News Round Up 2017



rteetz said:
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Character Changes at Animal Kingdom

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...d-greet-shuffle-at-disneys-animal-kingdom.htm
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I was just asking myself yesterday why Timon hasn't started meeting yet? I'm happy to see that! More Lion King in the parks is always better in my opinion. :)

OhioStateBuckeye said:
Marty Sklar has passed away :( He just signed my book a week ago.

http://waltdisney.org/blog/remembering-marty-sklar-1934-2017
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Definitely a very sad loss. I was fortunate to see him at the Pirates panel at the D23 Expo. I just looked at all of my pictures from the D23 Expo, and I noticed I got a picture of him when he was shown on the big screen in the arena. He will definitely be missed amongst Disney fans! Thanks for everything you did, Marty!
 


MissGina5 said:
NOT TARZAN!!! :guilty::guilty::guilty:
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So didn't they remove him before for the same reason they got rid of Captain Jack. A few too many guests were telling him a few too many inappropriate things. Like telling Captain Jack to come back to their room and drink some rum with them?

It's not hard for me to believe that a shirtless, ripped, man in a loin cloth would hear some frisky things.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of meet and greets, but I think for certain characters it would work better to see them without being able to really interact with them.

For example, let's pretend they retheme'd Swiss Family Treehouse to be Tarzan's treehouse, like in Disneyland. Then during the retheme they connect all the rooms so Tarzan can go in and out of them without entering the actual queue where guests are.

How cool would it be for the 7 people that walk through that attraction to maybe get lucky enough to see Tarzan in one of the rooms. Then when he notices the people he runs to another room somewhere else. The guests would be able to see him in his natural habitat. It would be his Treehouse after all.

I feel like I'm picturing this better in my head than how I'm explaining it.
 
rteetz said:
Yeah started a separate thread on this. A true Disney legend gone but certainly not forgotten.
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Yep...talked to him at a couple of events over the years. Had a nice chat in the lobby of yacht club many years ago.

He was an actual disney legend - a title that really only applies to a couple dozen people...my apologies to Oprah and mark hamill...
 
OhioStateBuckeye said:
I am just wondering about the new online check in available on the app now...

I've never really been upgraded in regards to a hotel room but I've heard of a lot of people on here who have. I guess if you check in online your possibility to get upgraded is about 0?
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I have been upgraded using online check in. I was booked in a standard king room at CSR and I got a room text while I was on DME. I looked up the room number and it was a King Junior Suite in a preferred location. I went to the front desk anyway because I wanted to get anniversary buttons and we were given extra pixie dust of a voucher for two glasses of champagne at the resort. I think there might be a better chance for upgrades if you check in at the front desk, but still possible with online check in.
 
I know there are tons of stories about fantastic upgrades at wdw...but my advice is don't spend a lot of time maneuvering for them.

Many hoteliers do upgrades as part of their standard model...Vegas is known for it. Disney resorts only does them in balancing/inventory moves. It is possible you'll get bumped on a rack rate...but the internal policy has been to avoid any "freebies" for years...

That being said...I would not avoid using the automated checkin feature for fear of upgrades. Part of the mde design is to eliminate labor...and this move will eventually do just that. Using the desk has officially been put on notice that the end is nigh...

This was their plan long ago...before wifi and smartphones and tablets and email for everything. They had a plan to send keys with chips in the mail that would be activated by a transponder when you arrived. It's been a long time coming.
 
mikepizzo said:
So didn't they remove him before for the same reason they got rid of Captain Jack. A few too many guests were telling him a few too many inappropriate things. Like telling Captain Jack to come back to their room and drink some rum with them?

It's not hard for me to believe that a shirtless, ripped, man in a loin cloth would hear some frisky things.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of meet and greets, but I think for certain characters it would work better to see them without being able to really interact with them.

For example, let's pretend they retheme'd Swiss Family Treehouse to be Tarzan's treehouse, like in Disneyland. Then during the retheme they connect all the rooms so Tarzan can go in and out of them without entering the actual queue where guests are.

How cool would it be for the 7 people that walk through that attraction to maybe get lucky enough to see Tarzan in one of the rooms. Then when he notices the people he runs to another room somewhere else. The guests would be able to see him in his natural habitat. It would be his Treehouse after all.

I feel like I'm picturing this better in my head than how I'm explaining it.
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So yeah that is always the rumor. I have a hard time believing it TBH. I thought he was great to interact with tbh he was very convincing!
 
rteetz said:
Well if you got sick on green before than probably. Green is the "lighter" of the two.
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They made it seem like it was more of a change and specifically changing to allow smaller children to ride, etc. - so I think it is possible that you may not get sick on it now even if you did before ... obviously no way to know for certain until it actually opens
 
rteetz said:
News

Some Last Jedi Images leaked today...

http://epicstream.com/news/New-Star...firm-Snoke-And-Praetorian-Guards-Leaked-Looks
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There has been so much speculating about who Snoke is - I think that is one area where there is potential for a let down if it isn't a very cool and thoughout reveal

And don't want to spoil things for people that don't want to be spoiled so no details but just saying the colors, etc. shown in many of those pictures seems to fit with a number of the theories out there (for Snoke, and just the larger storyline in general)
 
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