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Old Man Pants posted:I appreciate that the fandom and everyone else has basically told her "this is ours now, GTFO". I love that the reaction from the game studio developing the unannounced Harry Potter game that everyone has known about for literally years has been "well she wasn't that involved"
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Aug 3, 2020 06:55
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I was really hoping Splash Mountain could hold out long enough that it's final week would be scheduled after the pandemic cools down, but I'm not certain about that. This ride is loving broken. https://twitter.com/Kai_cece98/status/1290156166471811072 The Disneyland one is also in rough shape but I wager it will probably tough it out until the reproduction job starts. Disneyland maintenance is gunshy about letting things deteriorate to the levels of safety hazard given that doing so has previously killed guests.
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Aug 3, 2020 13:07
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I'm genuinely curious how that happens short of a fist sized hole in the bottom. Even a small hole, it would take some time for those boats to fill, especially with trips up lifts where they aren't submerged.
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Aug 3, 2020 13:16
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I'm not familiar with where the dips are but that second pic looks like it just is coming out of a downward slope and when they (rightfully) got out, maybe it got pushed under more and the seats started to rapidly fill.
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Aug 3, 2020 13:23
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Yeah that looks more like a misloaded boat than a maintenance problem. Also, how'd they get out of the lap bar?
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Aug 3, 2020 13:38
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfh7A0lH1ac
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Assuming similarity with original Splash, there are little valves on the back of the boats that basically drain while going up the lifts. They look like a clarinet mouthpiece on the very back bottom. Occasionally one fails and lets water in too. It can be pretty dramatic and can valley a log in the coaster (down and up) drop. Could've just been really unbalanced, but that looks pretty drat swamped. I would not blame guests at all for hopping out of that.
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Aug 3, 2020 20:24
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That just how I want to escape roni
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The third quarter earnings report from the Walt Disney Company shows the magnitude of the COVID-19 shutdown to all aspects of the business. Specifically in the Parks, Experiences and Products division, losses were reported at $3.5 billion in revenue, a decrease of 85%. This resulted in an operating loss of $2 billion. On the subsequent earnings call, Christine McCarthy Chief Financial Officer said that Walt Disney World is generating a "positive net contribution" at current attendance levels, with demand expected to grow. However, upside at Walt Disney World is less than originally expected, attributed to the recent surge in COVID-19 in Florida. Bob Chapek said that there was ample demand prior to the surge in Florida cases, which subsequently dropped off as guests became wary of traveling to Florida. 50% of guests are still traveling from a distance, with the remainder coming from within Florida. Attendance from long distance visitors has been replaced by local and annual passholders where possible. A higher level of cancellations has also been seen since the rise in cases which was not apparent when the parks were announced to be reopening. Elsewhere at the company, Media Networks was down 2%, Studio entertainment was down 55%, and Direct-to-Consumer and International (which includes Disney+ and its more than 60 million global subscribers) was up 2%.
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Aug 4, 2020 22:16
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Zero One posted:A higher level of cancellations has also been seen since the rise in cases which was not apparent when the parks were announced to be reopening. Really? The governor being a Trump-appointed goon who publicly and early on announced that his plan for dealing with the modern plague was "do literally nothing" didn't clue anybody in?
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Aug 4, 2020 22:25
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That's probably more to just cover their rear end and also simultaneously take a dig at the chud
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Aug 4, 2020 22:35
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Someone is getting canned. Entire Mario World site leaked. https://twitter.com/TVManiaco_tvps2/status/1290875051101872129?s=19 (More in the thread.) Here's the ride system  
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Aug 5, 2020 13:32
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Tim Whatley posted:Someone is getting canned. Entire Mario World site leaked. That doesn't seem like all that big a leak. More like some Twitter rando making much ado about barely anything.
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Aug 5, 2020 13:39
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Tim Whatley posted:Someone is getting canned. Entire Mario World site leaked. I want to be really positive about that but it looks so freaking lame that I can't. Why not make it something like laser tag meets autopia?
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Aug 5, 2020 15:30
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Autopia is a bit of a pain in the rear end to run.
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Aug 5, 2020 15:40
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Double Dash was the best Mario Kart and this is Quadruple Dash. 
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Aug 5, 2020 15:41
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I'm stoked on it. It's on a spinning coaster track
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Aug 5, 2020 15:51
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Yeah this looks sweet and looks like there's controllable vehicles.
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Aug 5, 2020 18:31
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I think it looks fine? I think I'm a bit underwhelmed by it being multiple riders. I'm not sure how that will work with the immersion of the AR especially if your steering wheel either us just a prop or doesn't simulate the ride vehicle experience you get because the 9 year old behind you ran over a banana peel.
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Aug 5, 2020 19:08
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couldcareless posted:I think it looks fine? I think I'm a bit underwhelmed by it being multiple riders. I'm not sure how that will work with the immersion of the AR especially if your steering wheel either us just a prop or doesn't simulate the ride vehicle experience you get because the 9 year old behind you ran over a banana peel. yep. this. Maybe not autopia, but it should definitely be a single-rider thing.
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Aug 5, 2020 20:17
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They should have just taken the bumper cars from Disney quest, gave them more juice, built the AR into the plexi, put it on a track, and maybe added some more features. I'd ride that poo poo to the ends of the earth
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Aug 5, 2020 21:41
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rip me, most of the content has been copyright takedowned
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I'm still convinced the Mario Kart ride is this thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeRhHO_9I-A I mean I haven't been following Super Nintendo World closely so I don't know if that's been disproven but it does seem to check all the boxes Icedude fucked around with this message at 00:20 on Aug 7, 2020 |
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Icedude posted:I'm still convinced the Mario Kart ride is this thing: Considering Dynamic Attractions was involved in both Forbidden Journey and Gringotts, that would track.
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Aug 7, 2020 23:09
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Good, that's one step closer to re-closing entirely. Like it should.
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Aug 7, 2020 23:20
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https://twitter.com/blog_mickey/status/1291859035931762694?s=21
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:Good, that's one step closer to re-closing entirely. Like it should. Much as am loathed to say this, if they shut down again, my fellow Cast and I will likely be out of a job. It is unlikely we'll see the "generous" furlough scenario again.
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Shortening hours can also be a way to drive visitors closer together so they can save on operating costs and stay open better. I finally got a refund on my tickets yesterday  I'm equal parts happy and sad. Happy because it's a lot of money,sad because my odds of visiting world someday went down sharply with this. 
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:Much as am loathed to say this, if they shut down again, my fellow Cast and I will likely be out of a job. It is unlikely we'll see the "generous" furlough scenario again. As much as I understand that and I worry about yall, with rising child numbers of severe coronavirus symptoms, man I've gotta throw myself at that instead. This thing is eating our generation and up bad enough, we don't need to lose kids at the same level. Especially the ones that Disney isn't requiring masks for, because statistically that infant-4 year old zone is where it's popping up the most in the past week or so. It's the same reason I'm against reopening schools. I want you guys and teachers and everyone else to be gainfully employed. But this poo poo is a monster and now it's starting to go for the kids. America has collectively laughed (not most of us in the thread, but as a nation) off nearly 165k dead people. I don't want little ones to start piling on top of that 
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https://twitter.com/ruri_disney_/status/1292048475807457281?s=19 Legendary
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That’s some next level Jungle Cruise.
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I'm sure a good amount of you know the artist Jeff Granito. He does a lot of Disney art. Cool dude, met him at Festival of the Arts this year. He just did a Haunted Mansion tiki stretching portraits series and now it's a wall in my house. Available on his Etsy if you're interested. 
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Stop doing this to my wallet.
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:As much as I understand that and I worry about yall, with rising child numbers of severe coronavirus symptoms, man I've gotta throw myself at that instead. This thing is eating our generation and up bad enough, we don't need to lose kids at the same level. Especially the ones that Disney isn't requiring masks for, because statistically that infant-4 year old zone is where it's popping up the most in the past week or so. It's completely possible for businesses and schools to make the necessary compromises to continue operating under the current circumstances. Theme parks, restaurants, bars, etc. maintain strict rules on masks and limited capacity while the government properly fines and revokes licenses from those who violate them, schools continue education through distance learning with minor class space for those who lack the setup to do online courses, etc. Because here's the thing: it would be great if we could just shut everything down for a few months and have the government fund everyone and every business to remain open until this poo poo dies, but that's not going to happen. It's not happening now and it's probably not happening in our lifetime. We're in a hosed up country with a government that's divided between those who actively hurt people and those who let them get away with it, while the people who actually try to make changes are forced to make them happen on a generational scale because that's what real life is. If we open up completely and pretend there's no epidemic, people die until they stop dying. If we close up completely with our current standard for taking care of our citizens, the economy goes into a freefall as businesses that aren't major corporations permanently close and people are thrown onto the streets for having no job to pay rent. Unfortunately we have to live in reality instead of our idealized world where everything works out properly, and that means a compromise between the two is the only way we can move forward with minimal damage. As it stands right now, your stance is commendable but completely impossible. You may as well ask for Trump to give up power peacefully and President Sanders to implement full socialism.
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Tim Whatley posted:I'm sure a good amount of you know the artist Jeff Granito. He does a lot of Disney art. Cool dude, met him at Festival of the Arts this year. He just did a Haunted Mansion tiki stretching portraits series and now it's a wall in my house. Available on his Etsy if you're interested. Sigh. Delivery to Canada is almost as much as the cost of the prints themselves :[
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chitoryu12 posted:It's completely possible for businesses and schools to make the necessary compromises to continue operating under the current circumstances. Theme parks, restaurants, bars, etc. maintain strict rules on masks and limited capacity while the government properly fines and revokes licenses from those who violate them, schools continue education through distance learning with minor class space for those who lack the setup to do online courses, etc. Yeah totally it's the Democrats fault for not stopping the Republicans. Shame on you Democrats! I for one am sick of posts by people who act like we can't strive for better as coping mechanism for reality. I wouldn't be so against the idea of opening responsibly if that wasn't an impossibility. Well I mean sure it'd be possible but it wouldn't be profitable so yeah. Welcome to Disney World let's get you fit tested!
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Duck and Cover posted:Yeah totally it's the Democrats fault for not stopping the Republicans. Shame on you Democrats! I for one am sick of posts by people who act like we can't strive for better as coping mechanism for reality. I wouldn't be so against the idea of opening responsibly if that wasn't an impossibility. Well I mean sure it'd be possible but it wouldn't be profitable so yeah. Welcome to Disney World let's get you fit tested! Okay, what’s your plan to fix all of the systemic issues that created this problem before the end of the year?
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