News Round Up

[jcnewton]

Three Caballeros animatronics in the Gran Fiesta Tour Bout Cruise. Via @Designerland71 on Twitter.

 

[jcnewton]

This is pretty big for Disney fans the Gran Fiesta Tour has working animatronics back!

https://twitter.com/disneyconnects/status/672824221135994881

I think you got me by half a second on that Always on top of it.

 

[rteetz]

The three caballeros animatronics are from the original Mickey Mouse revue which moved to Tokyo and ran until 2009. They have been sitting at WDW since waiting for install in Mexico. They were finally installed.

https://d23.com/after-35-years-historic-three-caballeros-figures-return-to-walt-disney-world-resort/

 

[rteetz]

Video of animatronics

https://twitter.com/43squaremiles/status/672827438364250112

 

[rteetz]

The making of Captain EO

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/the-making-of-captain-eo-lucas-coppola-and-162110246.html

 

[skier_pete]

16 reasons to travel to WDW in 2016

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...forgettable-year-at-walt-disney-world-resort/

Hmmm....not very impressive list. Come enjoy a bunch of stuff we already have. Plus a new restaurant!! Let's hope the 2017 listing it better.

 

[skier_pete]

Video of animatronics

https://twitter.com/43squaremiles/status/672827438364250112

Wow! When did those get put in. That's acutally really cool. I know it's a small thing, but looks like it replaces the final movie screen in Gran Fiesta ride.

The three caballeros animatronics are from the original Mickey Mouse revue which moved to Tokyo and ran until 2009. They have been sitting at WDW since waiting for install in Mexico. They were finally installed.

https://d23.com/after-35-years-historic-three-caballeros-figures-return-to-walt-disney-world-resort/

Edit: I should read all the posts! That's an awesome piece of history. Extremely cool!

 

[rteetz]

Wow! When did those get put in. That's acutally really cool. I know it's a small thing, but looks like it replaces the final movie screen in Gran Fiesta ride.

Apparently they were put in over night but it's been a project they've been planning to do for years.

 

[Alice Royal]

Proud of Imagineering for getting this done. There's still a lot to be desired at WDW but things like this keep me coming back as a local.

 

[TT77]

Three Caballeros animatronics in the Gran Fiesta Tour Bout Cruise. Via @Designerland71 on Twitter.

Are there plans for the rest of the Mickey Mouse Revue figures? In that show there were several copies of the Three Caballeros AA figures that would pop up in different locations around the Mickey Mouse Revue Theater

 

[Firebird060]

what makes me laugh about that reasons to visit wdw in 2016 is they do not even have the correct updated time for flower and garden

 

[rteetz]

Are there plans for the rest of the Mickey Mouse Revue figures? In that show there were several copies of the Three Caballeros AA figures that would pop up in different locations around the Mickey Mouse Revue Theater

I am not sure if the rest of the AAs were saved.

 

[TT77]

I am not sure if the rest of the AAs were saved.

There were 9 total of them in the Mickey Mouse Revue, 3 Donald, 3 Jose, and 3 Panchito, all identical. If they kept them, it seems the figuers would would fit thr Mexico ride pretty seamlessly

 

[rteetz]

There were 9 total of them in the Mickey Mouse Revue, 3 Donald, 3 Jose, and 3 Panchito, all identical. If they kept them, it seems the figuers would would fit thr Mexico ride pretty seamlessly

Yes i know but I don't know if all nine were saved rather than just the three.

 

[TT77]

Yes i know but I don't know if all nine were saved rather than just the three.

I thought they held on to all of those Mickey Mouse Revue figures. I think some of the dwarfs at the end of the Mine Train (the ones playing music) are also from the Mickey Mouse Revue

and I've always loved the Alice in Wonderland singing flowers from MMR, I always hoped they would find a new home for them some day, the sculptures on all those MMR figures were really pretty good

 

[rteetz]

I thought they held on to all of those Mickey Mouse Revue figures. I think some of the dwarfs at the end of the Mine Train (the ones playing music) are also from the Mickey Mouse Revue

and I've always loved the Alice in Wonderland singing flowers from MMR, I always hoped they would find a new home for them some day, the sculptures on all those MMR figures were really pretty good

Those dwarf figures are from snow whites scary adventures. I can't speak for all of the revue figures. The three caballeros figures were saved for a specific reason.

 

[rteetz]

Work happening around the tree of life today

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2015/12/animal-kingdom-work-around-tree-of-life.html

 

[TT77]

Those dwarf figures are from snow whites scary adventures. I can't speak for all of the revue figures. The three caballeros figures were saved for a specific reason.

The Dwarf's plastic bodies or "skins" for all the versions of Snow White's Scary Adventures, at all the parks around the world, were made from the same models as the original 1971 Mickey Mouse Revue figures, but the "skeletons" of the SWSA figures were basically just pipes like the Haunted Mansion ghosts, which had a very limited range of movements. The dwarf that plays the accordion for example, only his hands moved, but the MMR figures had fully articulated animatronic "skeletons" that had moving mouths, eyes, heads, arms, fingers, and hips. The eyes and mouths don't move any more but that's what's in the Mine Train

 

[baler31]

Hmmm....not very impressive list. Come enjoy a bunch of stuff we already have. Plus a new restaurant!! Let's hope the 2017 listing it better.

Club Villain is listed and is only offered for six nights. Nothing like promoting something that only a handful of people will have the opportunity to see.

 

[rteetz]

Club Villain is listed and is only offered for six nights. Nothing like promoting something that only a handful of people will have the opportunity to see.

That's because it seems it wasn't selling like they wanted.