News Round Up 2017

[rteetz]

News

Legoland adds more services for guests with Autism

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2017/03/legoland-adds-more-services-for-guests.html

 

[rteetz]

News

Party for the planet returns to AK April 21st

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2017/03/party-for-planet-returning-to-animal.html

 

[rteetz]

News

Limited space remains for DVC member event at Golden Oak

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...n-for-member-event-at-markhams-at-golden-oak/

 

[rteetz]

News

Volcano Bay will have express pass however, none of the Loews hotels on property will get free volcano Bay express pass like they do to the theme parks.

 

[HeroOfWDW]

News

Club Penguin Island launches today

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/03/club-penguin-island-launches-today/

It's awful. You have to pay to pass the tutorial

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

News

Limited space remains for DVC member event at Golden Oak

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...n-for-member-event-at-markhams-at-golden-oak/

Hoping we might might a house lol. If only.

 

[rteetz]

News

No attraction/fastpass signage in Pandora. Other Pandora details.

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/03/new-d...rs-banshee-connect-avatar-no-disney-bags-etc/

This is all part of the immersive theming. I suspect you'll see this in Star Wars Land as well.

 

[mikepizzo]

News

No attraction/fastpass signage in Pandora. Other Pandora details.

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/03/new-d...rs-banshee-connect-avatar-no-disney-bags-etc/

This is all part of the immersive theming. I suspect you'll see this in Star Wars Land as well.

Universal did this with the entrance to Diagon Alley. They wanted guests to stumble across is themselves, which is a pretty cool idea. Problem is people couldn't find it and had to ask where it was. Eventually they just decided to have a Team Member (is that what Universal's Employees are called?) pointing out the entrance.

We'll see how this goes with Pandora and Star Wars Land.

 

[jbeyes]

Sorry if someone has already pointed out this connection but we were just watching Zootopia last night for the first time since all this gondola talk. It would be cool if they themed the gondola system as the Zootopia "Sky-Trams." Kind of and IP ride before you even get to the parks.

 

[skier_pete]

Hoping to get in our first stay at AoA family suites before the gondola price hike. Wonder how long we have before that happens?

My guess is it will be up and running before Star Wars (in 2019) and before the CBR Tower (also 2019), so if you go this year or next you will likely be safe. I could see it coming on-line late 2018 though.

 

[rteetz]

Photo update

Disneyland Star Wars update

http://micechat.com/156606-star-wars-land-news-star-wars-upcharge/

 

[Roxyfire]

News

Volcano Bay will have express pass however, none of the Loews hotels on property will get free volcano Bay express pass like they do to the theme parks.

Interesting, people were speculating on the Universal side of the boards because of this language on Portofino's page:
Skip The Regular Theme Park Lines
When you stay at select Preferred and Premier on-site hotels, you’ll get a free* Universal Express Unlimited™ pass to skip the regular lines at participating rides and attractions in Universal Studios Florida™, Universal’s Islands of Adventure™ and Universal's Volcano Bay (opening early summer 2017). That’s a value of up to $89^ per person, per day. Valid theme park admission required.

It's not on similar pages for Hard Rock or Royal Pacific so I bet someone goofed up. That can only go well.

 

[rteetz]

News

Blue Angels to fly over MK next week

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...ls-to-flyover-the-magic-kingdom-next-week.htm

 

[lockedoutlogic]

News

Limited space remains for DVC member event at Golden Oak

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...n-for-member-event-at-markhams-at-golden-oak/

The combination of an upsell event AND an obnoxious gated development on the site of a formerly perfectly useful golf course?

I'm in, baby!!!!

 

[rteetz]

The combination of an upsell event AND an obnoxious gated development on the site of a formerly perfectly useful golf course?

I'm in, baby!!!!

The golf course is still there and usable to the guests of Golden Oak

 

[lockedoutlogic]

The golf course is still there and usable to the guests of Golden Oak

Was that sarcasm?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

News

No attraction/fastpass signage in Pandora. Other Pandora details.

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/03/new-d...rs-banshee-connect-avatar-no-disney-bags-etc/

This is all part of the immersive theming. I suspect you'll see this in Star Wars Land as well.

I recall a story (think it was for Star Wars Land though) about Disney petitioning the credit card companies to allow them to not display their logos at cash registers (not sure where that stands)

 

[lockedoutlogic]

I recall a story (think it was for Star Wars Land though) about Disney petitioning the credit card companies to allow them to not display their logos at cash registers (not sure where that stands)

That's like complaining somebody scratched your car door as the world ends...

Sometimes...Disney's "market research" leads them to DumbDumbland

 

[rteetz]

Was that sarcasm?

Well it does still exist.

 

[rteetz]

I recall a story (think it was for Star Wars Land though) about Disney petitioning the credit card companies to allow them to not display their logos at cash registers (not sure where that stands)

Yes that was about Star Wars.