Originally Posted By FerretAfros Neat video! It's funny to see Mickey just wandering around like that, without anybody around him bothering him for a photo or autograph. It's also kind of creepy how he's just standing there holding his lapels, but that's another issue entirely What is that space used for now? I think I saw a few years ago that it was office space, but I'm not even entirely sure where the building is. I think it's somewhere on the south side of the DLRP property, right?
Originally Posted By irishfan It was bulldozed in 2010, and judging by the condition of the building, it was a good thing! <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.hiddendlrp.com/?p=44">http://www.hiddendlrp.com/?p=44</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Wow, that building looked really bad! I guess it was a good move on Disney's part to remove (most of) the iconic Disney features before it got vandalized When the article said "travelers", does that mean people who were just passing through, or gypsy/Roma people? I know Europeans have different terminology for them than in the US, so I wasn't sure what it meant
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>When the article said "travelers", does that mean people who were just passing through, or gypsy/Roma people? I know Europeans have different terminology for them than in the US, so I wasn't sure what it meant<<< I would say that it's the same. I think calling them gypsy is political incorrect in Europe. If I'm not mistaken then they are called Roma. At least we associate travellers with Roma.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Good to know! The only time I've heard them called "travelers" was by an Irish fellow in the US (who incidentally, was a traveler himself and moved to the US to avoid persecution), and I wasn't sure how widespread the term was, especially in continental Europe
Originally Posted By irishfan >>Good to know! The only time I've heard them called "travelers" was by an Irish fellow in the US (who incidentally, was a traveler himself and moved to the US to avoid persecution), and I wasn't sure how widespread the term was, especially in continental Europe<< Irish Travellers are not Roma, they are a Irish Itinerant ethnic group.
Originally Posted By dagobert Today DLP is hosting a special fan and shareholders event, because Space Mountain is going to reopen. Not only looks the mountain fantastic again, they also improved the special effects and added a single rider line. As part of the event, fans get a behind the scenes look of the construction. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/1929Mickey/status/624263145075441664">http://twitter.com/1929Mickey/...75441664</a> <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/designingdisney/status/624261881855930368">http://twitter.com/designingdi...55930368</a> <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/CafeFantasia/status/624258165052440576">http://twitter.com/CafeFantasi...52440576</a> <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/disneycentralplaza/posts/10155861544055615">http://www.facebook.com/disney...44055615</a> <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/DisneylandBerry/status/624256235550941184">http://twitter.com/DisneylandB...50941184</a> <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/ED92live/status/624255887721562113">http://twitter.com/ED92live/st...21562113</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert Here's a live blog of today's SM reopening. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneylandparistreasures.com/news/space-mountain-reopening-event-liveblog/">http://disneylandparistreasure...iveblog/</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The stuff that looks nice looks really well done. It's great to see the Nautilus looking clean, and seeing smoke come out of the cannon again That said, the photos that included the dome itself still look really terrible. I really can't imagine why they put so much effort into refreshing part of it, with such a major part that looks worse than ever right next to it
Originally Posted By FerretAfros This isn't exactly DLP-related news, but since it's for Disney in Europe it seems like the right place: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2015/07/23/eu-opens-antitrust-case-against-6-major-us-movie-studios">http://www.usnews.com/news/bus...-studios</a> Basically, the EU appears to be filing suit against 6 studios (including Disney) related to a pay-tv agreement that is only good in Ireland and England, but not the rest of the EU I guess I just don't understand EU laws, but I don't see what's wrong with having those sorts of geographic limits on things. There are all sorts of TV channels that are limited based on your location (I can't get most European networks, for example) and online services like Netflix and Facebook often have different rules based on the country you're in, regardless of where you set up your account. I guess the EU wants everything to be consistent within the EU, but I'm just not sure why they think that is necessary That said, I also don't know the details of the contracts in question. If it was a deal just for Ireland and England, but other deals could be made in other place, I think that's fine. But if it's a deal for Ireland and England that says that the rest of the Europe won't have access to that content on networks of their own, then it seems fishy to me. It will be interesting to see how this turns out
Originally Posted By dagobert The European Union is a single market, which means they can't exclude Germans or Austrians from their offerings. There's no problem if Sky UK just doesn't offer their service to us, but there is a problem if there is a contract between Disney and Sky UK that prohibits that. So they don't have to offer their programming to us, but they can't exclude us because of a contract between Disney and Sky UK.
Originally Posted By dagobert Space Mountai update by D&M. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyandmore.blogspot.fr/2015/07/disneyland-paris-update-discoveryland.html">http://disneyandmore.blogspot....and.html</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert DLP update by D&M. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyandmore.blogspot.fr/2015/07/disneyland-paris-update-part-two.html">http://disneyandmore.blogspot....two.html</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert And another DLP update. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.disneygazette.fr/gazette-sols-space-mountain-nautilus-carrousel-bassins-fantasyland-iasw-adventureland-merchandising-news-1781.html">http://www.disneygazette.fr/ga...781.html</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert On ride video of Space Mountain with the improved effects. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcqnYQVmC3w&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...youtu.be</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert The official DLP news website covered the reopening of SM too. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneylandparis-news.com/en/space-mountain-space-flights-pick-up-again-after-six-month-refurbishing/">http://disneylandparis-news.co...bishing/</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert This is how the new rooms at Disney's Cheyenne hotel will look like after the refurbishments. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://salonmickey.wordpress.com/2015/07/26/disneys-hotel-cheyenne-new-room-design-leaked/">http://salonmickey.wordpress.c...-leaked/</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I'm glad I saw the original Space Mountain with all the cannon effects working.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The new floor around the carousel sure is a creative solution to accessibility. I always liked the feeling of stepping up onto the ride platform, but I can certainly see the benefits of having it flush with the floor One of the articles mentioned that air conditioning had been added to the Space Mountain queue. Did it really not have it before? I don't remember much about the temperature in there from my trips, but those long corridors seem like they would get stuffy quickly if there wasn't a good way to keep the air moving And I really like the look of the Cheyenne Hotel. I'm not a huge fan of the overt Toy Story tie ins, but the overall look of the rooms is great (even if there is a lot of cowhide) and sure captures a certain era well
