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7/20/2022

Disney's Animal Kingdom Using Disney Genie

Yesterday Renée made a return to Disney's Animal Kingdom and decided to see if the Genie could help her on her day in the park. Did it? Well, read on to find out! 

Before we get into the update,
Renée is running the Dopey at the WDW Marathon in January and is raising money for the incredible Give Kids The World. You can donate here. 

Written by Renée Girard
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Good afternoon from Disney’s Animal Kingdom! It’s been a while since we’ve had some WDW content, and we thought we’d let Disney Genie do the planning today. Let’s see what kind of adventure this takes us on…
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We already had lunch, so skipping Flame Tree, but Finding Nemo sounds like a good idea. Except it’s raining and we don’t feel like waiting an hour, so it’s the 2:30 show instead.
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Finding Nemo: The Musical is a shell of what it was pre-Covid, but the performers are outstanding and most of the fantastic songs remain.
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South American tour groups have returned. Nature is healing.
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Genie has updated the selections. I already found Nemo… rain is holding me back from venturing over to safari but hey, I’ll give it a chance.
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Took a detour at the Restarantosaurus Lounge for a drink, a hidden gem, where cast member Jimmy is the real MVP.
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Genie tells me to see Nemo at 4:30 but I already did. Park offerings are limited. Tell me what I should do and I’ll do it.
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With pretty much no wait and was along our pathway, It’s Tough to be a Bug wins for our next stop. Will check in with Genie after the show for our next suggestion.
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Hopper is alive!
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Ok Genie wants me to check out the safari so I’ll stop by and might take a detour to the 5pm Lion King show.
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There are so many pathways surrounding the Tree of Life, including the It’s Tough to be a Bug exit, where you get spectacular views like this.
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Whoops another detour from Genie, at Dawn bar for beer and saying hi to some friends!
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Safari will have to wait. For now, It is Time.
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Festival of the Lion King was fantastic
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On to the safari as recommended by Genie, and looks as if he has made the right call.
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Always love the safari.
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Genie has us getting food in 50 min so not sure what to do next but we’ll gladly take a walk around.
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Not waiting till 6:50 to get food as recommended by Genie… No wait at Nomad Lounge!
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Gave up on following Genie and just took a walk through Pandora. Thanks for following our journey today!

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3/2/2016

Hong Kong Disneyland Final Update!! 

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Over the last few months we've been taking a tour of Hong Kong Disneyland which has gone on far longer than we anticipated due to all of the other amazing stuff going on. And we've also got great stuff from Tokyo Disney Resort coming up next so we decided we'd just wrap up the last 4 updates into one for you all to enjoy. 

If you missed any of our previous HKDL updates be sure to check them out. Welcome to Hong Kong Disneyland, Main Street USA, Iron Man Experience, Tomorrowland,  Frozen Village, Mystic Point and Grizzly Gulch. 

​ Thanks again to Inside Universal for the great pictures.

Click on any of the pictures below for a larger version ... 


Adventureland

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First up today is a look at Adventureland including Tarzan's Treehouse, Festival of the Lion King and Jungle Cruise. 

Toy Story Land

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The last of the "mini lands" of Hong Kong Disneyland, Toy Story Land. Maybe a glimpse of what we'll be seeing at the re-branded Disney's Hollywood Studios. 

Fantasyland

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Next up a look at the great Fantasyland at Hong Kong Disneyland including the amazing PhilharMagic, It's a Small World and Winnie The Pooh. 

Paint The Night

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Finally, we wrap up our look at Hong Kong Disneyland with a great look at the original Paint The Night. 
Thanks again to Inside Universal for these great pictures. We sure enjoyed going through the over 5,000 pictures and we can't wait to start going through the pictures from Tokyo Disney Resort. 

​Look for the first update from Tokyo Disney coming very soon!! 


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10/21/2014 0 Comments

A closer look at Disney's park spending numbers

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Yesterday our friends over at Screamscape ran an article from Fool.com about how much Disney was actually spending inside it's parks since 2011. 
While the numbers are "technically" correct, what they were actually spent on has been lumped together with numbers from the motion picture and consumer products divisions to make certain things (MyMagic+) seem like it was a higher cost than it was. 

Luckily Chris is a spreadsheet master and put together some numbers to show exactly what was spent and where it was spent. We'll take a look at the Fool.com numbers and show you what was ACTUALLY spent and where. 

The author of the article took the number for ALL capital expenditures for all parts of Disney including movie production and consumer products.. He used the bottom number on the spreadsheet below instead of using the number next to domestic Parks and Resorts. 

As you'll see, the TOTAL for all Parks and Resort expenditures since 2011 is $6.7 Billion not the $14 Billion that is mentioned in the article. 

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Walt Disney World Numbers: 

The article states that $3.8 Billion was spent on New Fantasyland in Florida and an additional $2.8 Billion was spent ONLY on MyMagic+. 
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The numbers break down more like this: 

  • Art of Animation Hotel = $105 Million
  • Grand Floridian Villas = $95 Million
  • Test Track = $50 Million
  • New Fantasyland = $550 Million
  • Disney Springs (Initial Construction) = $200 Million
  • Princess Hall Meet and Greet = $15 Million
  • Lion King Relocation = $10 Million
  • Star Tours 2.0 = $25 Million (Split with Disneyland for a total cost of $50 Million)

  • My Magic+ = 1.5 Billion


So yes, a LOT of $$ was spent on MM+. More than DCA 2.0 and CarsLand combined. And it's an obscene amount of money. But it's still about $1.3 Billion off from what the article states. 
Disneyland Numbers: 

Moving over to the West Coast and the numbers for DCA 2.0 and CarsLand area actually LESS than MyMagic+. Could you imagine what DCA would look like if the numbers were actually $3.8 Billion? 
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  • California Adventure 2.0 and CarsLand - $1.3 Billion
  • Star Tours 2.0 = $25 Million (Split with Walt Disney World for a total cost of $50 Million)
Additional Parks and Resorts Numbers: 

And lastly, not even mentioned in the article was spending for the Disney Cruise line and Aulani. 
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  • Disney Dream = $900 Million
  • Disney Fantasy = $950 Million
  • Disney's Aulani = $264 Million (Total cost of $800 Million assuming 33% in 2011)


So at the end of the day, Disney is still spending a LOT of $$ in their parks and resorts. MM+ cost a LOT of money, so there is some truth to all those articles you've been reading over the last few years. 

But this just is another example of shoddy journalism to try and prove a point. In this case, you don't really need to fudge the numbers, the proof is already there. 

What are your thoughts? 


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