News Round Up 2020

[dina444444]

News

https://deadline.com/2020/09/sam-es...nt-untitled-cdc-project-put-pilot-1234586824/

 

[rteetz]

News

https://deadline.com/2020/09/the-li...jenkins-moonlight-director-disney-1234586787/

No thanks.

 

[rteetz]

https://www.wdwinfo.com/disneylandcalifornia/disney-rumor-round-up-september-2020/

 

[FrankieWinthrop]

News
https://deadline.com/2020/09/the-li...jenkins-moonlight-director-disney-1234586787/

No thanks.

Agreed. We need this why? It was a 100% one and done for me. Even my kids (one of which is ALL about animals and The Lion King and Lion Guard) have never asked to watch it again after we saw it in the theater. They also skip the songs when they pop up on Spotify because they aren't the 'real' versions.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

No thanks.

if it is a new and unique story I would actually be more interested in this one than the first one (which I still haven't bothered to see)

 

[rteetz]

if it is a new and unique story I would actually be more interested in this one than the first one (which I still haven't bothered to see)

I suppose but I’d rather just leave it alone. This is purely for money at this point.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Disney World Begins Selling New Annual Passes to Passholders With Expired or Cancelled Annual Passes

https://twitter.com/x/status/1310986533047017472

 

[firefly_ris]

No thanks.

I'm with you there. The Lion King is my favorite Disney animated movie and the live action was..... not good. Boring to look at, drab, re-tread but less fun. Let's make another one! $$$$$$$

 

[MissGina5]

Disney World Begins Selling New Annual Passes to Passholders With Expired or Cancelled Annual Passes

https://twitter.com/x/status/1310986533047017472

did it have to have expired during COVID lol

 

[YesterDark]

I suppose but I’d rather just leave it alone. This is purely for money at this point.

I'll let you in on a little secret, Disney is purely about making money.

More Disney movies the better imo. Seems like it could be fun.

 

[Mit88]

 

[rteetz]

I'll let you in on a little secret, Disney is purely about making money.

More Disney movies the better imo. Seems like it could be fun.

Well yeah I get that but give me a new story not a sequel to a already remade story.

 

[tlmadden73]

Disney World Begins Selling New Annual Passes to Passholders With Expired or Cancelled Annual Passes

https://twitter.com/x/status/1310986533047017472

Another .. small step towards normal! Huzzah!

I wonder why they are targeting just people who have recently expired or cancelled APs though.
Do they feel that those people are "regretting" their decision to cancel or not renew and may want to come back now that Florida since they have announced things are moving towards "normal"?

Or is this just basically testing the water to see what AP demand would be?

Or .. like I've said before .. just start getting more people (but not too big) to come down this year to "check out" WDW without the concern of it not being "worth" going with the restrictions. (because they can just come back in 2021 when things are closer to "normal").

Any indication of price? The same I would assume (and/or hope).

Gives me hope an AP (in some form) will be available for my first planned 2021 trip (and thus makes it more likely there will be a second trip).

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Another .. small step towards normal! Huzzah!

I wonder why they are targeting just people who have recently expired or cancelled APs though.
Do they feel that those people are "regretting" their decision to cancel or not renew and may want to come back now that Florida since they have announced things are moving towards "normal"?

Or is this just basically testing the water to see what AP demand would be?

Or .. like I've said before .. just start getting more people (but not too big) to come down this year to "check out" WDW without the concern of it not being "worth" going with the restrictions. (because they can just come back in 2021 when things are closer to "normal").

Any indication of price? The same I would assume (and/or hope).

Gives me hope an AP (in some form) will be available for my first planned 2021 trip (and thus makes it more likely there will be a second trip).

I think they will just continue to take various baby steps to expand crowds and then slight increases to offerings and hours in response, and then continue in that pattern ... vs and big moves all at once

 

[dina444444]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1311005320030814208

 

[jpeterson]

Disney World Begins Selling New Annual Passes to Passholders With Expired or Cancelled Annual Passes

https://twitter.com/x/status/1310986533047017472

That's good, we plan on buying new passes for our several times rescheduled next trip in the spring. Although only 3/4s of us had passes expire during the closure. But we'll wait until closer to the trip anyway, hoping DVC discount passes open up as well.

 

[Roxyfire]

Another .. small step towards normal! Huzzah!

I wonder why they are targeting just people who have recently expired or cancelled APs though.
Do they feel that those people are "regretting" their decision to cancel or not renew and may want to come back now that Florida since they have announced things are moving towards "normal"?

Or is this just basically testing the water to see what AP demand would be?

Or .. like I've said before .. just start getting more people (but not too big) to come down this year to "check out" WDW without the concern of it not being "worth" going with the restrictions. (because they can just come back in 2021 when things are closer to "normal").

Any indication of price? The same I would assume (and/or hope).

Gives me hope an AP (in some form) will be available for my first planned 2021 trip (and thus makes it more likely there will be a second trip).

Oh man I hope this means I can upgrade our tickets to APs next month. That would really make me happy since we're planning to go in June as well.

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1311026205718609927

 

[skeeter31]

That's good, we plan on buying new passes for our several times rescheduled next trip in the spring. Although only 3/4s of us had passes expire during the closure. But we'll wait until closer to the trip anyway, hoping DVC discount passes open up as well.

DVC discount passes have been available as renewals, so I would assume they would be available during this new sale as well. We renewed ours a month ago and got the DVC discount. So if you meet the criteria to buy the new APs, I would try calling member services first before calling the VIP Passholder number. I also have to say the member services people were much more knowledgeable than the VIP Passholder line when I was calling a few times last month (less wait time too).

 

[skeeter31]

Another .. small step towards normal! Huzzah!

I wonder why they are targeting just people who have recently expired or cancelled APs though.
Do they feel that those people are "regretting" their decision to cancel or not renew and may want to come back now that Florida since they have announced things are moving towards "normal"?

Or is this just basically testing the water to see what AP demand would be?

Or .. like I've said before .. just start getting more people (but not too big) to come down this year to "check out" WDW without the concern of it not being "worth" going with the restrictions. (because they can just come back in 2021 when things are closer to "normal").

Any indication of price? The same I would assume (and/or hope).

Gives me hope an AP (in some form) will be available for my first planned 2021 trip (and thus makes it more likely there will be a second trip).

I thinks it’s definitely more of just testing the water. It’s basically 1 step up from offering renewals (which they’ve been doing since day 1). They know people that have previously had APs know what to expect, and will be more knowledgeable with future issues. I don’t see them opening up regular sales of APs until hopping returns, and I don’t see that returning until next spring.

This allows people who let their passes lapse in the past couple of months the opportunity to buy new ones. And it’s the same price as last year (and new purchase price, not the renewal price).