The Spirited Back Nine ...

[PhotoDave219]

No he cares how deeply he can reach into their wallets. - Fixed that for ya

Yeah but that's not my wallet he went forth…

 

[stevehousse]

Looks like the show stays and gets some infrastructure improvements and light updates is the current plan.

BTW, anyone know why TPFKaTD-MGMS is closing at 4 p.m. on 11/20?

I believe it's for cast appreciation party which typically gets held around that time at DHS. We normally go to wdw in Nov and this always goes on so we make sure to never go to the park on that day it closes so early...

As much as I wish I was still going this Nov, I cancelled our vacation due to our new little addition at home and we are instead going to DL for the start of the 60th anniversary celebration! I haven't been in 25 years (since I was 4) and my wife and kids have never been! We r too excited to finally experience it!

 

[PhotoDave219]

@WDW1974 If the GMR stays, and obviously gets the much needed revamp or update..something, what are the chances they'll go with the Muppet version? I know pretty slim but it would at least save 2 existing 'legacy' attractions at one shot. Have the ride and then play the 4-D movie at the end.

I'd just hate to see these two be demolished. GMR, for one, is such a beautiful building and really goes back to the way things should be done at WDW as far as theme and immersion. The ride needs a new upddate and spruce but taking that out just seems like such a waste. And Muppets, well, this was always a must see because well its the Muppets. No other explaination necessary. I have the feeling if they're removed from the park, they're not going to placed into another. They'll just be gone.

Pigs in Space crossover with Guardians? Given the years, Peter Quill would know who they were

So you don't believe me when I say great movie ride is safe?

 

[PhotoDave219]

I miss the days when we could say D-A-M-N here without it blanking disappearing. This isn't 1953. And as someone called a feminine hygiene product semi-regularly, I find that term far more coarse and boorish, but what the eff do I know?

Probably my fault…

 

[PhotoDave219]

It wasn't always that way. But while UNI now seems to attract a higher caliber guest than Disney in general during the day and at its resorts, well, HHNs is a different story. It's often a trashfest due to the Frequent Fear Pass (had one last year for the first time, won't be repeating) where so many locals who drink and use drugs and are young and dumb are prevalent.

I've only once felt unsafe. That was last year when there was a group of wannabe gangstas who kept pushing my group, playing the touching game (not funny in middle school, much less funny when it's a 29-year-old stranger) ... I finally was about to leave and go find a cop when all of a sudden I heard a scream and turned to see that four of the guys in this group of 12 were beating the crap out of each other.

It took almost four minutes for police, followed by UNI security, to get there, which is insane.

Bill Davis and his OPs team is well aware they have a problem, a major one. But they just look at the bottom line and this event prints money.

But I'm done with it. I'd rather head to SoCal and do the events there (usually in much better weather too!)

FWIW, we arrived at 6:45 for a Thursday night 2a.m. close and did six of eight houses (only missed Dracula and From Dusk Til Dawn), saw Bill and Ted's and had dinner at Finnegan's. That's less than I have ever done considering we left the park at 2:40 a.m. And we wouldn't have gotten to see The Walking Dead (MUCH better than last year's) if not for the kindness of Dusty and Fishbulb of Micechat who gave @Lee and I two of their Express Passes that hadn't been scanned for that house for some reason. At that point, the wait was something like 140 minutes and I wouldn't wait that long for anything in a theme park anywhere.

OPs are a nightmare because they refuse to put caps on attendance and/or Express Pass sales. I don't think we waited longer than 45-50 minutes for anything (@Lee might recall better), but I am a Spirit who flat out doesn't believe in waiting more than 15-20 minutes for anything, so some lines felt like an eternity. And again, UNI does nothing to dress up the fact you are backstage in parking lots and dark areas etc ... nothing ... well, except for selling alcohol.

Once in the houses, they try their damndest to rush you in and out, so scares are few as is the opportunity to see some of the amazing design work that is put into the event.

It's all about $$$, much like Food and Wine Fest ...and what were once great events that I looked forward to annually going back to the 90s are now events that I largely want no part of.

You did not miss anything with Dracula.Seemed like an absolute waste of my time when I went through it.

FDTD? It was pretty damn good. Lots of nods to the movie… I enjoyed the heck out of it. Only house I went through twice.

Dollhouse was the most disturbing one I went through… while AVP was the most fun. It was like a kid at Christmas, I was there on LV-426 and all I was missing was Hudson yelling "game over man"

 

[Next Big Thing]

Isn't that the point though? Repeating it every year *is* the joke, they do it again and again just to ram home Disney's glacial pace of construction, in contrast to their own pace of opening things.

I get that it is the joke. I guess I just see it as a lazy way to get laughs.

I will say, I did see the show again tonight and I did get a good chuckle when the Avatar Guy came out. The "Let it Go" parody was without a doubt the highlight of the show this year. A lot of the comedy is very "inside", but many get the giist of it. A bunch of people were commenting that they loved how much Universal picked on Disney throughout the show. Also, do Bill & Ted always come out for pictures after the show? Tonight was the first time i'd seen that happen.

 

[PhotoDave219]

I get that it is the joke. I guess I just see it as a lazy way to get laughs.

I will say, I did see the show again tonight and I did get a good chuckle when the Avatar Guy came out. The "Let it Go" parody was without a doubt the highlight of the show this year. A lot of the comedy is very "inside", but many get the giist of it. A bunch of people were commenting that they loved how much Universal picked on Disney throughout the show. Also, do Bill & Ted always come out for pictures after the show? Tonight was the first time i'd seen that happen.

I saw the show tonight for the first time. I enjoyed it. Pretty funny.

 

[Next Big Thing]

I saw the show tonight for the first time. I enjoyed it. Pretty funny.

First time like... ever? Or just this year? And I love the show. B&T enthusiasts will try and down on this year's show, but it's truly hard to screw this show up if you follow the formula that it's seen for years. A bad Bill & Ted show is still a really good and funny show. The only show in Orlando that's on its level is FotLK, which imo is better, but the genres are so different it's not even worth comparing.

 

[Sped2424]

Tokyo is getting a newfantasyland that is supposed to blow ours out of the water.
OH LIFE

 

[TestTrack Dummy]

Ehh. I saw Bill and Teds show yesterday, It was OK. I liked the jokes and they were funny for a quick second but that was it. I have nothing against the Disney jokes but they just weren't memorable. Felt like last years show with a more Disney Jokes and new songs.

 

[JimboJones123]

Some Spirited Musings:

Saw that a few sources are reporting the $350 million plus Frozen attraction for TDS that I told y'all about months ago is apparently happening. What a shock ... really.

Someone needs to explain basic English to certain former members of this forum. I NEVER said that Kong's budget was being axed. As far as I know, it isn't. I did say that the water park has had major coin removed and that is true.

I've been told that certain forum members with one-word names who never post in my threads don't see anything anything newsy in my OP and a few that followed. I guess reading comprehension is beyond them as well. Sure, others did mention Star Wars and Cars and TS product coming (I believe Tom Amity actually first put that idea out there) at some nebulous points. I didn't know that anyone else had actual numbers and a timeline. But please 'Bob' feel free to point out where I cribbed that from.

Sorry to all the Marvel fanbois, but I really don't care about Phase III of the Marvel Cinematic UNIverse crowding out the ability of Disney to make ANY non-franchise films well into the next decade. Before anyone points out WDFA or Pixar, I'll just say that every film coming out is one that is either a sequel or one they're hoping will lead to them.

I am starting a new game soon: Where in the world is @WDWFigment today?

This week's reading from the O-Town Sentinel:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/trav...-bevil-disney-99-dollars-20141023-column.html

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/trav...isney-springs-restaurants-20141027-story.html

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/trav...h-the-show-changes-coming-20141027-story.html

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-cfb-tourism-10272014-20141024-story.html

I know this is wishful thinking, but I saw Pink's and Knott's Berry Farm split up earlier this month. Not sure if it is a total split with Cedar Fair or not, but I could sure use a regular Pink's dog and hot link in my Disney Springs diet.

 

[JimboJones123]

I flat out don't get why anyone would go anywhere near TSFKaDD right now. I went twice once last Wednesday and again on Sunday for lunch. First time wasn't so bad because ... well, I know the area and I know to not park across the street when plenty of parking exists where it always has. Same thing on Sunday, but the backups and crazy drivers on Buena Vista Drive ... UGH!!! ... Someone at Celebration Place please use a Walt quote to describe the mess of a construction zone that your mall is and I'll have my fanboi minions take a baseball bat (congrats to the Giants!!!) to your knees.

BTW, in case you didn't know or couldn't guess, but construction has fallen behind schedule. They can't even get a 'Food Truck Park' open.

But when the exit ramps from the freeway start dumping into the upper floors of the garage --- parking is going to be awesome.

 

[Sped2424]

Supposedly tokyo disneylands new fantasyland update? DON'T CHEW ME OUT IF I AM WRONG PLEASE. This image was on a tumblr claiming that this was released from the company. Now I see some promising looking stuff but the image is so grainy I can't make any of it out. If anyone can find a better version of this image that would be appreciated. Even so I think I see beasts castle and the mine train? in the distance idk. Like i said far too grainy.

 

[Sped2424]

I'll check back on this later in the day. I am worried for the replies I will get though lol

 

[Lee]

And we wouldn't have gotten to see The Walking Dead (MUCH better than last year's) if not for the kindness of Dusty and Fishbulb of Micechat who gave @Lee and I two of their Express Passes that hadn't been scanned for that house for some reason. At that point, the wait was something like 140 minutes and I wouldn't wait that long for anything in a theme park anywhere.

Yeah, some of the wait times were just plain silly, and almost depressing.
You don't expect to see this sort of queue at 1:45am for a haunted house:

Just like @Lee wasn't singing Beauty and the Beast and Be Our Guest while hopping like a 7-year-old princess thru Fantasyland ... that was all on Mrs. Lee. Yep!!!

Not my fault. I was receiving brain-washing signals through my Magical Tracking Band (Silver Shamrock style.)

Oh, wait....I wasn't wearing one.
Band free. That's how I roll.

 

[bhg469]

My server at Raglan Road said this very thing to me, and was being sincere, bless his heart. All I could do was smile and shove some food in my mouth to keep myself from making a sarcastic reply.

At least it's still good food there!

 

[hopemax]

BTW, anyone know why TPFKaTD-MGMS is closing at 4 p.m. on 11/20?

I know someone else answered as well, but I wanted to confirm it is for the CM Service Award party.

 

[surfsupdon]

Plus the first Christmas party I believe is already sold out…

It's the weekend of the Wine and Dine Half. W&D literature advertised runners to get a ticket to the Christmas Party. There will be an influx of people that weekend.

 

[Stitchon]

Supposedly tokyo disneylands new fantasyland update? DON'T CHEW ME OUT IF I AM WRONG PLEASE. This image was on a tumblr claiming that this was released from the company. Now I see some promising looking stuff but the image is so grainy I can't make any of it out. If anyone can find a better version of this image that would be appreciated. Even so I think I see beasts castle and the mine train? in the distance idk. Like i said far too grainy.

It's legitimate. Looks like the Speedway and the Rocket Jets are out, Small World is moving to a much grander spot to make way for an Alice miniland, and Dumbo looks to be moving too. Can't tell what the rest of the new stuff is.

 

[Absimilliard]

http://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/blog/pr141030/?adpcnt=7uK_2Ulc

The picture above is correct. New Fantasyland will replace Grand Prix Raceway and Star Jets. Basically, Fantasyland will now start to the left of Space Mountain. Also, a new port for Tokyo Disney Sea is being studied and will come before 2014, along with various upgrades to the parks.