Originally Posted By WorldDisney <<also al was not entirely right he said there would be 3 showings, but there will only be 2. Secondly he said that guests who stay over to see the shows after closing will be treated to a preshow festival in HPB and while there is a preshow it is nothing like what he described, it starts at 6 and is really for those wanting to snag seats early. The only thing he got right was the show pass which is not set up at all like he said and even has a different name.>> I guess you didnt read his latest article. The man mentioned the Glow Fest thing before Disney released the info and surprise, surprise Disney threw it up on their website after he spoiled it. And he also stated the 3rd show could still happen if the first two have a great demand. So we'll see. Important thing to remember, Al delivered again, as usual!
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 I go to Al for all my advance information. The man pretty much always steers me right!
Originally Posted By Hista98 I'm sorry for you bob you must be disapointed alot, see i actually listen to disney for stuff like this. I guess since you always listen to Al the hat box ghost is back in the mansion and RoA didnt reopen til late may right? nope neither happened al was wrong suprise suprise
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Nah, we're good dude...that's why we read his stuff along with most Disney fans online. Most of us seem to understand it wont always come out 100% right, hence why they are called RUMORS!! But it doesnt matter, we just enjoy thinking up the possiblities, seeing what Disney is thinking up, how the park is run and its cool when he is actually right like all the stuff Disney has just announced in the last 24 hours. But thanks.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 Plus his write ups are always entertaining, I LOVE the embedded comments in the photos and he has a congenial way of writing that is familiar without being "look all homespun and down home I am" ala Jim Hill. Thanks but I have been reading Al's stuff for the better part of ten years and I'm doing fine!
Originally Posted By Hista98 hmm ya i like to read disney sites becuase there word is more official then Al's and also they arent as condesending as he is.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Well you keep doing that...and we'll keep reading Al. Everyone is happy! I been reading him longer than I been on this site and like Bob, thats over 10 years now. I think most of us got the gist of what he does and no problems for us .
Originally Posted By Dabob2 As far as I can see on this one, Al got the fp's basically right, but missed the boat entirely on the dining packages and the picnics, which seemed to take everyone by surprise-- two of the three elements of getting into paradise park, in other words.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "Al was right again?? Say it aint so!!!" I think the Al gloaters have just passed the Al nitpickers on the obnoxiousness scale. "Plus his write ups are always entertaining, I LOVE the embedded comments in the photos and he has a congenial way of writing that is familiar without being 'look all homespun and down home I am' ala Jim Hill." You're joking, right? Pop tarts? He's far worse than Jim Hill.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 In terms of writing style, it's hard to pick worse. I will say I think Al has gotten slightly better over the years, while I can't say that for Hill (though I stopped reading his a while ago, so who knows)?
Originally Posted By socalkdg <<<<<How so? this is how fantamsic has always done it and there s never a free for all>>>>> I hate the way Fantasmic is done and have never taken my daughters. I've watched the Disney Studios version a few times, plus have done the dessert on the balcony twice in the past. I like having options with WOC and thats what we have. Get a FP, spend $15 or $40, or choose an alternative viewing area. 4 different options.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney <<I think the Al gloaters have just passed the Al nitpickers on the obnoxiousness scale.>> Nah dude I'm not an 'Al gloatter'. In fact, I would love nothing more than the mans name not be bought up here in every other post. I only mention his name in the first place because some people seem obsessed with him here. I dont get it really and I said this before, you dont like his article or writing, FINE, just stop bringing it up in every other post like he's an ex-boyfriend who dumped you and you cant get over him. Why is this so hard? I would LOVE it if this website can just go back to talking about the message and not be about the messenger every three posts. BELIEVE ME, I wouldnt utter his or anyone elses name again if we didnt have to see it pop up all the time here and how he is destroying humanity by posting Disney rumors.
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA i see the showpasee thing working. i can see the glass half full..and so i can also see how it may not work-like have kinks and such with distributing the tickets
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 "Nah dude I'm not an 'Al gloatter'. In fact, I would love nothing more than the mans name not be bought up here in every other post. I only mention his name in the first place because some people seem obsessed with him here." That's me too, WD. "I dont get it really and I said this before, you dont like his article or writing, FINE, just stop bringing it up in every other post like he's an ex-boyfriend who dumped you and you cant get over him. Why is this so hard?" LMAO!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By TP2000 I have several thoughts: Al mentioned "dining packages" back in his early May update, and that 2,000 per show would be sold by the Restaurant department folks. But he didn't go into detail about menus and the picnic options. Open Table! Ksargen, don't you just love Open Table? I do. And it works 10 times better than anything I've ever experienced from Disneyland's restaurant department and their horrible 781-DINE line. It will be 2020 before Disneyland tries online reservations a la' Open Table. For gosh sakes, they officially launched a MAJOR new offering with World of Color Dining Packages, and their voicemail message still says they are taking reservations for "Electrical Parade Premium Seating". Grr... I'll say it again, the weak link in this whole World of Color Dining Package thing is the fact that it's being run by the inept and sloppy Restaurant division of the Disneyland Resort. It's like they are running a Junior High Cafeteria there instead of a premium-priced product in the allegedly world-class hospitality industry they pretend to live in. Mark my words, Disneyland's restaurant department will be screwing up World of Color Dining Packages for most of the summer before they get it right. Finally, yeah Al sure did nail that Fastpass thing for World of Color. No one else was touching that rumor, but he went with it early (6 months ago?) and stuck with it until they finally admitted to it. Fun!
Originally Posted By socalkdg Al is actually much more positive about the parks now then in the past, which seems to coincide with his increased accuracy in his reports. Maybe there is a correlation here.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 "Al is actually much more positive about the parks now then(sic) in the past, which seems to coincide with his increased accuracy in his reports." Yes - that is something I am surprised the Al detractors have not noticed. I constantly think the people who still BELIEVE Al is this negative commentator haven't read his updates in YEARS. I think MOST of us are much more positive about the entire resort than a few years back.
Originally Posted By DlandDug There's a great deal more about which to be positive. As far as the accuracy of the reports from that other site go, they're about the same-- which is to say not all that much...!
