News Round Up 2020

[abs1978]

Definitely don’t expect it. Things can always change but I would be surprised at this point.

Oh I’m for sure not expecting it. Just trying to will it onto opening sooner rather than later.

 

[Togadadof2]

Oh I’m for sure not expecting it. Just trying to will it onto opening sooner rather than later.

What is the latest on when we think it'll open? We have a trip planned for Feb 2021 (President's Week) and I'm curious if it'll be open.

 

[rteetz]

What is the latest on when we think it'll open? We have a trip planned for Feb 2021 (President's Week) and I'm curious if it'll be open.

Rumors are pointing to March.

 

[soniam]

I'm excited for this! We've always wanted to see this place in person and have talked about volunteering there once our kids are old enough to help, too. It'll be a cool thing to do on a December Disney trip with no night-time Disney things to do and well worth the cost of admission since it's 100% donation. I know one family that's stayed there and they do nothing but rave about that place! Their daughter (now in college) found out she had a rare, congenital kidney disease suddenly when she was a teen and almost died. She visited GKTW after recovering from her kidney transplant.

We were planning on volunteering for our July trip and upcoming November trip Hopefully next year. I think it would be great for us to see people that we would normally pity, for no good reason, enjoying life day-to-day. I hope some of their attitude rubs off on us. We did buy tickets for the light show. Can't wait!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I hope they also serve savory crepes!

Per the menu it will have savory and sweet and will have a to-go window and sit-down option

https://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/dining/diningdetail.cfm?restaurant.id=810

 

[soniam]

Per the menu it will have savory and sweet and will have a to-go window and sit-down option

https://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/dining/diningdetail.cfm?restaurant.id=810

I hope this opens even if Ratatouille doesn't open until later. Every bit of food helps at Epcot right now.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I hope this opens even if Ratatouille doesn't open until later. Every bit of food helps at Epcot right now.

I could go for some holiday crepes

 

[TheMaxRebo]

New giraffe calf born at Animal Kingdom!

https://www.facebook.com/1490958684533546/posts/2415775505385188

 

[Vern60]

Touring plans sent out a couple emails claiming changing hours over Christmas week, not sure if this is accurate but for what it's worth:

 

[Vern60]

Verifying on Disney site, looks like hours are changing on 12/21
MK 8-10
EP 10-9
HS 9-8
AK 7-7
Wow, nice! That's a lot of extra hours. Looks like they run through 12/30
Edit: cleaned up a typo

 

[Mit88]

If there’s no fireworks, and they’re not open through midnight, I can’t imagine many people will stay until 10 unless they don’t care if they’re on a Disney bus, or waiting for one at the stroke of midnight. But a 14 hour park day sure seems nice.

 

[Vern60]

If there’s no fireworks, and they’re not open through midnight, I can’t imagine many people will stay until 10 unless they don’t care if they’re on a Disney bus, or waiting for one at the stroke of midnight. But a 14 hour park day sure seems nice.

Yeah, I'm pretty happy about the extended hours. Another good point that you reminded me of, is if I decide not to rent a car, it is nice to know buses (or boats) at least theoretically should be running later. Say I have a MK day and decide for a dinner at the Contemporary or Poly, it's reassuring to know I could leave for dinner and come back for a last ride or two and still catch a bus back to the resort.

 

[rteetz]

News

https://blogmickey.com/2020/10/disn...x5D1TisIXaeV3RADwQ5goJ2qAyE4eawprnlajnrM9RLsY

 

[rteetz]

News

https://blogmickey.com/2020/10/magi...during-holidays-4-more-hours-per-day-of-play/

 

[rteetz]

News

https://blogmickey.com/2020/10/disn...HUniY-Erj0i2QqKKzw1NHw95viUbZM7sPZ93CAInUeqDw

 

[Gusey]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1320019918125936640

 

[Gusey]

And a warning about crowd expectancy next weekend as it is Halloween

https://twitter.com/x/status/1319956813979242497

 

[soniam]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1320019918125936640

So glad that we will be staying on property over Thanksgiving and hitting Early Entry.

 

[skeeter31]

Going to get very interesting for the movie industry if the new James Bond movie goes direct to Netflix or Apple+ as is being reported. That’s one of the major tent poles we’ve all been using as a gauge for the future and the recovery of the theater industry. If they pull the plug and go streaming with that, I wonder if some other studios will decide to go that route with bigger movies as well. I’d love to know how much one of the streaming services pay for a movie like that.

 

[Mit88]

Going to get very interesting for the movie industry if the new James Bond movie goes direct to Netflix or Apple+ as is being reported. That’s one of the major tent poles we’ve all been using as a gauge for the future and the recovery of the theater industry. If they pull the plug and go streaming with that, I wonder if some other studios will decide to go that route with bigger movies as well. I’d love to know how much one of the streaming services pay for a movie like that.

Apple and Netflix approached MGM, not the other way around. If they offer them probably 800M-1B I could see MGM possibly biting. But with it being Craig’s last appearance as Bond, I don’t think it’s exactly set in stone.