Recent content by Rasvar

Unless they are using the proximity reader capability of the Magicbands at the registers (wouldn't be surprised either way if they do or don't), a lot of my purchases are hard to track unless Target passes the purchase info on to Disney of the name of who got a giftcard. I've gotten into the...

That would have to be the ballroom since the Convention Center didn't exist at the time that happened.

The beam was a few years old at the time. I can't remember when they started running the preview. I thought it started in 1981 but may not have been until 1982. They never really coated the Epcot beams after the initial install. They did the MK beams a few more times in the 1980's until they...

Yeah, that one isn't a good one.

Have we heard anything substantial on the root cause? I understand that it may have been a brake lock situation. I am curious if any of the new automation systems played a role. I know there has been a lot of talk of maintenance when I wonder if some software for the systems may have been the...

If they continue that, it is back to the original look of the beams back in 1971. They maintained the coating well into the 80's before they started to let it go. I welcome this return.

Because if they just outright take it, they will have problems convincing other major companies to invest. Essentially, what they do is invite you in and make sure you play by their rules. At some point, they will take the ideas you have and figure out a way to use them in other places but it...

Love the Black Hills. I haven't been there in about five years. I really miss seeing that whole part of the country.

I have to say that there is little surprise to me in this. Very few in American business understand how China actually works. The ones that do know how to make the system work to make their competition look like fools. China is an amazing hybrid of capitalism that will befuddle many companies...

I'm glad i wasn't the only one. The pre recorded pre-show roll actually did have me wishing for some of the ridiculous antics they had before. It's pretty bad when the crowd tried to start it's own wave out of boredom. Oh how I hate the Wave but it was better than that thing!

I think the difference is the stupid price. That is not a $32 steak. (At least the last time I tried it). Four adults at room in Pop? The only thing scarier than that to me is trying to fit four people into an interior room on a cruise ship.

I was at SWW on Saturday. The best thing that happened was the on and off rain all day long. I actually was able to get into the shows I wanted but didn't have a Fastpass. Of course, hated that RRC was down but used the Fastpass for a bonus Star Tours run. It was a good weekend since I was...

I talked about this in another thread in regards to the Disney discounted tickets for my university. You are going to start to see a time frame for use of the tickets if they do this. Tickets without expiration will likely become no longer sold. The discounted tickets now sold are valid from...

My point is that it would have to be a very very slow night for a hard ticket event that is only based on $500-$700 tickets to make the profit levels that a night of selling a bunch of cheap lighted things, sodas and other snacks can make off of even 20K guests. Your whales are going to expect...

One other thing to remember is that Disney, while still getting money, discounted what they would normally charge as a cost of marketing to these groups. It was as much of a sales pitch as it was a paid event. Kind of like some of the press junkets but with people who actually will be...