This video is produced by WDW News Today – the worldwide leader in Disney parks news.
Get more exclusive content and help support WDWNT
By becoming a WIGS member TODAY !
Check out how right here : https://www.patreon.com/wdwnt
Find us on Twitter – Facebook – Instagram….
Read all our news at https://www.wdwnt.com
#WaltDisneyWorld #DisneyParks #DisneyNews
00:00 Open
01:33 Tomorrowland Directional Sign Installed on Storybook Circus Walkway Near TRON Lightcycle / Run at Magic Kingdom
02:11 Redesigned Clock Installed at Tomorrowland Light & Power Co. in Magic Kingdom
03:00 Walt Disney Imagineering Shares First Look at TRON Lightcycle / Run ‘Team Green’ Postshow
04:19 Breakfast Buffet Dining Returns to Chef Mickey’s at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
05:20 First Guest Rooms Visible at New Disney Vacation Club Wing at Polynesian Village Resort March 6, 2023 Justin Giglio
06:11 Journey Into Imagination with Figment Has Been Operating with Completely Frozen Figment Animatronic Since January
07:29 Mystery of Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Ride Vehicle Ports Solved
08:47 Rock ‘N’ Roller Coaster with Queen Rumors
12:46 Cast Member Unions Send Survey to Gauge Impact of Low Walt Disney World Wages
17:36 Review of $69 Flights Between Disney World & Disneyland
18:08 Tokyo Disneyland Installs Countdown to 40th Anniversary Kickoff in Tomorrowland
19:02 Masks No Longer Required at Hong Kong Disneyland
source
Seriously? So Disney’s thinking about giving them a one time $2000 bonus instead of a raise? What? That helps them for one month! Is Disney f****ing them? They need an actual raise now not a one time one month help that’s going to be taxed.
Hmmm Figment not moving reminds me of another major animatronic that's not worked for YEARS. The Yeti in Expedition Everest.
$140 for a nonstop, cross-country flight, that's incredible! Especially in this time of inflation.
Thank you for continuing to advocate for cast members. The Dis Unplugged podcast had a discussion about it on a recent show as well.
Well they could replace animatronic Figment with a plant like they did Donald Duck in Epcot. 😑🪴
They ought to just put a cast member in a Figment costume to stand there while they fix the animatronic.
Honestly, I think that while DFB isn’t saying anything, they’re mad. They’ve posted some videos lately that are less positive than usual, which is probably all they feel like they can do
I'm glad that's just a rumor, but a Queen coaster does sound fun (maybe a temporary Space Mtn overlay set to the Flash Gordon soundtrack?)
Take out Aerosmith and give us The Killers😻
The union questionnaire is a good idea, I just hope it yields honest data. There isn't anything in place (that was mentioned), with supporting documentation, to support any claims submitted by those filling out the form. It's important to mention that Florida is going to be introducing legislation to provide affordable rent and housing across the state, and notably within the areas where most cast and staff are currently residing. Governor DeSantis has addressed the state's concerns for people currently in Florida, and moving to Florida, who are struggling to survive. With nearly 1,000 a day moving to the state, this goes beyond even Disney's responsibility. Something must be done, and it appears the state is at least stepping up to the plate with a serious solution, despite Disney's lack of help. One more reason why Reedy Creek was dismantled. Disney did not pay anything to help the people of Florida OUTSIDE of their 40+ square mile area.
Artificially increasing wages will ONLY result in a temporary win, as even higher rent, transport, insurance and food prices will follow. One must also remember, people from all-over the United States, save-up to visit WDW. If WDW employee wages rise, dramatically, so too, will Disney prices, that will out-price, Guests, from states who have lower wages than Florida. It’s an ecosystem. Rather than push on Disney, why not take the fight to the DC / FL Gvt, to reign-in, inflation.
Love Steven Tyler and Aerosmith!❤
Mr morrow did mention the wage issue with Disney and I applaud h8m for stepping up
Disney owns the Queen Library through Hollywood Records. So this isn’t a surprise move. But a race to a gig by a frontman who is over 30 years dead, makes no sense and they may need to shoehorn a bigger retheme revamping the story.
Dfb
Would an ACDC iron man theme be impossible?
Original Queen would be so much better than Aerosnore. The pre show could just be old video and concert clips and it would be amazing.
If rock n roller coaster were to change the perfect band would be queen and I’d be happy because queen is my all time favorite band
I can't imagine how challenging this is for you guys. I can simply not go to Disney. I mean, it hurts to see a company I once had huge respect for (and maybe even a little love) implode, but to be forced to experience Disney's slow self-destruction first hand like you guys have to has gotta hurt. Stay strong.
The RNRC story is so weird. Was this a rumor he could've actually read somewhere? I haven't heard of it, but that doesn't really mean much (I love other Disney vloggers as much as Tom does). If not, Queen is an awfully weird choice. If you wanted to drop a rumor that would get tongues wagging, it's be smarter to go with Lady Gaga or Harry Styles, you know, someone popular this century. But Queen is actually an artist that totally seems like a group Disney would go after. They'd totally want someone who will still be known in 20 years, AND who Grandma and Grandpa like. "Does Generation X even know who Lizzo is???" And that part right there makes me wonder if Marino was brought in for the new video, as an Easter egg to Disney fans. Why would he have ANY information otherwise?
There are two other things I can't move beyond:
One, Queen is straight-up desperate to continue being famous. Nobody wanted to make the Queen movie they wanted, which would have Freddie dying before the halfway point, with the second half all about "all" the things they've done since. They're even on tour this year with a new singer, so I could totally see them begging to replace Aerosmith the second the Steven Tyler stuff came to light.
And that leads to Two… Replacing a band with another band is totally Disney's MO at this point. Iger wants people to think they're putting out new stuff, but it's also promising to cut budgets everywhere. What better way to create a "new" ride than just making a new film and putting their songs in the coaster? The things inside the coaster are so cheap, they could probably even change some of that around. A far more radical idea would be to change out the artist every few years, but this is a company that went with Aerosmith in the first place…
Well done as always, Tom. You''re a credible news source in a world where that has become more rare.
Disney likes to pretend the movie division is the only one that can sabotage the company….nope the guest staff can do so much worse to make Disneyland unvisitable
I think CMs who are exemplary should get paid quite a bit, but not all CM positions are created equal so maybe the whole pay structure needs an overhaul- that’s hard to do in unions because usually merit is based on seniority-not sure if that is the case here.
That connector on the Cosmic Rewind ride vehicle is called an XLR and is a standard audio connector but can be used for other electronic connections.
Well, it's a 50/50 chance for a re-theming of the Rock n' Roller Coaster it could be Powerline from the Goofy Movie or The Living Tombstone
They respond to shaming! Yes! Lolol
I like Tom's shirt. I also hope they get to fixing Figment. Guests pay too much money to watch a broken Figment.
If they are gonna change the coaster I'll take queen. Better would be rockin Roller Coaster featuring Power Line!
Tom! It's commendable that you spend so much time advocating for CMs wages. The rent prices are so exorbitantly high. Should gas prices flux again, so many people would be pushed over an edge. Disney's inability to recognize this and so many other financial issues of their CMs is abhorrent! Thank you for really being on the right side of your fans and cast members.
Honestly Queen coaster would be a thrill. Freddy’s song can’t stop me now