News Round Up 2017

[HeroOfWDW]

News

Menus for Flower and Garden

http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories...ernational-flower-and-garden-festival-are-up/

This just in! Epcot puts the Food and Wine festival into all their events to carry them through the year!

 

[luisov]

Hmmmm... Let's hope it's today. Fingers crossed for Paint the Night

I don't think that's happening. As far as I understand, PTN will still be running at DL during peak seasons. Unless they are giving WDW its own parade, of course.

 

[rteetz]

This just in! Epcot puts the Food and Wine festival into all their events to carry them through the year!

Flower and Garden has had a food aspect for a couple years now.

 

[Maineiak]

Funny but virtual races are quite popular.

Millenials...

 

[disneyholic family]

No-one's going to convince me that Disney haven't been deliberately starving partners and investment funds out of Euro Disney SCA. I believe a full take-over has been on the cards for a long time.

Sure safety concerns are driving some of the lat 12 month's issues, but DLP has been faced with wholly avoidable and largely Disney created problems for a decade or more now.

unfortunately, no matter what disney does, they can't get away from the guests...
if you enjoy constant line jumping, or constantly having to fight line jumpers, then by all means, visit DLP...
otherwise steer clear....

and i won't even start on the topic of park security....
suffice to say, it's not the safest park in their stable...

 

[HeroOfWDW]

Flower and Garden has had a food aspect for a couple years now.

Oh I know. I just don't need the food booth aspect IMO. They added it after seeing the growing success of food and wine

 

[rteetz]

Photo update

Pandora at night

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/02/photo...ing-test-pandora-world-avatar-animal-kingdom/

 

[Harry Wallace]

Unless they are giving WDW its own parade, of course.

Let's think How does "Disney's Festival of Floodlights Parade" sound?!

 

[LSLS]

Photo update

Pandora at night

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/02/photo...ing-test-pandora-world-avatar-animal-kingdom/

I have found myself having very little excitement for ROL at this point. But with as little as I care about ROL, I am beyond excited for this. I may have way too high of expectations , but I fully think this is going to be one of the most impressive areas ever at WDW, and these pics/videos are not dissuading me.

 

[rteetz]

Run Disney provides a medal and the consumer pays, then runs the race on their own terms.

They receive the medal no matter what, there is no check up system.

I'm not knocking the idea, it gets people motivated to get out there and move.

But it still lets rundisney sell a low cost product (the medal) and doesn't require any other actual investment from them.

So like I said, they're printing money.

Yes but virtual races are insanely popular. I don't think there are many virtual races that make sure you do your race on your own so that's not entirely new.

It's a nice way for people who can't go to runDisney races to get that runDisney medal.

 

[rteetz]

unfortunately, no matter what disney does, they can't get away from the guests...
if you enjoy constant line jumping, or constantly having to fight line jumpers, then by all means, visit DLP...
otherwise steer clear....

and i won't even start on the topic of park security....
suffice to say, it's not the safest park in their stable...

It's all about the cultures. Look at Shanghai. Those people were quite unfamiliar with Disney let alone theme parks before that park was built. People were pooping in bushes and leaving messes everywhere because that's how they live. Understanding that's how they act before going in makes it not such a surprise when you get there.

 

[rteetz]

Photo update

Aerial photos of Avatar!

http://mickeyxtreme.net/blog/latest-aerials-of-pandora-world-of-avatar-at-animal-kingdom

 

[pepperandchips]

Oh I know. I just don't need the food booth aspect IMO. They added it after seeing the growing success of food and wine

My family would not make a visit to WDW specifically to visit Flower and Garden without the food booths. What they're doing is working.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Let's think How does "Disney's Festival of Floodlights Parade" sound?!

or "Move It! Shake It! Squint-so-you-can-see-it!" parade

 

[Rivergirl2005]

They just said not yesterday. They didn't give a specific time frame.

Thats sad..I guess well have to wait...at least there was a lot of information yesterday

 

[mikepizzo]

News

Will Smith Won’t Star In Tim Burton’s Live-Action ‘Dumbo’ [UPDATED]

Same article posted before, just with one additional line saying reports are in that Will Smith won't join the project.

 

[rteetz]

News

The first transmission from Pandora

https://twitter.com/visitpandora/status/830053807270854656

 

[ColoradoDreamin]

So was the big announcement the showing of rivers of light tonight. Sounds like they won't have much of a standby entry for it tonight.

 

[rteetz]

So was the big announcement the showing of rivers of light tonight. Sounds like they won't have much of a standby entry for it tonight.

No that's not it either but yes FP on one side and the AP/DVC on the other side tonight.

 

[Ai12gani]

unfortunately, no matter what disney does, they can't get away from the guests...
if you enjoy constant line jumping, or constantly having to fight line jumpers, then by all means, visit DLP...
otherwise steer clear....

and i won't even start on the topic of park security....
suffice to say, it's not the safest park in their stable...

Have you been to DLP recently, I went last May and I only ever encountered 1 line jumper. And as for security, you go through airport style security checks and outside the parks, at enterance and esplanade, they have armed military soldiers. So I really have no idea what you are talking about.