News Round Up 2017

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

My wife usually does this type of gift card shopping, so I'm not the most knowledgeable, but when I asked a Target employee why it was possible to buy a Disney gift card using a Target gift card the answer I got was it's possible because Target classifies a Disney gift card as an "entertainment" item. As opposed to a Visa/Amex gift card. So I guess to Target, you buying a Disney gift card is equivalent to you buying a Blu-ray.

Yes that is correct. Entertainment cards are treated differently than gift cards. You couldn't buy a Visa gift card even before all this stuff with a Target gift card for example. But a Disney gift card is considered under the entertainment category. That doesn't mean that Target isn't tightening their rules as they've prohibited the action currently online but have left it ok in-store.

 

[SJMajor67]

News

Disney and Fox on verge of deal

 

[monique5]

Just for clarification, is this for all gift cards or just Disney? I'm wishing I had bought more now, but I didn't want to be stuck with nothing but Target GCs that would take me the entire year to spend.

Some GC were excluded for purchasing with Target GC. I think retail stores are excluded, Disney classified as entertainment, not retail.

 

[Tigger's ally]

News

Overnight Rehearsal to Take Place at Hollywood Studios Dec. 18-20

I bet even the loudest pyro's couldn't drown out my wife's snoring! Ear plugs for everyone!

 

[skier_pete]

News

Disney and Fox on verge of deal

Huge news for Marvel really - they would basically get ALL the characters back in their stable - since they already made the deal with Sony for Spiderman. Could we get the impossible? A good Fantastic 4 movie?

Also sort of a big deal to Star Wars in that Fox still has video rights to Episode IV, so would allow Disney to distribute the movies together, but I can't say that is THAT big a deal.

20th Century Fox also distributed Avatar, so not sure how that would affect the future of Pandora.

Otherwise not sure that it would affect much in the parks...Universal would still have the theme park rights from Marvel in Florida, and Fox doesn't really have many other significant tent-poles that would make for good theme park material outside of Marvel. Alien - already did that. Predator? Die Hard? Their only kids properties are Dr. Doolittle and Ice Age - both "No thanks" in my book. I would assume since they aren't getting the Fox network it wouldn't bring in Family Guy, and Universal already has the Simpsons.

I think the biggest bit for this would be their plans for their own streaming service. If they have the whole Disney and Fox back-catalog looked up under their own service, that's a pretty big deal.

 

[Suruat68]

I've never purchased a Disney gift card from Target before. What's the largest denomination you can purchase? TIA!

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I've never purchased a Disney gift card from Target before. What's the largest denomination you can purchase? TIA!

I don't know quite honestly if there is a max you can purchase in a day but the amount of each gift card will vary by store. The stores around me for instance only sold $50 gift cards whereas others I know have at least in the past been able to pick up $25 or $50.

However, the Wal-Mart around me sold then in $50 or $100 amounts but didn't sell them in $25 amounts.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I think the biggest bit for this would be their plans for their own streaming service. If they have the whole Disney and Fox back-catalog looked up under their own service, that's a pretty big deal.

I think that is the biggest part - they will need more content for their streaming service (Iger flat out said that the reason their service will cost less than Netflix at the beginning ic b/s they won't have as much content) ... so even if some of the content doesn't fit with what we think of as "Disney" it is still content ... and getting that content from the studio that also has some Marvel licenses does hurt/make sense

 

[dina444444]

News

12 Days of Disney Parks Christmas: Memorable New Story Elements Add to the Fun at the Pixar Play Parade During Pixar Fest Celebration

 

[Brocktoon]

Could we get the impossible? A good Fantastic 4 movie?

Out of everything, that is what I want most! We've already got a few good X-men movies but nothing has done the F4 justice. And to be able to bring Doom into the Marvel films .... forget Thanos.

 

[Suruat68]

M

I don't know quite honestly if there is a max you can purchase in a day but the amount of each gift card will vary by store. The stores around me for instance only sold $50 gift cards whereas others I know have at least in the past been able to pick up $25 or $50.

However, the Wal-Mart around me sold then in $50 or $100 amounts but didn't sell them in $25 amounts.

Thank you! Hah, this'll be interesting. I bought $5700 worth of target gift cards Sunday to redeem for Disney gift cards. If $50 is the largest denomination I can get, this may take a while

 

[Gastonecrosse]

M

Thank you! Hah, this'll be interesting. I bought $5700 worth of target gift cards Sunday to redeem for Disney gift cards. If $50 is the largest denomination I can get, this may take a while

Most Targets I frequent carry the $100 cards, but I have never seen higher than that. Of course after the fact you can combine the cards for sanity's sake without too much effort (I think to a max of $1000 per card).

 

[skier_pete]

News

12 Days of Disney Parks Christmas: Memorable New Story Elements Add to the Fun at the Pixar Play Parade During Pixar Fest Celebration

At first I though "Yawn", but actually a neat little share here. The "Up" float looks pretty cool, though not sure how they pull off a free-walking Kevin with Russel on his back. The "Inside Out" float appears rather dangerous for the riders...maybe "Fear" should be on there instead.

Disappointed that there's no "Drunk John Lasseter giving out free hugs" float. What, too soon?

 

[dina444444]

News

Disney on Broadway Concert Series Performer Lineup Revealed for 2018 Epcot International Festival of the Arts

 

[jlundeen]

I'm surprised it hasn't come to the parks... it'd be easy money for Disney...

maybe they will do it in the new SW land....says adults and teens can do it too!

 

[Lee Matthews]

Huge news for Marvel really - they would basically get ALL the characters back in their stable - since they already made the deal with Sony for Spiderman. Could we get the impossible? A good Fantastic 4 movie?

Also sort of a big deal to Star Wars in that Fox still has video rights to Episode IV, so would allow Disney to distribute the movies together, but I can't say that is THAT big a deal.

20th Century Fox also distributed Avatar, so not sure how that would affect the future of Pandora.

Otherwise not sure that it would affect much in the parks...Universal would still have the theme park rights from Marvel in Florida, and Fox doesn't really have many other significant tent-poles that would make for good theme park material outside of Marvel. Alien - already did that. Predator? Die Hard? Their only kids properties are Dr. Doolittle and Ice Age - both "No thanks" in my book. I would assume since they aren't getting the Fox network it wouldn't bring in Family Guy, and Universal already has the Simpsons.

I think the biggest bit for this would be their plans for their own streaming service. If they have the whole Disney and Fox back-catalog looked up under their own service, that's a pretty big deal.

I might be wrong but I think the Simpsons and Futurama would also go to Disney under the deal.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Thank you! Hah, this'll be interesting. I bought $5700 worth of target gift cards Sunday to redeem for Disney gift cards. If $50 is the largest denomination I can get, this may take a while

Wow!! Yeah that's where it's unfortunate you can't do it online because I know for sure they have higher denominations. I would just go to your local Target(s) and see what they have available. Hopefully for you they have higher denominations than the ones near me

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Most Targets I frequent carry the $100 cards, but I have never seen higher than that. Of course after the fact you can combine the cards for sanity's sake without too much effort (I think to a max of $1000 per card).

By us I never see anything larger than $50 and often the largest they have in stock is $25 ... I was using those to help pay off our Disney Cruise - that is a lot of number to enter!

On the plus side, was able to create a Mickey Head out of all the cards once I was paid in full

 

[mikepizzo]

Out of everything, that is what I want most! We've already got a few good X-men movies but nothing has done the F4 justice. And to be able to bring Doom into the Marvel films .... forget Thanos.

As infamous as the 1994 Richard Corman Fantastic Four film is, it's pretty solid for what it is. They were given a budget of basically what a cold Ham sandwich costs. Everyone in that movie is trying their best. Plus, when you have a micro-budget, you have to become creative with how you do what you do. All the effects are corny, but it's charming.

Out of all the Fantastic Four movies, I would probably rank that one the highest.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I might be wrong but I think the Simpsons and Futurama would also go to Disney under the deal.

Ok now I want a Futurama overlay to the Jungle Cruise

"Good news everyone, I taught the hippopotamus to love!"

*as leaving the dock* "Does anyone object? ... Now, now - there will be plenty of time to discuss your objections when and if you return"