News Round Up 2019

[Farro]

Wasn’t yesterday either. I’m more interested to see how things go this weekend and on the 4th weekend.

FYI we can’t link to that twitter

Oh sorry! I just saw Disneyland and didn't make the connection.

 

[MissGina5]

Obviously they are over his crap

if someone could message me who "he" is. I know "the outlet that will not be named" but I would love to watch a good Disney inspired twitter meltdown....

 

[TheFloatingBear]

if someone could message me who "he" is. I know "the outlet that will not be named" but I would love to watch a good Disney inspired twitter meltdown....

Message me after you are messaged, lol!

 

[rteetz]

if someone could message me who "he" is. I know "the outlet that will not be named" but I would love to watch a good Disney inspired twitter meltdown....

The site which can no longer be linked here.

 

[rteetz]

Scott Trowbridge was touring Universal Creative President Mark Woodbury through SWGE today.

 

[OSUZorba]

plus, to get technical, all they say is: "there are no plans for our feathered friends to fly the coop any time soon" .... that doesn't mean things can't change and they will leave soon ... it doesn't mean there aren't plans for them to leave, but just not "soon" ... and it doesn't mean there aren't changes coming, just that the birds aren't leaving - but you could do a Moana overlay and keep the birds

Not saying any of that is true - just saying they could be and the statement from Disney Parks Blog still would be factually correct

If this was an official being interviewed by the media, I could see it being a hollow denial. But a post on the blog, I don't think they are mincing words.

 

[Sweettears]

IF that was the case though they wouldnt be closing rides and not replacing them right away like. Stitch and to be honest it hasnt been that busy in the past year, I went multiple times in the past year and the Parks were not as crowded as they have been in the past, except maybe fore MNSSHP which was on par. Also if they were worried about running a attraction that doesnt run at capacity then they would have closed Carousel of Progress years ago which is a much larger attraction that has a larger building and cost to run with the moving stage and theaters and 4 continuously operating scenes. Disney historically hasnt cared about rides not utilizing capacity or spreading crowds out. After all Disney periodically doesnt run even popular rides at full capacity.

Didn’t they make CoP seasonal at one point with strong rumors that it was to be closed at some point?

 

[Sweettears]

Now if they would just do the same about the CBJ rumour all would be well.

Given that the CBJ rumor has been getting at least if not more airplay, the silence is telling.

 

[crazy4wdw]

During today’s Port Canaveral Commission Meeting, Captain John Murray, the port’s CEO revealed steel cutting for the first of Disney Cruise Line’s three new LNG-powered ships at Meyer Werft was scheduled to begin in November.

Steel Cutting for First of Disney’s Three LNG-Powered Builds Scheduled to Start in November

 

[only hope]

Didn’t they make CoP seasonal at one point with strong rumors that it was to be closed at some point?

It was seasonal for a few years after 9/11 because park attendance plummeted. Per Wikipedia it has operated near daily since 2003.

 

[hertamaniac]

Exaclty why that site can no longer be quoted or linked to this site! Stop feeding us false rumours!!

I don't see it as false in it's entirety, but careful wording to do damage control. There have been qualifications made on other rumors that did come to fruition.

 

[rteetz]

I don't see it as false in it's entirety, but careful wording to do damage control. There have been qualifications made on other rumors that did come to fruition.

Yes but Disney has never responded in this way before. It’s a rumor that does/did have some substance and maybe still does.

 

[MissGina5]

The site which can no longer be linked here.

Yes I meant just the main guys name for me to google. no link needed!

 

[rteetz]

Yes I meant just the main guys name for me to google. no link needed!

It’s fairly easy to figure out if you know which site we are talking about.

 

[hertamaniac]

Yes but Disney has never responded in this way before. It’s a rumor that does/did have some substance and maybe still does.

and they just posted a video that tries to dissect Disney's response.

I think Disney is the one in damage control mode moreso than the rumor source.

 

[summerw]

Honestly, if they unblock APs I'll be pissed. Maybe it makes me terrible, but I didn't pay top dollar for my AP for others to get the same benefits in the end.

So I’m one of those “others.” Lol. You might not know if you don’t have one of the other passes, but they blocked us out of Disneyland for a bunch of June days that we have always had in the past. I wasn’t upset they did because it did seem to be a logical move for necessary crowd control. I don’t think it would be the equivalent of putting lesser passes on the same footing as the most expensive pass to give us others a few staggered days back.

That being said, I’m not holding my breath, remotely.

I suspect part of the problem in replacing Stitch/Mission to Mars/Mission to the Moon is the basic structure of the space, no pun intended. No doubt Disney would prefer an attraction that would make the best use of the existing two-theater in the round rooms with their stadium seating and special effect capability. Sure they could simply tear out everything and start from scratch but there is probably a lot of inertia towards re-using existing stuff.

It would be awesome if they did something similar to what was in the old America Sings building in Disneyland for a while. They did storytime with Peter Pan and a narrator read the story and effects went off in the room like Tinkerbell and cannons. They could do it with anything though. An adventure with Jack Jack would be cute. No audience participation and only a narrator has to be there.

Just doing an animation class would be a better use of the empty space though.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Not sure if this was posted yet or not.

Same amount as the January dividend

https://www.laughingplace.com/w/new...res-first-dividend-following-fox-acquisition/

 

[OKW Lover]

Not sure if this was posted yet or not.

Same amount as the January dividend

https://www.laughingplace.com/w/new...res-first-dividend-following-fox-acquisition/

Thanks for the link. I'd also note that the stock price is doing well at ~$140 yesterday. Disney's all time high is ~$144. Apparently the stock market feels good about the merger.

 

[dina444444]

Thanks for the link. I'd also note that the stock price is doing well at ~$140 yesterday. Disney's all time high is ~$144. Apparently the stock market feels good about the merger.

The big stock jump followed the formal Disney+ announcement.

 

[The Pho]

News

Apparently there is a Tower of Terror anniversary event of some sort occurring on October 4th. Mark Silverman (the man who impersonates Rod Serling’s voice) will be present.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/os-...0190627-7r6f5v22qzbl7dw3doj5ucjrqy-story.html