Official 2017 D23 Expo Thread

[Redcon1]

Mary Poppins Returns seems like a terrible awful idea, but the casting is pretty awesome.

Laying this on a BIT thick...?

Meryl Streep referred to #MaryPoppinsReturns as a gift to the world! says Rob Marshall #D23Expo

And this coming from a Walt Disney-hater. I won't believe anything she says.

 

[mikepizzo]

I'd love it in Orlando as WDW is my home park and I live less then an hour away.... downside being there are a few Disney vloggers I follow who I doubt them and their elaborate cosplays would be able to travel to the east coast

Is there enough convention space anywhere in Orlando? Didn't they just build that Hall D23 in the Anaheim Convention Center? I can't remember who I was talking to at D23 2015, but I remember getting that information from somewhere. I think it's a space issue, unfortunately.

 

[rteetz]

Is there enough convention space anywhere in Orlando? Didn't they just build that Hall D23 in the Anaheim Convention Center? I can't remember who I was talking to at D23 2015, but I remember getting that information from somewhere. I think it's a space issue, unfortunately.

I don't believe space would be an issue. Star Wars celebration is probably the best we have to compare and Orlando held that just fine.

 

[manicstreet]

Do you know if they will put any of the merchandise for sale on line? Have they in the past? I want those throwback posters.

 

[joelkfla]

I think if there's no traditional ac...there will be some other method of climate control...this is the straightforward approach: nothing has been built in Florida without AC for 50 years..

...now discuss among yourselves...

Distribute loaner cooling towels at the boarding point?

 

[crazy4wdw]

Is there enough convention space anywhere in Orlando? Didn't they just build that Hall D23 in the Anaheim Convention Center? I can't remember who I was talking to at D23 2015, but I remember getting that information from somewhere. I think it's a space issue, unfortunately.

The convention center at Coronado Springs is currently being expanded, I have no idea if the space would be enough to handle a D23 expo. There are also the two convention centers at the Swan/Dolphin. Part of the issue with having a D23 expo in Orlando is having to ship the models and other stuff from the Disney Archives and Walt Disney Imagineering across country - very expensive. Also, most the people who would honored with a Disney Legands award or who would be tapped for presentations would be on the west coast.

We'll see what happens for 2019 - I would certainly be a happy fan if a D23 expo was scheduled in Orlando.

 

[MissGina5]

I just don't want to forget to post this but @rteetz you are such a star! This was so much to handle and you had work and you did it so swiftly and thoroughly! THANK YOU for being so on top of things!! We all really appreciate you

 

[rteetz]

I just don't want to forget to post this but @rteetz you are such a star! This was so much to handle and you had work and you did it so swiftly and thoroughly! THANK YOU for being so on top of things!! We all really appreciate you

Thanks!

 

[rteetz]

The convention center at Coronado Springs is currently being expanded, I have no idea if the space would be enough to handle a D23 expo. There are also the two convention centers at the Swan/Dolphin. Part of the issue with having a D23 expo in Orlando is having to ship the models and other stuff from the Disney Archives and Walt Disney Imagineering across country - very expensive. Also, most the people who would honored with a Disney Legands award or who would be tapped for presentations would be on the west coast.

We'll see what happens for 2019 - I would certainly be a happy fan if a D23 expo was scheduled in Orlando.

I can't see any Disney property convention space being able to handle it.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

I can't see any Disney property convention space being able to handle it.

The Orange County convention center is more than gigoundous enough for it

 

[rteetz]

The Orange County convention center is more than gigoundous enough for it

That's what I thought.

 

[dreiwhit]

Thank you...I'm "playing along" with this for arguments sake. But there's no way that TDO accepts a non-ac transport system. I mean like a 0.0003451% chance.

The idea that "people will manage" is quaint and so Eisenhowerian...but who the heck are we talking about here?!?

Just wanted to add this story: My wife frequently tells the story of a Disney visit she made in the late 80s. Her grandparents rode in the van down to WDW with my wife and her family, not to go to to MK an Epcot, but because her Grandfather had a brother who lived in Orlando that he hadn't seen in years and wanted to spend time with.

When they dropped her grandparents off at his brother's house, they were surprised to find out that the brother didn't have air conditioning. Her grandparents didn't think it was a big deal because both grandparents had grown up in Alabama without it.

However, at the end of the second day, they got a call from her grandparents asking them to be picked up. The visit with the brother was over. Her grandparents said it was too hot in that house without air conditioning!

 

[a4matte]

The article says, "Air conditioning does not appear to be included but the Omega cabins will include more open windows than normal", so seems that they are counting on the air circulating as the gondolas move? They won't be glass enclosed hot boxes, but I am not so sure using the same method of cooling as the Friendship Boats is the best move either.

That'll be fun in the rain. But at least if the system does go down and power cuts out they won't become green houses. That happened to the Orlando Eye a few years ago - people were stuck on that mid-day in, like, July for several hours.

Do you know if they will put any of the merchandise for sale on line? Have they in the past? I want those throwback posters.

I think a handful of stuff pops up randomly. What does tends to sell out super fast since it's a small portion of the total inventory of an item.

 

[skier_pete]

I don't think it will.

My $100 bet is still in play - no ones taken me up. $100 says cabin's are air conditioned.

(BTW I looked closer at the main image of the gondolas, it's pretty clear that they are 100% enclosed.)

Everything I have seen on it says none. Rumored to transport 10 guests at a time and also speculated that they are working with the manufacturer to lower evacuation times to at least 12 minutes due to the lack of A/C.

So they are going to have 10 minute rides in a furnace? Those glassed in boxes will be 130 degrees on an August afternoon.

 

[jknezek]

OK. We need a new game. Although I haven't read the last 20 pages of this thread, so maybe it already got played. It's called Completion Month. Here are the major announcements for WDW, you put the expected year and month of completion on it.

DHS
Galaxy's Edge Opening (to public)
Toy Story Land Opening (to public)
Star Wars Hotel Opening (to public)

EPCOT
Mission:Space Restaurant
GotG Coaster Opening (to public)
Ratatouille Ride Opening (to public)

MK
Tron Coaster Opening (to public)
Just off Main Street Theater

Animal Kingdom
Just Kidding

Resorts
Riviera DVC
Gondolas (all spurs, to public)

 

[skier_pete]

OK. We need a new game. Although I haven't read the last 20 pages of this thread, so maybe it already got played. It's called Completion Month. Here are the major announcements for WDW, you put the expected year and month of completion on it.

I'm up for it.
DHS
Galaxy's Edge Opening (to public) - 7/2019 (They might shoot for May - but they've said DLR will be first.)
Toy Story Land Opening (to public) - 5/2018
Star Wars Hotel Opening (to public) - 11/2019 (Not sure if it will coincide with the land.)

EPCOT (This'll be the summer 2020 push)
Mission:Space Restaurant - 5/2020
GotG Coaster Opening (to public) - 5/2020
Ratatouille Ride Opening (to public) - 5/2020

MK (Already said to be 50th anniversary)
Tron Coaster Opening (to public) - 5/2021
Just off Main Street Theater - 5/2021

Animal Kingdom
Just Kidding

Resorts - These will come very close to SW:GE
Riviera DVC - 7/2019
Gondolas (all spurs, to public) - 7/2019

 

[skier_pete]

Why have gondolas that travel slower and fit fewer people compared to a monorail...

Lower maintenance and higher hourly capacity - and not that much slower.

 

[skier_pete]

Ok...am I nuts to think the demands of tourists in Florida would be different than Vietnam?

For once - you are not nuts.

 

[a4matte]

EPCOT
Mission:Space Restaurant
GotG Coaster Opening (to public)
Ratatouille Ride Opening (to public)

I don't think they said that the GotG ride would be a coaster?

 

[rteetz]

I don't think they said that the GotG ride would be a coaster?

It is rumored to be tho.