Rumors of Light (ROL discussion thread)

[TheFloatingBear]

Hey all! I've been watching, reading, laughing, cheering and joining in the disappointment of today's announcement since the beginning of the thread. Have not been on the boards since our last trip five years ago and had to recreate a new sign in because what I had remembered did not work. Bummer to earn my ears all over again but wanted to say that I am sorry for those with trips planned shortly and thank you to all those posters with a sense of humor. This has by far been my most favorite thread to watch and read on the boards in 10 years!

Wanted to share that I had a CM tell me on the phone about a month back that I was in for a real treat as Toy Story Land would be open when we visit in August, lol!!!! What?!? First and last I heard of this! Didn't think so and haven't heard a peep. Our trip is planned for THIS August. So again, a grain of salt with the non official comments received over the phone! And I wasn't speaking to Maggie!!!!

Ha! I'm speechless reading this! However, I really want to see Toy Story land so I might need to book a trip, lol!

 

[puffinp51]

FWIW, Early Morning Magic dates were released today....

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/early-morning-magic/

Thank you for posting this Been with this thread since the beginning. Was so sad to see ROL pushed back for all of us April and May folks. And the hits just keep on coming for me as both my pre-park ADR's at CP happen to fall on the only two days it's being held during our trip. Hope to find another but think they'll be at a premium with the new Early Morning Magic dates. That said, can't wait for our trip and know we'll have a magical time! Here's to many more pages of this thread!

 

[4HOLIDAYS]

Am I missing something on the Early am dates- I clicked the link but see no dates with info?
All I see are Tuesdays and Saturdays-from when until when? Forever?
So Tues was a non EMH day now has am- Wed is eve EMH- Thur is now DAH- because clearly MK is not that busy so Disney needs to find a way to increase attendance!

 

[TheFloatingBear]

Thank you for posting this Been with this thread since the beginning. Was so sad to see ROL pushed back for all of us April and May folks. And the hits just keep on coming for me as both my pre-park ADR's at CP happen to fall on the only two days it's being held during our trip. Hope to find another but think they'll be at a premium with the new Early Morning Magic dates. That said, can't wait for our trip and know we'll have a magical time! Here's to many more pages of this thread!

That stinks - I still haven't salvaged things from my pre-park ADR that got messed up with the paid-evening thingy!

 

[ArielSRL]

Same here. I'll be on the look out for anyone else wearing a button or shirt the first week of May. I'll have my button on my bag.

Must go console myself with the TFA DVD that arrived today. Squeeeeeeeee!!

I should've pre-ordered. D*mn it!

 

[TheFloatingBear]

FWIW, Early Morning Magic dates were released today....

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/early-morning-magic/

Why aren't they calling it the Morning Hootenanny??

 

[TheFloatingBear]

SO .... you know how FEA is just an overlay of Maelstrom - well look at this.

DS showed me and my mouth dropped. Apparently WD did lots of overlays in the movies too!

Wow! Wacky!

 

[jknc]

Scaggs, Rivers of LOL!, Morning Magic Money Maker, Shanghai.

God Bless, Disney is a mess.

 

[TheFloatingBear]

it's weird though, I clicked on some dates just to mess around (it doesn't seem to start until after our trip) but it says there's no availability...maybe not loaded yet and need to call?

 

[4HOLIDAYS]

Not so happy about these either and by the time our May 15th trip comes,it will be to late to see how these(am and pm) will effect us. People are already crowding at MK with everything NOT going on at DHS and EPCOT and no Evening at AK for now.so this just doesn't seem to help it. I don't get it.

 

[beesly]

it's weird though, I clicked on some dates just to mess around (it doesn't seem to start until after our trip) but it says there's no availability...maybe not loaded yet and need to call?

Likely so. The April dates for CV looked like this for about a day before they actually opened for booking.

 

[Mambo Junkie]

DH says we're going to AK anyway. At least I have my plans and won't have to change them but just decide if I want TH for lunch or dinner.
Lunch fits into the plan but I may want to end the evening with a nice dinner at TH. They have characters for all meals, right?

 

[horse11]

That stinks - I still haven't salvaged things from my pre-park ADR that got messed up with the paid-evening thingy!

I hear you! I am in the same boat! Remember when I was thinking of switching my Thursday MK day since the After Hours was added to that day but I was afraid to switch thinking they might add the Early Morning thing. Now with no ROL or evening hours at AK my trip is all messed up. Thinking of just leaving AK early and relax at the resort. I am about ready to put my hands up and say," I give up!" by the way what dates is your May trip?

 

[ArielSRL]

FWIW, Early Morning Magic dates were released today....

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/early-morning-magic/

I looked with dread...whew, doesn't affect any of our MK RDs. It is on our arrival day but we won't be in the park til afternoon so no issues.

 

[senadler]

FWIW, Early Morning Magic dates were released today....

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/early-morning-magic/

I knew before even opening that it would be on our MK day, it's just been that kind of day. So, I guess there are about to be a lot of early morning BOG openings. I have 8:05 on 5/17, but pretty sure I will cancel.

Now I need to decide what to do for dinner on our AK day since the park will close at 6:30.

 

[kandb]

This is ridiculous. Disney has known for weeks that they were not going to open ROL on time. They probably delayed telling people because they didn't want people cancelling their vacation plans and figured if it is close to their vacations, they couldn't. Shame on Disney for promising these dates and then saying "check back in a MONTH for an update". Are they kidding me? Anything can be fixed quickly if they want to pay for it. They have the poor CM's (who make crap money), call people and apologize. Leaves a sour taste in my mouth, this whole "opening day will be earth day". Disney has really been screwing up lately.

 

[David Daniels]

I'm not sure where to begin here...

The Disney that I know is missing. The theme lately has been too much Nickel and Diming us, delays, closings, etc. I'm left scratching my head about the behind closed doors leadership decisions. It appears to be too much silo work and not a lot of team communication.

However, I just want to focus on RoL. This is flat out poor leadership. I'll let everyone in on something... There was zero reason to announce a date, until that date was 100% certain. Without a hard date announcement, all of us would be waiting with anticipation, looking for rumors, and growing in excitement. Now we're all sitting here angry, frustrated, and confused about another strange and ultimately negative announcement. A company this size should know better. Most of us here are Disney nerds that are at least one, sometimes two trips a year. (I'm a twice a year guy!) Unfortunately we often forget about the ones whose trip is "once in a lifetime", and might have planned around this very event. I know, I know, things happen, timelines change. This is exactly why you wait to make an announcement. An unforeseen delay, should've pushed dates back a week or so, not a month.

I'm sure to get negative feedback on this post and I'm okay with that, what I'm not okay with are the last six weeks of announcements that have rolled out of WDW.

 

[TheFloatingBear]

I hear you! I am in the same boat! Remember when I was thinking of switching my Thursday MK day since the After Hours was added to that day but I was afraid to switch thinking they might add the Early Morning thing. Now with no ROL or evening hours at AK my trip is all messed up. Thinking of just leaving AK early and relax at the resort. I am about ready to put my hands up and say," I give up!" by the way what dates is your May trip?

I'm April! April 15th - 23rd. I'm the fool that extended my trip for ROL, lol!

I'm not even sure what to do with my trip/planning. I feel like I need to sleep on it and approach it with a fresh brain tomorrow! Now for our last day, we'll do Extra Magic at Mk to say "goodbye", then late morning 'Ohana breadfast, then hotel relaxation and AK at some point. who knows why?

Still haven't resolved the extra magic swap on the front end of the trip due to the paid night. I just got a pre-park BOG for Sunday the next day. Wasn't planning on MK, but now thinking I may use it to inspire a 4 park day! MK breakfast, late morning at HS, lunch at Epcot (HS and E were already planned), check in at AKL, then maybe popping in at AK in late afternoon just because!

I'm with you - I give up! The money I saved up for preview parties will be spend on adult beverages, that I know!

 

[dachsie]

I received the famous Disney survey e-mail a few hrs ago --- I figure that now is not the time to take it --
Discretion being better part of valor right now !!

I don't know. Letting them know how you feel seems like a good thing

 

[mocame]

FWIW, Early Morning Magic dates were released today....

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/early-morning-magic/

Two mornings of our trip have Early Morning Magic scheduled but thankfully it shouldn't affect our trip much. That was positive news considering the After Hours is scheduled when we're at the Magic Kingdom and now we have no ROL, Soarin, or FEA. I'm trying to look at the bright side but there hasn't been much positive news since we started planning this trip.