News Round Up 2019

[rteetz]

Space received mostly negative reviews? I was really hoping it would return. I actually booked an extra party solely to spend the entire thing on Space.

I didn’t ride it but it didn’t seem that great. I’d much rather they refurb space and put speakers on the vehicles like Disneyland and put some different projections inside.

 

[rteetz]

News

Steamboat Willie LEGO set

http://blogmickey.com/2019/03/lego-...ie-set-to-celebrate-mickeys-90th-anniversary/

 

[The Pho]

I didn’t ride it but it didn’t seem that great. I’d much rather they refurb space and put speakers on the vehicles like Disneyland and put some different projections inside.

I’ll strongly disagree on the projections. Brightness inside ruins the ride, which is why I enjoyed the pitch black so much (my biggest issue with Land’s Space is that you can see far too much, especially on their overlays). Speakers either on the vehicles or more spread around the track would be much better. The blasting of rock was certainly poorly implemented though, I was hoping for them stepping it up a notch for this year.

 

[siren0119]

Space received mostly negative reviews? I was really hoping it would return. I actually booked an extra party solely to spend the entire thing on Space.

I'll admit I wasn't a fan of the Space "in the dark" riding for MNSSHP. It was still lit a little with work lamps, and just didn't have the same impact on me as when it was running normally.

 

[wareagle57]

https://wdwnt.com/2019/03/breaking-...in-2019-along-with-3-different-ride-overlays/

Does this mean last year's overlays won't be back? I've never been but plan to this year. The teacup on seemed really cool and was hoping to ride it. People Mover is intriguing. It could almost be like a haunted train ride with some sort of ghost story narration. I can't imagine what much more they could do than audio though. Unless all they are going to do is hang a few decorations from the beams.

 

[rteetz]

News

Animal Kingdom After Hours for March 20th now sold out

https://www.wdwinfo.com/disney-world/after-hours.htm#ak

 

[tlmadden73]

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Animal Kingdom After Hours for March 20th now sold out

https://www.wdwinfo.com/disney-world/after-hours.htm#ak

In my opinion, the more of these that sell out the closer we are to the removal of EMH (or more reductions in it). Once Epcot has more/better attractions, I would gather they will start doing these there as well.
As it stands now, for my upcoming trip next week (24th-28th), there are more options for EMM or DAH events than there are EMHs.

Or .. the closer we are just to these morphing into several months of "Spring Fling" parties -- where they have several times a week like they do with the Halloween and Christmas parties.

I just wonder how many tickets is a "sell out" for these things? Always curious how limited they are (and I know they would never tell us0.

 

[Iowamomof4]

In my opinion, the more of these that sell out the closer we are to the removal of EMH (or more reductions in it). Once Epcot has more/better attractions, I would gather they will start doing these there as well.
As it stands now, for my upcoming trip next week (24th-28th), there are more options for EMM or DAH events than there are EMHs.

Or .. the closer we are just to these morphing into several months of "Spring Fling" parties -- where they have several times a week like they do with the Halloween and Christmas parties.

I just wonder how many tickets is a "sell out" for these things? Always curious how limited they are (and I know they would never tell us0.

Well, I'm 54 days away from my trip now and they still haven't released any new dates for DAH past mid-April, so who knows at this point if they'll even continue to offer them?

 

[sachilles]

In my opinion, the more of these that sell out the closer we are to the removal of EMH (or more reductions in it). Once Epcot has more/better attractions, I would gather they will start doing these there as well.
As it stands now, for my upcoming trip next week (24th-28th), there are more options for EMM or DAH events than there are EMHs.

Or .. the closer we are just to these morphing into several months of "Spring Fling" parties -- where they have several times a week like they do with the Halloween and Christmas parties.

I just wonder how many tickets is a "sell out" for these things? Always curious how limited they are (and I know they would never tell us0.

I could also see them packaging a "free voucher" for after hours, you then have to reserve and choose which one during your stay to select. Sell the remaining slots to the general public.

 

[mollmoll4]

RunDisney News:

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...rs-of-disney-wine-dine-half-marathon-weekend/

I did the fall 5k last year and wasn't a huge fan of the course. Said I wouldn't do it again... but the move to EPCOT has piqued my interest.

 

[bearybubba]

I'm so glad they moved it to EPCOT for this year at least! I'm supposed to do the Star Wars 5K in a couple of weeks but I tore my MCL and I'm not sure that I'm going to be able to do it. Now I can look forward to the Wine & Dine 5K in EPCOT!!!!

 

[unbanshee]

Not sure if this is news or not, but blog mickey has a photo of the Star Wars screen for the play parks app:

http://blogmickey.com/2019/03/first...-star-wars-galaxys-edge-westworld-connection/

Also, there is a WestWorld connection!

 

[rteetz]

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Well, I'm 54 days away from my trip now and they still haven't released any new dates for DAH past mid-April, so who knows at this point if they'll even continue to offer them?

They didn’t offer them in May/June last year right? So they may not do it again.

 

[jlundeen]

They didn’t offer them in May/June last year right? So they may not do it again.

That would be a bummer. I've read "somewhere" that they are not doing the Early Morning Magic at DHS either after SW:GE opens... dang it...

I wish they could get their entire schedule in place once they get their hours set....this is making it devilishly hard to try to plan AROUND crowds in September....

 

[rteetz]

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Changes for the Wine and Dine half marathon weekend

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...rs-of-disney-wine-dine-half-marathon-weekend/

Not thrilled with the change of the 5K

 

[Iowamomof4]

They didn’t offer them in May/June last year right? So they may not do it again.

Well, I'm pretty sure none of us expected them to offer DAH Sept-Dec last year yet they did just that. I guess it was that move that caused me to be hopeful about May and early June. I've just been watching and waiting to see what will happen. In the meantime, I booked EMM just in case they don't offer DAH.

 

[Tigger's ally]

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Well, I'm 54 days away from my trip now and they still haven't released any new dates for DAH past mid-April, so who knows at this point if they'll even continue to offer them?

I'm 39 days and have been checking religiously every single morning. NO new ones posted since long ago. Bout ready to give up. My whole trip is paid for except for food and drinks. Might have to drink more, eat more if No DAH's while we are there since I have that sitting in my Disney account too.

 

[tlmadden73]

That would be a bummer. I've read "somewhere" that they are not doing the Early Morning Magic at DHS either after SW:GE opens... dang it...

I wish they could get their entire schedule in place once they get their hours set....this is making it devilishly hard to try to plan AROUND crowds in September....

That seems odd. You'd think they would continue to offer the Toy Story Land one after SWGE opens due to the high demand of people wanting to go to that park. I am sure there are plenty of people that would get this just to get those attractions out of the way so they can spend the day at SWGE.

Though, now that I think about it -- maybe it is a crowd control thing. You wonder how many people would buy EMM for Toy Story Land and just skip it to just be first one in line over at Grand Avenue (or wherever they would start the line for entrance into the land).

 

[Iowamomof4]

That seems odd. You'd think they would continue to offer the Toy Story Land one after SWGE opens due to the high demand of people wanting to go to that park. I am sure there are plenty of people that would get this just to get those attractions out of the way so they can spend the day at SWGE.

Though, now that I think about it -- maybe it is a crowd control thing. You wonder how many people would buy EMM for Toy Story Land and just skip it to just be first one in line over at Grand Avenue (or wherever they would start the line for entrance into the land).

I'm thinking it's because they'll have the park opening at 8 AM for at least the first few weeks, thus making it impossible to offer EMM at TSL.

 

[Tigger's ally]

That seems odd. You'd think they would continue to offer the Toy Story Land one after SWGE opens due to the high demand of people wanting to go to that park. I am sure there are plenty of people that would get this just to get those attractions out of the way so they can spend the day at SWGE.

Unless they are going to offer a SWGE one in it's place.