WDWNT: Nerd Alert – Season Three Episode 3 Is Now Available For Download

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In this week’s episode, the gang talk about:

  • Eric revisits all of the movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  • Are we finally getting the unaltered Star Wars Original Trilogy?
  • “Han Solo” has begun filming.
  • Rogue One is coming home on Digital HD on March 24th and Blu-ray on April 4th but why can’t we order it from Amazon?
  • BB-8 is coming to Hollywood Studios.
  • Hugh Jackman says no to a Deadpool/Wolverine movie but he still hopes to join the MCU one day.
  • Wolverine finally returns to Marvel Comics with “RessurXion”.

Join hosts Joe Hogarty, Jack McCarthy, Taylor Katcher and Eric Lancy!

WDWNT: Nerd Alert – Season Three Episode 3 is now available for download through WDW News Today: Original Programing  and iTunes!

PHOTOS: Disney Launches Countdown to Pandora – The World of AVATAR Merchandise

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As we inch closer to the opening of Pandora – The World of Avatar in summer 2017, Disney has announced a new limited edition pin collection coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park starting today, March 2. This item is the first AVATAR related item to be sold at Walt Disney World, marking a milestone for the project.

March, April, and May Pin Releases for Pandora: The World of AVATAR Countdown

March, April, and May Pin Releases for Pandora: The World of AVATAR Countdown

There will be one new pin released each month from March to May. The first pin in this collection (above left) will be released on March 2. The second countdown pin (center) will be released on April 6. The final individual limited edition pin (above right) will be released on May 4. Each individual pin will have an edition size of 1,250 and will be released at Discovery Trading Company in the park.

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Artist Dylan Cole designed the travel posters which inspired this pin collection. Attendees may recall getting a first look at the travel posters during the D23 Expo in 2015. Dylan provided design work on Disney’s “Maleficent,” and is currently Co-Production Designer for the upcoming “Avatar” motion picture sequels. Today, guests may see these posters near Tiffins restaurant in Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park.

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The final two pins in this collection, called “Completer pins,” will only be found in the five-pin boxed set containing all five travel posters. The boxed set will have an edition size of 250, and will be released during the opening of this new land on May 27.

There will be a purchase limit of two limited edition pins, per style, per guest, per release. These pins will not be available via Shop Disney Parks app or the Disney Parks online store.

VIDEO: Watch As Beast Invites Belle To Dinner In This New Clip From “Beauty And The Beast”

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Disney has released a new clip from “Beauty And The Beast” in which we see a Lumiere, Cogsworth and Mrs. Potts try to teach The Beast some manners when inviting Belle to dinner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKyp9Tx-NPY&feature=youtu.be

The story and characters audiences know and love come to spectacular life in Disney’s live-action adaptation “Beauty and the Beast,” the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a Beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realize the kind heart of the true Prince within. The film stars: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw with Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson. Directed by Bill Condon based on the 1991 animated film, “Beauty and the Beast,” the screenplay is written by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos and produced by Mandeville Films’ David Hoberman, p.g.a. and Todd Lieberman, p.g.a. with Jeffrey Silver, Thomas Schumacher and Don Hahn serving as executive producers. Alan Menken, who won two Academy Awards® (Best Original Score and Best Song) for the animated film, provides the score, which includes new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as three new songs written by Menken and Tim Rice.

And don’t forget to see “Beauty and the Beast” when it hits theaters nationwide on March 17, 2017!

Source: Disney Movie Trailers

PHOTOS, VIDEO: Port Orleans Mardi Gras Parade 2017 Features Monorail, Peoplemover, & More

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Yesterday, the Port Orleans Resort Hotels at Walt Disney World held their annual celebration of Mardi Gras on Fat Tuesday with a parade. The event started at 10AM and winded from Riverside down to French Quarter. Cast members and their invited guests showed off some fantastic cart creations in the parade, including a Monorail, a Walt Disney World Railroad Train, and even a Steamboat with a working paddlewheel! Take a look:

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The theme this year was transportation, offering all sorts of imaginative vehicles.

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The parade ended with a visit from Tiana in a horse-drawn carriage.

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Happy Mardi Gras!

TONIGHT on WDW News Tonight (3/1/17) – Flower & Garden Festival 2017 Spectacular, Price is Right, EasyWDW, & More

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Tonight on WDW News Tonight, we review the 2017 Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, we play WDWNT: The Price is Right, and Josh from EasyWDW.com joins us…

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If you are in the Orlando area, you can tune in to 105.5 FM or AM 1520 WBZW at showtime. For those outside of the Orlando area, the show can be watched via video stream at listen.WDWNT.com on your computer or mobile device. You can also use WDWNT: The App to watch and chat along. The show also utilizes a live chat and the ability to call-in to interact with the show. WDW News Tonight is hosted by Tom Corless and Nick LoCicero, but also features appearances by a number of other WDWNT correspondents and announcer Michelle Wargo.

Coming up on this week’s show:

  • A recap of the week’s news (with a WDWNT comedic twist)
  • An in-depth review of the 2017 Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival with Josh from EasyWDW.com
  • The Wonderful World of Psychotic Comments
  • “WDWNT: The Price is Right”, presented by Theme Park Connection
  • Who’s Hates Tom Now?
    And more!

We hope that you will tune in tonight at 9PM ET for another episode of WDW News Tonight!

If you missed last week’s show, be sure to watch it:

New River Cruises Coming to Adventures by Disney In 2018

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Starting in 2018, Adventures by Disney will be having all new experiences where you can stroll through a quaint little French town like Belle, dance to a German polka band during Oktoberfest and so much more on the all new European River Cruises!

The new options starting in summer of 2018 include new ‘Beauty and the Beast’ themed experiences on the Rhine River sailings. There will be a special ‘Beauty and the Beast’ dinner as well as some unique dishes all inspired by the film. For entertainment, families can enjoy both versions of ‘Beauty and the Beast’: the animated classic and the newly adapted live-action version. For the adult foodie, there are unique food and wine cruises along the Rhine where they offer 2 epicurean sailings. On board you can expect to find luxurious food and beverage stations, wine tasting, gourmet demonstrations, workshops, culinary walking tours, a French patisserie class, local beer and wine pairings, craft cocktail blending seminars and these are are just to name a few because there is so much more! These Adventures by Disney Rhine River cruises give you these wonderful, authentic experiences that immerse you into the beauty of 4 different countries which include France, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands. From exploring the famous Heidelberg Castle in Germany to riding a toboggan in Switzerland, there will be much to do! width=

Also in 2018, the Danube River Cruises will be making a return. On them you can expect to tour Germany, Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary. On all of the Danube cruises you can immerse yourself in the land that held scenes from the film “The Sound of Music”, explore Devin Castle in Bratislava, take a traditional Austrian folk dancing lesson in Melk, and much, much more. Bookings for 2018 River cruise vacations are open now. Book early and save $500 per person on select 2018 River cruises* when you book May 1, 2017 for sailing dates June 17- October 8, 2018.

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REMINDER: Disney Infinity Servers Shut Down Today

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This Friday marks the end of an era for many fans of the cancelled Disney Infinity series.

On March 3, the servers for all three Disney Infinity games will officially be shut down for good, making players unable to access and download Toy Boxes from the Community Content servers. We have known about this closure since July, so luckily players have had ample time to get online and download all their favorite Toy Boxes before it’s too late. However if you haven’t downloaded your favorite Toy Boxes yet, you still have a small window of opportunity to do so.

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Each game allows users to download up to 300 unique user made Toy Boxes, which should be plenty for most players. Downloading a Toy Box works the same on all three versions of Disney Infinity. From the game’s main menu, simply head over to the Community Content page and select the tab called Disney’s Toy Boxes. Once you pick a Toy Box select download to add it to your list. This way, the Toy Boxes you save will remain on your Xbox One/360, PlayStation 4/3, or Wii U for as long as you decide to keep it there.

Another feature that will be going away forever is Friend Sharing. Friend Sharing allows you to play and download Toy Boxes created by users on your friend list. To download a Toy Box created by a friend, head to the main menu and select Community Content, then Friends, and select a specific friend. A menu will then display all the Toy Boxes created by that friend that have been Friend Shared. Just choose the Toy Box you want and download it, voilá! All downloaded Toy Boxes will be available under the menu Toy Boxes, in the tab Toy Box Saves.

It’s hard to say goodbye to such a beloved series, but thankfully fans have had a long time to enjoy the game before everything shuts down. In other news, the former developer of Disney Infinity, Avalanche Software, has since reformed and is now working on a game for the upcoming Pixar movie, Cars 3.

What’s Going On With Disney And Amazon?

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Update: Now Amazon says they will be shipping the Doctor Strange Blu-ray within 1 – 2 months.

If you recently tried to pre-order Disney titles on Blu-ray such as Doctor Strange, Moana and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story through Amazon, you were out of luck. Unfortunately, you have to look elsewhere because those titles are not available for purchase on Amazon.

What’s unusual about all of this, is that you can still purchase the movies digitally and on DVD through Amazon, just not on Blu-ray.

It appears that Disney and Amazon are in some kind of stand off. Whatever agreement they had previously has fallen apart. If I had to guess, I would say it is Disney that is trying to get Amazon to crack by not allowing their most recent popular movies available for purchase on their site. But it could also be Amazon wanting a larger piece of the profit and refusing to allow Disney Blu-rays to be sold on their site.

By not allowing consumers to purchase the Doctor Strange Blu-ray through Amazon, it seems to have created a demand at brick and mortar stores but there is not enough supply to meet the demand.

I had a difficult time finding a Doctor Strange Blu-ray on release day. I also spoke to friends around the country that were having the same problem. Since I couldn’t purchase the disk through Amazon, I decided to stop by my local Wal-Mart. When I got there, there was a huge display dedicated to Doctor Strange, but there were no discs in the display. I asked one of the employees if they had any in the back and he said that they were all sold out. They only had DVD’s available. I’ve never seen that happen before. I finally was lucky enough to find one at Target, but they were in short supply.

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I did check Amazon recently and you can now purchase the Doctor Strange Blu-ray, but there is a catch. If you add the item to your cart, you receive a message saying that the item is temporarily out of stock and that you will be notified when they have more information. That may be Amazon’s way of trying to cover things up with their customers, trying to reassure them that there is no problem. You still can not preorder the Moana and the Rogue One Blu-rays.

I’m sure both sides are working to resolve this issue because in the end it not only hurts the consumer but it has to hurt both companies revenue stream.