Recent content by DarrenD

A lot has changed since the decisions that lead to Communicore Hall were made. Upper management has changed over at TWDC/WDI, it's hard to lump those decisions in with the current batch of new things. Projects like Astro Fizz, Beak and Barrel, and Test Track all this year show that philosophy...

Don't forget all the shows that have been added over the years would also fall somewhere in the B/C/D ticket grouping. Larger shows like FNTM and smaller shows like Philhar, Turtle Talk, and the redone CBMJ should be considered. The list is a little skewed when you're saying that the parks...

I'm fairly certain it would've counted for all 3 when I worked in the parks. In the eyes of TWDC, there's no real difference if you just show up at 5 PM or if you went from MK and then to your hotel or whatever, then to another park at 5. You're still *in* that park on that day, and you *were*...

There are more options right now for F&B than at any other time in WDW's history. Larger festivals, every dining venue at Disney Springs is occupied and busy(STK just added a covered area on the top floor!), QSR quality has gone up A LOT while still remaining economical, two new lounges/bars are...

Rode 2x times yesterday and it was working well! The most amount of stuff I've seen working since opening :)

That is for the Hercules show on the Disney Adventure ship, not the new show at Studios. It looks great, though!

I'm hoping the long-term strategy is to move the current DVC kiosk in Canada to the new area and then let the festival booth take over the DVC/"Critter Crossing" area since it warrants the extended queue space.

"I call him Good Ole Figment" is a quote I fear will enter my rotation of silly things Disney executives said that I repeat often.

That's not entirely true. Tokyo got rid of APs with Covid and they're seeing busy crowds at higher levels than ever before, and they're staying the entire day because you can only go to the park on a day-ticket. If you're only buying date based tickets, you're more likely to spend the entire day...

Renewals typically don't have a down payment attached. It's usually just a higher monthly premium and just automatically rolls into the new contract.

No interest, all the parks have similar payment plans. I used to work GR and 10000% the most popular way for people to pay. Only putting $200 down then having the rest as a $30-$50 a month 'subscription to go to Disney World' is a pretty good value proposition.

Hello! I've been a lurker on here for around 10-12 years and decided to finally make an account. I run a Minecraft community that builds the parks 1:1 scale, worked for TWDC in a medley of roles over the past decade, and enjoy talking shop about theme parks. Not sure what else people put in...

Backing this up anecdotally - Girlfriend is traveling later this month and debated not going away due to (new) flight based fear.