Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I'm not sure about the reason the author gives for the tripod ban, because he often doesn't get the facts right.<< Yah, I'm not sure I trust that either. Disney doesn't seem to have any problems with the millions of theme park videos on the internet from their other parks, so I don't see why Paris would be any different. They didn't even do anything to stop Jeff Lange or other people from selling their videos of extinct attractions Most likely, they're being banned because they take up space and cause tripping hazards, particularly at night when they're more commonly used. They also take up a lot of space where you could squeeze more guests into a crowded show. Tokyo has had a tripod ban for years, and the US parks have experimented with one a few times but never kept with it. Whatever the real reasons are, I suspect they're related to in-park operations rather than battles over internet videos
Originally Posted By dagobert I didn't know that TDR has already established a tripod ban. Asian tourists are photo crazy, so I guess there have been some problems. Just yesterday I saw an Asian tourist with three cameras (2 DSLRs and a GoPro on a stick) in the inner city. I always wanted to take the tripod to DLP, but then when we are there, I leave it in the room, because I hate to carry so much. So I'm not really effected by that ban.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>But really, I just use races as an excuse to travel and see places that I might not go otherwise<<< That's great. Than hopefully you make it to either Berlin or Budapest. Both cities are great so you aill have a wonderful time. And if not, running through DLP must be nice too.
Originally Posted By dagobert Here's a new pictorial update on DLP. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.disneygazette.fr/gazette-sols-discoveryland-theater-ant-man-space-mountain-peinture-facades-toitures-news-1723.html">http://www.disneygazette.fr/ga...723.html</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert Disneyland Paris hast started its own official forum. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://en.go-disneylandparis.com/">http://en.go-disneylandparis.com/</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Are they not repainting all of Space Mountain? Just the cannon? The unpainted areas look pretty bad, but look even worse in comparison to all the fresh paint around them And the official message board is an interesting idea. I wonder if it will be as tightly-policed as the Disney Parks Blog comments are in the US
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Are they not repainting all of Space Mountain? Just the cannon? The unpainted areas look pretty bad, but look even worse in comparison to all the fresh paint around them<<< I don't get it either, because I've seen other pictures taken recently and in those pictures it looked like that the roof was repainted. So maybe they were taken from a different angle, but I guess we have to wait until the refurb is done to see what happened.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>And the official message board is an interesting idea. I wonder if it will be as tightly-policed as the Disney Parks Blog comments are in the US<<< I haven't taken a look yet and I will not create an account, but I find it very odd that there's an official board, because DLP gets beaten a lot by fans and I'm sure that will not stop in an official board. Maybe they will delete the comments. An official blog, like the US one, would have been a lot better. I know you don't get many infos there, but it's a nice way to promote the things going on at the parks. And they always have nice pictures to look at.
Originally Posted By dagobert Here's an update on Disney Village and the hotels. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.disneygazette.fr/gazette-newport-bay-club-star-wars-juin-2015-news-1725.html">http://www.disneygazette.fr/ga...725.html</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>An official blog, like the US one, would have been a lot better. I know you don't get many infos there, but it's a nice way to promote the things going on at the parks. And they always have nice pictures to look at.<< Yah, that seems like a better way to control the message, while still having interactions with the guests. It's a lot of fluff, but they occasionally have some real newsworthy posts, so it does manage to stay pretty relevant In a similarly-odd decision, WDW has been beta testing a website where guests can leave Yelp/Trip Advisor-like reviews of their hotels, attractions, and restaurants. It seems like they allow negative comments/reviews (check out Stitch's Great Escape!), which just seems like bad advertising to me. Although I totally see the need for honest reviews, I think Disney should spend their advertising money on positive messages about their product. Then again, I don't think they should be spending any money on the mommy bloggers, but that seems to be a huge component of it these days <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://reviews.disneyworld.disney.go.com/">http://reviews.disneyworld.dis....go.com/</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Then again, I don't think they should be spending any money on the mommy bloggers, but that seems to be a huge component of it these days<<< These are the articles I usually skip, because they are so stupid, but there must be an audience for that. >>>n a similarly-odd decision, WDW has been beta testing a website where guests can leave Yelp/Trip Advisor-like reviews of their hotels, attractions, and restaurants.<<< That's indeed odd and I'm surprised that Disney is doing that.
Originally Posted By irishfan The Newport Bay Club is going to look great once the scaffolding comes down. I love the new colour scheme, much brighter than the original cooler palette.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>The Newport Bay Club is going to look great once the scaffolding comes down. I love the new colour scheme, much brighter than the original cooler palette. <<< Finally the hotels get the attantion they need so badly. I always liked the look of the NPBC, but like you, I also think that the new colour scheme looks better.
Originally Posted By dagobert Concept art of the explosive new finale scene for Big Thunder Mountain. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/DisneylandBerry/status/616862325061062656">http://twitter.com/DisneylandB...61062656</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Looks just like the new DL finale scene, which is a good thing.
Originally Posted By dagobert According to a French Disney Forum, DLP filed for the Star Tours II construction permits at the local authorities.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I thought that wasn't going to happen for another year or so. At least in the US, permits usually aren't typically filed until a few weeks before work begins
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Dagobert the new Star Tours is awesome! On my last trip we took a trip into a battle between the Empire and the Rebel Force, escaped to a far away ice planet, and ended up submerged in a hidden underwater lair where we were attacked by some kind of alien sea monster! People were screaming and laughing hysterically (one kid threw up - poor guy)! Best. Star Tours ride. Ever.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Dagobert the new Star Tours is awesome! <<< We enjoyed it a lot too when we had been to WDW earlier this year. We rode STII several times, but we weren't that lucky, because we only got to see two different versions. I can hardly remember the sequences, but once we crashed on the ice planet and the other times we participated in the pod race. In one of these rides my wife was the Rebel spy, that was cool. I'm really looking forward to STII, but I'm also going to miss the original one.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>I thought that wasn't going to happen for another year or so. At least in the US, permits usually aren't typically filed until a few weeks before work begins<<< Construction will begin early 2016 and should be finished early 2017. I don't know what they are doing, but the building codes in France are stricter than in the US. You just have to compare the DLP concrete TOT and the steel TOT in the US. Maybe they have to do some prepare work until the transformation starts. At WDW Disney is the authority, so I guess that's another reason why it doesn't take that long. I'm just glad to see that something is going to happen, although STII was already officially confirmed.
