D23 Expo 2015

[friendofafriend]

I kicked me to a "you gotta pay for this" page..... also, a podcast.

I'm gonna be the cranky old guy here and kvetch about not wanting to listen to podcasts.

All the bloggers and lifestylers need to pay for this wonderful trip! A trip which they will now proceed to gloat about to all their "fans" who continually make them rich with their clicks.

 

[odmichael]

More

https://twitter.com/kellystilwell/status/632236589058387968

https://twitter.com/GreerAlec/status/632236567034249216

https://twitter.com//status/632236239832285184

 

[danlb_2000]

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https://twitter.com/kellystilwell/status/632236589058387968

https://twitter.com/GreerAlec/status/632236567034249216

https://twitter.com/*****/status/632236239832285184

I am assuming the ride shown in the last picture on the right is from Shanghai not Avatar.

 

[Frankie The Beer]

All the bloggers and lifestylers need to pay for this wonderful trip! A trip which they will now proceed to gloat about to all their "fans" who continually make them rich with their clicks.

You might want to look up just how much money people get from getting "clicks". You could probably count on one hand the people getting rich, and most are Youtube posters.

 

[prberk]

Sounds like Villains Unleashed.

No, Villains Corralled and Allowed to Bake in the Sun!

 

[zachrupertdsn]

I am assuming the ride shown in the last picture on the right is from Shanghai not Avatar.

I believe it's the new peter pan ride system, if I understood Jim Hill correctly.

 

[odmichael]

I am assuming the ride shown in the last picture on the right is from Shanghai not Avatar.

Yeah, let's not get our hopes up

 

[odmichael]

I believe it's the new peter pan ride system, if I understood Jim Hill correctly.

That would make sense.

 

[Frankie The Beer]

No, Villains Corralled and Allowed to Bake in the Sun!View attachment 105825

That's rough and make me appreciate my air conditioned den. Drink lots of water.

 

[prberk]

That's rough and make me appreciate my air conditioned den. Drink lots of water.

They just finally brought out some to us, just as we start to move.

 

[WDWLover#1]

Thats a podcast that people have to pay for.

Sum up or quit advertising/promoting it, will ya?

Sorry! Yes as others as said it's free. Just though people would like hear about the model from someone who's seen it up close and not looking at grainy close ups of a photo.

 

[RandomPrincess]

Did the Expo start at 10:00? Or do presentations start at 10:00? I'm just trying to figuring out if you are complaining they opened on time or they opened late?

 

[RandomPrincess]

Lasseter gives a preview of the Animation Presentation later today. I love his shirt today!
http://www.cnbc.com/squawk-on-the-street/

 

[WDWLover#1]

Did the Expo start at 10:00? Or do presentations start at 10:00? I'm just trying to figuring out if you are complaining they opened on time or they opened late?

Opened at 10 for everyone. I think you could get in earlier if you were a gold/silver d23 member.

 

[RandomPrincess]

Opened at 10 for everyone. I think you could get in earlier if you were a gold/silver d23 member.

Thanks!

 

[Furiated]

Sounds like the normal situation for every convention Ive ever been to in Anaheim. I think it may be the venue more than the organizers

Sounds like the same issues I ran into at D23 2013. Nobody knew what line you were supposed to be in for what. Dumbest was for the FastPass they had for the panels (which was actually a good idea that I thought worked well). Day 1, hit the show floor when it opens, bee line to FP distribution. They have a huge row of employees seated at booths to distribute the FPs... And they are all doing nothing because the employees running the show floor aren't letting anyone in line, and they don't know why. There's a huge empty queue not being used. Expo people have no idea what to tell the growing throng of angry expo go-ers. Finally people just ignored the show floor people and filled the queue anyways and started going up to the FP people and the FPs started flowing. So it wasn't like the system wasn't up yet, or they couldn't be distributed before a certain time. Nobody had any idea why they weren't lining people up or what to tell people.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

I am assuming the ride shown in the last picture on the right is from Shanghai not Avatar.

It's their Peter Pan's Flight. Looks like a ride system mock-up.

EDIT: Oops, looks like Zachrupertdsn got there first . . .

 

[cosmicray]

Sounds like the same issues I ran into at D23 2013. Nobody knew what line you were supposed to be in for what. Dumbest was for the FastPass they had for the panels (which was actually a good idea that I thought worked well). Day 1, hit the show floor when it opens, bee line to FP distribution. They have a huge row of employees seated at booths to distribute the FPs... And they are all doing nothing because the employees running the show floor aren't letting anyone in line, and they don't know why. There's a huge empty queue not being used. Expo people have no idea what to tell the growing throng of angry expo go-ers. Finally people just ignored the show floor people and filled the queue anyways and started going up to the FP people and the FPs started flowing. So it wasn't like the system wasn't up yet, or they couldn't be distributed before a certain time. Nobody had any idea why they weren't lining people up or what to tell people.

As much as I would love to attend D23 someday, sometimes it's so much better to just absorb the news from the internet in the comfort of your own home

 

[michmousefan]

I'm really sorry to hear this.

Yep, it's a real cluster. Feels like they have less staff than 2013, and a woman passed out in line just ahead of us. She was attended to but they made zero contingencies for the heat.

 

[PrincessNelly_NJ]

For anyone unable to notice the illuminated areas of Pandora:

https://twitter.com/MintCrocodile/status/632249354980470784