Get the scoop on the latest Disney Parks updates, from refurbished log ride vehicles in Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Flume to the opening of the Ice Cold Hydraulics Coca-Cola Stand at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Stay informed about scrapped concepts for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge and ongoing construction projects at EPCOT, along with exciting announcements for the 2024 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival and Tokyo Disney Resort.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Stage 89 Countdown
00:35 Opening
01:06 Refurbished Log Ride Vehicles in Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Flume at Magic Kingdom
02:36 Ice Cold Hydraulics Coca-Cola Stand Now Open at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
03:29 Former Imagineers State Scrapped ‘Elee’ Creature That Could Carry Guests Around Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Could Still Be Added to Land
05:28 Tom’s Thoughts on ‘Elee’ Creature in Galaxy’s Edge
07:07 Disney Files Permit for Demolition at Former NBA Experience in Disney Springs Years After Permanent Closure
09:51 https://dvcresalemarket.com/wdwnt
10:43 Soarin’ Over California at EPCOT End Date Announced
11:14 Construction Boxes Added Around Lamppost Bases in World Celebration Gardens Due to Trip Hazard
12:50 Figment Topiary Added to World Celebration for 2024 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival
13:53 Full List of Outdoor Kitchens and Menus Announced for 2024 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival
15:13 United Kingdom Pavilion Restrooms Reopen After Eight-Month-Long Refurbishment at EPCOT
16:48 https://beourguestvacations.com/wdwnt
17:17 https://wdwnt.link/parkcandy
17:48 https://wdwnt.link/gertie
18:25 https://stage89.com
19:17 2024 runDisney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend Race Themes Include Muppets & ‘Princess and the Frog’
20:39 Tokyo Disney Resort Monorail Ticket Prices Increasing in March 2024
21:27 Sign-off
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Glad to see the news updates tonight! Gertie and Elee look cute together! Sorry to hear they are bringing back Soarin around the World. I liked California better.
Adana Corp did the world celebration gardens at Epcot Huh???? This would be s sight to be seen…..
Must be nice having all this money to destroy perfectly good buildings…… There is no imagination in the WDW company to repurpose that building????? Big empty building……. The Disney way these days…
I will never get over the closing of DisneyQuest for the shitty NBA experience (which then failed anyway).
the Tiana 'logs' are refurbished, so 50% less chance of them sinking mid attraction now? 🙂
Did they not do show on Monday 2/19
I think wwe should take that place where NBA was at
I would turn the NBA into some kind of highly themed kids club so parents could pay to drop their kids off for a few hours and enjoy Disney springs alone.
Turning GE into the OT would be the best thing they could do!
Great!!! The one thing my 6 year old daughter and I were really looking forward to riding was Soarin Over California in our upcoming April trip, I've been telling her how great it is. Now I'll have to hype up CGI Elephants and dirt smells. Why can't Disney keep California on 2 theaters and put the World on the 3rd and see which one has the line of people waiting for it
Tom, re maintaining the bathrooms as a piece of the 1980s…are you taking the piece? Haha
Tom, I am a Quality Manager for a manufacturing company. The red tags on the log ride vehicles were more than likely rejection tags because they did not pass inspection, and are waiting to be returned to the manufacturer for rework. The log ride vehicles that did pass inspection are probably in the vehicle staging location for the ride.
I don't think the creature would work very well in GE. Low capacity and probably very exclusive experience. Just another thing at Disney that most people can not access because money or time… most will be on phones trying to figure out how to hack getting in empty, etc.. "normal" people will hate it because they do not want to spend their whole day trying to ride one expensive and exclusive attraction. Disney is becoming a very exclusive place and does not plus up for all.
Why would they destroy history RIP Splash Mountain
Kinetic energy – the Star Wars area is missing a flat/outdoor ride.
For anyone interested in the history of the Void and its founder, or if you want to hear the most insane story of possibly the most ill-conceived theme park in history, I highly recommend Jenny Nicholson’s video on Evermore. It’s long but worth watching because I genuinely cannot believe Evermore is a real place that’s still operating
SPIKE THE BEE
Galaxys Edge is missing a clone of Radiator Springs Racers, themed to Pod Racing.
Tom-my husband and I met you a few years ago while standing in line for a kitchen in Epcot on the first day of Food and Wine. It certainly seemed like a Herculean task, as your staff was busy dividing and conquering.
My husband does not watch YouTube so he did not know you, but I was trying to stay cool. You were very kind and asked us how our vacation was and I know we droned on about having 3 teenagers and the “fun” they often bring!
Enjoy this next festival-we will be there this year on the last week of F&G. I’m very excited about all of the new dishes this time-60??!!
I have a feeling Tiana’s Bayou Adventure isn’t going to go the way they expect it’s going to go. I have a feeling it’s going to be like Tiki Room Under New Management or Journey into Your Imagination. It looks like Rainforest Cafe crossed with the Opening of Disney’s California Adventure. Once it’s open I have a feeling that it could be flooded with complaints to guests relations. It could happen but it depends on the ride and how successful the story is on the ride, which means I doubt it can be the same amount of a people eater as Splash Mountain.
Tokyo monorail prices go up JUST BEFORE opening of Fantasy Springs. 🤔🤷🏼♂️🤔🤷🏼♂️
Mezzatesta, Italian for: half-head. Just saying…
Fix Smugglers Run. By fix, I mean have the gunner positions be like IN THE MOVIES. If I'm a gunner, I'm not watching the main screen. I'm watching my screen to shoot things. All positions need to be fun.
Both Soarning videos need picture quality updates. California was showing its age. World needs to be less bendy. California should stay in CA with World popping in for a festival. World needs to remain in FL with a festival visit or two.
The logs look so boring and terrible no statue in the front. The log looks like it's reused with the scratches and marks
Luke Warm! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was good!
Twitter was sold over a year ago, i think we can drop the “formally Twitter”.
Excellent as usual. Thank you.
Soarin' Over California closed just as I was about to take my 100th flight! Now I have to settle for soaring over my laundry pile instead. ✈️🧺
How about playing the spectacular John Williams Star Wars soundtrack in Galaxys edge?
For the umpteeth time why must GE be locked into any point in the saga timeline? All you need is a sign at each entrance telling guest what storyline to expect and all the fun stuff…… characters, food, trinkets and entertainment for that point in time. Since the Falcon is in multiple stories the ride could be programmed to correspond with the period. Changing it every ……… will give people a reason to come back and buy more stuff
100% agree Batuu needs some help. As great a ride as Rise of the Resistance is, it would be even better if they can get it back up to 100% operational again. When was the last time the turbo lasers actually moved back and forth? Last time I rode Kylo didn’t even do his turn in the bridge.
And Droid Depot, my favorite part of Batuu, has been so depleted of merchandise, especially droid accessories (e.g., droid panel sets, serving trays, certain tow cables), I can’t even recommend doing it to people right now. Cast members have said they have been out of stock for months. I’m hoping that means new merchandise is coming soon, and there just isn’t supply chain issues.
THANK YOU for the beautiful captions provided in this video! I’m deaf and rely on CC, and my spouse and I love to watch the Disney news during dinner. The clarity and limited errors are a huge step up from the standard auto captions. I’m so excited about the accessibility!!