MAGICal DLP News, Rumours & Thoughts

[LondonTom]

DLP just announced the lineup for the rest of the year & 2024 including the DLH reopening & the new Alice show:

DISNEY SYMPHONY OF COLORS: A BURST OF HIGHLY COLORFUL NEW EXPERIENCES AS OF JANUARY 8, 2024

Wasn't the new Star Tours movie supposed to launch worldwide in 2024 as well?

DLH is apparently taking bookings on 12th (either DLP Report/ED92 on facebook) and announcing its date then too! 12 days to win the Euro Millions

Only one day of Disney 100?! They made such a big deal out of it and it started off with a bang at Disneyland and D23 but the celebrations just seem to have ...petered out a little now?

Everyone keeps mentioning how out of space this new Alice in wonderland show is gonna be in the WDS, but everyone seem to forget that this show is gonna be apart of the English gardens once the expansion is going to open in 2025! I am also thrilled that they seem to have decided to focus on the animated film instead of the live action; the concept art looks promising to me.

Stretching almost as much as Alice does

Its better than nothing, but its DLP Live Entertainment making do with what they already have more than anything else. I am expecting Cars Tram Tour vibes

 

[Jordan dby]

I've got 3 days booked in February. Last trip was April 22 the weekend that became fully operational post covid (characters close up, no masks etc).

I have to admit I partly booked it because dlp 30 stuff was great and whilst we could have done that again i thought the disney 100 would be wild!

I don't regret it, I'm happy to see a new night-time show, the pixar one looks great and avengers wasn't even open last time I went but I am surprised the parks aren't doing more for 100

 

[Brummyboy92]

Will the Alice Show be reconfigured so that the entrance will be from the upcoming English Garden? (Appreciate not as early as Spring next year, but when the expansion opens).

 

[wdrive]

Will the Alice Show be reconfigured so that the entrance will be from the upcoming English Garden? (Appreciate not as early as Spring next year, but when the expansion opens).

I’d presume so, in my mind the English Garden will back up to the Avengers Campus entrance/exit by the diner, which is right next to the stunt show arena

 

[marni1971]

UK site is bookable now until spring 25 (minus DL Hotel obviously ) but it’s useful for price guides overall

 

[mrflo]

Only one day of Disney 100?! They made such a big deal out of it and it started off with a bang at Disneyland and D23 but the celebrations just seem to have ...petered out a little now?

I am a bit puzzled about that, too. I would have expected DLP to have the Disney 100 celebration as a theme for the whole next season. Maybe it does not fit with their plan to position Disney more as a hip lifestyle brand and not focusing too much on their legacy. I would find it ridiculous though if they are going to have a major celebration for DLP's 35th anniversary in 2027 again instead.

 

[mrflo]

I have just been reading the press release again. The fact that they are calling the new nighttime show a "brand-new nighttime sequence" makes me wonder if this is more a D-Light style addition rather than a full show like Dreams. Not sure if that also means that the new sequence will be the replacement for a full daily nighttime show during the low season of the winter months.

 

[marni1971]

I have just been reading the press release again. The fact that they are calling the new nighttime show a "brand-new nighttime sequence" makes me wonder if this is more a D-Light style addition rather than a full show like Dreams. Not sure if that also means that the new sequence will be the replacement for a full daily nighttime show during the low season of the winter months.

I’ve read it as a “preshow”

 

[IMDREW]

Sorry to come on here with a question again, but I got my annual pass till April 4th and want to try doing one more hotel stay with that discount before its gone.

My question being; does the annual pass discount work when active at time of booking but not at time of staying? Or does the pass have to be active when visiting?

 

[cjkeating]

Sorry to come on here with a question again, but I got my annual pass till April 4th and want to try doing one more hotel stay with that discount before its gone.

My question being; does the annual pass discount work when active at time of booking but not at time of staying? Or does the pass have to be active when visiting?

Pass has to be active when staying.

 

[marni1971]

Disneyland Hotel reopens January 25th. Details are in the usual places.

Shortly after booking opened the booking engine crashed and remains down.

Edit; a booking queue is now implemented. Estimated wait currently more than an hour. It’s not cheap either.

 

[NotCalledBob]

I sat in the queue for 90 minutes. I was thinking about upgrading my NBC booking.

It's pricey. But, I am going for 6 nights in the first few weeks of opening.

I'll stick with NBC for now, and watch the price. To be honest I wasn't expecting it to be open early February.

 

[wdwmagic]

Disneyland Paris's Crown Jewel: A Look into the newly revamped Disneyland Hotel​

Disneyland Paris's Crown Jewel: A Look into the newly revamped Disneyland Hotel

Disneyland Paris's Crown Jewel: A Look into the newly revamped Disneyland Hotel

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[NotCalledBob]

I wonder why they didn't announce the opening date on Saturday.

 

[HauntedPirate]

It may just be me, but they appear to be trying to attract a very affluent clientele with this update. Not sure how well that will ultimately work.

 

[UNCgolf]

That's the kind of theming that they're eliminating at WDW. Why can't WDW resorts get this kind of detail?

Even the rooms are themed in a way WDW resorts just don't seem to do anymore -- you certainly wouldn't look at those rooms and think they're at a random Hilton.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

It may just be me, but they appear to be trying to attract a very affluent clientele with this update. Not sure how well that will ultimately work.

This hotel has always been a little insanely expensive. The big thing that stands out here for me is that they seem to be trying to bring the hotel up to a level where high prices can be somewhat justified.

I think I'll stick to a drink or two in the lounge on the way out of the park!

 

[Swissmiss]

It may just be me, but they appear to be trying to attract a very affluent clientele with this update. Not sure how well that will ultimately work.

Ya think? (I was shocked last week when I called to get a room only price for one night at the end of September: more than USD 560 for three people at the Cheyenne!)

And then this got me thinking about the fact that DLP bundles tickets in with their room prices, (which I don’t currently need because I have an AP) so then I did the math as if I did need tickets - and despite the room only being incredibly overpriced, if I had needed tickets for the three of us, I’d would have spent less to buy tickets separately from the room. In the end I booked two rooms in our usual hotel in Chessy/Val d’Europe which has kitchenettes and an on-call shuttle service.

 

[marni1971]

For a four night stay in the cheapest (!) room in May for 2 rooms / 3 people works out at £433 per person per night.

Not that I’ve been looking.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Sadly my next trip is in December, so it seems I will have to keep both my kidneys and stay somewhere else!