News Round Up 2019

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rteetz said:
Not drastic increases. APs didn’t change at all.
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Our FL Res 4 day pass that we've been contemplating rose 7.6 %. Waiting to purchase cost us almost $100 for 5 tickets. Stings.....

ETA: Was this the quietest price change yet?
 
Moliphino said:
My US plan has an add on option for international, but it's usually $10/day for talk, text, and data. I'm not sure if that's per person or not, I've only used it when traveling for work not with family. My plan doesn't even include all of the US, either, which I found out when I went to Guam for work.
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Yeah I know about U.S. plans just didn't know about people who are from outside the U.S. and how their cell phone plan work out here. *Wouldn't have considered Guam though that's for sure lol

My husband and I still have separate cell phone plans. I have Sprint and he has Verizon. We've kept it separate because Sprint has maintained unlimited and for several years Verizon got rid of theirs. When we went to Jamaica we added the international plan to mine because Sprint was only $5/day for data (I forget information the calling aspect) but Verizon was $10 and Sprint had a good deal on a week plan whereas Verizon did not. It cost us $35 total for data for 9 days worth. Sprint had worked out a deal with Digicel which is the main provider down in Jamaica. For Verizon it would have cost $70 or $75 for that same time period.

Now when we went to St. Lucia back in 2013 none of the cell phone companies really had good reliable signal so we used the resort's wifi. Funny thing we actually used a magic jack type service to call home using the computer because we still had stuff to deal with after our wedding.

I don't think I used wifi at all when in WDW other than on the computer but I can def. sympathize with having to rely on it for your cell phone especially when it's been known it's spoty so it's a good thing they are actively working on that.
 


BigRed98 said:
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Per WDWNT on twitter, Marquee is up for Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy

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I am actually really excited to see this after Watching Cars 3 and enjoying it 1000x more than Cars 2! It opens during my visit so I will be following news about it closely.
 
scrappinginontario said:
While happy for ASM guests, I wish Disney would put effort into upgrading their in-park Wi-Fi!! It is beyond frustrating to use and for International guests who do not have data plans in the US, we are at the mercy of using the WDW Wi-Fi. I cannot count the number of times (over 100 some days??) that I lose connection and have to find it again. Disney has made us rely on Wi-Fi due to all that MDE offers but their Wi-Fi cannot keep up. DHS has always had the poorest Wi-Fi so unless they've made HUGE improvements I cannot begin to imagine what will happen come Aug 29th!
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I agree 100%! I am not international, but I can only imagine the struggle. I get annoyed by the 7DMT cave and FoP tunnels when LTE and Disney Wi-Fi cut out. Not to bring paid FP+ into this (I know, separate thread), but if Disney starts charging an additional premium, it better have the network infrastructure in place to support MDE in the parks. The Kiosks won't cut it for me.
 
Mackenzie Click-Mickelson said:
I have always wondered for international guests on the data issue. So your Canadian cell phone companies don't have add on plans for the U.S.? Or is it that your particular cell phone company doesn't have coverage at all even as an add on for the U.S.?

*Admittedly I don't know much at all about cell phone companies international much less Canada lol
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As I expected, I just called my provider and because of the type of plan I have (which works wonderfully for me at home), my charges to add a roaming plan are a RIDICULOUS price!! To add 350MB of data would cost me $60!!! I'll stick with fighting WDW Wi-Fi rather than have to mortgage my house for a roaming plan!!
 


scrappinginontario said:
As I expected, I just called my provider and because of the type of plan I have (which works wonderfully for me at home), my charges to add a roaming plan are a RIDICULOUS price!! To add 350MB of data would cost me $60!!! I'll stick with fighting WDW Wi-Fi rather than have to mortgage my house for a roaming plan!!
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I don't blame you there! Makes sense to just use the wifi but hopefully they keep improving those. They've gone to an app for so many things you kinda need to have good service for that lol
 
Once ESIMs become more popular in Phone tech, traveling abroad and getting data wont be such a hassle. For example I am going to scotland in june, it will only cost me about 10 pounds for a month of phone and text service and 6gb of data, cant complain about that.
 
Mackenzie Click-Mickelson said:
I have always wondered for international guests on the data issue. So your Canadian cell phone companies don't have add on plans for the U.S.? Or is it that your particular cell phone company doesn't have coverage at all even as an add on for the U.S.?
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During this past week, while I was at Disneyland, I was with a group of people and one of them was from the UK. I asked him about this since he was on his phone a lot. As long as he was using the WiFi signal, he was ok. He goes to Disneyland Paris about 2x a month. But since France is part of the EU, they don't incur roaming or data charges in EU countries. At least I think this is what he stated. Several years ago, I tried to do the opposite when I went to Sweden. As long as I stayed on WiFi, everything was fine for me.
 
scrappinginontario said:
As I expected, I just called my provider and because of the type of plan I have (which works wonderfully for me at home), my charges to add a roaming plan are a RIDICULOUS price!! To add 350MB of data would cost me $60!!! I'll stick with fighting WDW Wi-Fi rather than have to mortgage my house for a roaming plan!!
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We're renting a wi-fi hotspot when we go to Italy later this month to avoid the roaming charges. It'll be about $60 total for unlimited data for 10 days for four people, much cheaper than our provider's plans.
In a place like Disney, though, that's supposed to have free wifi everywhere it would really annoy me to pay any extra.
 
Moliphino said:
We're renting a wi-fi hotspot when we go to Italy later this month to avoid the roaming charges. It'll be about $60 total for unlimited data for 10 days for four people, much cheaper than our provider's plans.
In a place like Disney, though, that's supposed to have free wifi everywhere it would really annoy me to pay any extra.
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My husband rented a hotspot when he went to Japan. I don't remember how much it was but it didn't seem terrible in price.
 
rteetz said:
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Price per point goes up at Copper Creek

https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-storie...er-point-price-at-copper-creek-villas-cabins/
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Though I would add to the story that this is the sold-out price for the resort; this will take effect once it is officially sold-out and will apply to anyone wanting to buy the resort from the points Disney gets back through foreclosure and ROFR. This is a common behavior of DVC to increase the price once sold out to keep interest on the new resort that is being actively marketed.

As discussed on the DVC Forums
https://www.disboards.com/threads/ccv-projected-to-increase-from-188-to-210-on-6-1-19.3739225/
https://www.disboards.com/threads/copper-creek-to-210-per-point-on-june-1st.3739224/
 
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crvetter said:
Though I would add to the story that this is the sold-out price for the resort; this will take effect once it is officially sold-out and will apply to anyone wanting to buy the resort from the points Disney gets back through foreclosure and ROFR. This is a common behavior of DVC to increase the price once sold out to keep interest on the new resort that is being actively marketed.

As discussed on the DVC Forums
https://www.disboards.com/threads/ccv-projected-to-increase-from-188-to-210-on-6-1-19.3739225/
https://www.disboards.com/threads/copper-creek-to-210-per-point-on-june-1st.3739224/
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I wonder if there has ever been (or ever will be) a time when there is no WDW resort under active sale? With how much they advertise DVC at WDW, I can’t imagine they’d ever want to turn someone away looking to buy in.


dlavender said:
I guess the new ones will be a "steal" at $200 pp.....

For those that buy new for studio bookings, it would take about 30 years to break even on this using quick napkin math.....
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Not sure I understand your math... 100-105 points gets 6 nights in August (when I travel).

But based on my DVC research lately, I wouldn’t recommend anyone buy into CC for studios.
 
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New Menu at Whispering Canyon

Lunch Skillet -

maple-chipotle BBQ slow-smoked pork ribs, barbecued pulled pork, and citrus-herb chicken

Dinner Skillet -

Traditional Dinner Skillet with oak-smoked mustard BBQ beef brisket, maple-chipotle BBQ pork ribs, slow-smoked pulled pork, and citrus-herb chicken. The “Pig” Dinner Skillet with braised pork belly, maple-chipotle BBQ pork ribs, slow-smoked pulled pork, and mustard BBQ “piggy wings.” Both of these particular skillets come with western-style sausage as well.

Land and Sea Dinner Skillet comes with house-smoked salmon, citrus herb chicken, vegan sausage, and charred portabellas.

Vegan Dinner Skillet – filled with maple-chipotle BBQ jackfruit, spicy vegan sausage, mustard-glazed beefless tips, and herb-brushed trick’n chick’n.

The all-you-care-to-enjoy skillets comes with a different assortment of sides that may include coleslaw, sautéed green beans, buttered corn, oven-roasted carrots, charred peppers, BBQ cauliflower, Yukon mashed potatoes, or roasted potatoes. Plus, freshly-baked cornbread served with delicious honey butter with every dinner skillet.

For dessert, Apple Pie. This mouth-watering slice of pie comes dusted with powdered sugar and is served with a big ol’ scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Newly-themed cocktails such as the Bourbon Cowboy, which comes garnished with apple slices and pairs great with any lunch and dinner skillet. Selections of wines and draft beers are also available.

In addition, starting on March 26, you will also be able to feast on an array of breakfast skillets. Rise and shine to a delicious chuck wagon breakfast with the Heritage Skillet or the Carnivore Skillet. The Heritage Skillet comes with country potatoes, hickory-smoked bacon, and pork sausage links. For the meat-lovers, the Carnivore Skillet comes loaded with house-smoked ham, hickory-smoked bacon, pork sausage links, and oak-smoked beef brisket. Both of these skillets come with house-made buttermilk-cheddar biscuits, scrambled eggs, and Mickey Waffles.

For those looking for a lighter start to their morning, the Lighter Side Breakfast Skillet is a great option. It comes with Bircher Muesli (Swiss oatmeal), egg white spinach frittata, turkey bacon and turkey sausage, country potatoes, fresh fruit, yogurt, and of course, more Mickey waffles!
 
Jetku said:
Not sure I understand your math... 100-105 points gets 6 nights in August (when I travel).

But based on my DVC research lately, I wouldn’t recommend anyone buy into CC for studio
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I just picked a 4 night stay mid week in July, which takes 68 points. Multiplied that by 210 ($14k). Then divided that by 50 (285) to break down that cost to give an annual basis. Then took 68 x 7 (476) to give maint dues per week. Gives a total of $760 for that stay in a studio. You can rent that studio for about $1150, saving roughly $400. You would have to do this about 30 times to break even on your initial investment.

Like I said, very quick math and there are many scenarios to run through. Also more complicated math you probably should do if looking into it.
 
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