Rumors of Light (ROL discussion thread)

[NY Pirate Princess]

No dining for April 28 for ROL, another shocking day. Lots more availability for the Rainy cafe, though.

 

[beesly]

I couldn't play it until I enabled Adobe Flash Player. Might that be your issue? With a Chrome browser, you can see if you have that enabled by typing chrome://plugins/ in a new tab's URL field.

That's possible. I'll try this a little later. Thanks!

 

[figmentfan423]

That's possible. I'll try this a little later. Thanks!

You have to it was too funny.

 

[jknc]

I honestly feel like the longer they wait to release these reservations is more justification for increasing the event costs.

The 7 Dwarves worked in a diamond mine because pawning precious stones was the only way they could pay for their Disney addiction.

 

[beesly]

I know I'm not supposed to "jump to conclusions" but based upon yesterday (and the whole last month in general...) but I would agree with y'all above that similar to Disney After Hours party is in the works....

I was hoping they would leave the mornings alone, but I'm not surprised. Considering how many people book a BOG breakfast ADR just to get into MK early and either pay the crazy BOG prices or ditch the ADR and pay the no-show fee, this one had to be an obvious revenue opportunity for Disney.

 

[dachsie]

Big fat nothing again this morning.

 

[kungaloosh22]

That's possible. I'll try this a little later. Thanks!

Hope it helps!

Back to sleep for me.... if possible. It kind of sucks to an insomniac on the west coast through this march, as I can't always go back to sleep. On the other hand, I often just wake up now shortly before 3am, with or without alarm. We need a zombie smiley, or one with big bags under its eyes.

 

[elmoandzoey]

I'm slowly reaching the point of being so annoyed that I am really considering not giving any extra money Disney and just try our luck with FP+ or standby. And if we can't see it, then we'll just stop by somewhere around the lake, open up Youtube and watch the damn thing on the smartphone - I am pretty sure someone will have posted a video by then.

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

Ugh. I was really hoping today would be the day finally. I mean I always hope, but I REALLY thought this would be it!

 

[dachsie]

Here is what I see when I went into MK Dining. you can not click on it yet and the picture says place holder
Disney Early Morning Magic – Fantasyland
Experiences VaryPrices VaryMagic Kingdom Park
Table Service

They can get all of this ready but still nothing on ROL?

 

[kcpinwdw]

I do wonder why the new Early Morning Magic is listed under dining instead of events, like the after hours is. I really hope whatever it is, it doens't take away the magic of a pre-park ADR. But if it's under dining I assume it must have something to do with food?? Or maybe it was just misfiled.

 

[Vernie822]

Anyone calling today? Let us know!

 

[nickand]

just called, just a plain no to rivers of light and disney early morning magic

 

[figmentfan423]

Nadia was so sweet and she did double check. I got the standard any time now and check the blog but she was so nice about it!!!!!!

 

[Naomi Rohrbaugh]

Ugh. I'm about to use our AK day as an extra MK day or maybe just cancel our trip altogether. First they pushed back FEA. Okay things happen with construction.

Then they cancelled Wishes FP. I know it's not necessary. But we have a 7:00 ADR and can't stake out spots early. I have littles who tried to see it twice before but got crowded out. It was one of our must do items this trip. Now they've added an evening after hours event to our MK day which is going to bump up the crowds.

And 30 days out ftom debut with with no reservations or FP+s available yet... I'm afraid AK evenings will just be a madhouse in May. It's my favorite park & I wanted to show my family how magical it could be. RoL could be a perfect way to end our May trip. Or chaos & crowds could ruin it.

I'm just not feeling the magic anymore.

 

[elmoandzoey]

I think I must be completely stupid. I am trying to use the help chat on the website and it just tells me this: "Thank you for visiting! If you would like to speak to a reservation agent, please contact us at 407-560-CHAT. Have a Magical Day!" I don't want to speak to a reservation agent, I want to talk to customer service. What the heck am I doing wrong

 

[Naomi Rohrbaugh]

I think I must be completely stupid. I am trying to use the help chat on the website and it just tells me this: "Thank you for visiting! If you would like to speak to a reservation agent, please contact us at 407-560-CHAT. Have a Magical Day!" I don't want to speak to a reservation agent, I want to talk to customer service. What the heck am I doing wrong

A live chat person is probably not available at the moment. It doesn't always work. If you do get someone, they can guide you through My Disney Experience and answer general park questions. But you can't purchase or change rooms & tickets through chat. They'll just tell you to call anyways. My guess is that is the same for anything requiring payment.

 

[elmoandzoey]

A live chat person is probably not available at the moment. It doesn't always work. If you do get someone, they can guide you through My Disney Experience and answer general park questions. But you can't purchase or change rooms & tickets through chat. They'll just tell you to call anyways. My guess is that is the same for anything requiring payment.

Their chat is so weird. I am used to being put in a queue until the next person is available but apparently not so with the Disney guest. I guess I'll just email them then. Didn't have a question about any reservations etc. just a complaint - and no, not about RoL

 

[PrincessWithABlaster]

I was hoping they would leave the mornings alone, but I'm not surprised. Considering how many people book a BOG breakfast ADR just to get into MK early and either pay the crazy BOG prices or ditch the ADR and pay the no-show fee, this one had to be an obvious revenue opportunity for Disney.

Yeah. I know people who go during holidays deal with this all the time with last minute added EMH but at least they know it's a strong possibility. I know I'm jumping to conclusions but I'm really not looking forward to the possibility of having my MK RD days in May obliterated. Oh and I still can't plan my AK day because they can't get their act together for ROL.

 

[Maineiak]

Taking a page from @rteetz book over on the News Round Up 2016 thread. Just in case you haven't seen it.

Rivers of light float testing

https://twitter.com/reivenxo/status/712393908135829504


Rivers of light update photo update

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2016/03/rivers-of-light-update-testing-lotus.html?m=1