News Round Up 2017

[SaharanTea]

Anybody heard any news about Animal Kingdom today? Lines app is showing six attractions closed, including Everest, Kali, safaris, both Dinoland rides, and Gorilla Falls trail. Dinosaur was closed but is showing open now.

This coupled with reports of huge lines in Pandora makes me wonder.

 

[umichigan10]

Anybody heard any news about Animal Kingdom today? Lines app is showing six attractions closed, including Everest, Kali, safaris, both Dinoland rides, and Gorilla Falls trail. Dinosaur was closed but is showing open now.

This coupled with reports of huge lines in Pandora makes me wonder.

I would say weather related and a dinosaur breakdown. That's my insight

 

[SaharanTea]

I would say weather related and a dinosaur breakdown. That's my insight

Yeah, it's almost certainly this. Dinosaur down and one trail but not the other had me confused.

Sorry, shoulda guessed that from the start.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

I originally saw this posted on the WDW Subreddit, a rumor from Chip and CO that states disney is offering gift cards to some staying at value resorts who agree to forego Mousekeeping.

I'm not sure I actually believe it, but it would be an interesting discussion. No notes as to whether that would be length of stay or per day. My gut is length of stay as DVC housekeeping is $30/per day right? I'd imagine the workload for a value room is a lot lower.

I would be all for that. I don't really care if my bed gets made and I don't like to leave my room a mess anyway. Only thing I might miss is getting the trash emptied.

 

[umichigan10]

Yeah, it's almost certainly this. Dinosaur down and one trail but not the other had me confused.

Sorry, shoulda guessed that from the start.

No worries, it is strange the jungle trek in Asia didn't close though

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I originally saw this posted on the WDW Subreddit, a rumor from Chip and CO that states disney is offering gift cards to some staying at value resorts who agree to forego Mousekeeping.

I'm not sure I actually believe it, but it would be an interesting discussion. No notes as to whether that would be length of stay or per day. My gut is length of stay as DVC housekeeping is $30/per day right? I'd imagine the workload for a value room is a lot lower.

I would be all for that. I don't really care if my bed gets made and I don't like to leave my room a mess anyway. Only thing I might miss is getting the trash emptied.

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My only wonder really was towels and how many you would get to begin with. Would you be able to stop off at the front desk and request any more or not and not have that go against you as far as declining mousekeeping? We reuse towels so that's not a problem but with 9 nights two people that may be stretching it especially depending on what they start with (which I don't actually know the answer to that). That component could be even harder the more people staying inside the room.

Aso it's a good point to even bring up length of stay part..the article mentions $40 gift card but how many days was that supposed stay?

*Totally get that right now it's a rumor without much more information on it though*

 

[SaharanTea]

No worries, it is strange the jungle trek in Asia didn't close though

It threw me a bit, but it could have just been that no one reported it to the app or something. It was the lines app, not Disney.

 

[Roxyfire]

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My only wonder really was towels and how many you would get to begin with. Would you be able to stop off at the front desk and request any more or not and not have that go against you as far as declining mousekeeping? We reuse towels so that's not a problem but with 9 nights two people that may be stretching it especially depending on what they start with (which I don't actually know the answer to that). That component could be even harder the more people staying inside the room.

Aso it's a good point to even bring up length of stay part..the article mentions $40 gift card but how many days was that supposed stay?

*Totally get that right now it's a rumor without much more information on it though*

For a few nights, it would probably be an ok trade off. But with a family and/or a long stay I don't think it would be worth it. I'm curious to find out more about this. Not like it would impact me anymore but I think it could represent a huge shift in the perceived level of service.

 

[RhodyOrange]

C'mon kid. The 30 for 30's are actually usually done very well. Actually wish there more of them.

I re-watch Four Days in October, and Requiem for the Big East like twice a year.

 

[merry_nbright]

C'mon kid. The 30 for 30's are actually usually done very well. Actually wish there more of them.

Agreed! As someone from Cleveland, "Believeland" was both painful and hopeful, but very well done!

 

[umichigan10]

I re-watch Four Days in October, and Requiem for the Big East like twice a year.

I'm not a Sox fan at all but I love 4 days in October. It's just an incredible story

 

[rteetz]

News

Bob Iger has been spotted at Disney Springs

 

[PolyRob]

Looks like the Disney World homepage has been completely redesigned and the Shop Parks merchandise is now integrated with the website.

 

[rteetz]

Looks like the Disney World homepage has been completely redesigned and the Shop Parks merchandise is now integrated with the website.

What was this on? I don't see anything new.

 

[PolyRob]

What was this on? I don't see anything new.

I just noticed it browsing the site. I used to see about four images that cycled through, now its a video with a more interactive calendar for resorts and has a link to the parks merch online:

 

[Roxyfire]

What was this on? I don't see anything new.

I don't know that the site has been redesigned, but here's the link to the integrated parks merchandise page https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/shop-parks/resort-add-ons/

It's not that new though, I noticed it about a month and a half ago. I think they've been working on it for a while.

 

[PolyRob]

I don't know that the site has been redesigned, but here's the link to the integrated parks merchandise page https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/shop-parks/resort-add-ons/

It's not that new though, I noticed it about a month and a half ago. I think they've been working on it for a while.

Maybe my cache was never cleared? Mine looked like this a few hours ago:

 

[Roxyfire]

Maybe my cache was never cleared? Mine looked like this a few hours ago:
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I'm not seeing the new design in your other post, but I was able to grab it (being the shop parks link) from the lower navigation links. I went to clear history and don't see it. Maybe they're doing a bit of a/b testing with certain browsers/configurations.

 

[PolyRob]

I'm not seeing the new design in your other post, but I was able to grab it (being the shop parks link) from the lower navigation links. I went to clear history and don't see it. Maybe they're doing a bit of a/b testing with certain browsers/configurations.

Maybe? It caught me by surprise. A dark blue screen appears before it loads and you can go through the entire calendar with one click rather than clicking check-in and check-out. A little more user friendly

ETA: My mobile browser, Safari, is still the old version.



I used Chrome on my MacBook for the "new" screen grabs.

 

[Roxyfire]

I used Chrome on my MacBook for the "new" screen grabs.

Hmm no idea, I use the same thing, also macbook, blows up that theory. Well it could use some better UX for sure. That'll be a nice change when its all said and done!