The Spirited Seventh Heaven ...

[spacemt354]

It's not like they are ever going to issue a press release just to say we've scaled back a project to save money, though. It just won't be heard from again.

People will put two and two together when the land opens and there's only one ride, when the press announcement showed artwork for the boat ride and Cameron said there would be two rides.

 

[ChrisFL]

Shanghai isn't getting a Phase 2. They're getting more like a Phase 1a.

I wonder if the Everest clone is still on the table...

I think they should make a second park there, Disney's China Adventure with Everest...sure it's in Nepal, but countries around China are just waiting to be taken over anyway

 

[MickeyPeace]

Well, that is interesting. Is there more you can share? My questions would be: what specifically are they assisting with, and what (besides probable payment) are they getting out of it?

They are testing out the system (meaning wearing a magic band in the parks) and giving direct feedback and consultation. I can't say more than that. And yes, they're getting paid.

 

[PhotoDave219]

They are testing out the system (meaning wearing a magic band in the parks) and giving direct feedback and consultation. I can't say more than that. And yes, they're getting paid.

Good.

Maybe they'll listen to them.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Prior to Frozen, Hunchback was the furthest along in development. I don't know if that has changed since.

Hunchback and Hercules are what I want to see on stage the most.

Hunchback is bring staged by Disney Theatricals in La Jolla this fall and then at Papermill Playhouse next spring. The La Jolla Playhouse is where they originally produced "Peter and the Starcatcher" and Papermill was the original home of "Newsies", both of which have since made it to Broadway. It's not a guarantee, but if Hunchback is well enough received I'd imagine Broadway is a likely step.

 

[MickeyPeace]

Hunchback is bring staged by Disney Theatricals in La Jolla this fall and then at Papermill Playhouse next spring. The La Jolla Playhouse is where they originally produced "Peter and the Starcatcher" and Papermill was the original home of "Newsies", both of which have since made it to Broadway. It's not a guarantee, but if Hunchback is well enough received I'd imagine Broadway is a likely step.

That is the plan.

 

[crispy]

Well, when I was at MK a couple of weeks ago, I showed the concept art of Avatar from my iPhone to a group of girls waiting in line with me for SWMT. The excitement in their faces when they saw the Avatar art was priceless. Well, at least there's some who are impressed with it...

Just saying... There are some of us who think it could be great...

I know there are some who are excited. I personally fall in the "cautiously optimistic" to "apathetic" category. I just don't think that Avatar has ever generated the buzz and excitement that was expected (girls in line at MK notwithstanding ). I think most of the excitement people have for the project is because a) they are FINALLY building something new and b) there is finally a chance that AK will become more than a half day park. I don't care how much money Avatar has made - the excitement about the IP itself just isn't there.

 

[GoofGoof]

I'll be the guy who just throws things out. I've always been direct.

Hunchback is up next after Frozen. Rehearsals are happening now in Cali. Then it moves to Paper Mill Playhouse followed by Broadway if all goes to plan.

Google has been hands on in the parks consulting on MM+ mess.

Good stuff. I wonder if Google would be interested in "buying" guest data or profiles from Disney. They are on a constant quest to gather more info about consumers. They have the virtual world cornered, but as soon as you log off (which happens less and less frequently these days) they lose touch. They just dropped a few billion to buy Nest which makes smart thermostats for your house in an attempt to gain more info about consumers home habits (when you come and go, how warm or cold you like to keep your house, when you go away and how often). Valuable physical information that they don't necessarily get online. I would have to think they would salivate at the kind of data Disney is gathering. I have no doubt they would find a way to put it to better use, those guys are wicked smart.

Edit: I was joking about Wreck it Ralph, but if they did do it I would audition to play Q*Bert. I can't sing a lick, but since he would have no actual vocal lines I think I could pull it off.

 

[michael.fumc]

I know there are some who are excited. I personally fall in the "cautiously optimistic" to "apathetic" category. I just don't think that Avatar has ever generated the buzz and excitement that was expected (girls in line at MK notwithstanding ). I think most of the excitement people have for the project is because a) they are FINALLY building something new and b) there is finally a chance that AK will become more than a half day park. I don't care how much money Avatar has made - the excitement about the IP itself just isn't there.

I agree my excitement for this has always been for the "something new and boy does DAK need something" category, in fact if they scraped the whole avatar thing but add two great attractions and a restaurant it would not change my enthusiasm at all. The only reason I would be upset at the scale down is that DAK needs it, it really needs more than what is on the table now.

 

[WDW1974]

Spirited Musings:

It looks like mid-August will bring the next item in the wave of upcharge events at WDW designed to make the NGE drag on the bottom line appear less. The next event will be at TPFKaTD-MGMS. More details soon.

BTW, are people really insane enough to spend $48 a PERSON ON BREAKFAST??!!? Apparently for SWWs they are. I don't get it and even though Tom Bricker's pics looked good, I think it is utter insanity.

Speaking of which, only Disney could sell WDW Easter 2014 pins for $14.95 on a Panama Canal cruise a month after Easter. The Mouse has got quite a pair on him.

Yes, I am going to be angry when those $3 postcards, $12 pins, and $25 tees that I paid full price for on the cruise wind up at my local mall's Disney outlet for a fraction of those prices.

One thing about this cruise, my fifth with the Mouse, was quite unique in that the ship sailed with only about 270 children on board. Indeed, this was the most Disney fan oriented crowd that I have ever sailed with. Lots of pixie dust addicts, lots of Gold and Platinum Castaway Club members, lots of DLR (and some WDW) APers, lots of DVCers etc. ...I think I almost drive poor Jim from N.J. To jump overboard when I explained that TWDC was not Walt's little company any more and that Mickey might love him, but Bob Iger most assuredly does not. While I met some truly WONDERful people, I would honestly say that I'd prefer to cruise with a better mix of people.

You can go on a DCL cruise that doesn't stop at Castaway Cay and still have a great time.

With Starbucks opening up at TSFKaDD this weekend, and having just visited one of the three SB locations in my community, I can say that DCL might want to get SB onboard because their coffee (even at the upcharge Cove Cafe) isn't very good.

I am convinced that the best written hour of scripted programing on ABC right now is General Hospital. Really.

Speaking of ABC, sort of bizarre the way we had no ABC programming available on the cruise until the last few days when off the western coast of Mexico we started getting ABC's San Juan (yes, you read that right) affiliate live. At least I got to see the lovely Sandra Oh's swansong on Grey's Anatomy.

That brings up a COMPLAINT I have with DCL. There are dozens of channels, advertising for DCL and DVC and AbD to Port Adventures to canned international versions of CNN, BBC, MSNBC and FOX (you can't forget your clientele) and countless movie channels -- some showing new films like Gravity, Lego Movie, Hunger Games and others showing Disney and Pixar films on a loop. My issue is you never know what is on and when. You wind up watching the same scenes of Alice in Wonderland or The Pixar Story (a great documentary) at the same spot and missing large chunks. They don,t even have a programming guide at Guest Services, so you have no idea when you're going to get something worthwhile like 101 Dalmatians vs. Something not, like The Lion King 2. Very frustrating.

Spa was wonderful, but they are a bit pushy about getting you to purchase other services and products.

Speaking of pushy, went to one of what seemed like 321 DVC sales pitches while onboard. Anyone who says DVC doesn't use high pressure tactics to sell is extremely naive or lying. Pressuring people to place thousands of dollars on their credit cards while on a very pricey cruise to CREATE MEMORIES for their families is incredibly weak. So isn't the industry standard of ''this offer is only available now, not when we are back on land, not in a few weeks, but NOW!!!!'' DVC may not use boilerroom techniques, but they are pressure packed and manipulative just the same.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

BTW, are people really insane enough to spend $48 a PERSON ON BREAKFAST??!!? Apparently for SWWs they are. I don't get it and even though Tom Bricker's pics looked good, I think it is utter insanity.

Cinderella's Royal Table and Akershus aren't any better. Heck, I remember when they first included the mandatory photos for Ak in 2007 and the price was $30 per adult for lunch ($25 the year before).

 

[Tigger1988]

ahh google, is there anything it cant do?

Create a social network anyone gives a crap about.

 

[asianway]

Spirited Musings:

It looks like mid-August will bring the next item in the wave of upcharge events at WDW designed to make the NGE drag on the bottom line appear less. The next event will be at TPFKaTD-MGMS. More details soon.

BTW, are people really insane enough to spend $48 a PERSON ON BREAKFAST??!!? Apparently for SWWs they are. I don't get it and even though Tom Bricker's pics looked good, I think it is utter insanity.

Speaking of which, only Disney could sell WDW Easter 2014 pins for $14.95 on a Panama Canal cruise a month after Easter. The Mouse has got quite a pair on him.

Yes, I am going to be angry when those $3 postcards, $12 pins, and $25 tees that I paid full price for on the cruise wind up at my local mall's Disney outlet for a fraction of those prices.

One thing about this cruise, my fifth with the Mouse, was quite unique in that the ship sailed with only about 270 children on board. Indeed, this was the most Disney fan oriented crowd that I have ever sailed with. Lots of pixie dust addicts, lots of Gold and Platinum Castaway Club members, lots of DLR (and some WDW) APers, lots of DVCers etc. ...I think I almost drive poor Jim from N.J. To jump overboard when I explained that TWDC was not Walt's little company any more and that Mickey might love him, but Bob Iger most assuredly does not. While I met some truly WONDERful people, I would honestly say that I'd prefer to cruise with a better mix of people.

You can go on a DCL cruise that doesn't stop at Castaway Cay and still have a great time.

With Starbucks opening up at TSFKaDD this weekend, and having just visited one of the three SB locations in my community, I can say that DCL might want to get SB onboard because their coffee (even at the upcharge Cove Cafe) isn't very good.

I am convinced that the best written hour of scripted programing on ABC right now is General Hospital. Really.

Speaking of ABC, sort of bizarre the way we had no ABC programming available on the cruise until the last few days when off the western coast of Mexico we started getting ABC's San Juan (yes, you read that right) affiliate live. At least I got to see the lovely Sandra Oh's swansong on Grey's Anatomy.

That brings up a COMPLAINT I have with DCL. There are dozens of channels, advertising for DCL and DVC and AbD to Port Adventures to canned international versions of CNN, BBC, MSNBC and FOX (you can't forget your clientele) and countless movie channels -- some showing new films like Gravity, Lego Movie, Hunger Games and others showing Disney and Pixar films on a loop. My issue is you never know what is on and when. You wind up watching the same scenes of Alice in Wonderland or The Pixar Story (a great documentary) at the same spot and missing large chunks. They don,t even have a programming guide at Guest Services, so you have no idea when you're going to get something worthwhile like 101 Dalmatians vs. Something not, like The Lion King 2. Very frustrating.

Spa was wonderful, but they are a bit pushy about getting you to purchase other services and products.

Speaking of pushy, went to one of what seemed like 321 DVC sales pitches while onboard. Anyone who says DVC doesn't use high pressure tactics to sell is extremely naive or lying. Pressuring people to place thousands of dollars on their credit cards while on a very pricey cruise to CREATE MEMORIES for their families is incredibly weak. So isn't the industry standard of ''this offer is only available now, not when we are back on land, not in a few weeks, but NOW!!!!'' DVC may not use boilerroom techniques, but they are pressure packed and manipulative just the same.

Those movie channels on the classic ships do give the times between showings. They are usually on 3 hour rotations. Dream & Fantasy have luxurious on demand though including almost every Disney animated movie-including ducktales, goofy movie, Atlantis, emperors new groove, etc.

Spoke to a crew member apparently upgrading the classic ships to that platform is no easy task

 

[drew81]

Maybe have a M&G with Kristoff and Sven in AK. Sven being a free roaming animatronic of coarse.

Kristoff will be singing as well. He'll be starting his set in the Oasis with: "Reindeers are better than anything in Chester and Hester's".

 

[WDW1974]

Spirited Weekend Musings Continued:

Why on earth is there another 10-plus page thread debating something that isn't open to debate?

With all the excitement over Diagon Alley and the Hogwart's Express opening this summer in O-Town, I bet y'all totally missed the fact Potter just debuted at UNI-Osaka. Looks like an improved version of Potter 1.0, which isn't surprising in Japan.

For those keeping score at home, UNI-Osaka is just behind Europe Park on my list of 'Must See' parks that I have yet to go to.

So, BGT's Falcon Fury drop tower has some issues and isn't opening for a while. Do I care? Not really. Rides like that do nothing at all for me and I wouldn't ride it.

Did I mention that I met the GM of Knott's, who has been on the job for only a few years, and was VERY impressed by his candor and commitment to quality and improving the park?

Yes, people in general are happier in SoCal than they are in FLA. What a shock.

Was just in my local Target and they have a line of merchandise from Disney designed for tourists who didn't pick up all their Disney crap at WDW. It's a line I have seen at some CVS and Walgreen's locations as well. Can't help but get a kick out of the Spidey tees that have a big 'FLORIDA' at the bottom because the only place in Florida where you can experience Spidey is ... well ... at IOA.

Wonder how the Spidey meet-and-greet at DSP is doing? It's sort of the new get people's attention deal until the July debut of the Rat ride and restaurant. Yes, I have toyed with heading over for that. No, I don't think I will.



I admit it: I want the set of five DCA vinylmation that I saw at Property Control ... just not at $6 each ... maybe when they hit $3 each. They are VERY nice.

Speaking of merchandise, first came Muppets and Star Wars mixed together (before Disney even owned Lucas), now we have Cars characters as Star Wars characters. At least in Cars Land and I suspect all over by now.

So, as I asked before, how many Lifestylers are going to give up Disney Premier passes now that they are $1,029 each? Or will they ask their flocks for donations to pay for them?

I have never been to Aulani, but a friend asked if she should stay there when on Oahu and my answer was ''only if someone is giving you points or you are getting a 60-70% off cast rate'' and that would be my advice to anyone headed to the islands.

The new admission system at DLR isn't smooth and efficient at all. In order to curb ticket fraud and selling unused days, they take photos for multi-day tix and then you have to have them scanned by what looks like an iPhone and then have them scanned again at the turnstile. It takes way longer than it should and was a royal PITA when we were there.

Have I mentioned how great single rider lines are? I know, as WDW visitors you probably have very little experience with them.

Loved the new and incredibly smooth BTMRR. WDI did a bang up job of restoring and plussing a classic and adding life to a scene the lawyers had destroyed. It is coming to the MK, but when is anybody's guess since it will require some downtime and Phil has a park where closing a urinal can send the park spiraling into the abyss.

New Orleans Square is a mess because Disney is desperate to get all of those Lifestylers with money off the waiting list and into the Club 33 membership. One wonders how the Club will work at WDW and when the word of its creation will come out.

Did I mention that Indy looks great too yet?

OK, I can deal with being at DL and having three E-Tix (Pirates, Small World, Subs) and one C-Ticket (Alice) down for rehab since the place isn't the MK and there is plenty of capacity ... BUT ... every day we were there BTMRR and or Space and/or Indy would go down as well for various amounts of time and that is just too much. I don't know what the deal is. I do see from reading the Micechat updates (and seeing pics of the wait boards) that this has become typical under Michael 'Disco Yeti' Colglazier's leadership. It is not acceptable at all, even if we actually took advantage of it by walking onto attractions just as they were coming back up.

Speaking of Colglazier, he was hanging around the Hub on 24-hour day watching intently over the taping of a food segment for some TV show (looked like they were making strawberry shortcake). No one went near him and he wasn't in the roped off area. I thought about introducing myself and then decided to go ride some rides instead.

Saw Mickey and the Magical Map for the first time. A nicely done stage show, even if Yensid looks scary. This is the kind of addition that WDW would be crowing about for years and have the social media whores doing their BRAND advocacy. Out there, it's just another thing that was added last summer. Nice to see the musical choices in the show from films like Pocahontas, Mulan, Tangled and Lilo and Stitch.

Also, nice to see that Tony Baxter's last project, however small, the Fantasy Fair, oozes detail and quality. Not at all surprising.

Biggest DLR disappointment: that I somehow never made time for the Aladdin musical.

Biggest DCA disappointment: that the crazies in TDA decided that closing GRR for rehab mad sense from April to June instead of say January to March. Figures the time when I was willing to ride with a hotel room close by to change in was when the ride wasn't running. ... I think the kitty we kept seeing sitting just inside the fence across from the Grand's entrance thought the same thing as he/she had a dirty look while gazing at the empty flume the entire time.

While DLR attractions are across the board in far better shape than their WDW counterparts, some things were off and it was annoying. The tire scene in Luigi's on RSR's never synched up with our car the two days we went thru that side. One of the tractors was upside down the entire week. And on our final night, Frank was dead. ... While I never had an issue, 'Angie' had one with the boulder effect not being timed right on Indy. ... One day, they had Buzz Lightyear behind what looked like a giant shower curtain in the queue. ... Space Mountain has basically given up on all projections, asteroids, lighting effects that it shares with HKDL. You simply ride in the dark with music. It's a great ride, but when you ride the same thing in HKDL you see all that you are missing. ... Sub lagoon is empty. No real work is being done. They are svaing bundles of money. It will reopen this fall. The Micechatters had it right.

Please don't tell @EPCOT Explorer that the original chairs in Walt's Enchanted Tiki Room have been replaced with nice padded benches.

I became addicted to Mint Julep's on this trip. Not sure why as they never impressed me much before.

Is this where I slip in the fact that Mary Niven is going to be DLR's next Prez? (yes, I like to see who is reading)

I can tell that Mickey's of Glendale has been pimped out to the D23 fanbois who will come in and put $5,000 on their Visa cards by the merchandise they now feature heavily.

Napa Rose still sets the standard for fine dining at Disney resorts stateside (excepting V&As). I think I have had nightly fantasies about my last dinner there since.

Catal's $28 prime rib with wedge salad may be the best deal going at DLR as far as dining goes.

I like a lot of the weird stuff they are selling at Wounderground Gallery (we'll have to wait a bit to see how @Lee feels ) but when so much product winds up at Property Control one wonders if said gallery is in the black.

Funny how WDW likes to pretend that nothing else, especially UNI, exists in FL, yet the DLR hotels have racks of brochures for UNI, SW, Knott's and even the San Diego County casinos.

 

[WDW1974]

I'm curious in one thing you posted about the mine train sizes, and forgive me if this is common knowledge I'm a typical American and don't follow the foreign parks too much.
You mentioned the carts being built to the size of the Shanghai (I think) customer. Does this mean that it was actually designed for that park and cloned (though built first) in WDW, and if so, did the costs get spread between the two?

Good question. Not sure which resort it was originally planned for first or if it was just picked up for both.

As to costs, anytime Disney can shift costs (even among divisions of the company) it usually does so.

 

[Jose]

Spirited Weekend Musings Continued:

Why on earth is there another 10-plus page thread debating something that isn't open to debate?

With all the excitement over Diagon Alley and the Hogwart's Express opening this summer in O-Town, I bet y'all totally missed the fact Potter just debuted at UNI-Osaka. Looks like an improved version of Potter 1.0, which isn't surprising in Japan.

For those keeping score at home, UNI-Osaka is just behind Europe Park on my list of 'Must See' parks that I have yet to go to.

So, BGT's Falcon Fury drop tower has some issues and isn't opening for a while. Do I care? Not really. Rides like that do nothing at all for me and I wouldn't ride it.

Did I mention that I met the GM of Knott's, who has been on the job for only a few years, and was VERY impressed by his candor and commitment to quality and improving the park?

Yes, people in general are happier in SoCal than they are in FLA. What a shock.

Was just in my local Target and they have a line of merchandise from Disney designed for tourists who didn't pick up all their Disney crap at WDW. It's a line I have seen at some CVS and Walgreen's locations as well. Can't help but get a kick out of the Spidey tees that have a big 'FLORIDA' at the bottom because the only place in Florida where you can experience Spidey is ... well ... at IOA.

Wonder how the Spidey meet-and-greet at DSP is doing? It's sort of the new get people's attention deal until the July debut of the Rat ride and restaurant. Yes, I have toyed with heading over for that. No, I don't think I will.

I was admiring some of the Oswald merchandise for sale at DCA and even thinking I might like some of it and then, seriously, I thought about someone from this site with an unnatural attraction to a minor character failure of Walt's that paved the way for Mickey and decided against buying anything.

I admit it: I want the set of five DCA vinylmation that I saw at Property Control ... just not at $6 each ... maybe when they hit $3 each. They are VERY nice.

Speaking of merchandise, first came Muppets and Star Wars mixed together (before Disney even owned Lucas), now we have Cars characters as Star Wars characters. At least in Cars Land and I suspect all over by now.

So, as I asked before, how many Lifestylers are going to give up Disney Premier passes now that they are $1,029 each? Or will they ask their flocks for donations to pay for them?

I have never been to Aulani, but a friend asked if she should stay there when on Oahu and my answer was ''only if someone is giving you points or you are getting a 60-70% off cast rate'' and that would be my advice to anyone headed to the islands.

The new admission system at DLR isn't smooth and efficient at all. In order to curb ticket fraud and selling unused days, they take photos for multi-day tix and then you have to have them scanned by what looks like an iPhone and then have them scanned again at the turnstile. It takes way longer than it should and was a royal PITA when we were there.

Have I mentioned how great single rider lines are? I know, as WDW visitors you probably have very little experience with them.

Loved the new and incredibly smooth BTMRR. WDI did a bang up job of restoring and plussing a classic and adding life to a scene the lawyers had destroyed. It is coming to the MK, but when is anybody's guess since it will require some downtime and Phil has a park where closing a urinal can send the park spiraling into the abyss.

New Orleans Square is a mess because Disney is desperate to get all of those Lifestylers with money off the waiting list and into the Club 33 membership. One wonders how the Club will work at WDW and when the word of its creation will come out.

Did I mention that Indy looks great too yet?

OK, I can deal with being at DL and having three E-Tix (Pirates, Small World, Subs) and one C-Ticket (Alice) down for rehab since the place isn't the MK and there is plenty of capacity ... BUT ... every day we were there BTMRR and or Space and/or Indy would go down as well for various amounts of time and that is just too much. I don't know what the deal is. I do see from reading the Micechat updates (and seeing pics of the wait boards) that this has become typical under Michael 'Disco Yeti' Colglazier's leadership. It is not acceptable at all, even if we actually took advantage of it by walking onto attractions just as they were coming back up.

Speaking of Colglazier, he was hanging around the Hub on 24-hour day watching intently over the taping of a food segment for some TV show (looked like they were making strawberry shortcake). No one went near him and he wasn't in the roped off area. I thought about introducing myself and then decided to go ride some rides instead.

Saw Mickey and the Magical Map for the first time. A nicely done stage show, even if Yensid looks scary. This is the kind of addition that WDW would be crowing about for years and have the social media whores doing their BRAND advocacy. Out there, it's just another thing that was added last summer. Nice to see the musical choices in the show from films like Pocahontas, Mulan, Tangled and Lilo and Stitch.

Also, nice to see that Tony Baxter's last project, however small, the Fantasy Fair, oozes detail and quality. Not at all surprising.

Biggest DLR disappointment: that I somehow never made time for the Aladdin musical.

Biggest DCA disappointment: that the crazies in TDA decided that closing GRR for rehab mad sense from April to June instead of say January to March. Figures the time when I was willing to ride with a hotel room close by to change in was when the ride wasn't running. ... I think the kitty we kept seeing sitting just inside the fence across from the Grand's entrance thought the same thing as he/she had a dirty look while gazing at the empty flume the entire time.

While DLR attractions are across the board in far better shape than their WDW counterparts, some things were off and it was annoying. The tire scene in Luigi's on RSR's never synched up with our car the two days we went thru that side. One of the tractors was upside down the entire week. And on our final night, Frank was dead. ... While I never had an issue, 'Angie' had one with the boulder effect not being timed right on Indy. ... One day, they had Buzz Lightyear behind what looked like a giant shower curtain in the queue. ... Space Mountain has basically given up on all projections, asteroids, lighting effects that it shares with HKDL. You simply ride in the dark with music. It's a great ride, but when you ride the same thing in HKDL you see all that you are missing. ... Sub lagoon is empty. No real work is being done. They are svaing bundles of money. It will reopen this fall. The Micechatters had it right.

Please don't tell @EPCOT Explorer that the original chairs in Walt's Enchanted Tiki Room have been replaced with nice padded benches.

I became addicted to Mint Julep's on this trip. Not sure why as they never impressed me much before.

Is this where I slip in the fact that Mary Niven is going to be DLR's next Prez? (yes, I like to see who is reading)

I can tell that Mickey's of Glendale has been pimped out to the D23 fanbois who will come in and put $5,000 on their Visa cards by the merchandise they now feature heavily.

Napa Rose still sets the standard for fine dining at Disney resorts stateside (excepting V&As). I think I have had nightly fantasies about my last dinner there since.

Catal's $28 prime rib with wedge salad may be the best deal going at DLR as far as dining goes.

I like a lot of the weird stuff they are selling at Wounderground Gallery (we'll have to wait a bit to see how @Lee feels ) but when so much product winds up at Property Control one wonders if said gallery is in the black.

Funny how WDW likes to pretend that nothing else, especially UNI, exists in FL, yet the DLR hotels have racks of brochures for UNI, SW, Knott's and even the San Diego County casinos.

do you know anything about the new nighttime parade coming to DL?

 

[WDW1974]

Wife was quite unhappy with the way Revolution ended, and totally agrees with your assessment about when the show should have aired. Wonder if that is one that could make it's way to Sci-Fi or one of the services like Amazon.

I heard that NBC never even aired the last few episodes. Networks pull crap like this and then wonder why folks don't stick with shows. You can't have a sci-fi show with a huge mystery run for two seasons and then not give folks an ending ... it's BS and it happens all the time.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Some Tweets

@HTF: Mr Iger we have their money that's not necessary "@ThemeParkReview: "Ima gonna EAT your children!!!"

@BradBird: Wall Street thinks @SenWarren is a very bad idea, which is exactly how they felt about RATATOUILLE, WALL-E and UP.

Cheers to "bad ideas"!!!

@devincf: I'm back on the "STAR WARS ruined cinema" bandwagon. I was off for a while but the influence is too insidious these days.

What if JAWS had set the artistic standard for blockbusters? Characters. Minimal FX. Wit.

A lot of you think the wrong lessons were learned from STAR WARS. But what other lessons are there? Loud. Fast. Shallow. For 12 year olds.

STAR WARS is like drugs: they're cool and fun until abused and then addicts ruin your neighborhood.

Disclosure: I'm far more fond of Indiana Jones than I am of Star Wars.

 

[WDW1974]

Well.... Poop.

Nice addition WDI... A "land" with one ride doesn't really justify guests staying longer into the night. Well at least the bloggers will be there later and not creeping at the MK.

Again, not saying that is what is happening ... but the narrative is moving around and it is doing so in some pretty lofty places.

Also, let's not forget that for all the blubbering about three sequels and how timely this all is that the next film isn't scheduled for release until December of 2016 ... that is THREE Christmas seasons from now. So much can happen when your release window is so far away.