Doubling down on MPR, no, no... *tripling* down on MPR!!
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You know the more I hear that song, the more I love MPR. I purchased the sound ttack, the Blue Ray and will watch it again and again over the years on Disney Plus. It was a movie I really enjoyed but it was not as good as the original.
SirLink
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I would quadruple that Cameron Mackintosh, his company, has been doing pre-production work for Disney Theatrical to see if MPR would work.
mikejs78
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He can't hate it because he hasn't seen it. He just hates the idea of it.
I haven't been to Canobie in years. My kids have been more the Story Land age until very recently, and we've done Disney the last two years so haven't done any local parks. How is it these days? Any better or worse than it was about 10-15 years ago (if you went back then)?
Homer fan
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People still by DVD/Blue Ray?
Movielover
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People still by DVD/Blue Ray?
It's a niche market. I myself like the fact that if my normal job goes under I can single Handily restart Blockbuster by myself!
ImperfectPixie
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We went last year for the first time in almost 25 years - it was super fun! More pay-to-play carnival-style games than I would like, but it's a good time for all. The new water park area is tricky if you have kids who don't understand how important checking in with parents is (like our 8-year-old) because it's sort of split into two sections, so if you can, get a table in the central bar area to set up camp (bar + table + shade + known meeting area = happy parents!) 48" is the limit on the kiddie rides, and our 8-year-old was too big for them and he's not into thrill rides yet, so he didn't do a ton of rides, but we still spent 3 days at the park (with a few hours of two different days spent in the water park area). We like that even when it's busy, we're still comfortable putting our boys in line for a ride so hubby and I can sit in the shade and relax for a few. The food isn't horrible, but isn't great, either (though they do a surprisingly decent job with fried clams). They do fireworks on Saturday night, had characters (a girl mouse, a teddy bear, and a bird) out dancing to music on Monday morning. There's the arcade, that now has a VR maze, there's puzzle rooms - updated this year. I would say the biggest difference between now and years ago is that they have a better mix of rides for varying ages (our 8-year-old is just in that weird spot where he's too big for the little kid rides but the thrill rides have a little too much thrill), plus the new water parks - which my boys would live in if they could. We've made a long-weekend out of getting a hotel room and visiting Canobie as an end-of-summer event this year (3 days) and last year (2 days)...2 days seems to be the sweet spot for us, so I'm thinking next year we'll do 2 days at Canobie and a third someplace else. It has gotten expensive...we dropped in the neighborhood of $1000 or so for 3 days/2 nights ($181 was hotel, admission is $39 for 48" and up), but our goal is more family-together-fun-time than rides, so we consider it well worth it.He can't hate it because he hasn't seen it. He just hates the idea of it.
I haven't been to Canobie in years. My kids have been more the Story Land age until very recently, and we've done Disney the last two years so haven't done any local parks. How is it these days? Any better or worse than it was about 10-15 years ago (if you went back then)?
Oh...the one complaint we had was that showing up at park open at 10am is disappointing - the park doesn't really gear up until 11am, so finding even a pretzel before then was impossible.
It definitely isn't Disney, but it's fun, and it's nice to see them keeping up with adding new things and replacing things that need replacing, and I can't stress enough what a difference all the shade and benches make. Hubby and I keep saying that if Disney had the shade, benches and smoking areas of Canobie, that it would be the best of both worlds.
Yep. Myself included.People still by DVD/Blue Ray?
ImperfectPixie
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We do. Hubby likes having hard copies for when the internet goes down.People still by DVD/Blue Ray?
Surferboy567
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it would be a natural fit for Broadway...would love to see that
Same here. The debate regarding physical media is a hot one right now. Should physical media ever go away entirely, companies would then have complete and total control of the public's access to classic and current entertainment. NOT a good thing...
ProjectXBlog
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yes. especially given that certain media companies are eating up others it’s hard to know when a classic title may go out of print and not be available for streamingPeople still by DVD/Blue Ray?
Mike S
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We’re also at the mercy of if they even stick around. If a company goes under what happens to the content?
ImperfectPixie
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That's exactly why I set my Ultraviolet, Vudu, and Movies Anywhere accounts to sync. Ultraviolet is now gone, but I have my complete libraries on Vudu and Movies Anywhere, and now Prime as well (since they have now populated our owned media to the "watch" list). The way I see it, the more copies I have of our entire library, the safer we are in regards to having access going forward. We only buy digital only copies of old movies that are difficult to find on physical media...other than that, it's worth it to pay a few dollars more to get both physical and digital media as a combo-pack.
Captain Barbossa
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I do. Like some have already said, they're nice to have when the internet is down and there are plenty of times when I want to watch something that's not on Netflix, Hulu, or Prime. Some people also like to collect them. For example, I have 3 copies of Dead Man's Chest and 2 copies of At World's End, but they're all different editions/releases. All in all, I have roughly 150 or so dvds & blue rays combined. (mostly Disney) I also have about 100 vhs tapes. (remember those? also mostly Disney)People still by DVD/Blue Ray?
ImperfectPixie
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We actually donated all our VHSs that we'd upgraded to DVD/Blu Ray to the hospital in town...they have a kids' area in the waiting room with a VHS. As we continue to upgrade our library, we continue to donate to them.
SteamboatJoe
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Definitely. If I am buying a movie, I want a tangible copy that I can control. Streaming catalogues are too limited and subject to changes in their offerings. Digital copies are only good if you can download the file, otherwise you just have to hope the platform isn't eventually shut down.People still by DVD/Blue Ray?
easyrowrdw
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People still by DVD/Blue Ray?
In addition to the permanence of the product, you also typically get superior picture quality compared to streaming (it's catching up). That's to say nothing of special features. I'm also a fan of the presentation of the product. Many of my old DVDs look great (e.g. Fight Club, Memento, The Princess Bride). This has largely gone away with blu-ray (and their generally awful packaging), but you still get some nice ones (Social Network, Seven, the entirety of The Criterion Collection).
wannabeBelle
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Or if you change cable service providers. If you "buy" the movie with company A what happens when you change to company B? No thanks, Ill purchase the DVD to have in my possession. Marie