asianway
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I've heard the new Mermaid show is a step down from the old one
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GiveMeTheMusic
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Meh. I really enjoyed it. It also eliminates the awkward and incorrect storyline of the original show. And no question, first timers will find it thrilling. The aerial work is great and the use of the space is pretty amazing.
asianway
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I'll dial up a YT vid thanks
raymusiccity
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the.dreamfinder
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Brooksie is on the defensive for TWDC with a piece on how Star Wars has helped keep DIS stock price high as ESPN begins to face challenges as its subscriber base continues to shrink. (Didn't I say something about IP buys like Lucasfilm being shiny distractions for Wall St. last week?)
http://nytimes.com/2015/11/30/busin...attracts-investors-in-midst-of-espn-woes.html
There's also this:
http://nytimes.com/2015/11/30/busin...attracts-investors-in-midst-of-espn-woes.html
There's also this:
Travel Junkie
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Glad you enjoyed it even if it was crowded. As everyone else said weekends and holiday's are madness. It's a locals park so go when they are at work and school.
Yes I encourage anyone that can to go to Japan. You won't regret it. Tokyo is one of the best cities in the world and Kyoto maybe even better! TOT at TDS has the DCA ride setup, but the preshow it awesome even if it is told in Japanese. You can ask for a story paper for that and other rides there that give you the backstory in English. A lot of times cm's will just give you one if you look like a westerner.
the.dreamfinder
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Haven't seen much discussion of "The Good Dinosaur" around these parts, but I did want to share this excellent profile from Birth.Movies.Death on the new short attached to the film, "Sanjay's Super Team". I haven't been this excited for a Pixar short since Teddy Newton's "Night and Day" or Enrico Casarosa's "La Luna". As Pixar moves towards two films a year in the next 5-10 years, I hope we see more personal visions like Sanjay Patel's break out on that side of the studio.
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/07/06/sanjays-super-team-superheroes-and-hindu-heritage
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/07/06/sanjays-super-team-superheroes-and-hindu-heritage
Mike S
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The short wasn't very good to me. Night and Day and La Luna easily top it.
brb1006
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On the topic of Tokyo Disney Resort, I will never forget feeling overwhelmed and blown away when I first discovered Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade Dreamlights back in 2007. I mean look at the drum unit and the It's A Small World finale and Cheshire Cat units! This was pre Paint The Night and has been running at the resort since 2001 and still getting more updates and gaining new floats every few years. The parade even has a Christmas Edition complete with Christmas decorations and had more Disney characters past and present in the parade including obscure ones. This was back during my Elementary school years.
ChrisFL
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I think they do that without knowing about DisneySea. As much as I love Tokyo itself, DisneySea is just such a unique and remarkable place in its own right.
Let's see, how rich would I need to be to book a hotel room at the MiraCosta for the rest of my life?
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
You and many others but there was another segment who watched the morning and late night TV shows and listened to the drive time radio shows, This segment of listeners got left out in the cold by the replacement of 'personalities' with nobodies. These guys are the ones whose programming changes caused them to leave because of the same old BRAND vs CONTENT issues we see at WDW.
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ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Disagree Archer,
On their internet properties they are a 9 to 5 operation, Not a 'Five Nines' operation to be a Five nines operation which is necessary if one wants to be a serious player in the internet space you are allowed 5 minutes of 'unplanned' downtime PER YEAR. Not the current state of systems which are degraded or unavailable for hours or days on end.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
yes, you should indeed it's truly amazing and by that I mean the country and the Disney Parks.
PhotoDave219
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Lemmie rephrase....
The only person I turn ESPN on to see is my friend from English class from college…
Other than that? I simply don't care about anything other than the sport itself.
doctornick
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And you would be representative of the vast vast majority of people who watch ESPN. I don't know where along the line someone got the idea that people tune into sports channels for "personalities" but it just ain't true. The non live sports shows on ESPN largely get mediocre ratings and don't fluctuate that much between different shows with different people (accounting for time of day, etc.). Virtually anyone is replaceable at ESPN as long as the real, important content -- the live games -- are maintained.
ESPN will continue to do fine going forward. People like sports and are willing to pay to see games live. The fewer people who pay for bundled TV package ESPN will result in more people paying for a direct to consumer version of the channels. Disney has many long term deals with many different leagues and organizations so the content they control won't dry up any time soon. Someday, if there is a move to leagues cutting out the middle man and providing direct to consumer content, then ESPN will have the lead time to adjust (and will potentially shift more to being a production company for the leagues)
ESPN is currently making a crapload of money for Disney. If losing subs means that they simply make a handsome profit instead, the company will survive just fine. There's a lot of segments that are threatening by increased cord cutting (both cable/satellite providers and networks) but sports channels are among the least at risk given the nature of their content.
Cesar R M
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but you arent the entire world population, not even the full forum or the full thread.
No idea why you have to make it a "I" argument.
ChrisM
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I have to admit, the finale scene where Brer Rabbit firebombs Tokyo was a big surprise.
Smiddimizer
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"Zip a Dee Doo Dah, Zip a Dee-Ayy..."
the.dreamfinder
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Still looking forward to Star Wars Land at park formerly known as Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom?
Travel Junkie
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And to add if you were inclined to listen to these pontificators you don't need ESPN to do so. They podcast virtually all of these shows and you can listen for free online. No subscription to ESPN required.
The only reason to have ESPN or any of these sports networks is to watch sports live.