the.dreamfinder
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Oh they have a plan; boost their bonuses at the expense of the resort's long term health.You are assuming way too much if you think TDO has some sorta plan
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Magenta Panther
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That's why I'm so proud of that attraction. The Rod Serling/Twilight Zone connection are nice touches, but the ride itself is so brilliantly engineered and has such a strong story that it doesn't really need Serling or his show to be great. The Imagineers could simply have gone with the idea of a haunted Hollywood hotel - and the Tower would still have been "a star in its own right".
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So, no one watches TV anymore ... Soon we'll all be watching our content on iPhones, right Mr. Iger? Then, please explain the 16 million plus that watched The Walking Dead premiere live last night.
BTW, I thought the premiere was a bit of too much with all the walker killings. You can lose shock value if all you show is gore. That said, the scene in the Home Depot-like store was waaay kewl.
OK, I need someone's help here. Seriously. I know we have someone here that knows where the WDW version of Club 33 is going. Tell me. I will protect your ID and I will reward you somehow. I have heard locales as bizarre as Cindy's castle to an expansion of the Brown Derby. But none that are reliable. I know someone here knows. Talk.
Speaking of the above, understand that the bloggers and lifestylers and 400-pounders demanding DAS at City Hall are what is spurring this move. Much like no real intelligent monies person of class would move to Golden Oak, Disney is looking for rubes with money. The folks who have been buying their way into DL's club over the past decade.
This is not like Anaheim or Tokyo were the clubs were meant to be secret and exclusive places for the monied elite to do business, break bread or entertain guests. Orlando, after the 2008 financial apocalypse, simply doesn't have the folks to buy memberships. Watch this one, folks and be ready to hear 'I told you so' from me.
Folks have wondered whether Joe Rohde is happy working on Pandora. While I know the man, I haven't spoken to him in a few years now and can only base an opinion on what I know. He is working with someone who is a perfectionist for quality (writing a story aside) on a project with a healthy budget (it is NOT nearly $700 million as some here have suggested). So while I think like most fanbois he would have preferred BK or something different entirely, he's probably thrilled to have one major project left at WDW before they throw him out.
Still no inside word on why the 'announcement' was held a world away.
Funny how UNI has been running HHNs spots nonstop since around Sept. 10th, but Disney is doing no promo at all for Food and Wine. Weird since both events truly attract the worst guests.
Finally, a friend saw Frozen recently. She was left quite cold. She doesn't think it will warm Disney's coffers at the holidays.
So, no one watches TV anymore ... Soon we'll all be watching our content on iPhones, right Mr. Iger? Then, please explain the 16 million plus that watched The Walking Dead premiere live last night.
BTW, I thought the premiere was a bit of too much with all the walker killings. You can lose shock value if all you show is gore. That said, the scene in the Home Depot-like store was waaay kewl.
OK, I need someone's help here. Seriously. I know we have someone here that knows where the WDW version of Club 33 is going. Tell me. I will protect your ID and I will reward you somehow. I have heard locales as bizarre as Cindy's castle to an expansion of the Brown Derby. But none that are reliable. I know someone here knows. Talk.
Speaking of the above, understand that the bloggers and lifestylers and 400-pounders demanding DAS at City Hall are what is spurring this move. Much like no real intelligent monies person of class would move to Golden Oak, Disney is looking for rubes with money. The folks who have been buying their way into DL's club over the past decade.
This is not like Anaheim or Tokyo were the clubs were meant to be secret and exclusive places for the monied elite to do business, break bread or entertain guests. Orlando, after the 2008 financial apocalypse, simply doesn't have the folks to buy memberships. Watch this one, folks and be ready to hear 'I told you so' from me.
Folks have wondered whether Joe Rohde is happy working on Pandora. While I know the man, I haven't spoken to him in a few years now and can only base an opinion on what I know. He is working with someone who is a perfectionist for quality (writing a story aside) on a project with a healthy budget (it is NOT nearly $700 million as some here have suggested). So while I think like most fanbois he would have preferred BK or something different entirely, he's probably thrilled to have one major project left at WDW before they throw him out.
Still no inside word on why the 'announcement' was held a world away.
Funny how UNI has been running HHNs spots nonstop since around Sept. 10th, but Disney is doing no promo at all for Food and Wine. Weird since both events truly attract the worst guests.
Finally, a friend saw Frozen recently. She was left quite cold. She doesn't think it will warm Disney's coffers at the holidays.
Thanks for posting this video.
Could Joe 's last words in the video be a clue as to what the new land will be named? "I hope to see you in the World of Pandora". I think this would be a good choice actually, and convey the proper theme. What the Avatar haters misunderstand (and yet paradoxically instinctively get right) is that while the movie "Avatar" would be a horrible fit for Animal Kingdom, the "World of Pandora" could be a spectacular and excellent fit. Who cares if no one can name any characters from the movie, the World of Pandora
doesn't need them anyway. Animal Kingdom isn't about human (or other sentient) characters, it's about the animals and the environment, and Pandora provides quite an impressive environment.
Thanks. I quite intend to. I feel like celebrating.
The OLC makes its own announcements on its own schedule. I am still surprised that no announcements were made though ...this is a company that has had more Christmas parades in the last decade than EPCOT has had VPs. They have plenty they could have showcased.
When you say options that suggests you have other options? I can't imagine you can't find a better place to spend time right now. It isn't like they are doing a damn thing that is new, different and/or plussed.
BrianLo
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Could they be going the Star Wars route and Disney is not quite ready to remove the curtain from that bad boy across the board (DL, WDW, TDL)?
I just want to know what they having cooking there... every other resort we seem to have a rough 5 year plan. OLC is really just a 2 year plan of a few entertainment changes.
flynnibus
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One of my kids will have an sporting event there... my wife is going down for marathon weekend.. and then there is another trip. Gotta decide if its worth going to the parks at all. My stash of old comp tickets is running dry. We'll be at the Port in november for a cruise.. but not heading over to Orlando. I have a hard time convincing myself to spend the extra money to head down there too. Maybe if I hitch a ride on one of the conventions it would be worth a day or two solo. I'm still trying to motivate myself to do the griswald trip and hit the grand canyon and the major national parks. I'm not as outdoor-sy as I used to be.. but a nice cabin might fit the bill.
I think I owe the kids a visit to DLR... contemplating doing that for next year maybe.
No, while people have individual responsibility to behave responsibly, Disney has a responsibility to run safe parks. Having drunks running wild is on them. Very few of these people are getting plastered in the parking lot. They are doing so at Disney restaurants, bars and OCV carts.
That's like someone who is clearly displaying mental illness being allowed to purchase a gun or ammo.
Businesses have responsibility. Disney is largely interested in responsibly counting how much money they are raking in during the Food and Wine Fest and very little else.
How many lifestylers wrote columns ripping Disney for the fact that Food and Wine has become borderline unsafe at times over the past 6-7 years? Yeah, can you imagine Mongello doing that? Poor guy has another free cruise coming up.
I have a strong suspicion that Star Wars may well be something that happens in Anaheim, O-Town and Tokyo now with Paris on the sidelines.
And something is going on with SW and SDL, even though nothing was originally planned.
I will be at WDW during my upcoming holiday, but to be fair the trip is designed so I can spend quality time with Mrs. Lee ... And some other dear friends as well. But it is in no way a Disney trip and I doubt I will even hit more than 2-3 parks. There is absolutely nothing fresh at all (look at what DCA is doing for Christmas this year as part of LTM), nothing. Maybe I can walk into the Grand Flo Villas, that's certainly a reason to plan a visit.
I can't imagine ever getting anything remotely as MAGIcal out of WDW as I could the Grand Canyon (if the Tea party lets it open) or any of the national parks. I love taking an entourage of fanboys around the parks showing them how poorly run and maintained they are, but that isn't even worth the special 'offers' I tend to receive.
I just feel like I've had my fill of Disney's Timeshare Kingdom. Let's see if they can win me back.
Times tough in NM since Heisenberg was killed there Badger?
I am afraid your here in the sun here has passed and isn't coming back.
but thanks for dropping by ..and I did see you admitting I was right recently on another thread. Glad you finally got the point in the end.
Bairstow
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That's why I'm so proud of that attraction. The Rod Serling/Twilight Zone connection are nice touches, but the ride itself is so brilliantly engineered and has such a strong story that it doesn't really need Serling or his show to be great. The Imagineers could simply have gone with the idea of a haunted Hollywood hotel - and the Tower would still have been "a star in its own right".
I've got a wild theory that the Tower of Terror was originally created with The Shining in mind, mostly because of the music at the end.
Yep was too busy to check, but has any mainstream press or industry pubs paid attention to the fact Mulan wants some hot princess on princess (no, bois, not what you do at Vista way) action with Aurora.?
This sounds exactly what i would expect.
Nobody wants Penn State, Oakland Raiders or John Carter vinylmations, but that didn't stop them from creating ridiculous amounts of the product ... Or turkey leg wallets. How this sh.t got approved boggles the mind.
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great bait in the water ...not hooking me, but great bait. You are always so Clever.
nytimez
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Yet they won't make quality unique products and they won't make decent Christmas ornaments anymore.
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