News Round Up 2020

[tlmadden73]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313133925192134656

Thank you for sharing this btw. Grabbed a copy!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Permit filed for set piece installation at Star Wars Hotel:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313176786163953667

 

[tlmadden73]

Cant see them doing too much with story. They eliminated most of the story long ago with the poachers (thankfully). Now if they would stop calling the concrete pillars termite mounds and the concrete tree a baobab, the ride would be perfect!

Wait? Those aren't real? . Next thing you'll tell me is that temple the tigers wander around in India isn't real either!

Why would eliminating the "pretend" immersion aspect of the ride make it perfect? Isn't the immersion factor what makes it a Disney ride as opposed to just a normal zoo attraction?

 

[BorderTenny]

Tons of new masks on shopDisney today including Christmas ones and new Star Wars ones.

Love the new Star Wars ones and the Stitch ones.

 

[JaxDad]

Wait? Those aren't real? . Next thing you'll tell me is that temple the tigers wander around in India isn't real either!

Why would eliminating the "pretend" immersion aspect of the ride make it perfect? Isn't the immersion factor what makes it a Disney ride as opposed to just a normal zoo attraction?

Plus I'm now questioning the veracity of my jungle cruise experience...

 

[Tigger's ally]

Plus I'm now questioning the veracity of my jungle cruise experience...

Never question the veracity of anything Disney. Ever. Well, except for the wifey's veracity of Dooney's.

 

[tlmadden73]

Permit filed for set piece installation at Star Wars Hotel:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313176786163953667

Obviously this project was farther along than we thought considering they are continuing it on with it at full steam (which we knew they hadn't cancelled it yet). Still seems like an odd decision to keep it going since Disney is cutting shows and staff for the "extra" things like Minnie Vans and Photo Passes, yet they plan on building (and staffing) a "super deluxe" resort with a limited audience? The planned profit margins for it must be huge.

I would have thought the precedent for leaving a hotel unfinished (especially a specialty hotel) would be there after leaving Art of Animation partially abandoned for 8-9 years during the 9/11 tourism drop.

I just still can't see the demand for this thing being big considering Disney may be struggling to fill its "normal" hotels for years to come.

 

[disneygirlsng]

Rumor is some type of goat. It’s unclear though.

They told us during my WAT tour I did last year that they were bringing an animal to that area, I wish I could remember what they said it would be though.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Obviously this project was farther along than we thought considering they are continuing it on with it at full steam (which we knew they hadn't cancelled it yet). Still seems like an odd decision to keep it going since Disney is cutting shows and staff for the "extra" things like Minnie Vans and Photo Passes, yet they plan on building (and staffing) a "super deluxe" resort with a limited audience? The planned profit margins for it must be huge.

I would have thought the precedent for leaving a hotel unfinished (especially a specialty hotel) would be there after leaving Art of Animation partially abandoned for 8-9 years during the 9/11 tourism drop.

I just still can't see the demand for this thing being big considering Disney may be struggling to fill its "normal" hotels for years to come.

I think this was a) bretty darn far along and b) will bring in significant positive revenue. With the small size of it you don't need a ton of people to stay there to make money. And as it was going to be in sent periods any way (like a cruise where everyone for that "sailing" shows up on a set day and leaves on a set day) they could just reduce the number of days they are open ... plus would allow for more deep cleaning in between groups

So this feels very different than the classic decades part of POP that never got build (and eventually became AoA) as no way they would have been able to fill all those extra rooms (and Value rooms at that so less $ / additional person)

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313201892865069056

 

[scrappinginontario]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313201892865069056

I wonder how this will affect the price as the current price is quite reasonable.

 

[Gusey]

https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories/backlot-premiere-shop-opening-soon-at-disneylands-stage-17/

 

[Sara W]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313201892865069056

Crap. My daughter’s birthday is December 16th and we were going to have breakfast here. Now this will be a stupid-hard reservation. Last year it was Topolino’s on opening day. This kid does not make Disney easy.

 

[Eeyore daily]

Crap. My daughter’s birthday is December 16th and we were going to have breakfast here. Now this will be a stupid-hard reservation. Last year it was Topolino’s on opening day. This kid does not make Disney easy.

I'd call that Disney magic

 

[rteetz]

News

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...lDSfqDCFdu2yDvMuPdPBdI_9ikO7A-Jrk6UnoGDWOSYck

 

[ChrisM]

Rumor is some type of goat. It’s unclear though.

"Where's the goat?"

T-Rex exhibit confirmed.

 

[Mit88]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313305894025789441

More movie delays. Luckily other than Soul, Disney should be safe from any more delays for a few months

 

[skeeter31]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313305894025789441

More movie delays. Luckily other than Soul, Disney should be safe from any more delays for a few months

Yeah, Dune moved to Batman’s original release date in October 2021.

Also, the Regal theater closing is pretty massive. I actually wonder if they’re ever going to reopen.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313305894025789441

More movie delays. Luckily other than Soul, Disney should be safe from any more delays for a few months

Dang 2022!? Ugh I'm really starting to hate all these movie updates

 

[mikeamizzle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313305894025789441

More movie delays. Luckily other than Soul, Disney should be safe from any more delays for a few months

How exactly are movie theaters going to exist in 2022? I'm still hard pressed to understand this when there wont be anything worth seeing in one until mid 2021.

hint: They won't.