News Round Up 2018

[beer dave]

News

Edison reservations now open!

http://blogmickey.com/2018/01/reservations-now-open-edison-disney-springs/

Thanks! Just booked january 21. I'll try all the drinks and report... um... if I can remember them.....

 

[beer dave]

NO MENU. Not touching great architecture without MENUS. Could be Chicken Fingers, could be Steak & Lobster.

Menu schmenu--- they have drinks.....

 

[PolyRob]

Do you have the first one that came out? If so you may want to take it in, mine had a battery issue and it was replaced free of charge. Not to get your hopes up but there's a chance it's an expanding battery and will go out anyway.

Yes! The first one that I pre-ordred on 4/10/15. That would be great if Apple could swap it out for something like that. I am going to make an appointment at my Apple Store. Thanks!

 

[dina444444]

Yes! The first one that I pre-ordred on 4/10/15. That would be great if Apple could swap it out for something like that. I am going to make an appointment at my Apple Store. Thanks!

The other thing that can mess with the battery is a software update for both the app and the phone. I had a battery issue once and it was software related. The guy at the Genius Bar said to update the phone software first and then the watch when they are released simultaneously.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

omg I genuinely wasn't getting notifications from this thread just the old one! Even though I signed up for them!

Gosh, you are *so* last year

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Gorgeous so mad they didn't do this! I always said that Haunted Mansion should be a TV show that goes through the stories of the happy haunts but I like how this one almost has a Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends feel?

That sounds like a perfect thing to be an original series for the new Disney streaming service

 

[TheMaxRebo]

NO MENU. Not touching great architecture without MENUS. Could be Chicken Fingers, could be Steak & Lobster.

There reviews of the NYE event which supposedly features versions of what will be on the regular menu

They have a special fancy burger, truffle Mac and cheese, crab cakes, etc

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Thanks! Just booked january 21. I'll try all the drinks and report... um... if I can remember them.....

From the NYE reports I read all the drinks were really good

 

[Roxyfire]

Yes! The first one that I pre-ordred on 4/10/15. That would be great if Apple could swap it out for something like that. I am going to make an appointment at my Apple Store. Thanks!

Good luck!

 

[wnwardii]

Wow this runDisney expo is absolutely ridiculous. I’ve never seen such poor crowd control here before.

Wait until you attend your first D23 and have to deal with getting into the Convention Center and then many other possible queues/lines.

 

[rteetz]

Contemporary tree is coming down

 

[mikepizzo]

Wait until you attend your first D23 and have to deal with getting into the Convention Center and then many other possible queues/lines.

My wife (then girlfriend) and I almost got trampled at the 2015 D23 when they announced they were handing out the Hat Box Ghost player card. It got...pretty ugly. My wife is 4'10", I literally had to grab her arm and pull her between people rushing to get these little pieces of cardboard. People were going crazy for these things, to complete their set. I felt bad for the person handing them out. She was damn near getting assaulted.

 

[rteetz]

The Bay Lake Tower TVs are huge!

Off to AK today! Still quite cold but the 5K this morning warmed me up.

 

[rteetz]

News

Edison menu, food, and photos

http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/the-edison/gallery/04jan2018-opening-day-at-the-edison.htm

 

[STLstone]

News

Edison menu, food, and photos

http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/the-edison/gallery/04jan2018-opening-day-at-the-edison.htm

They spelled "Bud Light" incorrectly on the menu. Maybe nobody else will notice.

 

[Roxyfire]

They spelled "Bud Light" incorrectly on the menu. Maybe nobody else will notice.

Oh hey you found a good Mandela Effect. I bet there's people who would swear up and down that's the way it's supposed to be spelled, when in fact they might be getting Miller Lite and Bud Light confused.

 

[sachilles]

They spelled "Bud Light" incorrectly on the menu. Maybe nobody else will notice.

I think they might have over ordered on the Absinthe.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

They spelled "Bud Light" incorrectly on the menu. Maybe nobody else will notice.

plus they also listed it under "beer" which can't be right

Plus, $8?

 

[Ariel484]

So, this is sort of an interesting move. They were already selling guaranteed weeks. (Old-fashioned time share vs normal point system.) And you can still trade your guaranteed week back in for points. However, as I look at it, the ONLY real benefit to this is that you can pre-book 5 people in the race event. But is this really a problem? I mean, I know these events fill up, but doesn't it take several weeks to fill up?

While RunDisney events are very popular with DVC members, MOST of the bookings seem to be not full week bookings, but more Thursday to Sunday bookings. We are travelling the week of the Princess half this year, and while everything was booked at the end of the week by the 7-month (general booking) window, we were able to snatch a Boardwalk view room for Sunday - Thursday before the race with no problem at all, and that's a pretty popular room category.

Overall, I seriously doubt that this sells a lot of DVC...spending $30,000 to get 5 guaranteed race spots? Though there may be the occasional person that this pushes them over to edge to buy.

I was wondering about this too. It's hard to say about that sell-outs, mostly because this is the first year that the California races are "on hiatus" - so if you want to do a runDisney event, you now have the 5 WDW events to chose from instead of those 5 + the 4 or whatever that they had in California.

California races aside, yes - they haven't been selling as quickly lately, with the exception being the Princess Half Marathon weekend races. You'll have an odd race here or there that'll fill faster (the 10K races normally do, as they're part of a challenge - so less dedicated 10K race bibs available to begin with - and it's a popular distance), but on the whole, I don't think the guaranteed race bibs perk is as valuable as it wouldn't been a couple of years ago.

 

[Fantasia79]

News

Edison menu, food, and photos

http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/the-edison/gallery/04jan2018-opening-day-at-the-edison.htm

1. I don’t think I’m hip enough to eat here.

2. Don’t forget your $1200 for a large format Dom Perignon

Food items do look good though. @STLstone good catch! I think this menu was rushed. They list beers by Brewer then variety. Wines are flipped, varietal then vineyard. Probably because it’s how people buy wine vs beer, but strange to have them insistent.