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But Jedi: Fallen Order had lightsaber parts from Savi's! Yeah, definite miss. There have been quite a few bits of merchandise that have appeared or been referenced in Bad Batch (the kettle corn. Yes, that's right, kettle corn.) and Mandalorian, but the closest they've come to showing the...

Or even just use plain old travel agents themselves, which is probably the case for a lot of people who aren't "personal assistant level" rich but can still afford the Starcruiser. You're absolutely right about this (hell, I've had acquaintances a lot wealthier than I am who paid their PAs to...

Well, it's certainly not hardcore LARPing - nobody's going "OOC, where can I find an ST to sign off on these item cards?", hitting each other with foam weapons or Nerf guns, or doing rock-paper-scissors to resolve ability checks - and it's optional for the guests (CM's, I assume, won't break...

Equity actors are expensive. Maintaining show spaces is expensive. We have no idea what the exact operating costs were, and the 30% discounts offered for APs and Visa cardholders imply that they were running on margins at least that much higher than their costs, but it was never going to be...

It's possible, but not likely. Since general registration is closed and most Disney bloggers have to buy tickets the same way as the rest of us, it's likely just still people rescheduling from later dates. Besides, Disney loves having bloggers for openings. Closings don't make for great...

100% agreed

Oh yeah, the other thing I wanted to mention was the Hyperspace Lounge on the Disney Wish cruise ship. It's similar to the Starcruiser in theming, but the cast members don't make any attempt to play characters (not even the limited extent that the Oga's bartenders do). It's boring as @$!%. A...

There's a lot I'd like to say about the sickening amount of schadenfreude going on here, but it'd probably earn me a lifetime ban. :D Suffice it to say that I do not understand the tendency of so many people on Disney boards to root for everything the company does to fail in the vain hope that...

Well, queue all the trolls screaming that the sky is falling. :rolleyes: It's 2021. Good luck finding enough under-30 service employees without tattoos, piercings, and post-1950 hairstyles to staff a theme park anymore. This is a necessary move for Disney even aside from inclusivity, and one...

You jest, but voice actors are a dime a dozen. Pay a few headliners to phone in their lines at a reduced rate so you can use their names in ads, and then hire a handful of generic voice actors for peanuts to play all the other characters.

Try five years. Maybe less. AI capabilities are advancing at an incredible rate.

The industry has dreamed of getting to this point since the first time someone powered up a Cray to add digital effects to the 1970's version of Westworld. We've been really close for a few years now, so it wouldn't surprise me at all if Disney and other studios finally push themselves over...

Disney absolutely does care whether DVC rooms are booked, if for no other reason than that they desperately need to reduce the number of 2021 points being banked into 2022. I knew bookings were low past December, based on the availability calendar, but as of a couple of days ago (and no, I am...

This. Also the fact that, while he's got a decent track record regarding the parks, his info about the rest of the company is always laughably wrong. Nevertheless, his threads are generally amusing to watch and occasionally participate in. ;)

Rise was not the first ride Disney created that uses this iteration of trackless technology. Rise's innovation was in seamlessly combining so many typically distinct elements (trackless vehicles, motion simulators, elevators, and the blaster and lightsaber effects, among others) into a single...

You're mostly right, but there is a ton of NatGeo content in Disney+ that was acquired from Fox.

Can I just say you are my hero? That has got to be the most well-researched and properly cited post in the history of this message board.

I always assumed Disney deliberately let that park deteriorate so that they could buy the full stake in the park for peanuts.

The idea that Disney hired him to avoid a boycott is ludicrous. Nobody (very likely literally, but the Internet is too big to say for sure) was threatening to boycott Disney+ if they didn't create a show for him out of thin air.

I stand corrected!