News Round Up

[lockedoutlogic]

They should have eliminated the buses for a property wide rail system 20 years ago...

Lets not BS here...

But as far as "dedicated buses"...back in my days - they did a multi year study on buses when the GPS system was installed..and what they found was that the bus allocation can be tied directly to the number of rooms serviced to a high degree of success.

What's they mean? It means that need is highly predictable to the size of the hotels. That makes complete sense given That its a captive audience with limited choices.

So yacht, beach, boardwalk, wilderness lodge, poly, grand Floridian are always going to be candidates for grouping because they just don't have the raw number of rooms.

You want a separate bus for $550 a night?

I mean...it doesn't grow on trees or anything...though I bet that's what imagineering is working on INSTEAD of putting some hussle into this MGM plans

 

[rteetz]

Food and wine kiosks are showing up around world showcase.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/events/inte...-underway-on-the-world-showcase-promenade.htm

 

[rteetz]

Disneyland starting to prep for Halloween

http://micechat.com/109948-summer-ends-disneyland/

 

[916chipndale]

Yeah I don't have a problem with "sister" resorts sharing, i.e Yacht and Beach sharing, Swan and Dolphin sharing a separate bus, since they are right next door to each other and it kind of makes sense just to share. But for a decent while the Wilderness Lodge was sharing with the Grand Floridian and it just didn't make much sense. I never really minded the sharing at Port Orleans cause at night it would always be a separate bus, not the same for the deluxe results in my experience. They always share

 

[rteetz]

Disney springs update

http://savepleasureisland.blogspot.com/2015/08/dtd-update-showing-you-around.html

 

[rteetz]

Some Shanghai construction pictures

http://disneyandmore.blogspot.fr/2015/08/shanghai-disneyland-tomorrowland-from_29.html

 

[luisov]

Some Shanghai construction pictures

http://disneyandmore.blogspot.fr/2015/08/shanghai-disneyland-tomorrowland-from_29.html

That's pretty cool. I wish they would do a serious refurbishment of both US Tomorrowlands. They always pale in comparison to other TL's around the world.

Also, it looks like Shanghai's Buzz is going to be very different.

 

[Dsnyguy75]

following...

 

[rteetz]

That's pretty cool. I wish they would do a serious refurbishment of both US Tomorrowlands. They always pale in comparison to other TL's around the world.

Also, it looks like Shanghai's Buzz is going to be very different.

I'd take just the update to buzz alone. MK buzz is in such great need of a refurb it's almost worse than pirates was.

 

[rteetz]

Universal has now officially announced Cabana Bay expansion opening in 2017 with views of the new Volcano Bay water park.

http://blog.universalorlando.com/whats-new/cabana-bay-expansion/

 

[Reddog1134]

Someone on wdwmagic found a casting call for a Dr. facilier for a new villains offering at DHS. There have been rumors that a villains show would be replacing Beauty and the beast.

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2015/08/new-v...facilier-coming-to-disneys-hollywood-studios/

Facilier is one of my favorite villains.

 

[rteetz]

Inside out has hit 700 million world wide

http://thedisneyblog.com/2015/08/31...-inside-out-passes-700m-at-global-box-office/

 

[rteetz]

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2015/08/new-v...facilier-coming-to-disneys-hollywood-studios/

Facilier is one of my favorite villains.

They say club but from the people at wdwmagic say it would be a show.

 

[Eoghann]

Inside out has hit 700 million world wide

http://thedisneyblog.com/2015/08/31...-inside-out-passes-700m-at-global-box-office/

Does that mean it's time to start the Inside Out Ride Coming to EPCOT rumors again? ;D

It would be a good fit and right now it's only trailing Frozen in domestic by about $55 million but it's a good $500 million short on worldwide boxoffice. It's heading for Toy Story 3 numbers, but does it have the merchandising possibilities?

 

[Goofy2015]

I know this may sound bad, but I sometimes take cabs to Magic Kingdom / Animal Kingdom from the Boardwalk. It is only $20. More so, the Animal Kingdom.

 

[skier_pete]

Food and wine kiosks are showing up around world showcase.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/events/inte...-underway-on-the-world-showcase-promenade.htm

I noticed this today. Saturday they were blocking the spaces. Last night they appeared.

Also noticed Halloween merchandise is out in earnest.

 

[rteetz]

I noticed this today. Saturday they were blocking the spaces. Last night they appeared.

Also noticed Halloween merchandise is out in earnest.

Halloween merchandise has been out for at least a week already...

 

[Reddog1134]

Also noticed Halloween merchandise is out in earnest.

You mean this?

 

[Disneychick75]

I know this may sound bad, but I sometimes take cabs to Magic Kingdom / Animal Kingdom from the Boardwalk. It is only $20. More so, the Animal Kingdom.

We do the same thing. Sometimes we take a bus back to the resort but never after the fireworks shows at MK or Epcot.

 

[monique5]

I'll just add this to my list with my new house in Golden Oaks

Same here.