News Round Up 2018

[TheMaxRebo]

Propaganda! Lies! For a minute I thought we were discussing politics... or something really important...

I assumed it was more of an error than a lie myself... .or maybe they “misspoke”...

Disney simply misquoted themselves

 

[rteetz]

News

Disneyland Paris planning solar energy site and considering a name change for the studios park

https://wdwnt.com/2018/12/disneylan...ing-name-change-for-walt-disney-studios-park/

 

[BigRed98]

News

Disneyland Paris planning solar energy site and considering a name change for the studios park

https://wdwnt.com/2018/12/disneylan...ing-name-change-for-walt-disney-studios-park/

Makes sense to change the name as that park is going into an entirely new direction similarly to DHS. I'm trying to convince my family to plan a 2019 summer family trip at Disneyland Paris so I can see Walt Disney Studios park before it undergoes it's major transformation.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

FYI - NY Times reporting that capacity for the Smuggles Run/Millenium Falcon attraction will be 1,800/hour. Assuming that is Theoretical not Operational, that is the same as Rock N Roller Coaster and Star Tours and Everest, for example

 

[rteetz]

FYI - NY Times reporting that capacity for the Smuggles Run/Millenium Falcon attraction will be 1,800/hour. Assuming that is Theoretical not Operational, that is the same as Rock N Roller Coaster and Star Tours and Everest, for example

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This was from a few weeks ago as part of that NY Times article that came out with Destination D.

 

[tlmadden73]

Saw this on WDWNTs twitter feed which makes me a bit sad as appears no chance for some upclose photos with the WDW train while it is parked at the Main St station

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That's a shame, but I have to say if you want an "up close" photos with the trains take the "Behind the Steam Trains" tour at the MK. Well worth the $60
It eats up about 90 minutes of your park day (the tour went until 10:30 AM), but was a fun way to start the day. (You get to be in the park well before the gates open (7:30 am)

Do they leave the train sit out all day or do they bring them out and back in every day?

My guess is that it would just take some staffing to keep people away from the important parts (and dangerous if the train is running) of the train, but maybe they just feel it would be too hard to control crowds up there? But throw a CM or two up there and a Photo Pass Photographer and it could be a great photo/memory.

 

[skier_pete]

That might be the case at DL and WDW however I believe for the fireworks in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Paris I believe they were all CGI.

No, you are right - some of them were CGI and some of them were real. It's pretty obvious if you pay attention when they are which. There's an awful lot of faking it going on in those specials.

 

[skier_pete]

FYI - NY Times reporting that capacity for the Smuggles Run/Millenium Falcon attraction will be 1,800/hour. Assuming that is Theoretical not Operational, that is the same as Rock N Roller Coaster and Star Tours and Everest, for example

That's a pretty decent flow for a ride with simulator pods. Only true continuous loaders seem to be able to achieve 2500+.

That said - it's certainly not enough to satisfy the crowds. That's 21,600 in a 12-hour day. (I'm assuming they will have a standard 12 hour day - a paid event in the morning, and a paid event in the evening every day. Demand is likely to be in the 30,000-40,000 range...yeesh.

 

[rteetz]

That's a shame, but I have to say if you want an "up close" photos with the trains take the "Behind the Steam Trains" tour at the MK. Well worth the $60
It eats up about 90 minutes of your park day (the tour went until 10:30 AM), but was a fun way to start the day. (You get to be in the park well before the gates open (7:30 am)

Do they leave the train sit out all day or do they bring them out and back in every day?

My guess is that it would just take some staffing to keep people away from the important parts (and dangerous if the train is running) of the train, but maybe they just feel it would be too hard to control crowds up there? But throw a CM or two up there and a Photo Pass Photographer and it could be a great photo/memory.

The train is left out during the day. It’s likely brough back at night to the barn.

 

[DisneyPrincess1984]

@rteetz is there a possibility of starting another News thread that focuses on movies? So many seem to want to discuss this topic that often this thread covers that topic for numerous posts. Just a thought.

I understand that movies are part of News, they just seem to drum up a lot more discussion than many other topics and a separate thread would offer DISers to chat at length about this topic.

I agree with this. I feel like I have to skim through a love of movie talk to get actual news.

 

[rteetz]

I completely understand where people are coming from regarding movie discussion but unfortunately there is not much parks news to discuss at the moment. This board is titles Disney rumors and news as well so that encompasses everything.

News and rumors come in cycles. Right now we are in a heavy movie period of that cycle with new releases out as well as new trailers during the holidays. As long as the discussion is on topic I am fine with it. If it moves off topic I will reel it in.

As for finding news that is why news and rumors items have bolded titles which make it easier to find.

 

[umichigan10]

The train is left out during the day. It’s likely brough back at night to the barn.

Maybe a dumb question but how do they get it back and forth? Or is the track not completely blocked off at the tron site?

 

[rteetz]

Maybe a dumb question but how do they get it back and forth? Or is the track not completely blocked off at the tron site?

The trains go backwards to the train barn. The Tron work is at the back of the park.

 

[afan]

Makes sense to change the name as that park is going into an entirely new direction similarly to DHS. I'm trying to convince my family to plan a 2019 summer family trip at Disneyland Paris so I can see Walt Disney Studios park before it undergoes it's major transformation.

Unless you are close or going to be there anyway I wouldn't make the trip to see it as it is now. Disneyland park would be worth the trip alone but studios was quite underwhelming. We did most everything except crush because it was closed and skipped the toy story kiddie ride. Don't do armageddon, biggest waste of time.

 

[WiredForFlight]

Not completely true. We were there when they were filming in 2017 and they did shoot off some of castle fireworks with the filming. However, the "big" fireworks are indeed CGI. (And it's pretty obvious if you pay attention.

When we where at WDW in November they where filming the night fireworks. They where shooting off smaller shots for hours, but the wind was 100% in the wrong direction (towards the crowd). They would shoot one set, wait 15 min, shoot another set, wait 15 min... over and over. I bet they where hoping to get good shots to stitch together but the weather was clearly fighting them.

 

[Moliphino]

Unless you are close or going to be there anyway I wouldn't make the trip to see it as it is now. Disneyland park would be worth the trip alone but studios was quite underwhelming. We did most everything except crush because it was closed and skipped the toy story kiddie ride. Don't do armageddon, biggest waste of time.

I agree with this. There's not a lot to do in that park now, it's in desperate need of its upcoming work. They've even closed Mickey and the Magician, which I thought was the best thing in the park aside from Crush.

 

[BigRed98]

Unless you are close or going to be there anyway I wouldn't make the trip to see it as it is now. Disneyland park would be worth the trip alone but studios was quite underwhelming. We did most everything except crush because it was closed and skipped the toy story kiddie ride. Don't do armageddon, biggest waste of time.

Oh I know, if we end up going we would be going to Disneyland Paris solely for Disneyland park. I've seen pictures and videos of Walt Disney Studios and it looks like Disney's worst park but I still want to see the park and do some of the studio style attractions like the tram tour.

 

[dina444444]

News

Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Film Memorabilia Gallery Now Open at Disneyland Park

 

[afan]

Oh I know, if we end up going we would be going to Disneyland Paris solely for Disneyland park. I've seen pictures and videos of Walt Disney Studios and it looks like Disney's worst park but I still want to see the park and do some of the studio style attractions like the tram tour.

The tram tour isn't that long and not worth waiting more than for the tram to come back and load. Ratatouille is great but will be open here soon enough, plus I think they cancelled or really shortened the last refurb so I wouldn't count on it being open. I do want to go back once it's all been redone, hopefully they'll do a good job and there aren't a lot of cuts. DLP is so fantastic and was done so well themeing wise, especially fantasyland, that studios needs to better match it

ETA - If you had said you wanted to go there to ride big thunder mountain I would say go as soon as you can. Aside from just wanting to visit an international park, riding BTM is a great reason to go. I would go back tomorrow if I could solely to ride it, well maybe not since it's cold and there's been snow, but you know what I mean

 

[rteetz]

The tram tour isn't that long and not worth waiting more than for the tram to come back and load. Ratatouille is great but will be open here soon enough, plus I think they cancelled or really shortened the last refurb so I wouldn't count on it being open. I do want to go back once it's all been redone, hopefully they'll do a good job and there aren't a lot of cuts. DLP is so fantastic and was done so well themeing wise, especially fantasyland, that studios needs to better match it

ETA - If you had said you wanted to go there to ride big thunder mountain I would say go as soon as you can. Aside from just wanting to visit an international park, riding BTM is a great reason to go. I would go back tomorrow if I could solely to ride it, well maybe not since it's cold and there's been snow, but you know what I mean

The Rat refurb was cancelled for the time being I believe. It needs a whole new floor.

The studios improvements are coming. Disney knows they need to invest in those two parks. They are spending billions in the upcoming years to fix the studios. Even Disneyland Paris park itself has had its issues in the past with maintenance. Things have drastically improved since Disney’s takeover.