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Storyliving by Disney - a Disney-branded, master-planned home community
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Disstevefan1
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As long as TWDC is simply charging licensing fees (and gets that cash up front) It’s fine to me for whoever is building these communities to give this a try.
I dare COTINO to be more boring!!
TP2000
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Now with Disney StoryLiving, you can live your dream of retiring in a Macaroni Grill.
One thing this promo video absolutely nailed was the corporate requirement from Disney that all B Roll footage be full of actors reacting in slack-jawed and wide-eyed amazement at totally mundane and normal things.
It's a well known fact that teenagers in the 2020's absolutely lose their minds over tract housing in the upper-middle and/or resort markets. The crazy teens today just can't get enough of walk-in pantries and flex space great rooms!
McKayleigh, you haven't even seen the warming drawer upgrade package in the kitchen island yet!!!
One thing this promo video absolutely nailed was the corporate requirement from Disney that all B Roll footage be full of actors reacting in slack-jawed and wide-eyed amazement at totally mundane and normal things.
It's a well known fact that teenagers in the 2020's absolutely lose their minds over tract housing in the upper-middle and/or resort markets. The crazy teens today just can't get enough of walk-in pantries and flex space great rooms!
McKayleigh, you haven't even seen the warming drawer upgrade package in the kitchen island yet!!!
BrerFoxesBayouAdventure
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Disney Irish
Premium Member
Would you rather the kids look bored and roll their eyes at everything? How is that suppose to get the units sold?Now with Disney StoryLiving, you can live your dream of retiring in a Macaroni Grill.
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One thing this promo video absolutely nailed was the corporate requirement from Disney that all B Roll footage be full of actors reacting in slack-jawed and wide-eyed amazement at totally mundane and normal things.
It's a well known fact that teenagers in the 2020's absolutely lose their minds over tract housing in the upper-middle and/or resort markets. The crazy teens today just can't get enough of walk-in pantries and flex space great rooms!
McKayleigh, you haven't even seen the warming drawer upgrade package in the kitchen island yet!!!
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Also growing up in the 70s and 80s, kids looking amazed at things were part of ads back then too. So this isn't some new trend.
TP2000
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Back then they were amazed at something truly unique, like a weird talking kitchen hot mitt that came to life to help mom make Hamburger Helper for dinner, or a giant pitcher of punch that crashed through walls and sang a song at you.
I'd look amazed at that sort of thing myself, if I was just casually roller skating at the time.
But the look of slack-jawed astonishment McKayleigh has at the recessed lighting in the foyer? Not really believable, or normal.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Yes because a huge glass pitcher shaped man asking you to drink his bodily fluids is believable and normal.
DLR92
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Looks way better than what other home builder are building these days…Now with Disney StoryLiving, you can live your dream of retiring in a Macaroni Grill.
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One thing this promo video absolutely nailed was the corporate requirement from Disney that all B Roll footage be full of actors reacting in slack-jawed and wide-eyed amazement at totally mundane and normal things.
It's a well known fact that teenagers in the 2020's absolutely lose their minds over tract housing in the upper-middle and/or resort markets. The crazy teens today just can't get enough of walk-in pantries and flex space great rooms!
McKayleigh, you haven't even seen the warming drawer upgrade package in the kitchen island yet!!!
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Depends on the city you live in...
Rancho?
Disney Irish
Premium Member
With an average high temp of 113 this summer, I'm gonna say no.....
TP2000
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Me too. I have several friends in Rancho Mirage not far from this, but they've all decamped for the summer to other homes. Later this fall I'll be visiting them, and I'll have to drive down Bob Hope Drive to see how this is progressing.
I hope Disney is only advertising this to Westerners who realize this is a seasonal resort area, and that you either have to have a backup home to go to from at least June 1st through October 1st, or plan to spend the summer sheltering in place indoors.
I'd hate to think some Disney geek from back East would buy a home here thinking they could retire in the Coachella Valley for all 12 months out of the year without worry or escape plan, especially for July and August.
TP2000
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For non-Californians, here's the average temps by month for Palm Springs. Rancho Mirage is 15 miles southwest and usually is a couple degrees warmer than Palm Springs each day as it's more exposed to the Coachella Valley heat sink as a whole.
In short, Rancho Mirage is lovely, but it is NOT where you spend the summer. The town starts emptying out by May 1st, the social calendar stops by mid May, and by June 1st it's practically a ghost town, with some restaurants and shops closed entirely for the summer. Things start reopening in early September, and by October 1st folks start returning and the social calendar pops to life suddenly. November to March, the place is fabulous and hopping.
Who wouldn't want to spend the winter here, rather than in Seattle or Chicago or Minneapolis?
But if you are going to buy property at StoryLiving, you need an escape plan and/or a second home elsewhere to spend at least 4 months out of the year in. StoryLiving should not be your only home.
I wonder if Disney is marketing this development east of the Rockies, and if so, are they explaining that weather and socio-cultural reality to prospective buyers from the East Coast?
In short, Rancho Mirage is lovely, but it is NOT where you spend the summer. The town starts emptying out by May 1st, the social calendar stops by mid May, and by June 1st it's practically a ghost town, with some restaurants and shops closed entirely for the summer. Things start reopening in early September, and by October 1st folks start returning and the social calendar pops to life suddenly. November to March, the place is fabulous and hopping.
Who wouldn't want to spend the winter here, rather than in Seattle or Chicago or Minneapolis?
But if you are going to buy property at StoryLiving, you need an escape plan and/or a second home elsewhere to spend at least 4 months out of the year in. StoryLiving should not be your only home.
I wonder if Disney is marketing this development east of the Rockies, and if so, are they explaining that weather and socio-cultural reality to prospective buyers from the East Coast?
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mickEblu
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For non-Californians, here's the average temps by month for Palm Springs. Rancho Mirage is 15 miles southwest and usually is a couple degrees warmer than Palm Springs each day as it's more exposed to the Coachella Valley heat sink as a whole.
In short, Rancho Mirage is lovely, but it is NOT where you spend the summer. The town starts emptying out by May 1st, the social calendar stops by mid May, and by June 1st it's practically a ghost town, with some restaurants and shops closed entirely for the summer. Things start reopening in early September, and by October 1st folks start returning and the social calendar pops to life suddenly. November to March, the place is fabulous and hopping.
If you are going to buy property at StoryLiving, you need an escape plan and/or a second home elsewhere to spend at least 4 months out of the year in. StoryLiving should not be your only home.
I wonder if Disney is marketing this development east of the Rockies, and if so, are they explaining that weather and socio-cultural reality to prospective buyers from the East Coast?
You’re telling me, we were at La Quinta for Fathers Day this year and it was a cool 112! While I agree that Palm Springs is usually a ghost town in Summer, the whole town was at Tommy Bahamas for dinner that night!
TP2000
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I was thinking of that as I typed. There is a hardcore group of year round folks who hunker down and survive the summer.
They're incredible. I went out there once in August and had the BEST time with that gang. And no one ever goes anywhere until at least an hour after sundown, but then the party starts! The year-round residents are bonded by that summer experience. Like people who survived a ship sinking or something, and have a Life Boat #4 reunion every year.
mlayton144
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How is this any different then Vegas or Phoenix or Tucson ?I was thinking of that as I typed. There is a hardcore group of year round folks who hunker down and survive the summer.
They're incredible. I went out there once in August and had the BEST time with that gang. And no one ever goes anywhere until at least an hour after sundown, but then the party starts! The year-round residents are bonded by that summer experience. Like people who survived a ship sinking or something, and have a Life Boat #4 reunion every year.
TP2000
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It's not. But most people in Rancho Mirage can afford, and have arranged, a second home where they spend the summer.
I just hope Disney isn't marketing StoryLiving's Cotino back East as a "forever home" for retirees. It's a community that really only exists from October through April. A home in Cotino needs to be Home #2 or Home #3 for folks.
I looked at their website a few months ago, but it was so cringey and faux that I just ended up laughing at it. I'll have to go check to see if they are marketing this concept as a vacation home instead of a forever retirement home.