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    A Spirited Perfect Ten

    I watched the beginning online, it was brutal. That said I'm not in the target demo at all. It performed huge and will likely be a series. Add 6.6m live viewers plus 1.4m online app viewers and 'premiere night viewership for Descendants would eclipse the 7.7 million who tuned in for the TV...
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    Bob Iger at WDW now ... BoD to Follow?

    Pete Doctor and Jonas Rivera both reference a blue sky Inside Out Epcot ride here: http://www.slashfilm.com/inside-out-theme-park/ 'According to Inside Out director Pete Docter and producer Jonas Rivera, 45 minutes after first pitching their film, they were on the phone with Imagineering...
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    Disney to Reveal Ambitious Star Wars Plans

    Not quite Broadway, but 'TORUK – The First Flight, THE NEXT CIRQUE DU SOLEIL TOURING SHOW INSPIRED BY JAMES CAMERON'S AVATAR | WILL TOUR ARENAS STARTING NOVEMBER 2015' https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/press/news/2015/toruk-mise-en-vente-global-27-avril-2015.aspx
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    More families of autistic kids sue Disney parks

    This is a very heated topic, but wouldn't a simple answer be to simply limit the number of people that can skip to the front of the line along with the disabled person? I seem to remember the root cause of the change were people abusing the service and helping others skip the line (for profit)...
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    Death at Driving Experience

    Not quite true, you don't necessarily have to sign it for it to be valid. The act of purchasing a ticket generally means you agree to the terms of entry, sometimes printed on the ticket itself. Notice that the back of your lift ticket and oftentimes your theme park/sporting event ticket is...
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    New Main Street U.S.A bypass to be built to address entry and exit congestion at the Magic Kingdom

    I feel like the complaints about the bypass are like complaining that the parking lots aren't themed well enough. These are exits to the real world, not meant for shopping, eating, viewing or otherwise experienced as themed entertainment. You don't want people trying to exit the park at closing...
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    A Spirited Perfect Ten

    From the articles it seems to me the most likely scenario is that the Chinese official bought up land surrounding the project, probably by forcing locals into selling cheap vs state condemnation of their land, and personally (or his family) profited from the sale of that property, or managed to...
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    A Spirited Perfect Ten

    I mostly lurk here, but I am pretty familiar with FCPA due to my employment. FCPA settlements rarely if ever impact a corporations management. Most settlements are in the low millions to the hundreds of millions, either way pocket change to DIS. Your scenario as described above is wishful...
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    WDW Construction Update 03-18-15

    I may be wrong, but it seems to me that the primary Avatar ride will be similar to Soarin but likely more aggressive, possibly including a wider range of motion. I suspect the boat ride will be pretty tame, but expect it to be a visual triumph.
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    Disney to Reveal Ambitious Star Wars Plans

    It seems all too simple, but I'm probably wrong. :) Star Wars will include a major redo of a large portion of DHS, include an E and a D ticket plus some smaller rides and shows, and will be located so as to include Star Tours. Star Wars is the big play at DHS because they can't use Marvel...
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    Disney to Reveal Ambitious Star Wars Plans

    A few things seem obvious to me, what have I got wrong? 1) Star Wars will become a major focal point of a DHS redo. Maybe 1/3 of the park? Most will be unique to DHS. 2) Marvel will become a major presence at DL or DCA because it cannot at WDW. Unique to California. (Maybe we see a...
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    Disney confirms 'Frozen' makeover coming to Epcot's Norway Pavilion

    There is an important fact that is lost in this discussion. One key for the future success of a business is to determine when a company should pay attention to its most vocal fans, and when to ignore them. Sometimes, the most vocal fans don't like change, or want the nicest possible product...
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    Disney confirms 'Frozen' makeover coming to Epcot's Norway Pavilion

    Careful now, they might rename 'World Showcase' to 'Disney's World Showcase' and fictionalize them all... ;)
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    The Spirited Back Nine ...

    Seems to be dumped in January, but then again, last time they did this Disney released the $36 million budget Gnomeo and Juliet (as a Touchstone film) in February 2011 and it made $200 million.
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    Toy Story Playland

    I agree. You can't shut down half the park without people noticing. Its much easier to say 'check out these new rides over here, ignore the construction everywhere else!'
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    Toy Story Playland

    Hence the third track at TSMM? :)
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    Avatar construction aerial updates

    I disagree. This could be a scenario where the content of the theme park version surpasses the content of the [upcoming] film. The film version of Pandora really lends itself to a spectacularly themed environment. Also, over the decades, James Cameron has proved to be a box office genius. I...
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    Avatar construction aerial updates

    By my personal definition, a 5 year old movie is impossible to spoil. :)
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    Avatar construction aerial updates

    Thinking the same thing. It looks like deep anchor points for the large arch vines that will hold up the floating mountains.
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    Toy Story Playland

    I don't post much here, but I read. People complain about DHS not having enough for families, small children etc. I can only assume this is how that will be addressed. Not every ride can be a $150 million dollar spectacular, and small children seem the easiest to please, so let them have the...
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