News Round Up 2017

[mikepizzo]

Pandora is just visually stunning. The details are incredible.

At Tiffins now and this place is a home run as well.

You should vlog some stuff.

 

[rteetz]

You should vlog some stuff.

I have plenty of photos. I'm not one for video really.

 

[rteetz]

Glad to hear you are enjoying yourself! You have to let us know what you ordered at Tiffins.

Waygu Striploin and it's amazing

 

[rteetz]

Dinosaur posted at 45 minutes. I waited 10-15 minutes.

 

[umichigan10]

Dinosaur posted at 45 minutes. I waited 10-15 minutes.

Was looking at AK wait times on my break, looked like it was pretty crowded (or posted as such)

 

[rteetz]

Was looking at AK wait times on my break, looked like it was pretty crowded (or posted as such)

It is but it's not terrible. I thought it would be worse.

 

[saskdw]

I hear this complaint from people from time to time and it makes me chuckle. I'm not paying to go to the movie theater to see some character driven drama or comedy with a great story. It costs way too much to watch something on the big screen that is just as good 6 weeks later on my large t.v. and surround sound at home. To take my wife to the movies I'm looking at $50 in dinner, at least and that's what, one step above fast food? $30 in movie tickets, $15 for popcorn and drinks, and $40 for a babysitter. $135 to see something that I can watch for $5 or $6 after the kids go to bed in a few weeks? No thank you.

So production companies have no choice. They have to produce something that is worth dropping big bucks to see on the big screen. For me, that's special effects, dynamite sound, and groundbreaking graphics. So yeah, the comic book sequels, Star Wars, and kids cartoons are all I'm paying for on the big screen. Though I understand why others are willing to see Transformers, PotC, and Fast and Furious even if I'm not. And I'm guessing there are way more Americans like me, realizing there is limited to no value in watching that Oscar winning drama on the big screen versus my large screen t.v., than there are people that will go see a movie in the movie theater just because it is a good story.

Exactly.

 

[saskdw]

I'm not a big, angry Avatar hater, but I really didn't like the film. It was a spectacle of (what was at the time) innovative technology and was certainly worth seeing for that alone, but I would've preferred to see a more original story and/or quality acting paired with that spectacle.

What bothers me about its popularity (or films like Transformers making so much money) is that Hollywood is perpetually rewarded for making garbage. It keeps delivering the message that the script/story is meaningless. And Hollywood keeps churning out the same, silly stuff. That would also be fine with me if there was also an appropriate investment in original ideas. Production companies are not willing to take the risk because so few people want to see quality movies. They want sequels, reboots, or rehashes; they want CGI; they want to see the good guys wearing white and the bad guy wearing black; and they want the good guy to live happily ever after.

Inversely, quality films are rarely rewarded with much commercial success. It's hard to even get those films made. Moonlight, this year's Oscar winner, grossed less than 28M domestically. That would be a failure of an opening weekend for a Transformers film.

All I'm hearing is you are angry that people will pay to watch Transformers and you're the only one who wants to watch Dr Zhivago in theater now days>

 

[Irish_Mike]

News

Disney Springs will begin offering payed preferred parking in the lemon and grapefruit lots, starting tomorrow (6/1). The price will be $10.

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/05/disne...-preferred-parking-service-starting-june-1st/

 

[dlavender]

News

Disney Springs will begin offering payed preferred parking in the lemon and grapefruit lots, starting tomorrow (6/1). The price will be $10.

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/05/disne...-preferred-parking-service-starting-june-1st/

That's gonna bring them some nice flow during the Christmas season when people will be "forced" to park in the pay spots when no other options are available.

 

[umichigan10]

It is but it's not terrible. I thought it would be worse.

Honestly I've never really seen a "busy" day there so that's probably why the waits surprised me so much

 

[Harry Wallace]

People are saying on a Disney World FB group that they are being held on Express Transportation and being told AK is closed until further notice because of "inclement weather." Any details on this? Or even any validity?

 

[rteetz]

People are saying on a Disney World FB group that they are being held on Express Transportation and being told AK is closed until further notice because of "inclement weather." Any details on this? Or even any validity?

I'm inside the park and things seem fine.

 

[rteetz]

BTW Flight of Passage is aweseome. Screen tech is incredible.

 

[Harry Wallace]

I'm inside the park and things seem fine.

Hmmm, that's weird. Maybe capacity? I'm not sure just what I read.

BTW Flight of Passage is aweseome. Screen tech is incredible.

I was hoping thats what you would report! I was waiting to see if you found the 3D jarring or overused but it appears not! Are you staying onsite?

 

[rteetz]

Hmmm, that's weird. Maybe capacity? I'm not sure just what I read.

I was hoping thats what you would report! I was waiting to see if you found the 3D jarring or overused but it appears not! Are you staying onsite?

I'm at Pop. You really can't see the edges of the screen unless you are at the absolute end of the theater.

 

[Fantasia79]

How long did you wait in line for FOP?

 

[rteetz]

How long did you wait in line for FOP?

I had a FP for that so like 5 minutes.

 

[rteetz]

Navi River Journey is a good ride but a bit short. It would great if it was a couple minutes longer. The AA is incredible and bigger than I thought.

 

[Veronique]

Will you swing by the renovations at POP, try to snap some pictures?