News Round Up

[rteetz]

Inside out getting animated short film

http://www.**************.net/2015/...gets-new-animated-short-in-rileys-first-date/

 

[leholcomb]

Skipper Canteen officially announced for a late 2015 opening!

http://www.**************.net/2015/...skipper-canteen-to-open-at-walt-disney-world/

 

[Spacedog1975]

Skipper Canteen officially announced for a late 2015 opening!

http://www.**************.net/2015/...skipper-canteen-to-open-at-walt-disney-world/

Hope this rebalances some MK reservations in November. Curious about the menu too.

 

[rteetz]

MK update

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2015/08/magic-kingdom-update-tomorrowland.html

 

[rteetz]

Disneyland imagineering panel happening right now

https://twitter.com/disneylandlive/status/632349818325565440

 

[mara512]

Skipper Canteen officially announced for a late 2015 opening!

http://www.**************.net/2015/...skipper-canteen-to-open-at-walt-disney-world/

I wonder what late 2015 is. I would love this to be completed for my end of Oct beginning of Nov trip.

 

[rteetz]

I wonder what late 2015 is. I would love this to be completed for my end of Oct beginning of Nov trip.

It's still currently well under construction. I'd expect that they want it open for Christmas possibly thanksgiving.

 

[loveshak22]

I wonder what late 2015 is. I would love this to be completed for my end of Oct beginning of Nov trip.

It's still currently well under construction. I'd expect that they want it open for Christmas possibly thanksgiving.

I'm hoping it means mid-November!! I'd love to get an ADR when we are there but I'm not sure how I'd fit it into my ADR schedule, but I'll try really hard!

I think @rteetz makes sense though that "late" 2015 is probably closer to Christmas

 

[loveshak22]

A club 33 membership is $25,000 up front and then 10,000 yearall.

Here are the benefits to the membership

http://www.disneylandclub33.com/Member Benefits.htm

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

 

[mara512]

I'm hoping it means mid-November!! I'd love to get an ADR when we are there but I'm not sure how I'd fit it into my ADR schedule, but I'll try really hard!

I think @rteetz makes sense though that "late" 2015 is probably closer to Christmas

I would love it for this year too but I am guessing it will have to be my next trip.

 

[rteetz]

Shop Disney parks app is now available in the App Store

http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/mymag...-parks-app-now-available-in-the-app-store.htm

 

[Bolt4Life17]

Shop Disney parks app is now available in the App Store

http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/mymag...-parks-app-now-available-in-the-app-store.htm

That's a cool idea, but I feel if I got this app then when we go on our yearly trip it wouldn't be as exciting in DTD. We enjoy shopping and seeing all the new stuff.

 

[circus4u]

Haven't seen this mentioned with all the excitement over Toy Story and Star Wars lands. Theme park tourist is reporting:

Kilimanjaro Sunset Safaris will simply feature a lighted track
"When we first heard that Kilimanjaro Safaris would be getting a nighttime version, we originally envisioned a separate track that featured different animals and would offer a vastly different experience from the daytime version of this ride. However, it looks like the new evening attraction, which is now being called Kilimanjaro Sunset Safaris, won’t actually be that different after all. Disney announced this weekend that they have found a way to “magically extend the orange glow of the setting sun” (which means, essentially, they’ll be installing some fancy lights) and the only real difference confirmed to be a part of this new(ish) nighttime experience will be the addition of two new species to the ride: hyenas and African wild dogs.

Though we actually didn’t expect to hear anything about this attraction at D23 this year, new information about the evening edition of Kilimanjaro Safaris was long overdue, even if it's a bit underwhelming. Looking back on it, shuffling this news in between Star Wars Land and other, more pressing developments does make a certain amount of sense.

However, even with this new information there’s still one big question that Disney has yet to answer: when exactly this ride will debut. Based on permits and other publicly-available documents, it looks like this ride may be ready by early 2016, but Disney may hold off on opening this nighttime attraction until the Rivers of Light show is ready to go, which is now projected to be sometime in Spring 2016."

http://www.****************.com/new...-confirmed-disney-parks-we-did-not-see-coming

 

[Eoghann]

"When we first heard that Kilimanjaro Safaris would be getting a nighttime version, we originally envisioned a separate track that featured different animals and would offer a vastly different experience from the daytime version of this ride. However, it looks like the new evening attraction, which is now being called Kilimanjaro Sunset Safaris, won’t actually be that different after all. Disney announced this weekend that they have found a way to “magically extend the orange glow of the setting sun” (which means, essentially, they’ll be installing some fancy lights) and the only real difference confirmed to be a part of this new(ish) nighttime experience will be the addition of two new species to the ride: hyenas and African wild dogs.

Not sure where they got the impression it would be a whole new track. All the news about it for months and months has indicated it would be new lighting like this. Not everything has to be or should be world shatteringly new and different. Trying to shuttle in and out nocturnal vs. diurnal animals for two totally separate safaris would be a logistical nightmare.

I admit to being biased when it comes to Animal Kingdom, but I really want to ride a sunset version of the Safari. I think it will have a different feel to it and that time of day in the summer may well increase your chances of seeing animals as the heat will be less.

 

[loveshak22]

I saw all sorts of announcements about the Star Wars Land expansion but nothing about the Pixar expansion...although based on a pp there was an announcement about a Toy Story Land? I guess I should go Google that since the limited updates I saw were for SW.

 

[rteetz]

Haven't seen this mentioned with all the excitement over Toy Story and Star Wars lands. Theme park tourist is reporting:

Kilimanjaro Sunset Safaris will simply feature a lighted track
"When we first heard that Kilimanjaro Safaris would be getting a nighttime version, we originally envisioned a separate track that featured different animals and would offer a vastly different experience from the daytime version of this ride. However, it looks like the new evening attraction, which is now being called Kilimanjaro Sunset Safaris, won’t actually be that different after all. Disney announced this weekend that they have found a way to “magically extend the orange glow of the setting sun” (which means, essentially, they’ll be installing some fancy lights) and the only real difference confirmed to be a part of this new(ish) nighttime experience will be the addition of two new species to the ride: hyenas and African wild dogs.

Though we actually didn’t expect to hear anything about this attraction at D23 this year, new information about the evening edition of Kilimanjaro Safaris was long overdue, even if it's a bit underwhelming. Looking back on it, shuffling this news in between Star Wars Land and other, more pressing developments does make a certain amount of sense.

However, even with this new information there’s still one big question that Disney has yet to answer: when exactly this ride will debut. Based on permits and other publicly-available documents, it looks like this ride may be ready by early 2016, but Disney may hold off on opening this nighttime attraction until the Rivers of Light show is ready to go, which is now projected to be sometime in Spring 2016."

http://www.****************.com/new...-confirmed-disney-parks-we-did-not-see-coming

Which would be why a lot of lighting permits have been filed for the safari area.

 

[rteetz]

I saw all sorts of announcements about the Star Wars Land expansion but nothing about the Pixar expansion...although based on a pp there was an announcement about a Toy Story Land? I guess I should go Google that since the limited updates I saw were for SW.

Toy story land is the Pixar expansion

 

[loveshak22]

Toy story land is the Pixar expansion

Woo-hoo! I am excited about the Pixar expansion just had not seen anything about it yesterday but saw a ton of SW updates.

 

[DrivenByDisney]

Just wanted to share some recent photos from DTD and Magic from last week.

 

[Madteaparty001]

Fantastic pics @DrivenByDisney !