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At 10:30am we will live stream the debut of Doctor Strange at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

The area has been themed and the times are posted.

DisneyStore.com is now offering two new T-Shirts in the YesterEars collection, in addition to a new sweatshirt!

 

The sweatshirt features a 1970’s Walt Disney World logo with Cinderella Castle icon.  The Tencennial tee transports you back to 1981 with the original “Tencennial” logo, and the 25th Tee sports the historic Cinderella Coach logo from 1996.

These new items are only available through Thursday, October 27, 2016.

The bungalows at Disney’s Polynesian Resort and the Treehouse Villas at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort are now under evacuation orders by Disney for the safety of guests during Hurricane Matthew. Guests will be given alternate accommodations.

The decision was just now made, not happening yesterday as some major outlets had implied.

Guests can now experience an unforgettable wedding in the place where dreams come true. The Magic Kingdom After Hours Experience is an exclusive, highly customizable ceremony and reception in a setting unlike any other. The new event was introduced this week by Disney Fairytale Weddings.

Here is more information from the official website:

This tailor-made fairy tale takes place after Magic Kingdom park closes. Treasure your nighttime wedding in this land of wonder and delight—and create memories that are sure to last a lifetime.
This unique wedding experience is the perfect choice for couples searching for something truly magical and unforgettable.
Take in all the beauty and wonder of Magic Kingdom park without all the crowds. Experience an exclusive ceremony and reception in the heart of it all.
Live out your fairy tale in true Disney style. Imagine riding in Cinderella’s Coach down a beautifully lit Main Street, U.S.A. as the majestic Cinderella Castle awaits you in the distance.
Enjoy a setting unlike any other as you celebrate your special day with friends and family.

• This venue is only available as part of our Wishes Collection
• This experience is available in the evening, after the closing of Magic Kingdom park.
• Can accommodate up to 300 guests
• Disney chartered transportation is required for this venue

More information on this package can be found at this link.

We just got a Twitter mention from @disneyman2021 with some pictures of a new Disney Visa Character Spot that’s going in at the Imagination! Pavilion at Epcot. This location is at the former Figment’s Place portion of the Pavilion.

The current location at Innoventions West will close soon.

Here are some pictures:

Beginning today, September 21st, 2016, Sanaa at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge will begin offering a breakfast service called Kuamsha. Kuamsha means “to awaken with” in Swahili.

The service includes Grab ‘N’ Go options, as well as counter service offerings from 7-10 AM daily.

Grab ‘N’ Go Menu

• Choice of freshly baked muffins, pastries, and croissants
• Warm ceylon cinnamon rolls
• Banana Bread with house made chocolate hazelnut spread
• African breakfast cereal with brown sugar and raisins
• Boerewors sausage and egg bobotie pie
• Yogurt parfaits
• Whole Fruit
• Assorted cereal
• Coffee and hot tea
• Juice and milk

Casual Dining – Quick Service Menu

• Savannah Platter – Two farm fresh eggs any sale, tomato chutney, Tanzanian hash browns and bacon
• Bore Breakfast – Two farm fresh eggs any style, tomato chutney, Tanzanian hash browns, Boerewors sausage and bacon
• Safari Waffle – Waffle topped with seasonal berries and chai whipped cream
• Sunrise Sandwich – Egg, ham, and cheddar cheese served on a croissant
• Fruit Sosatie – With Quinoa and dried fruit salad
• Kids Explorer Platter – One farm fresh egg any style, hash browns, and bacon
• Kids Mickey Waffle – Two Mickey waffles and bacon

“The Inhumans” Movie Is No More! It Will Now Be A TV Series On ABC! First Two Episodes Will Be Released In IMAX Theaters

For some this may be good news, and for others, not so much. “The Inhumans” was originaly part of Marvel’s Phase 3 of movies and to be released theatrically on November 3, 2018. In the last year or so, the movie’s release date was shifted around several times and eventually was no longer included in Marvel’s Phase 3 round of movies. There were rumors that Marvel was dropping the movie. In a way, they did, but now it is being resurrected as TV series on ABC.

According To Variety:

ABC has ordered a new series, “Marvel’s The Inhumans,” based on the classic comic-book characters, in partnership with IMAX. Under a production, marketing and distribution agreement with the theater chain, a version of the first two episodes of the live-action series will premiere in IMAX theaters next summer. ABC will then debut the weekly hour-long drama on television the following fall.

The series will be produced by Marvel Television in conjunction with ABC Studios and filmed entirely with IMAX cameras. IMAX, a financing partner on the show, will premiere “The Inhumans” in September, 2017.

Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the Inhumans are a race of superpowered beings who first appeared in Marvel Comics publications in 1965. Inhuman characters appeared last season on ABC drama “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD.” The new series, however, will not be a spinoff of “SHIELD.” It will focus on Black Bolt, the leader of the Inhumans, and his family.

ABC’s broadcast of the first two episodes in the series will feature original content not included in the IMAX version.

“This unprecedented alliance represents a bold, innovative approach to launching great TV content for a worldwide audience,” said Ben Sherwood, co-chairman, Disney Media Networks and president, Disney/ABC Television Group. “It highlights Disney|/ABC’s unrelenting commitment to finding new and creative ways to showcasing our very best programming and increasing global engagement and reach.”

Personally, this is bad news for me. I would always much rather see a theatrical movie than a TV production. Even though they will be using IMAX cameras, so what? You wont get the full experience on TV. Also the budget will be far less than what could have been spent on the movie. It was rumored a while ago that Vin Diesel would be playing The Inhuman’s leader, Black Bolt. You can forget about that now. People love Netflix’s Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. I’d rather watch a 2 hour theatrical movie with a decent budget then sit for 13 hours watching a one Season of these shows. Marvel does a great job with the Netflix series but it’s not my cup of tea.

Source: Variety

Kevin Feige Hints That “The Illuminati” Will Play A Role In “Avengers: Infinity War”

During the press tour for “Doctor Strange”, Marvel Head Honcho, Kevin Feige was asked about the possibility of The Illuminati appearing in the upcoming “Avengers: Infinity War”. Here is what Feige had to say:

“Well, what’s fun about the Illuminati is that there are certain characters interacting with other certain characters, so I don’t know about that particular story line, but certainly some of those characters you will see on screen in the next Avengers.”

So who are “The Illuminati”?

“The Illuminati” was a secret organization comprised of several of the world’s most powerful heroes: Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Strange; Black Bolt, King of the Inhumans; Charles Xavier, founder of the X-Men and mutant rights activist; Reed Richards, founding member of the Fantastic Four; Namor the Sub-Mariner, King of Atlantis; and Iron Man (Anthony Stark), founding member of the Avengers. These six men worked together for an unspecified amount of time to mold and shape the status of the superhuman world and the world around it. Black Panther was also added to “The Illuminati”

As far as movie rights go, the MCU can use Iron Man, Black Panther, Doctor Strange. Marvel also has the rights to Black Bolt of The Inhumans, so it would be a good way to introduce the character into the MCU. Namor’s rights are still confusing. Joe Queseda, president of Marvel comics, said recently that Marvel has the rights to the character. The rights were originally with Universal but they never did anything with the character and no movie was ever made. The big question is whether we will see Professor X or Mr. Fantastic? Those movie rights are squarely with Fox but is this a sign that things are starting to change with Marvel and Fox (also see article below)? After the disaster that was Fantastic Four, I still wouldst be surprised if Fox is talking with Marvel over bringing those characters over to the MCU, similar with Sony did with Spider-Man.

Fox and Marvel Recently Worked Together To Help Out Both “Deadpool” and “Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2” Movies

It may be the start of hell freezing over as it recently came out that Fox and Marvel entered in agreement to kind of swap characters for their movies. Kevin Feige mentioned this on Facebook:

“When I first pitched Ego as Quill’s father, I THOUGHT we owned the character. After I had worked out a very elaborate story with Ego the Living Planet as a very important part of the Marvel cosmic universe, I learned that we actually didn’t own the character. I had no back up plan, and it would be nearly impossible to just drop another character in. Thank God Fox came to us and wanted to make a trade.” 

So who was the character that Fox wanted? Well it seems that Fox actually did own the rights to the character, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, but they wanted to change her powers. Her original powers was just psychic, but in order to change a power, they had to get Marvel’s approval and both Marvel and Fox came to an agreement where Marvel would get Ego The Living Planet from Fox, who will be Starlord’s father in “Guardians Of The Galaxy 2” and Fox could change the powers of Negasonic Teenage Warhead. Here is what director of “Deadpool”, Tim Miller recently had to say to Empire:

“Her power, I mean, we chose her because we wanted a trainee for Colossus in the film and the writers and I just fell in love with her name. It’s just so out there and so Deadpool and it was Grant Morrison who named her, so we knew we had to get her in there. And then we thought, well, we’re going to need to make her powers fit with who she feels like she is in the movie and so to me it’s just like other characters in the Marvel universe, like Nitro, for instance, whose power is to just explode parts of their body. But we did try to do it so that it wasn’t just a simple, ‘oh, I can explode’, she can transfer the force of the explosion down so she can move upwards – she can put it into a punch if she wanted to. So it was really just her fist exploding as she hit somebody. we tried to mix it up, even though we didn’t use that particular thing in the movie, but it was the idea. Actually, we did use it in the movie, it’s just not in the movie now!”

Hopefully this will be the start of something bigger. Please Fox, release the “Fantastic Four” to Marvel! Not sure who they would want in return bet I bet money will work too!

“Deadpool: Director Leaves “Deadpool 2” Movie Over Creative Differences With Actor Ryan Reynolds!

Say it aint so! With the success of “Deadpool” a sequel was all set to go into production but recently director Tim Miller walked away from the project over creative differences. Rumor has it that Miller wanted to at least double the budget from the original movie which was only $68 million. Ryan Reynolds wanted to keep the movie more grounded like the first movie and keep to a moderate budget. Reynolds was also not happy with the directors choice of Kyle Chandler to play Cable. Both Reynolds and Miller met with Fox and Fox sided with Reynolds. It’s sad that it had to happen but you cant lose Reynolds as Deadpool. Shortly after in a sign of solidarity, composer Junkie XL also left the project siding with director Tim Miller. Is “Deadpool 2” in trouble? Right now, the answer is yes, but that doesn’t mean that it will be a disaster. We will just have to wait in see until “Deadpool 2” comes out January 12, 2018.

Sideshow Collectibles Corner

“Doctor Strange”

It’s been a while since I have posted a collectible figure from Sideshow but this one is definitely a beaut! Check out Bendict Cumberbatch as The Master Of Mystic Arts, “Doctor Strange”!

In anticipation of the opening of the movie, Sideshow, and Hot Toys are proud to present the sixth scale collectible figure of this charismatic and powerful superhero!
The movie-accurate collectible figure is specially crafted based on the image of Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange in the movie, featuring a newly developed head sculpt, sophisticatedly tailored and highly detailed outfit, two styles of costume display options with a magnetically attachable Cloak of Levitation with intricate embroidery, a variety of mystical artifacts including the Eye of Agamotto, and a Doctor Strange-themed figure stand with character backdrop.

Source: SideShow

That’s it for this time!

Guests will soon be able to take a bus from any of the Walt Disney World theme park direct to Disney Springs…

The service begins daily at 4:00 PM beginning August 28, 2016. Service back to the theme parks will not be provided, but guests may take a bus to any resort from Disney Springs.

Bus service from the theme parks will be provided until 11:00 PM or until 2 hours after park close, whichever is earlier.

According to the latest Unofficial Guide’s Disney Dish podcast, Stitch’s Great Escape will be removed in favor of a VR racing game Wreck-It Ralph attraction based on “Sugar Rush”:

If the rumor is to be believed, the two theaters inside Stitch’s Great Escape would be gutted (they have been basically the same in layout since 1971’s Flight to the Moon with minor modifications over the years) to make room for a number of simulator based racing carts which guests could board wearing virtual reality headsets that would transport them into the video game world of Wreck-It Ralph. Guests may even get to design their cars in the pre-show area, similar to Test Track presented by Chevrolet.

The investment would make sense with a sequel to Wreck-It Ralph on the way in 2018 and the box office for the original film was quite strong worldwide. Also, Stitch’s Great Escape has been one of the least popular attractions in Disney history, often testing negatively with guests who experience it.

The project would be part of a larger overhaul of Tomorrowland expected over the next few years leading into the 50th anniversary celebration for the Magic Kingdom park (which would be in 2021 for those not willing to do math), which could include an E-Ticket attraction the likes of the TRON Lightcycle Power Run at Shanghai Disneyland next door to Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress or Space Mountain. Tomorrowland has recently undergone a number of cosmetic upgrades including the repainting of Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress and the currently ongoing entrance area rock-work, all of which could be just the first phase of this overhaul.

Disney of course has said nothing about this project as of yet, so we will have to wait and see if we will be getting a virtual Sugar Rush at the Magic Kingdom, or if we will just have to settle for a Plaza Ice Cream sundae…