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Next Big Thing

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71jason said:
No offense, but never been my impression, going back to the "Save the Adventurers Club" campaign 6/7 years ago, when they were firmly in the Mouse's back pocket. And as I said, I quit reading years ago because of the pro-Disney-right-or-wrong viewpoint. If they're more balanced now (and you're the second person I trust to tell me they are), it's a recent phenomenon.
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The podcast is very balanced. The message boards however, are not.
 
BrerJon

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Virtual Insanity said:
Small problem.

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Reminds me of a certain ride in WDW... don't suppose Collusus has a paralysed Yeti in the basement?
 
BrerJon

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WDW1974 said:
Kong appears safe completely. Other things ... not ... and that's all I can say right now.
(personally, I'd rather them not build Kong at all and keep budgets safe across the board, but that's just me!)
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If they're getting jitters at Diagon not pulling the crowds they expected, then maybe they worry the Potter shine is coming off, and if that's the case I could see the rumored Hogwarts Hotel being chopped.

My feeling is they lost a lot of revenue from having so many guests be waiting in such long lines for Gringotts, and the accompanying press meaning the guests who were there spent less, and those thinking of coming decided to wait until it quietens down and the rides bugs get ironed out.
 
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BrerJon

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ThemeParkJunkee said:
I'll be watching theme park investment for those years and may consider Tokyo. After all the great news and reviews for these parks, I must say it is becoming more appealing.
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Do it! Nobody who saved up to go to Tokyo Disney (a trip that costs less than two WDW vacations for most people) ever regretted it! DisneySea is the promised land of Disney parks, we can only dream of Orlando offering something like that.
 
PhotoDave219

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WDW1974 said:
I hate burying the most important note, but here goes: while UNI wound up having a great summer thanks to Diagon Alley's premiere there are LOTS of potential storm clouds on the horizon and funds are being chopped from future projects because ... well, UNI execs are almost as shortsighted as Disney's. It's not that Potter 2.0 hasn't been doing great. It's just not doing as great as the execs wanted and the results are trickling down to other projects. Yes, there will be more to tell about this. OK, I'll bold this.
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"It's Just Business"
 
ttalovebug

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Goofyernmost said:
If the rest of them are like me, the reason that Main Street is a popular viewing place is because as soon as the Fireworks are done we are exiting the park. So, the location is closer to the escape.
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I've never understood this mentality. If you just get an ice cream and step aside for a mere 25 minutes, you can avoid having your face stuffed into someone else's armpit while trying to catch a ferry. (Or is that just my problem? Sucks being 5'0"). I avoid that cattle-drive like the plague.
 
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Spirit, I'm sorry to hear about your relative. I hope the situation improves, and quickly.

We were at Universal two weeks ago (first visit there in 20 years for me, first ever for the rest of my family). We stayed at Portofino Bay, so we had express pass, but really didn't need it for most rides. One thing that surprised me was the amount of queue space for many of the big rides - I can't imagine waiting in a line that actually filled those queues. I'm not sure if this reflects on historical crowd levels or unreasonable expectations on their part.
 
GymLeaderPhil

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On the verge of a new Apple PR extravaganza, I couldn't help but draw similarities between some of the tactics that Celebration and Cupertino shared when I read this mutli-paged article on 9to5Mac: http://9to5mac.com/2014/08/29/seeing-through-the-illusion-understanding-apples-mastery-of-the-media/ Essentially they're now trying to soften and be more transparent with their public relations. It's an interesting read.

Over at Nintendo, the Walt Disney of Video Games Shigeru Miyamoto has expressed that they're reestablishing their focus on the longtime fans versus the casual audience target they had with the Wii. http://www.computerandvideogames.co...lains-nintendos-renewed-passion-for-the-core/

What does this have to do with Walt Disney World? Well, in the vein of lower profits, even lower expectations of quality, expensive/failing tech enhancements, cash grabs and a crumbling infrastructure, one can only hope that the executives that have to clean up the current sad mess the Florida Project is in will take some inspiration from these two giants in entertainment and technology.
 
Tigger1988

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Still pondering a 1 day trip to Uni in early Nov. If we go it'd only be to USO, we mainly want to see the new Potter stuff and Springfield (HUGE Simpsons fan). Haven't been since 2007, so tell me, how are wait times? Besides Potter which I assume will have insane waits.

ETA: We'd be going on a Sunday, if that massively changes things.
 
wdwmagic

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Tigger1988 said:
Still pondering a 1 day trip to Uni in early Nov. If we go it'd only be to USO, we mainly want to see the new Potter stuff and Springfield (HUGE Simpsons fan). Haven't been since 2007, so tell me, how are wait times? Besides Potter which I assume will have insane waits.

ETA: We'd be going on a Sunday, if that massively changes things.
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You might want to ask in our Universal board, lots of good trip planning advice in there.
 
71jason

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PhotoDave219 said:
There's no way they could replicate the crowds IOA got for hogsmeade. Just not going to happen. You can't recreate something that organic and ridiculous.
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They also put a lot of effort into making sure they didn't, at least not so cameras would see. The entire tent house queue was in use, that's a good 3 - 4 hour wait, and the line still stretched back into Springfield of beyond at one point. For a land 3x the size of Hogsmeade. I don't think the crowd was that much smaller.

BTW, reading between the Spirited Lines--and some other things I've seen--I'm not sure it's number of guests, which has still been through the roof. It's that there's a limit to the number of tchotchkies you can entice even Harry Potter fans into buying. Wands and robes are easy, but a lot were already sold in Phase 1; iPhone cases and time-turner watches and $50 moving photos, not so much. The only DA store that seems to need a queue is the ice cream shop.
 
wdwmagic

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mgf said:
Ok, mods didn't like this as it's own thread but it is relevant given Spirits latest musings. Universal Orlando is building another hotel.

"Our family of on-site resorts is growing again! Loews Sapphire Falls scheduled to open summer 2016."

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The mods did like it as its own thread. It is in the Universal Orlando board where people looking for Universal info would look.

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/forums/universal-orlando.20/
 

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