News Round Up 2018

[nkosiek]

News

Beloved Annual Merchandise Collection Returns to Disney Parks with Fresh New Look

"Beloved"??? I HATE the annual stuff and most of the people I know who go down more than 1 time do too. I wish they'd put more stuff out for the Big 5 and generally better stuff than the mostly annual stuff that is out now.

 

[Gusey]

News

Reimagining the Future of Disney’s Hollywood Studios: First look at Toy Story Land’s Alien Swirling Saucers

Didn't realise the aliens would be so big

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Well Bob Iger said at one of the investor meetings that the name would change. Then you had a survey come out about possible new names. Many expected they would just drop the studios part as it is no longer a studio.

Yes, I do recall all of that -- those survey names were terrible. Never made sense to me personally.

 

[vacationer1954]

So I have to ask then what does theme mean to you?

Yes.

The ONLY reason I can see them putting this outside the American Pavillion is to be an advertisement and draw to go to FW. Does it fit, no.

Kind of like the Candlelight Processional.

 

[rteetz]

Yes.

Yes to what?

 

[vacationer1954]

Yes to what?

Theme is meaningful to me. I've already discussed how I see it is as much in theme there as other offerings there.

 

[Phicinfan]

Interesting note inside: Disney's Hollywood Studios name will remain the same for the foreseeable future.

Grain of salt folks - with TSL opening 2018, and SWL and Mickey opening 2019 - I bet forseeable future isn't all that long. Can't get more vague than that.....

 

[fatmanatee]

Grain of salt folks - with TSL opening 2018, and SWL and Mickey opening 2019 - I bet forseeable future isn't all that long. Can't get more vague than that.....

Depends, but they may have heard the reactions to the rumored names. I'm totally down with a name change but so far the rumored options... woof.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Didn't realise the aliens would be so big

I really wish this ride had a different name as the abbreviation for it isn't the most family friendly ... and comments like the above make me think of that song that starts with "I like big ...." and I cannot lie

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Depends, but they may have heard the reactions to the rumored names. I'm totally down with a name change but so far the rumored options... woof.

Yup - and why they put out things like the survey and maybe even "leak" the selected name, etc - see what reaction is. If everyone loved it then maybe it is a different statement from Disney

 

[MissGina5]

I really wish this ride had a different name as the abbreviation for it isn't the most family friendly ... and comments like the above make me think of that song that starts with "I like big ...." and I cannot lie

Id just call it Aliens or Saucer Spin not both together lol

 

[Phicinfan]

I really wish this ride had a different name as the abbreviation for it isn't the most family friendly ... and comments like the above make me think of that song that starts with "I like big ...." and I cannot lie

Its the Claw! simple enough

 

[skier_pete]

I really wish this ride had a different name as the abbreviation for it isn't the most family friendly ... and comments like the above make me think of that song that starts with "I like big ...." and I cannot lie

Didn't think about this, but we are all going to get suspended when talking about the A.S.S. Especially considering the A.S.S. is a whip ride.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I know that it was discussed at some point, but wondering if I missed any conclusion: do we know yet how tiering will work with the new TSL rides?

 

[Flyerjab]

I really wish this ride had a different name as the abbreviation for it isn't the most family friendly ... and comments like the above make me think of that song that starts with "I like big ...." and I cannot lie

I think that this ride, seeing some more of the concept art, looks cooler than I imagined it would. I really feel that this addition is going to be great for families. I think it looks fantastic.

 

[DizFanFamily]

News

13,000+ Pounds of Clothing Donations Come from Walt Disney World Marathon Participants

Proud to say about 2-3 pounds were mine.

does that weight include the sweat, or after they were cleaned

 

[BigRed98]

I know that it was discussed at some point, but wondering if I missed any conclusion: do we know yet how tiering will work with the new TSL rides?

We don’t but there has been some speculation on it. I personally think that Slinky Dog Dash will be Tier 1 until SWGE opens up and Alien Swirling Saucers will be tier 2.

 

[Candlelady]

Um...pretty sure this is for kids - not for the adults. The dance parties in tomorrowland with Stich or Zootopia characters, do you ask the same question? "Why do they have characters having a dance party." These things are designed so the kids can hop around and the parents (maybe) can sit and listen to music.

I haven't really seen it mentioned - but as a point, the Guardians are showing up in the Avengers movie in May - so it's even relevant to a movie that will be in current release.

Personally, I'd love to see it be there until labor day just to see it. I think it could be fun.

Gee, thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Tigger's ally]

I really wish this ride had a different name as the abbreviation for it isn't the most family friendly ... and comments like the above make me think of that song that starts with "I like big ...." and I cannot lie

Can't use that abbreviation anyeways as All Star Sports already gets called that name.....

 

[skier_pete]

I think that this ride, seeing some more of the concept art, looks cooler than I imagined it would. I really feel that this addition is going to be great for families. I think it looks fantastic.

Don't know if you've ridden the Mater ride out at DCA, but this is more or less a clone. The ride is super-fun IMO - and I think this theme will be pretty fun too. It's obvious a "slight" ride - similar to the tea cups, but I think much more fun as you don't get as ill from spinning.

We don’t but there has been some speculation on it. I personally think that Slinky Dog Dash will be Tier 1 until SWGE opens up and Alien Swirling Saucers will be tier 2.

I suspect we will see a change in the Tier at DHS - my guess is until Galaxy's Edge/Mickey Minnie opens we could end up seeing a TSL tier (which would include the three TSL rides) and an "everything else" tier, where similar to Animal Kingdom you get to pick one of the Pandora rides and then pick 2 of the "other" rides. The interesting thing is this could leave a lot of TSM slots open, as people would likely prefer to FP the new rides over TSM.

Long term I think you are right - Slinky Dog ends up as a Tier 1 and The Claw ends up as a Tier 2. The Claw is also going to be a pretty low capacity ride (mad tea party has a ride capacity of only 850 per hour, versus say 7DMT which is 1650 per hour) so even though Slinky Dog will likely be more popular you will actually get some pretty long lines at both these rides. (And The Claw might actually be a tougher FP get with the very limited capacity.)

Edit: It is possible the Claw will have more capacity than the teacups as assuming a duplicate of Mater there may be something like 24 cars, whereas I think there are only around 16 teacups, so I could be off here. TSM has a pretty high capacity now with 3 tracks, so it will be interesting to see how they handle the tiers at opening.