Gotcha, that's good to know, because I was just looking at maps of SW in DL and it looks like there's an expansion pad to the east (according to Micechat), plus Toon Town if they want to go nuts.
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Gotcha, that's good to know, because I was just looking at maps of SW in DL and it looks like there's an expansion pad to the east (according to Micechat), plus Toon Town if they want to go nuts.
BrianLo
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I could have sworn @marni1971 said it was not in the current clearing, but instead was on the other side of the canal. Specifically drainage area L402-17?
I assume they actually want the whole new clearing for parking after the garages were written out of the plan, still giving the option of the park expanding out from Echo lake down the line without a garage commitment to pull that off. The Star Wars hotel North of the canal would commit them to parking garages.
roj2323
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There's really nothing preventing them from building it out as a parking lot so they can then close off part of the existing lot to build a parking garage. Once the garage is up they could then use the new parking lot space for other things. Now i'm not saying this is what they are going to do but it would make some sense if they did.
For the moment however the only thing that's pretty much a sure thing is the Cast parking is going to be moving over to the new parking lot area once it's built as that change alone increases the guest parking by a third and the reconfiguration of the existing lots with the deletion of the canals running down the middle of the lot also added probably another 600-800 parking spots. Between the Reconfiguration and the new added parking area south of the existing lot they are adding probably close to 3000 parking spaces.
Pixieish
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Sorry, but we've done a very inclusive Disney vacation at a moderate resort for a little less than $1000 a day for 9 days for our family of 4, including the deluxe dining plan, water parks, park hoppers, a rental car, and flights. There's no way we would pay an extra two grand on a three day trip just for theming, and we're pretty hard-core SW fans.
I did?
Pixieish
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Use the bounce-back offer. We went in August and got a bounce-back for 50% off...booked according to when would be cheapest in the time-frame we wanted to go, and got a room for $99 per night. (The fees and 2 breakfast buffets ended up bringing our 2 night/3 day trip to around $375. Our visit is in a couple of weeks.)
Pixieish
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HAHAHAHA! Glitter = herpes of the crafting world.
Pixieish
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I have to agree. My husband and I are the really hard-core fans in our family. Our boys (6 and 11) enjoy Star Wars (and ESPECIALLY Jedi Training - I'm not looking forward to telling my oldest that he's aged out), love the toys and the Lego video games, but they just aren't as interested in it as we are. That could change in the future, but I wouldn't be enormously surprised if it did. Most of my older son's friends are casual fans, too...not hard-core like their parents.
Pixieish
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My husband has read many of the books, watched the cartoons, etc. etc.
His brother even more so.
Me, I wasn't a huge fan until the prequels were released (I hated them, but my love for the original trilogy grew by leaps and bounds). HOWEVER...the difference is that I have NEVER read the books or any of the other stuff because I didn't want to corrupt what I thought of the movies with other stuff. Sort of the same reason I'm basically terrified to watch The Dark Tower because the books are probably my favorite series ever and I know the movie will never live up to my expectations. I don't want the SW books/comics to damage my feelings for the films, or cloud any story-lines in my head - especially since I saw ROTJ in the theater with my dad, who I lost in my teens...and also considering that there is so much out there in terms of fan-fiction and background that has been removed from canon.
Pixieish
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My 6-year-old has seen more PG and PG-13 movies than I can count. Mostly because he only pays attention to things like spaceship dogfights than he does the human interactions at this point, and keeping everything G-rated is a nightmare once you have two kids that are five years apart combined with parents that love SW, LOTR, HP, Pirates, etc. etc. The thing that really hooked our now 11-year-old on SW? JEDI TRAINING. He LOOOOVED it. To the point that he wants them to develop a next stage for the kids who age out so they can continue their adventure.
Pixieish
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I think the violence levels are about the same between SW and Marvel, but the violence is spread out more time-wise in the Marvel movies. Also, you very rarely see actual blood in any SW film. (Light-sabers cauterize wounds just by the nature of the weapon.
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Pixieish
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Actually (and I'm speaking as an Education major AND parent here), very young children need the violence of fairy tales and the plots of good vs. evil because it helps them learn to cope with their own very real fears in regards to death, etc. I'm specifically referencing the original, very gory, Grimm's Fairy Tales, but the same theory could be applied here. Lack of exposure to these elements results in a lack of ability to cope under stress and frightening circumstances.
Now, because this is based on stories and not visuals, I will say that there is a limit to what our children should be exposed to visually so that we don't create desensitization. BUT...there is a pretty blatant lack of blood in the SW movies in general, and I want to say in many of the Marvel movies as well. Ant-Man is a particular favorite of our 6-year-old son's because of the battle that takes place in the little girl's bedroom and the resulting hugification of Thomas the Tank Engine. He definitely doesn't grasp the subtleties of the human interactions of any of these movies, he just loves the eye-catching visuals of the suits/spaceships etc., and honestly I'm grateful for that most of the time. (Although it would be nice if he would pay attention to Thor sharing his hammer with the others in Age of Ultron.)
On top of that, the Skyline should discourage all the people staying at Pop, AoA, CBR, and Riviera from driving to DHS and using their parking lot.
The SW Resort is more than just a themed resort. It includes Live Action Role-Play, and, most likely, two nights of EMH to SWGE. It would be like being part of Jedi Academy for a full two days.
danlb_2000
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So, should be take this as confirmation that it might actually be where the parking it going?
I'm expecting it to be in that area. I can't confirm specifics yet.So, should be take this as confirmation that it might actually be where the parking it going?
It may be beyond the canal or not...
Schrödinger's Resort.
Schrödinger's Resort.
njDizFan
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Or both/neither at the same time
bclane
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Mind blown
So, should be take this as confirmation that it might actually be where the parking it going?
I believe it was @danlb_2000 who said it was going to be on the other side of the canal.
danlb_2000
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Me feeling is that it will, but that isn't based on any inside information.