I've always thought Disney could make a killing by building a few resorts that emulate some of the settings from the movies - like an Arrendelle, one that's the village or the castle in Beauty and The Beast, one that's like the kingdom in Rapunzel, etc.

They have a Tianna themed hotel that's nice, and they just opened a whole new Frozen "land" in Hong Kong that is stunning in detail.

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Does one of those diners have a fatty with 6 arms?

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This is Disney Orlando. It's wall to wall fatties, I'm sure there's some with extra limbs.

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It truly is amazing how many people at these parks need scooters or can barely move around

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My wife and I noticed this last summer and mentioned it to one another. Adults and children. Tons of them. Pretty sad.

Kids?

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Kids?

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I didn't see many/any on scooters but plenty that are struggling to get around and probably less than 12 years old. Pretty sad

Another thoroughly entertaining reaction.

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ChipFTAC01 said:

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Kids?

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I didn't see many/any on scooters but plenty that are struggling to get around and probably less than 12 years old. Pretty sad

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Probably saw my daughter. She is 12 and has cerebal palsy. I'll let her know you're disappointed in her.

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Kids?

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Just obese. Not in scooters.

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Belton Ag said:

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Does one of those diners have a fatty with 6 arms?

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This is Disney Orlando. It's wall to wall fatties, I'm sure there's some with extra limbs.

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It truly is amazing how many people at these parks need scooters or can barely move around

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My wife and I noticed this last summer and mentioned it to one another. Adults and children. Tons of them. Pretty sad.

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Don't they get into a different line if they're disabled?

You see the same thing on airplanes. My BIL is a pilot and they call them "Jesus Flights" because 15 people load up in the first wave when they announce "Anyone with disabilities can now board" but when they land only 1-2 remain onboard to be assisted off the plane - somehow the flight cured them of their ailment. It's a Jesus-level miracle.

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There is something called a DAS pass at the theme parks. You have to pre-register for it and then go to customer service at one of the parks to talk to a CSR baout it. Prior to 2022, they pretty much just let you get one for whatever, but once Iger took back over, you needed to bring verifiable proof that you had a specific medical condition that required assistance, and being overweight or uninterested in walking stopped being a reason. It caused a major meltdown for a lot of people, it sounds like it came straight from Iger's return. The line unfortunately is even longer than it used to be because so many people get in it and complain about not getting a DAS.

It's not a separate line, however, it's the same line as the Lightning Lane, you can only request 1 at a time, and you have to wait until a designated time to use it. Also, if the person with the disability is not present to ride the ride, nobody else from their party can.

They restricted the DAS even more this year. It's only available for those with Autism or similar developmental disorder.

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They restricted the DAS even more this year. It's only available for those with Autism or similar developmental disorder.

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DAS was a godsend for our daughter last year. We're headed back next month, so I'll be curious if they approve her this year.

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They restricted the DAS even more this year. It's only available for those with Autism or similar developmental disorder.

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DAS was a godsend for our daughter last year. We're headed back next month, so I'll be curious if they approve her this year.

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Good to know about this, my daughter is likely on the spectrum but not yet officially diagnosed, planning to do Disney Land in the next year or two so will look into it more. Appreciate the heads up.

Well crap I'm already sappy cause of it being my first Father's Day without my dad and this just did me in….in a good way….

Very heartfelt….helps that my youngest LOVES Chewie

The Acolyte ends mid July. I'm guessing a first trailer for Skeleton Crew then debuts at D23 the weekend of August 9th (with a simultaneous online release), where we'll also get an official release date announcement. As of now, only "Christmas" has been confirmed, which could of course mean anytime between late November and late December.

However, more importantly, I'm hoping this series will mark the beginning of an upward trend again for the franchise. If only because it can't get any lower than where we are right now, considering the current negativity (warranted or not) and toxicity surrounding The Acolyte (though I do maintain that most of the hate is coming from a vocal minority).

Skeleton Crew is from Jon Watts, director of the past three Spider-Man movies, the first two episodes of FX's The Old Man, and the upcoming Wolfs, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt. In other words, Watts knows how to deliver the goods, and the additional directors he has in his stable for this are pretty damn good...

- Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
- David Lowery (Pete's Dragon, The Old Man & the Gun, The Green Knight)
- Jake Schreier (Marvel's Thunderbolts)
- Bryce Dallas Howard (The Mandalorian)
- Lee Isaac Chung (Minari, Twisters)

As mentioned above, there's a certain Amblin/Spielberg quality to the (bootleg) footage shown so far, and coupled with a holiday release, I really do think this has the potential to bring that fun-for-the-whole-family vibe back to the franchise. In less of a made-explicitly-12-year-olds kind of way, and with more of that E.T. / Stranger Things / Indiana Jones magic.

With Skeleton Crew then ending next February or so (it's eight episodes total), I'm guessing Andor season two will be a massive summer 2025 Disney+ release (following Marvel's Daredevil: Born Again in the spring), with twelve episodes across ten-ish weeks.

So right there we could have back-to-back Disney+ series that get fans excited all over again and earn back some of that good will for the franchise. Then less than a year after that, come May 2026, is when Star Wars finally returns to the big screen, in a string movies over the next several years, movies Lucasfilm has been developing for years now, in stark contrast to the infamously rushed sequel trilogy.

Anyway, I just saw that tweet above, got excited all over again, and wanted to say that despite the current state of affairs, I genuinely believe that better days are ahead...

Cyclops origin story?

Lobot's daughter...

I question how successful a Star Wars movie will be at this point when it will be on Disney+ a few months after opening. Anyone with reservations or doubts, which will be a lot of people, can simply wait for it to stream instead of spending the big bucks to see it in theaters. I'm not sure Skeleton Crew and Andor, even assuming SC is really good, are going to push people into theaters because they're pretty unrelated storywise. There's no wider narrative tie in between them, AFAIK.

I think a Mando+Grogu movie, if really good, and brings back Luke in a way that pleases fans, will easily be a massive hit, for all the reasons listed above.

$1B+.