News Round Up 2019

[JaxDad]

Means less chatter

it’s all about the views! Though that seems low compared to last year as well.

I’m sorry I probably didn’t do my part this year. I’m not as big a fan of Star Wars and Marvel stuff as many on this thread, so I was more of a casual peruser than a regular poster.

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

[loutoo]

I hope Santa brings you each the FP+s, ADRs, APs, DVC points and all of the other acronyms of your dreams. Merry Christmas to all and to all good night!

 

[buteraa]

How are the crowds? Looking on the app, it looked like Epcot had the shortest waits, although that isn't saying a lot.

They weren't that bad actually. In some areas it was a little more crowded, but we had a great day and enjoyed all of the countries.

 

[OSUZorba]

Lol. Was that a goal? I can post more obtuse, uninformed opinions in response to the news if volume is valued.

@rteetz made a comment around this time last year that he was disappointed the pages and views were looking to be a little down vs the previous year. So people neffed a lot to get up to 1000 pages.

@rteetz then kept saying it was all about the views, but really it goes hand and hand, since people only view the thread when there are new posts.

 

[OSUZorba]

Means less chatter

it’s all about the views! Though that seems low compared to last year as well.

Shows you've been too good this year moving discussions to other threads, there has been a ton of news this year.

 

[ksromack]

Has anyone heard anything about The Child on The Mandalorian being "bad"? I find it hard to believe but dh said he's read it on the internet....so you know it must be true

 

[rteetz]

Has anyone heard anything about The Child on The Mandalorian being "bad"? I find it hard to believe but dh said he's read it on the internet....so you know it must be true

I have read some speculation or theories.

 

[OSUZorba]

Has anyone heard anything about The Child on The Mandalorian being "bad"? I find it hard to believe but dh said he's read it on the internet....so you know it must be true

I assumed that was because he forced choked the women (can't remember her name right now) during the arm wrestling. I think the reason they had the bit about retraining the droid was to lead in with a child could go either good or bad and it depends on how it is taught/raised. So I have a feel we might see him going back adn forth between good and bad.

Since it came up:

NEWS:

Iger on The Asset (Baby Yoda): https://movieweb.com/the-mandalorian-baby-yoda-real-name-revealed-soon/

 

[ksromack]

I assumed that was because he forced choked the women (can't remember her name right now) during the arm wrestling. I think the reason they had the bit about retraining the droid was to lead in with a child could go either good or bad and it depends on how it is taught/raised. So I have a feel we might see him going back adn forth between good and bad.

Since it came up:

NEWS:

Iger on The Asset (Baby Yoda): https://movieweb.com/the-mandalorian-baby-yoda-real-name-revealed-soon/

I assume the reason The Child did the force-choke on Cara Dune was because it thought she was hurting The Mandalorian, right? And I wonder what the importance of The Child's name really is?

 

[intertile]

I'm just one person, but I didn't feel the need to rush out on opening weekend for this one, and I'm a pretty big Star Wars fan (and LOVED Last Jedi) but honestly JJ Abhrams taking the reigns actually lowered my enthusiam. (He's a very good film-maker that has a hard time sticking the landings on stories.) We'll see it this weekend.

My take on it is that Disney will be slightly disappointed, but I think they were already very concerned with what to do with Star Wars going forward. The Mandalorian aside, the fact that they are holding cinematic Star Wars movies until at least 2022 says something about that they are not sure what to do next with it. I won't say they will be disappointed if it makes it to one billion dollars, but they need to figure out the future. My thought is they may go to "lower" budget Star Wars movies for a bit. The reason is that Mandalorian if you look at it is a not big budget spectacle except for a few scenes, yet it has struck a chord with fans that the movies have mostly failed to do.

Agree with you on points about rushing tonuse this one. We are in Disney and will see it tomorrow.
Disney needed to end the Skywalker story. All the controversy surrounds that story line. If they branch off into new stories and characters the franchise will be fine(see mandalorian)

 

[intertile]

I have read some speculation or theories.

The whole force choke scene gave me that thought

 

[TheMaxRebo]

To all who come to this happy place ... merry Christmas!

And for those who don't celebrate, happy hump day!

 

[CogsworthTN]

Merry Christmas

 

[MommaBerd]

The whole force choke scene gave me that thought

Spoiler tag?!?!

 

[rteetz]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! I hope everyone who celebrates has a great day!

 

[SaintsManiac]

Merry Christmas, everyone! I do read this thread multiple times a day.

 

[pooh'smate]

 

[NoTime42]

More Riviera Murphy bed issues? (This time the Queen as guests were asked to use them)?
And possible rumblings about the SSR refurb, that uses similar beds, too.
This is all surprising since POP introduced that style of Murphy bed years back.

https://dvcnews.com/index.php/resor...riviera?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[rteetz]

More Riviera Murphy bed issues? (This time the Queen as guests were asked to use them)?
And possible rumblings about the SSR refurb, that uses similar beds, too.
This is all surprising since POP introduced that style of Murphy bed years back.

https://dvcnews.com/index.php/resor...riviera?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Likely want to check everything now after the one incident. The Pop/All Star ones haven't had any issues to my knowledge.

 

[buteraa]

Merry Christmouse everyone. Wanted to share the pictures from this morning of the France expansion at EPCOT. I’m really excited for this to be finished.