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20 Dec 17, 12:12 AM |
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In terms of likeness the Obama bot was appalling and now this.
Were the allegedly "inaccurate" reports about the dispute over the speech news or fake news?!? We bumped into a nice lady at MK in October, she was a very serious Trump supporter and she claimed she knew for a fact that the stories about the dispute were true. The speech is also not indicative of Trump, which is also a shame. Have there been any reports of booing as there were with the Bush bot? At least the news of the re-opening got me to go check on the Dibb, something I haven't done in months |
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20 Dec 17, 08:41 AM |
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Hall of Presidents closed for a year but Trump still President, so forced to include him.
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20 Dec 17, 01:07 PM |
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That's just the way Disney works. They said it would open late this year (indications were it would be in December) but were vague on the actual date - probably because they were unsure when the work would actually be complete. Also, given the (erm) "interest" that the latest President has generated, I suspect Disney wanted to re-open the attraction without any fanfare so as not to attract the more "radical" guests. Perhaps this is what you meant by "secrecy"?
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20 Dec 17, 01:09 PM |
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20 Dec 17, 02:43 PM |
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Thanks Nimbus. much appreciated
I wanted to post back with my findings this year, but haven't found the time. Disney was busier but still manageable (just), and the other parks were relatively empty with the exception of the special events like HHN. Once SW opens and with news of new Universal parks it's becoming impossible to see it all in three weeks let alone two, and that's with my regimented 6am to midnight sessions We did 18 days this year. FoP... had it sussed, rocked up at around 7.30am (for 9am opening), bit of a jog to the entrance... and then... it broke down. Waited a few hours and then gave up. I think it opened around 2pm that day. Still, got to ride it on other days a couple of times at least and without a queue if you don't count the initial 1.5 hours beforehand Best attraction... The Dapper Dans (and the Cadaver Dans)... I think I'm getting old |
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20 Dec 17, 03:49 PM |
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There have been numerous rumours around, encouraged by the lack of information. Until a few days ago the reopening date was being displayed as 31 Dec 2018 not 2017. Not sure why the word secrecy is so confusing.
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20 Dec 17, 05:21 PM |
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You made it sound like it was different to any other lengthy refurb that Disney does, that's all. It wasn't.
We knew that the 2018 date was a typo - in it's various HoP blog posts (such as this one in June), Disney had said HoP was re-opening at the end of this year and gave us all the information we needed on the updates. Plus WDWMagic reported it would reopen just before Christmas back in November. Disney opened Grand Avenue at HS without previously announcing when it was going to open. The last time HoP closed to add Obama we didn't know when it was going to reopen until a few days beforehand. Other than "Summer 2018" we don't know when Toy Story Land will open. Etc. Would you say all of those was done with "so much secrecy"?
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21 Dec 17, 12:07 AM |
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Not everyone reads the Disney blogs, There's at least one thread on here where the reopening date was described as Dec 2018 and the information you describe was not offered up so its a reasonable misunderstanding to have.
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21 Dec 17, 07:31 AM |
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Did they start building before Trump was elected?
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21 Dec 17, 08:07 AM |
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Relaxing at the Grand Floridian
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