Disney to make an expansion announcement today.

[aka_emilicious]

..I have had a trip planned to Disney for a long time. I had to have surgery on my foot in July and unfortunately something went wrong. A 4 week recovery is now a 14 week recovery which happens to be 4 weeks longer than my Disney trip. I now have to use an EVC to get around.. I am afraid of how people will react. I have a big boot that is an air cast but fear that people will not understand..I know people abuse the use of them which I think is sad..but some people are in them for a real reason.

Do what I did during my one-time ECV use ( I couldn't stand for long periods of time and refused to let my friends push me in a wheelchair):

- Name your ECV. My name tag thing proudly said "Millenium Falcon" and then my last name in small print.
- Try not to run into things. Seriously. You will never hear the end of it from your friends/family.
- Fill the basket with bags, etc and use the area as a poker table.

In other words, who cares what they say? If you really need it, then use it and make the most of your trip!

 

[unkadug]

It was the most financially successful film of all time. Anyone that claims it doesn't have the popularity for a theme park land is living in an alternate dimension.

Adjusted for inflation...not even close.

1. Gone With the Wind (1939)
2. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
3. The Sound of Music (1965)
4. E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
5. Titanic (1997)
6. The Ten Commandments (1956)
7. Jaws (1975)
8. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
9. The Exorcist (1973)
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
11. 101 Dalmatians (1961)
12. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
13. Ben-Hur (1959)
14. Avatar (2009)
15. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
16. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
17. The Sting (1973)
18. The Lion King (1994)
19. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
20. Jurassic Park (1993)
21. The Graduate (1967)
22. Fantasia (1940)
23. The Godfather (1972)
24. Forrest Gump (1994)
25. Mary Poppins (1964)
26. Grease (1978)
27. The Avengers (2012)
28. Thunderball (1965)
29. The Dark Knight (2008)
30. The Jungle Book (1967)
31. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
32. Shrek 2 (2004)
33. Ghostbusters (1984)
34. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
35. Love Story (1970)
36. Spider-Man (2002)
37. Independence Day (1996)
38. Home Alone (1990)
39. Pinocchio (1940)
40. Cleopatra (1963)
41. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
42. Goldfinger (1964)
43. Airport (1970)
44. American Graffiti (1973)
45. The Robe (1953)
46. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
47. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
48. Bambi (1942)
49. Blazing Saddles (1974)
50. Batman (1989)
51. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
52. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
53. The Towering Inferno (1974)
54. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
55. My Fair Lady (1964)
56. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
57. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
58. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
59. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
60. Back to the Future (1985)
61. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
62. The Sixth Sense (1999)
63. Superman (1978)
64. Tootsie (1982)
65. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
66. Finding Nemo (2003)
67. West Side Story (1961)
68. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
69. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
70. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977/1980)
71. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
72. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
73. Rocky (1976)
74. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
75. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
76. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
77. Twister (1996)
78. Men in Black (1997)
79. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
80. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
81. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
82. Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
83. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
84. M*A*S*H (1970)
85. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
86. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
87. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
88. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
89. Aladdin (1992)
90. Toy Story 3 (2010)
91. Ghost (1990)
92. Duel in the Sun (1946)
93. The Hunger Games (2012)
94. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
95. House of Wax (1953)
96. Rear Window (1954)
97. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
98. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
99. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
100. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

 

[jrh1985]

Back to DHS: There is a media event going on with the press watching the 8:30 F! tonight. Why they're there i don't know.

P.S. I'm not making this up, search for F! on Twitter if you want proof.

 

[Real Disney Fan]

That's typical JT 'logic' ... a building can only be ignored for so long ... so let's assume that since 2004 (since I wasn't here back then) JT has been claiming eventually WDW will get some loving, well, gee that's really going out on a limb. You were bound to be 'right' whether it was in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2018 or 2022. You really couldn't be wrong with that one, bud.

Unfortunately, you've clung to this like it's been some sorta master plan when there hasn't been any. Everything from the modest Fantasyland project to Avatarland to the makeover of the Studios have been kneejerk desperation moves. All of them.

Seems like he was right, and you were wrong. Is that why you are lashing out at him?

 

[aka_emilicious]

That wagon has 2 broken wheels and no horses to pull

You've shot 326 pounds of meat. But can only carry 14 pounds back to your broken wagon.

 

[danlb_2000]

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...-magic-images-expanded-seating-for-fantasmic/

 

[Turtle]

it was just announced as a night-time castle show http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...-magic-images-expanded-seating-for-fantasmic/

 

[unkadug]

OK...everyone can go home now...there's nothing here to see.

 

[BryceM]

Aw.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Wow.

 

[ChristianG]

GREAT! Who needs all of the upgrades and fixes for Fantasmic when we can just have an additional 1,000 seats! Glad to know 1,000 more people can view this outdated, nonworking mess called Fantasmic!

 

[TalkingHead]

1000 extra seats for a show I haven't bothered to see in 10+ years.

AND

The Magical Celebration, or Celebrate the Magic, or Celebrate Memories and Magic, or Magical Celebration of Memories and You...

JACKPOT!!!

 

[Gt2BtheGoodLife]

..I have had a trip planned to Disney for a long time. I had to have surgery on my foot in July and unfortunately something went wrong. A 4 week recovery is now a 14 week recovery which happens to be 4 weeks longer than my Disney trip. I now have to use an EVC to get around.. I am afraid of how people will react. I have a big boot that is an air cast but fear that people will not understand..I know people abuse the use of them which I think is sad..but some people are in them for a real reason.

You'll be fine. I was in an ECV myself thanks to tendonitis with a lovely big black honking walking boot. Trust me, it'll be a lot better than attempting to walk any distance in one of those!!

 

[danlb_2000]

At least this was a step up from this thread when nothing was announced

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/huge-disney-announcement-coming-this-weekend.842352/

 

[Real Disney Fan]

Well, that's one big middle finger to the people who want Fantasmic refurbed. -_-

Yes, because an obvious refurbishment of Fantasmic being announced does exactly that. Great deduction skills you have.

 

[TylerFG]

Yes, because an obvious refurbishment of Fantasmic being announced does exactly that. Great deduction skills you have.

Sorry, but I didn't see that announced anywhere.

 

[mikenatcity1]

When I looked at the Fantasmic schedule for later this year I noticed that there is no more Beauty and the Beast listed in November and December (but still Fantasmic). Is this where they could be putting the new seats?

 

[danlb_2000]

When I looked at the Fantasmic schedule for later this year I noticed that there is no more Beauty and the Beast listed in November and December (but still Fantasmic). Is this where they could be putting the new seats?

There is already construction going on behind BatB, but that doesn't seem like a good spot for more seats. I wonder if they are just going to install seats in the existing standing room area.

 

[Rasvar]

1000 seats, eh? I saw it the other day and remembered why I hate the DHS version so much. If they had come out and said they were going to do a whole new version, I would be interested. The thing is a mangled mess. Whoever re-edited that show for DHS should never work in the industry again. I had only heard about the "dragon fix" It had been so long this was the first time I saw it. I'll go watch a much better version of it next week and avoid it for another three to four years at DHS until I get hooked into watching it again. My true felling about that show would break a lot of rules on the site.

 

[Real Disney Fan]

1000 seats, eh? I saw it the other day and remembered why I hate the DHS version so much. If they had come out and said they were going to do a whole new version, I would be interested. The thing is a mangled mess. Whoever re-edited that show for DHS should never work in the industry again. I had only heard about the "dragon fix" This is the first time I saw the abomination. It had been so long this was the first time I saw it. I'll go watch a much better version of it next week and avoid it for another three to four years at DHS until I get hooked into watching it again. My true felling about that show would break a lot of rules on the site.

I'm glad you love the show.