jvmacross Posted April 14, 2023 Author Share Posted April 14, 2023 The other potential ride re-theme is the Rock n' Roller Coaster at Hollywood Studios....love the ride and Aerosmith...but things do not look good for Aerosmith's frontman these days, which means Disney will likely need to re-theme the ride... They already did so for it at Disneyland Paris...but would be cool if they could keep it related to another rock band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaman Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 I was just at the park on Thursday and managed to get on Slinky Dog Dash and Runaway Railway. The first I was at early opening and the second was a walk on. After that it was just a thirty minute wait for Rise of the Resistance (great ride). When I was done with the ride the wait time was up to 90 minutes however. So it looks like the week AFTER Easter week is a good time to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmacross Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 I still have the MyDisney Experience app on my phone...been randomly looking at the wait times and it's been pretty much 30-60 min for most every ride for a while...I guess we are past Spring Break for most schools in the US Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briandmd Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 https://wdwnt.com/2023/05/breaking-star-wars-galactic-starcruiser-closing-permanently-in-september/ What a disaster and mismanagement of a property. Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaman Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 31 minutes ago, Briandmd said: https://wdwnt.com/2023/05/breaking-star-wars-galactic-starcruiser-closing-permanently-in-september/ What a disaster and mismanagement of a property. Wow! I was a prime sucker, er customer, for that - till I saw the price (and the tacky preview video). Granted it was going to be a one and done type of stay. I'm hoping they do something to make a less expensive attraction out of it. A hotel with the theming but not the "entertainment" or "story" and which you can stay any number of nights would be interesting for the correct price. Considering the de-theming they are doing at their other hotels I figure they are going to chalk this up to "people don't want to pay a premium for theming anymore" instead of "way too expensive and tacky". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briandmd Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Dynaman said: I was a prime sucker, er customer, for that - till I saw the price (and the tacky preview video). Granted it was going to be a one and done type of stay. I'm hoping they do something to make a less expensive attraction out of it. A hotel with the theming but not the "entertainment" or "story" and which you can stay any number of nights would be interesting for the correct price. Considering the de-theming they are doing at their other hotels I figure they are going to chalk this up to "people don't want to pay a premium for theming anymore" instead of "way too expensive and tacky". Well, they should have based it off of one the well loved trilogies (the original or the prequels) versus picking the most divisive one. It really was poor planning. If it was original trilogy or prequel trilogy, I would have taken my family but they chose the one that I hated. It is seems, the Sequel trilogy isn’t the draw they thought it was apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmacross Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Briandmd said: https://wdwnt.com/2023/05/breaking-star-wars-galactic-starcruiser-closing-permanently-in-september/ What a disaster and mismanagement of a property. Wow! shocking! I remember when the rumors first started about a "Star Wars" resort....in hindsight, that's what they should have done.....a Star Wars themed hotel would have been a no-brainer....I can't imagine it just being demolished....maybe they will convert it into the Star Wars resort everyone would have preferred in the first place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenius Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Seems like it would be easy to make a more standard SW themed hotel that offers a 'dinner theater' experience that's some combination of Rise of the Resistance, Star Tours, and the cruise idea. Have nine unique dinner theater themes (one for each movie) and you'd be able to convince people to shell out for that premium experience more than once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 48 minutes ago, jenius said: Seems like it would be easy to make a more standard SW themed hotel that offers a 'dinner theater' experience that's some combination of Rise of the Resistance, Star Tours, and the cruise idea. Have nine unique dinner theater themes (one for each movie) and you'd be able to convince people to shell out for that premium experience more than once. I don't know if I ever would have personally made the investment to attend anything like that, but the thought of being able to have a meal/performance in any of the iconic locations in the movies sounds fantastic. Just to name a couple.. the celebration banquet on Yavin after the movie, the "dinner" Vader hosted for Han and Leia on Bespin, an Ewok barbeque, heck, even that goofy opera Anakin and Palpatine attended. There's just such an overflowing amount of potential bursting out of every seam for things like this, it makes it all the more baffling that they couldn't come up with something successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Mingus Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 5 hours ago, jenius said: Seems like it would be easy to make a more standard SW themed hotel that offers a 'dinner theater' experience that's some combination of Rise of the Resistance, Star Tours, and the cruise idea. Have nine unique dinner theater themes (one for each movie) and you'd be able to convince people to shell out for that premium experience more than once. They are going to transform it into a regular theme hotel, minus the 48-hour forced audience participation set pieces. In the end, it was an ambitious idea that they could not pull off in an economic manner. Whatever consulting firm sold them on the idea oversold the public's willingness to part with obscene amounts of cash for this type of experience. I am sure the pandemic did not help either. It will probably be booked solid until the end of its run as the die hards get it off their bucket lists, then you will be able to stay in the hotel at much more reasonable rates. @ 100 or so rooms, it will be one of the smaller properties at the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tking22 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Who would've thought, $6,000 for two nights is a horrible idea no matter how well you dress up the hotel and experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaman Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 23 hours ago, Darth Mingus said: They are going to transform it into a regular theme hotel, minus the 48-hour forced audience participation set pieces. In the end, it was an ambitious idea that they could not pull off in an economic manner. Whatever consulting firm sold them on the idea oversold the public's willingness to part with obscene amounts of cash for this type of experience. I am sure the pandemic did not help either. It will probably be booked solid until the end of its run as the die hards get it off their bucket lists, then you will be able to stay in the hotel at much more reasonable rates. @ 100 or so rooms, it will be one of the smaller properties at the site. The 100 or so rooms is the killer, even trying to operate it as just a themed hotel will not work with so few rooms. Something they might be able to do is replace all of the cast intensive intensive parts of the hotel with animatronic or "holographic" projection items. That would allow charging a premium (not a premium like they were charging) while cutting operating cost. Have to see what they come up with, they might completely gut it or add another wing or two in order to increase capacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briandmd Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 On 5/18/2023 at 10:36 PM, jvmacross said: shocking! I remember when the rumors first started about a "Star Wars" resort....in hindsight, that's what they should have done.....a Star Wars themed hotel would have been a no-brainer....I can't imagine it just being demolished....maybe they will convert it into the Star Wars resort everyone would have preferred in the first place The problem is the hotel is too small for it to the profitable as a resort. Most likely they will turn it into a resort or add on to it to increase capacity but it is a money loser for sure. Really all comes down to poor management. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikuro Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 The loss of the Galactic Star Cruiser doesn't surprise me. Their announcement to the project seemed so grandios and destined to either get scrapped or just fail by cutting corners and being cheap. The set designs were dull and not very star wars-ish to me, the cast was bland, the food looked eh, and the price was outrageous....I see it like that scene in the beginning of Jurassic Park where they're all sitting at the table and the lawyer is talking about all the thousands of dollars people will wanna spend to have this experience. But you got Hammond saying he wants this to be open to everyone as it needs to be shared all around, but the lawyer talks about coupon days and all that BS. Something in Disney's mind was thinking like the lawyer. And all of us were Hammond, we'd like to check it out and experience it, but we can't afford it. Which is what's leading to the downfall of this attraction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmacross Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) I haven't made the trek to Disneyland in over 10 years....and I can come up with several reasons why I should....sadly, this is probably not one of them... https://www.marvel.com/articles/culture-lifestyle/rogers-the-musical-disney-california-adventure-park-first-look Edited June 30, 2023 by jvmacross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TangledThorns Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 5 hours ago, jvmacross said: I haven't made the trek to Disneyland in over 10 years....and I can come up with several reasons why I should....sadly, this is probably not one of them... https://www.marvel.com/articles/culture-lifestyle/rogers-the-musical-disney-california-adventure-park-first-look Looks fun and would watch it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Here's the full show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmacross Posted July 1, 2023 Author Share Posted July 1, 2023 Couldn't get past a few minutes....there is no way I'd waste precious park time sitting in that "show"....LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tking22 Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Anyone else have a significant other getting really, really, really into that new TCG Lorcana? Holy crap, I haven't done a TCG proper since the original 151 Pokemon, never did YuGiOh or Magic, the hunt for these things is insane. The main street date release is apparently September 1st, but a number of shops got stock early to try and build the community, so frakking much for that. $7 booster packs for $15, starter decks for $30+, luminous troves for $60+, boxes of boosters packs for hundreds, it's some nasty, scalpy business. We managed to go to a shop in Boulder City that sold boosters for retail if you buy at least four, that was nice I guess.... Grabbed one gift set as well above retail, and we got one starter pack for just above retail, which wasn't terrible I suppose. Chain retailers should be getting stock soon, sucks right now, just awful, something fun for families and newbies to TCGs are hyped for this game, shitty resellers and scalpers will ruin it. I went to two of my usual places that sell magic and they're at double, triple retail in some cases, supply and demand, I get it, but gross, it's printed cardboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF-1A Cannon Fodder Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 On 7/1/2023 at 11:49 AM, sh9000 said: Here's the full show. Thank you 🙏🏼 Wish we could’ve watched in person but I don’t think we’re going to make it in time (December trip) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big s Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 The closest I got to Disney land was back at the beginning of July. We went to the House of Blues a few blocks away to see Emperor, which would be the most anti Disney thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmacross Posted August 30, 2023 Author Share Posted August 30, 2023 5 hours ago, Tking22 said: Anyone else have a significant other getting really, really, really into that new TCG Lorcana? Holy crap, I haven't done a TCG proper since the original 151 Pokemon, never did YuGiOh or Magic, the hunt for these things is insane. The main street date release is apparently September 1st, but a number of shops got stock early to try and build the community, so frakking much for that. $7 booster packs for $15, starter decks for $30+, luminous troves for $60+, boxes of boosters packs for hundreds, it's some nasty, scalpy business. We managed to go to a shop in Boulder City that sold boosters for retail if you buy at least four, that was nice I guess.... Grabbed one gift set as well above retail, and we got one starter pack for just above retail, which wasn't terrible I suppose. Chain retailers should be getting stock soon, sucks right now, just awful, something fun for families and newbies to TCGs are hyped for this game, shitty resellers and scalpers will ruin it. I went to two of my usual places that sell magic and they're at double, triple retail in some cases, supply and demand, I get it, but gross, it's printed cardboard. I had to lookup what TCG Lorcana was...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tking22 Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 1 hour ago, jvmacross said: I had to lookup what TCG Lorcana was...lol Oh yea, lol, it's the new competitive trading card game Disney put out, similar to Magic, Pokemon or YuGiOh. Just barely released the early access cards, full release is September 1, it's getting scalped, like all fun things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swann Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Here is some very vintage Disney stuff I have. The first pressing of Haunted Mansion (mono version) record and postcard booklet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swann Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 (edited) On 4/14/2023 at 12:45 PM, jvmacross said: The other potential ride re-theme is the Rock n' Roller Coaster at Hollywood Studios....love the ride and Aerosmith...but things do not look good for Aerosmith's frontman these days, which means Disney will likely need to re-theme the ride... They already did so for it at Disneyland Paris...but would be cool if they could keep it related to another rock band Tyler kind of still looks great for his age, and Joe still rocking the shirtless on stage. I've met Exene of X. She looks like a hundred years old. Edited September 19, 2023 by Swann word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Star Tours 1987. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swann Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 (edited) On 7/1/2023 at 4:13 PM, jvmacross said: Couldn't get past a few minutes....there is no way I'd waste precious park time sitting in that "show"....LOL Marvel and Disney just does not mix well at all. Edited September 21, 2023 by Swann word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmacross Posted November 15, 2023 Author Share Posted November 15, 2023 (edited) On 9/19/2023 at 5:24 AM, Swann said: Here is some very vintage Disney stuff I have. The first pressing of Haunted Mansion (mono version) record and postcard booklet. Nice....The Haunted Mansion is my other obsession....and Nightmare Before Christmas.....so it's cool that both get mashed together during this time of the year.... Here is one of the very first collectibles from the very first Haunted Mansion Holiday from 2001..... Haunted Mansion Holiday Tarot Cards.... These tarot cards are seen "floating" inside Madame Leaota's seance room during the NBX takeover of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion.... Edited November 15, 2023 by jvmacross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmacross Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 (edited) Another piece of Haunted Mansion Holiday merch...this one is a miniature of the one that hangs in the hall of changing portraits during the Haunted Mansion NBX makeover that occurs yearly at Disneyland from October through December since 2001... Edited November 17, 2023 by jvmacross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmacross Posted November 30, 2023 Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 Yet another reason not to have to go travel to California.... https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/haunted-mansion/news/30nov2023-iconic-hatbox-ghost-materializes-at-walt-disney-worlds-haunted-mansion.htm They just need to bring over the Haunted Mansion Holiday and I can cross off Disneyland, CA from my to-do list.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaman Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, jvmacross said: They just need to bring over the Haunted Mansion Holiday and I can cross off Disneyland, CA from my to-do list.... That and the holiday overlay for It's a Small World. Small World is actually enjoyable with the decorations. I feel that DL does a much better job of decorating for the holidays then DW has done. Edited December 1, 2023 by Dynaman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 https://www.starwars.com/news/season-of-the-force?cmp=smc|11990103029 Season of the Force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaman Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Just happened to be at the parks on the day all-day park hopping was restarted. No problem at all going from Hollywood Studios to Epcot at noon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmacross Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 Now they need to get rid of park reservations... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaman Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 3 hours ago, jvmacross said: Now they need to get rid of park reservations... For most people they are already gone. Only passholders have to deal with it anymore and I think even for them it will be gone by the end of the year, either by "good to go days" being nearly all the time or just outright going away - but Disney seems intent on making things more complicated then necessary. As for why by the end of the year? That little construction project a competitor is finishing up in 2025 - when Disney doesn't have anything new in the pipeline (only new stuff they have had the past few years was due to being WAY behind schedule on Tron and Guardians, all they have in the pipeline now is reskinning existing attractions). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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