News Round Up 2017

[soniam]

I guess I just wasn't a fan of Mater being the main character. I really believe that sidekicks are sidekicks for a reason and they should stay that way. I saw Cars 2 recently and Mater kind of annoyed me a little bit after a while. Just a personal pet peeve, anyway.

Haven't seen the third one, but it seems like the consensus is ''better than the last one, but still underwhelming.'' I hope Coco is as good as Inside Out. Pixar has been hit or miss lately, at least in my opinion.

Mater would be our biggest complaint about #2 as well. I can only take so much of him. I wasn't a big fan of Inside Out. I think that's just me though. I think movies tend to trivialize depression.

We are not into the Cars movies at all. I remember being distinctly underwhelmed at the first one, while also surprised that it seemed to steal from Doc Hollywood so blatantly. But I know loads of kids that love it. Coco is interesting - we love The Book of Life here, so will be interesting to see how they compare.

We loved Book of Life. I just don't think Coco will be as good though. One of the things that made Book of Life so good was that it combined modern values and music onto a classic story.

 

[Pawpsicle]

News

The infamous beauty and the beast rose tumblers are now on the Disney store website.

Little bummed about this. Makes them less special.

 

[Jetku]

News

Flight of Passage is now closed due to guest having a seizure. Family member pulled a fire alarm to alert CMs.

I 100% can see this happening and feel for the family. The banshee "link" experience is very intense and reminicscent of a powerful strobe light.

I'm not sure if Disney had obvious seizure warnings (not something I'd look for), but if not, I hope they improve.

 

[Capang]

I 100% can see this happening and feel for the family. The banshee "link" experience is very intense and reminicscent of a powerful strobe light.

I'm not sure if Disney had obvious seizure warnings (not something I'd look for), but if not, I hope they improve.

I'm guessing this happened before the ride? I'm not sure they could access an alarm during the ride and afterward there are CMs present as you exit so they wouldn't need to pull an alarm then.

 

[linzbear]

I'm guessing this happened before the ride? I'm not sure they could access an alarm during the ride and afterward there are CMs present as you exit so they wouldn't need to pull an alarm then.

Probably in the preshow area

 

[MommaBerd]

News

Flight of Passage is now closed due to guest having a seizure. Family member pulled a fire alarm to alert CMs.

Wow, glad they were able to find a way to get help. That's awful.

Definitely scary! Early on the Pandora thread there was some discussion about the flashing lights at the beginning and how there wasn't a clearly stated warning about them. I really wonder how the person was able to get out of the ride vehicle, too.

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

News

Flight of Passage is now closed due to guest having a seizure. Family member pulled a fire alarm to alert CMs.

I hope the person is ok. I rode it during EMH this morning and with a fastpass before this happened.

I would have gone on NRJ before, but it's nice to know why it wasn't open.

 

[FoxC63]

Little bummed about this. Makes them less special.

Not really since they're already SOLD OUT!

 

[Fantasia79]

Thanks for the review/thoughts. If the weather holds we are thinking of seeing it at the drive-in tonight (they are having a double feature with that and then Pirates 5)

So awesome you have a drive-in! Had one where I grew up, and then again by my first job. Such fun. Enjoy.

 

[umichigan10]

Thanks for the review/thoughts. If the weather holds we are thinking of seeing it at the drive-in tonight (they are having a double feature with that and then Pirates 5)

You're not per chance talking about the drive in in north Smithfield, Rhode Island are you?

 

[Fantasia79]

Rumor

Seeing on twitter the talking skull is being added back to Pirates (before the drop).

 

[rteetz]

Rumor

Seeing on twitter the talking skull is being added back to Pirates (before the drop).

Yep.

 

[ErinF]

We just got back from seeing Cars 3. I loved it!! Our whole family loved it. I got teary multiple times. I think I love it as much as the first, if not slightly more. But that could be because it's so fresh on my mind now, and I never actually saw Cars in the movie theater (my older kids were too little and my youngest hadn't even been born yet). I've got to say that I really enjoyed the "old school" stuff and the Cruz Ramirez character was great. It's baffling to me that Rotten Tomatoes has Cars 3 at 65% and Captain Underpants at 85%. I've seen both now and it would take a lot of bribery to get me to see Captain Underpants again. (I'm obviously not their target demographic!)

 

[TheMaxRebo]

You're not per chance talking about the drive in in north Smithfield, Rhode Island are you?

No- it is the Overlook Drive-in in Poughkeepsie, NY

(Though two of the kids had birthday parties today and are exhausted so probably not going to make it)

 

[umichigan10]

No- it is the Overlook Drive-in in Poughkeepsie, NY

(Though two of the kids had birthday parties today and are exhausted so probably not going to make it)

Ahh just curious. I know that drive in was offering the same deal for this weekend (though it's probably universal for most of the drive ins I'd suppose)

 

[MissGina5]

For what its worth Martin on WDWMagic says D23 will give us insight into WDW projects including Epcot but not everything Epcot will see.

I am counting down the days and salivating in a gross way
I just want some confirms and timelines!

 

[Tiffany_m15]

Whelp, time to break out the strobe light.

Wish I could like this twice! So glad I got to see it in all its glory!

 

[Rivergirl2005]

Not really since they're already SOLD OUT!

are they sold out in the parks too?

 

[soniam]

We just got back from seeing Cars 3. I loved it!! Our whole family loved it. I got teary multiple times. I think I love it as much as the first, if not slightly more. But that could be because it's so fresh on my mind now, and I never actually saw Cars in the movie theater (my older kids were too little and my youngest hadn't even been born yet). I've got to say that I really enjoyed the "old school" stuff and the Cruz Ramirez character was great. It's baffling to me that Rotten Tomatoes has Cars 3 at 65% and Captain Underpants at 85%. I've seen both now and it would take a lot of bribery to get me to see Captain Underpants again. (I'm obviously not their target demographic!)

We saw it this afternoon and really liked it too. We loved the references to the American tracks. I still like the first better, but I liked this better than the 2nd, and we liked the 2nd one. The animation, especially the close up footage of the dirt tracks, was really awesome.

 

[BigRed98]

My Cars 3 Review

Lou (Pixar Short): I thought this short was really good. I enjoyed the animation a lot and thought the message was very strong and powerful. It wasn't my favorite Pixar short but I still liked it a lot. Grade: B+

Cars 3: I enjoyed the first cars movie a lot, the second one was just terrible and cars 3 was just ok in my opinion. I thought the beginning and end was good but the middle of the movie bored me a little. The animation was spectacular, especially the beach and dirt road scenes and Cruz Ramirez was a great character. But I just wished there were more surprises and just more to the story. Ovarell it just fell a little short for me. It's much improved than second one but I had higher hopes. If u enjoy the cars movie I still recommend u go see it. Grade: C