News Round Up 2019

[scrappinginontario]

News

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...er-guests-to-preserve-and-enjoy-the-memories/

I like the option but but price is steep after I’ve already paid $199 for MM.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Have you tried downloading all the pictures at once? I feel like the "enhanced" website has made that much more difficult

The downloading process could definitely e improved - be great if you could select just the ones you wanted and then download all of those at once

 

[Fantasia79]

Minzer’s was very relaxed, but if you take away the band, it was a typical hotel bar. I’m glad the theming is more subliminal. Looks like it’ll be fairly popular for GF guests and non-GF guests.

 

[Anthony Vito]

Well it used to be a disc...

My wife did this last year - bought the disc - before my annual pass expired. We had purchased one AP for the discounts, and ended up having 3 trips - 2 weeklong with the kids, and a long weekend without (if we'd known, would've purchased APs for all 4). We had downloaded most of them, but my wife wanted to make sure we had all of them without issue. It was more of an extra backup type thing, so we decided the price (can't remember if it was $30 or $35 for the disc) was worth the peace of mind in case we realized later we'd missed some downloads and no longer had access. I also agree trying to download them all at once was difficult - had to do it in batches with zip files and the order of the pics was funky, I just didn't trust it.

Since my current laptop doesn't even have a disc drive, I do find this better so we don't have to only use my wife's 2010 laptop for these (now if only it was a USB-C flash drive, that would be even better - wouldn't even need an adapter).

 

[Anthony Vito]

So, was just asking through the chat on WDW site about why the "offer" prices are the same as the regular price (not like the usual where it's showing no availability with an offer, just showing the discounted price as being $0 savings). I was told that the offers exclude weekends at the Values and Moderates - at least for most of January and February.

 

[The Pho]

Wow... I would be a little more trusting in Merlin than Six Flags.

I’ve never been to a Merlin Park so it’s tougher to judge, but the details on the Six Flags deal sounded like it could’ve turned out quite well. Still glad neither went through, usually these park mergers lead to a long period of low investment.

 

[tarak]

The downloading process could definitely e improved - be great if you could select just the ones you wanted and then download all of those at once

For me, the easiest option is to save them to my phone from the MDE app, then I download the pictures from my phone to the computer. Downloading photos from the photopass website is a huge pain, I think.

 

[PolyRob]

The downloading process could definitely e improved - be great if you could select just the ones you wanted and then download all of those at once

Definitely agree! It was annoying sifting through multiple archive folders in the old interface, but I stop for LOTS of photographers and the new system is a pain! I still need to download my last trip before my next trip.

My wife did this last year - bought the disc - before my annual pass expired. We had purchased one AP for the discounts, and ended up having 3 trips - 2 weeklong with the kids, and a long weekend without (if we'd known, would've purchased APs for all 4). We had downloaded most of them, but my wife wanted to make sure we had all of them without issue. It was more of an extra backup type thing, so we decided the price (can't remember if it was $30 or $35 for the disc) was worth the peace of mind in case we realized later we'd missed some downloads and no longer had access. I also agree trying to download them all at once was difficult - had to do it in batches with zip files and the order of the pics was funky, I just didn't trust it.

Since my current laptop doesn't even have a disc drive, I do find this better so we don't have to only use my wife's 2010 laptop for these (now if only it was a USB-C flash drive, that would be even better - wouldn't even need an adapter).

I am honestly considering doing this now. Once per AP for $35 to get all of my pictures and save myself the time and frustration of downloading.

For me, the easiest option is to save them to my phone from the MDE app, then I download the pictures from my phone to the computer. Downloading photos from the photopass website is a huge pain, I think.

I always felt that downloading directly from MDE on my iPhone messed with the images on my iPhone. It would crash and want to backup all my images. Maybe I should try again.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Blog Mickey is reporting a gondola crash. Evacuation underway.
https://blogmickey.com/2019/10/appa...crash-shuts-down-system-evacuations-underway/

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Blog Mickey is reporting a gondola crash. Evacuation underway.
https://blogmickey.com/2019/10/appa...crash-shuts-down-system-evacuations-underway/

Yeah, looks to be going near 2 hours people have been stuck

Someone posted they were told to open the emergency kits

https://twitter.com/x/status/1180659989536477184

 

[SaintsManiac]

Yeah, looks to be going near 2 hours people have been stuck

Someone posted they were told to open the emergency kits

https://twitter.com/x/status/1180659989536477184

I would lose my mind being stuck in there. My enthusiasm for this mode of transportation has evaporated.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Little video of them working on the Skyliner evacuation with EPCOT Forever going off in background

https://twitter.com/x/status/1180667425274114049

 

[only hope]

I would lose my mind being stuck in there. My enthusiasm for this mode of transportation has evaporated.

We have already been avoiding the monorails for over a year and looks like we’ll be avoiding this too before we even tried it til the issues are resolved. Hope no one was seriously hurt.

 

[SaintsManiac]

We have already been avoiding the monorails for over a year and looks like we’ll be avoiding this too before we even tried it til the issues are resolved. Hope no one was seriously hurt.

I will not get on the monorail under any circumstance!

 

[only hope]

Us either. I miss riding them but there’s been far too many long delays and malfunctions happening the past few years. I finally said no more til they’re replaced. The ferry may be slower sometimes but problems are rare. Plus I can swim, so there’s always that option if something horrible were to happen.

 

[Bay Max]

Menu at Kona Cafe has been updated.

Kona Cafe Menu

 

[scrappinginontario]

Menu at Kona Cafe has been updated.

Kona Cafe Menu

In April my mom and I shared a large steak dinner that included salad, potatoes, 2 different steaks and bone marrow. My cousin and her son had it a few weeks ago and also enjoyed it.

Not seeing it on the menu any longer. That’s too bad as it was the best steak we had at WDW that trip!!

 

[Dentam]

Well, this answers my question of how guests would be evacuated from the gondolas (although I am still wondering what they do if you're over the water when this happens). Dang, less than a week of being officially open. Disney's having a rough go of it lately with bad press.

 

[skier_pete]

First thought is I hope no one got hurt.
Second thought not good news for the skyliner and Disney.
Third thought - skyline likely to be down at least a month.
Fourth thought - REALLY bad news for Riviera sales.
Fifth thought - no comment from @rteetz , is he stuck ON the gondola?

 

[rteetz]

First thought is I hope no one got hurt.
Second thought not good news for the skyliner and Disney.
Third thought - skyline likely to be down at least a month.
Fourth thought - REALLY bad news for Riviera sales.
Fifth thought - no comment from @rteetz , is he stuck ON the gondola?

If I was you’d get live updates