News Round Up 2018

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TheMaxRebo said:
hmm, interesting take - definitely a feel from going from old (Hollywood Hotel, Tower of Terror, Fantasmic (Steamboat Willie, etc.), then tomore current in the middle with Disney Jr and then Toy Story, and then the real new / future looking, with Star Wars (also sort of order of when they became a part of the the Disney corporation)

If you extend just a bit further you can go from a very old Hollywood Hotel to the latest, greatest, futuristic hotel with the Star Wars Hotel on the complete opposite end

One thing that then feels a bit out of place is Rock N Roller Coaster, but is what it is I suppose
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Which if my supposition is correct, the rename that was rumored to be Hollywood land...would make more sense I guess.
 
rteetz said:
Well they aren’t going away from that. Sunset and Hollywood are staying old Hollywood. The Chinese theater remains as the facade for Mickey. The new parking lot entrance is also old Hollywood themed. Even the entrance to SWGE is themed to an old tunnel in Los Angeles.
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I know, but like I said, I can dream. I would of prefered to keep a portion of the park as "Hollywood Land" or whatever. In any case, I prefer sections of the park with different themes, that's fun to me. Just my opinion.
 




tlmadden73 said:
As an adult .. I enjoy it to be able to sample some food and such .. but to me .. you can't really appreciate World Showcase by meandering through it (like, say a local can) during a huge Disney vacation when every minute is precious (and expensive)
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Agree 100%. Frozen/Rat/GOTG etc will help the day visit, but the strength of EPCOT IMO is WS-and that indeed takes a lot of time.

Not a local, but as an AP and fortunate frequent visitor-WS (and F&W/F&G) is our favorite.

It doesn't cost us a $100 gate to go in (but can see the deterrent to those that it does) for some food and wine samples, and stroll around until fireworks.

Now a "hopper" might go in every night of the trip if they want.

I mean we are going to eat somewhere so why not EPCOT kind of thing.

That said, as mentioned DS doesn't cost us a gate fee either, so we also hit that a lot.
 
Mackenzie Click-Mickelson said:
So I never really looked at the original photos but did they do something like a paint powder coating or different materials?

Asking since the reason given for the removal was "it got too hot as it was metal" (I think it was said it was metal but maybe I'm wrong).
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not sure - looks pretty much the same as before to me ... but maybe they did put a different coating on that is the same color? Can't really tell from the picture

The "it got too hot as it was metal" was from WDWNT and sort of made sense as it wasn't covered so I could see it getting hot mid-day ... but maybe it was for a different reason
 
rteetz said:
Rumor

Swan and Dolphin rooms keys may no longer be accepted for extra magic hours in 2019

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2018/09/rumor-swan-dolphin-room-key-no-longer.html
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I get it that it's convenient to just use a room key but it sounds like a digital option is available (linking reservation) and a paper voucher doesn't seem like the end of the world either though I get the concern of it getting wet.

With regards to the paper one is it a day by day paper voucher where you have to stop at the front desk to get it each day? If so I get the issues there for why people would prefer just to use the digital option or the key card.
 
TheMaxRebo said:
not sure - looks pretty much the same as before to me ... but maybe they did put a different coating on that is the same color? Can't really tell from the picture

The "it got too hot as it was metal" was from WDWNT and sort of made sense as it wasn't covered so I could see it getting hot mid-day ... but maybe it was for a different reason
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Thanks. I totally can understand the metal getting hot but now I'm wondering if it was for a different reason. I could see it being a goof in how it was originally installed or something came up in the weeks it was there that they didn't anticipate and they needed to disassemble and reassemble it. IDK just thinking out loud lol.
 
Sorry if I missed this on here, may be some interested. We are going to a couple. AMC.

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rteetz said:
Rumor

Swan and Dolphin rooms keys may no longer be accepted for extra magic hours in 2019

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2018/09/rumor-swan-dolphin-room-key-no-longer.html
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That is unfortunate, curious if it's because of abuse. They never actually look at the dates on the card, I know I've used old ones before, I pretty much always stay there anyways but sometimes my room isn't ready when I arrive and I don't want to wait or go back so I use the old key. I've had a Dolphin key in my wallet constantly for probably more than 15 years (I swap it for the newest key every trip). Paper voucher seems like it'll just confuse the cast members more though, there's still a lot of them that get confused when I show the card.
 
jade1 said:
Sorry if I missed this on here, may be some interested. We are going to a couple. AMC.

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Great, the only one I thought I might check out again (Moana) is the only one not coming to AMC. I've never even heard of the other theater.

*Edit* Never mind, I was looking at a link from 2017.
 
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