikes.

Maybe they just weren't planning on SWGE opening early and thus was just set to open in November like SWGE was supposed to.

I don't think they are worried about that at all.

 

[UncleMike101]

News

Skyliner update from Orlando Sentinel

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-bz-gondolas-disney-sneak-preview-20190416-story.html

They'll only let me read it if I subscribe to their rag.
I live over 1200 miles from Orlando.
Maybe I should tell them what they can do with their subscription?

 

[Anthony Vito]

Not to turn this into the Skyliner thread, but another consideration for them getting it open by August is the start of Food & Wine. With F&W and SWGE opening the same day - that's all Skyliner territory right there. It would make sense to want the Skyliner to ease some of the burden to those two parks by then. (I'm also saying in a willing-this-to-come-true way since we're going Aug. 10-19, and we're staying at Yacht Club after transferring from Pop Century after the first night - the Skyliner running would be a big help.)

 

[OKW Lover]

I’m more focused on how often they’ll shut it down for lightning in the area... that’s the test I’m interested in.

Suggest you check out the extensive thread about the Skyliner. https://www.disboards.com/threads/d...n-system-read-post-1-updated-4-11-19.3578988/

There is lots of information about the system there. If they do decide to shut the gondola system down for lightning, it would only take ~10 minutes to clear the line. There is some question as to the need to shut them down during the typical afternoon thunderstorm as these are designed to operate in sever weather all around the world.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Suggest you check out the extensive thread about the Skyliner. https://www.disboards.com/threads/d...n-system-read-post-1-updated-4-11-19.3578988/

There is lots of information about the system there. If they do decide to shut the gondola system down for lightning, it would only take ~10 minutes to clear the line. There is some question as to the need to shut them down during the typical afternoon thunderstorm as these are designed to operate in sever weather all around the world.

I’ve read all of that and informative threads on another board, as well as articles on these systems.

I’m not suggesting that they will legitimately NEED to shut them down often for lighting.

The question is how they will CHOOSE to handle this in practice. An insider I trust on another board said the CURRENT plan is for gondolas to be stopped under the same standards that they shut down some attractions for lighting.

IF that’s the case, this is not a reliable enough mode of transportation for me as someone who goes in Aug and hops during the near-daily lightning storms.

That’s why I’m interested to see what they do in practice.

 

[rteetz]

News

PizzeRizzo reopens May 4th

https://wdwnt.com/2019/04/breaking-pizzerizzo-to-reopen-at-disneys-hollywood-studios-on-may-4th/

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

 

[unbanshee]

NEWS

BlogMickey is reporting the Disney Skyliner travel times between the stations

http://blogmickey.com/2019/04/disney-skyliner-travel-times-between-resorts-and-theme-parks-revealed/

 

[TheMaxRebo]

NEWS

BlogMickey is reporting the Disney Skyliner travel times between the stations

http://blogmickey.com/2019/04/disney-skyliner-travel-times-between-resorts-and-theme-parks-revealed/

Seems in line with what we have been saying / have calculated. And they are probably on the conservative time a bit

 

[unbanshee]

Seems in line with what we have been saying / have calculated. And they are probably on the conservative time a bit

I was going to say, these seem to be slower than I thought, but perhaps it's a "worse case scenario"

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I was going to say, these seem to be slower than I thought, but perhaps it's a "worse case scenario"

Yeah, that is how I see it and also might include load/unload times

 

[LoganBrown1990]

News-ish
I mean some of you might not know by now that I am a librarian, but I was VERY excited to see this new promotion from ALA (American Library Association) today! Toy Story was like my first favorite movie (that and Hercules), so this feels like it was made for me!
http://www.ala.org/news/press-relea...-card-sign-month-2019-special-toy-story-4-tie
^ Click link for picture!

I totally missed this! I'm going to have to make sure we order new posters this year! It also gives me an excuse to rework my Buzz bulletin board from last year's summer reading.

 

[MissGina5]

I totally missed this! I'm going to have to make sure we order new posters this year! It also gives me an excuse to rework my Buzz bulletin board from last year's summer reading.

ok but now I need to see your summer reading board?!?!?!

 

[SaintsManiac]

News

PizzeRizzo reopens May 4th

https://wdwnt.com/2019/04/breaking-pizzerizzo-to-reopen-at-disneys-hollywood-studios-on-may-4th/

Well it's about time!

 

[BigRed98]

News

New Details I learned during My Trip to Walt Disney Imagineering

This is a really great article giving us insight on Disney’s upcoming projects.

 

[rteetz]

News

New Details I learned during My Trip to Walt Disney Imagineering

This is a really great article giving us insight on Disney’s upcoming projects.

Didn’t tell us too much.

 

[BigRed98]

Didn’t tell us too much.

No not really but it’s nice to hear they are working on a rock n roller coaster replacement even though we knew it was eventually coming. I thought Hong Kong Frozen ride was going to be identical to ours so that was new to me but your right nothing really new, more of a summary of future projects.

 

[rteetz]

No not really but it’s nice to hear they are working on a rock n roller coaster replacement even though we knew it was eventually coming. I thought Hong Kong Frozen ride was going to be identical to ours so that was new to me but your right nothing really new, more of a summary of future projects.

I’m surprised Tokyo would want the same thing from Epcot.