News Round Up 2017

[skier_pete]

I think you are partly correct. Part is perception. Part is convenience. One of those big pluses being the monorail. Almost every family at Disney would stay at the Poly if it was the same price as a Value so they wouldn't have to fold up their stroller.

There are still families paying the extra for the monorail itself.

I agree - I see posts here and on FB as well with the line "I MUST be at a monorail resort." Some people believe it is the only way to go, price be damned.

 

[BigRed98]

Happy 4th of July!

 

[patneistat]

$192 bil market cap to $106...

In laymans terms: disney is worth 55% of what Verizon is...even WITH the mine train...

Fyi...in the rumor articles, the assumption is if Verizon ever did buy disney..."parks would have to go"

"Six flags over Orlando...in partnership with choice hotels"

Your numbers are wrong...

Disney has a market cap of around 170 billion...you can figure it out by multiplying stock price times outstanding shares. Its straight forward... 108 x 1.565 billion roughly is your equation.
Verizon has market cap of around 183 billion...

so in laymans terms: Disney and Verizon are nearly equal in value.....

 

[Bay Max]

WDWNT is reporting that Brazil is likely to be the next WS country added.

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/07/updat...ountry-added-world-showcase-epcots-expansion/

 

[rteetz]

Happy 4th of July everyone! Hope you all have a great Independence Day!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Happy 4th of July everyone! Hope you all have a great Independence Day!

 

[rteetz]

News

D23 milestone anniversary merchandise

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...estones-at-disney-parks-during-d23-expo-2017/

 

[Tiffany_m15]

Does anyone know if you can use the Disney Gift card to buy the Disney Springs Shopping Card?

And I want to know the opposite...Can you buy gift cards with the shopping card and bonus card?

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

WDWNT is reporting that Brazil is likely to be the next WS country added.

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/07/updat...ountry-added-world-showcase-epcots-expansion/

If that happens, they better find a different spot for the model Germany village/train set!!!

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

Happy Independence Day everyone! I hope everyone has a great day!

This time last year I was at WDW listening to the Voices of Liberty all day and experiencing the "end of the world" EPCOT fireworks finale. I wish I was there today. The Voices of Liberty echo sets are amazing, and they only do them on the 4th of July. This is from last year (not filmed by me):

 

[Bay Max]

Happy 4th of July everyone! Hope you all have a great Independence Day!

Same to you , Ryan!

 

[Phicinfan]

Happy 4th of July all.

If I may be so bold, I strongly suggest if you can to sit and watch the very old musical 1776, it is a great movie, and truly enjoyable, and gives a great view of what happened in that continental congress!

 

[Capang]

If that happens, they better find a different spot for the model Germany village/train set!!!

I completely agree!

 

[DisTXMom]

MK shows 12 rides temporarily closed. I know things do down during the day periodically, but this seems like a lot. Is something going on? Nearly all
Of frontier land and Tomorrowland appear closed in the MDE app.

 

[SaharanTea]

MK shows 12 rides temporarily closed. I know things do down during the day periodically, but this seems like a lot. Is something going on? Nearly all
Of frontier land and Tomorrowland appear closed in the MDE app.

If you see a bunch of rides down at the same time, it's almost always weather related.

 

[danikoski]

MK shows 12 rides temporarily closed. I know things do down during the day periodically, but this seems like a lot. Is something going on? Nearly all
Of frontier land and Tomorrowland appear closed in the MDE app.

Looks like most things are back up at 6 pm except PoTC. On a similar not, except for MK, wait times at the other parks seem really reasonable, especially for the fourth.

 

[crazy4wdw]

Anyone try to view the live steam of the MK fireworks? Website went down around 9:08 PM and now has crashed. Another stellar moment from Disney's IT dept!

 

[crazy4wdw]

Anyone try to view the live steam of the MK fireworks? Website went down around 9:08 PM and now has crashed. Another stellar moment from Disney's IT dept!

The last 60 seconds of the show is up on their twitter feed. Disney Parks Blog is still down!

 

[rteetz]

The last 60 seconds of the show is up on their twitter feed. Disney Parks Blog is still down!

Yeah so weird.

 

[PolyRob]

Anyone try to view the live steam of the MK fireworks? Website went down around 9:08 PM and now has crashed. Another stellar moment from Disney's IT dept!

I had it streaming, but it was very laggy the whole time. At some points, the castle was also overlaid on the Poly beach. Not the best live stream Disney has had!