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Hazo posted:Harmonious seemed just fine source your quotes
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April 3rd Happily Ever After returns to MK
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alg posted:source your quotes Me. I loved IllumiNations but Harmonious is trying something different and does an okay job at it-- unlike MK's Enchantment where it's the same format as its predecessor but jarringly worse in almost every way (almost because Bald Mountain rules).
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Hell yeah https://www.wdwmagic.com/resorts/wa...sort-hotels.htm
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Probably the dumbest change, just behind getting rid of magical express.
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anybody else figure we get AP open before the end of the week?
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More things too. quote:
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:anybody else figure we get AP open before the end of the week? One can dream
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So PhotoPass isn't already part of paying for Genie+ at WDW like it is at DLR?
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Fartington Butts posted:So PhotoPass isn't already part of paying for Genie+ at WDW like it is at DLR? It is not. You can get all the photos you want but you gotta pay for them. You can do per photo, or get the Memory Maker which is not cheap. However, if you're doing a long stay and/or have a lot of people with you, it's not a bad deal all things considered. Too bad they aren't including the photos from CMs in that.
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I know it's a little thing but I'm actually pretty happy with them eliminating the parking fee. It was honestly a substantial pain point for me and my personal trips. It was a small fee that added up.
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lol you know Disney was in trouble and in a bad placce vs universal and Epic Worlds if they're doing these things
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Braksgirl posted:I know it's a little thing but I'm actually pretty happy with them eliminating the parking fee. It was honestly a substantial pain point for me and my personal trips. It was a small fee that added up. I'm so broken medically that I get it waived but I'm very glad to see it go just in case I ever got a cast member who thinks I'm *not* as broken as I am.
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worms butthole guy posted:lol you know Disney was in trouble and in a bad placce vs universal and Epic Worlds if they're doing these things I think you're failing to grasp that the only thing that can affect crowds at Disney at this point is catastrophic economic downturn, and even then that's debatable. They could add a complimentary spit in the face by a CM everytime you scan into MK and people would still be lining up to get in. I wish epic universe could steal some crowds so I could have a more manageable trip one of these days.
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On an average day, the Magic Kingdom alone sees more guests than all of Universal Orlando. For the last half-decade, Disney has almost seemed to be doing an experiment on how much they could take away from the guest experience while not lowering/still raising prices without their reputation faltering. They finally did find the breaking point and are correcting course. But they are still in no danger of Universal dethroning them, and Epic Universe won't do it either.
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Disney Parks would have a long way to fall for Universal to win out. They're losing ground A LITTLE yes, but nothing that can't even be just park attrition. Most will find that Universal is a pleasant surprise if they like the franchises associated with it. Disney's gonna forever be timeless, as for myself and my family, my wife works for NBC/Universal/Comcast so we are a little bias and the prices are nothing to scoff at.
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I prefer Universal simply because I grew up with those properties and they build fun rides. Sure, I watched Disney movies when I was a kid, but I never ever had that level of obsession with it. Certainly not enough to spend thousands of dollars on it.
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If Universal were such a threat the parks would be a lot more comfortable to move around in. As it is they are so packed all the time, I can't believe that Universal is a threat Lucky for us Minions and Harry Potter are big negatives so we don't need to go to Universal any time soon
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Universal opening a new park north of Dallas and some sort of year round horror thing in Vegas
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couldcareless posted:Universal opening a new park north of Dallas and some sort of year round horror thing in Vegas if there's anywhere worse than Florida to go on vacation, its Texas
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The Texas one is described as a "new concept for children with young families." At a glance, it looks more like Universal's going for that sweet sweet regional theme park money - and maybe trying to court people with a cheaper alternative than the Castle Parks - rather than trying to build a third destination per se. https://twitter.com/universalorl/status/1613226021066575896
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quote:the new park will host four or five Universal-themed immersive and interactive experiences as well as a 300-room hotel, retail, and restaurants Moderately-Sized Universe
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Jose Oquendo posted:It is not. You can get all the photos you want but you gotta pay for them. You can do per photo, or get the Memory Maker which is not cheap. However, if you're doing a long stay and/or have a lot of people with you, it's not a bad deal all things considered. Too bad they aren't including the photos from CMs in that.
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Arquinsiel posted:Memory Maker has always been included with the tickets I've gotten and I think this last trip was the first one where we even bothered to look at what it includes. We're not super big on getting photos of ourselves anyway, but it was nice to get free ride photos I guess. I’d love to know this trick to get free memory maker because every time I’ve purchased a vacation package it’s an additional charge.
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alg posted:if there's anywhere worse than Florida to go on vacation, its Texas Just as terrible, but now bigger and with 500% more pride. Also, weather still sucks poo poo.
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I know you guys are disney fanboys but it absolutely says something that Universal is opening, designing and deceloping entirely new parks by the handful while Dis ey managed to take 6 years to build one ride(tron)
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drat that's all disney did in 6 years, incredible
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Let me drag out the old "like it or not, Disney spaces out their construction projects to keep a reason for attendance" Pretty sure everytime that same line gets echoed in here, this gets said over and over.
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      maybe the person that can barely type coherent sentences isn't a great source for the great threats facing disney
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Jose Oquendo posted:I’d love to know this trick to get free memory maker because every time I’ve purchased a vacation package it’s an additional charge. I believe that poster is from the UK and they tend to get discounts that we don't get stateside. That would be my guess.
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worms butthole guy posted:I know you guys are disney fanboys but it absolutely says something that Universal is opening, designing and deceloping entirely new parks by the handful while Dis ey managed to take 6 years to build one ride(tron)
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:What’s it say? that even non theme park nerds can be lovely trolls
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Braksgirl posted:I believe that poster is from the UK and they tend to get discounts that we don't get stateside. That would be my guess.
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Bottom Liner posted:
I think the fifth image is wrong; it lists Runaway Railway as Magic Kingdom, should be under Hollywood Studios. The other thing about that list, the only Magic Kingdom updates were fireworks shows and Friendship Faire. Tron is definitely needed. But yeah, tons of stuff over the past six years at every other park.
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Yeah, to say nothing of the pandemic and global supply chain shortages for critical components of high tech stuff like theme park rides.
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Bottom Liner posted:Yeah, to say nothing of the pandemic and global supply chain shortages for critical components of high tech stuff like theme park rides. *Confused Velocicoaster Noises* Honestly Disney's cadence has been fine, but I think there's a very real issue with how they generate hype. Taking years to build a roller coaster is one thing - telling everyone to get excited and maintain that excitement for years is another. They're also somewhat indiscriminate about what they slow roll. Taking their time on Cosmic Rewind and Ratatouille is one thing, those are at the edges of the park. Tron has shut down the Railroad for an incredible amount of time, and the central spine of Epcot being a dirt pit for as long as it has is just plain rude. The slow rolling also hurt them there, because it forced massive changes in project scope, further hurting enthusiasm for the projects. Anyway lets talk about how hopefully we never have another new internal projection animatronic again. https://twitter.com/hkdlfantasy/status/1613755659320987649?s=46&t=IaBxWhgTaS3MbvFHTceIWg
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I am torn on the internal projection animatronics. Stuff like Buzz Lightyear really worked well in the bright neon UV-washed cartooney environment, but the Frozen stuff is extremely not great.
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A common theme IMO over the decades from doing a ton of Disney park history reading and watching the last few weeks is creating very ambitious concept art and projects but the massive scale of the projects take Disney so long that outside factors have almost always impacted those plans well before they’re even off the design table requiring even more time to scale back or rework an idea. And of course for some reason they have already announced this concept art and generated hype so by the time it’s cancelled or modified it pisses off everyone. Disney for the last decade for sure seems to be getting a bit better about this at least. The weirdest thing to me now is lack of cohesiveness with theming and very long term planning thought. Like Guardians in Epcot. You own marvel, at some point a marvel theme park or extension of Hollywood Studios makes total sense for your massive IP that lends itself very well to a huge set of rides. I’m amazed they didn’t future proof that final area some more. Maybe this was discussed ad nauseam in the past but some of those planning decisions really make me wonder what they’re thinking sometimes. Edit: I forgot there’s that weird east coast contract thing with universal marvel rides. I’m assuming Disney will buy that out or something at some point. Disappointing Pie fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Jan 13, 2023 |
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Arquinsiel posted:I am torn on the internal projection animatronics. Stuff like Buzz Lightyear really worked well in the bright neon UV-washed cartooney environment, but the Frozen stuff is extremely not great. The animatronics were such a weird brain moment for me when we visited. Part of me was amazed by how great and well done some of the older style characters were. They were very impressive but then a lot of the newer stuff must have been too close to the uncanny valley because my brain genuinely felt some of them didn’t look that great or were hitching slightly that made me weird about them.
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