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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Your Daily News from Around Disney 2/11/15

Well, I'm not any better and I'm not any worse than I was yesterday. Life goes on and so does the blog. I am one day closer to my Disney vacation and I can't wait for it to get here already. Once again Disney is breaking news stories daily. Without further ado let's dive into your daily news from around Disney.

DCL Announces Star Wars Days on Certain Disney Fantasy Sailings:

Disney Cruise Line broke the news this morning that Star Wars Days at Sea are coming to certain Disney Fantasy sailings. The sailings are coming, starting in early 2016. The days are January 9th and 23rd, February 6th and 20th, March 5th and 19th, and April 2nd and 16th. All eight dates are on the Disney Fantasy sailing from Port Canaveral on a 7 day Western Caribbean cruise to Cozumel, Mexico, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, and of course Disney's private island in the Bahamas, Castaway Cay.  Each of the eight sailings will have one day dedicated to Star Wars Days at Sea. Guests will be able to go to special events including a deck party, meet and greet with their favorite characters, Star Wars-themed youth activities, unique food and beverages, and special merchandise as well. Screenings of the Star Wars trilogy as well as the new Disney XD animated series Star Wars: Rebels will be available for guests. The Disney Parks Blog will have more details about Star Wars Days at Sea next week.

2017 Setting Up to be Huge Year at the Box Office for Disney:

With yesterday's news of Spider-Man being added to the Marvel Universe of Disney movies, 2017 is setting up to be a huge year at the box office for Disney. Currently scheduled there are 6 major films to be released during that year. It is currently set to start off with a bang in May with the release of "Guardians of the Galaxy 2". Pixar announced a few months ago that they were working to release "Toy Story 4" in June of 2017. After "Toy Story 3" grossed over a billion dollars in 2010, you would expect the next film to exceed a billion as well.  Other films set for a 2017 release date besides the films mentioned are: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales", "Thor: Ragnarok", and "Star Wars Episode VIII". There is also an untitled Pixar film set to release in November of 2017. Is Disney going to break records at the movie theaters in 2017? Which film are you waiting for? Lastly, here is the list of tentative release dates for Disney's huge 2017:

May 5, 2017"Guardians of the Galaxy 2"Marvel
June 16, 2017"Toy Story 4"Pixar
July 7, 2017"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales"Disney
July 28, 2017untitled Spider-Man movieMarvel / Sony Pictures
Nov. 3, 2017"Thor: Ragnarok"Marvel
Dec. 2017"Star Wars: Episode VIII"Lucasfilm


Read more:  http://www.businessinsider.com/disney-2017-movie-schedule-2015-2#ixzz3RThNJTJ6


When Will Disney Theme Parks Break the $100 Ticket Threshold:

It is not a matter of could Disney break the $100 ticket for a day at Disney theme park, is just a matter of when it will happen. It could be as early as this month, yesterday the Orlando Business Journal reported in an article. Their source WDW News Today states that a one-day Magic Kingdom park ticket could cost $105 (plus tax) while Epcot, Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom would be $99 (plus tax) for a one-day ticket. Experts have said that consumers believe that $100/day ticket would be beyond their limit even though Magic Kingdom is already at $99 a day. So the question is what is everybody's limit on what they would pay to get into the parks? Is more than $100 to much for you?  With record attendance going into the parks, Disney doesn't seem to be afraid to raise ticket prices. Let it be known that Disney has yet to announce any ticket increases, but it seems the inevitable is going to happen.

This Day in Disney History:

On this day, 4 years ago in 2011, Walt Disney World's Toontown Fair closed at end of business day to make room for the new Fantasyland expansion.

Daily Disney Quote:

"I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained."

Well that's all for today in the world of Disney news. Pretty interesting times are happening. From Star Wars to Marvel, Disney is in the news and looking to the future. We are all apart of it, so in the words of Mickey Mouse, "See Ya Real Soon."

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