Disney corporate is so cringe. The cringiest. They have all these great storytellers that work for them, and then corporate or some deadeyed VP or disconnected marketing program opens their mouths and it is just soooooo ugh. Like opening a bottle of milk that was left out all day.
Dallin, I doubt this is your full time job and I'm not sure if it ever will be, but I hope you're having fun and keep it up. Your videos are always great, the quality is always on point, and I look forward to every upload. Thanks for all the time and effort.
About the figment topic, I would like to comment: Many times I hear Disney RUclipsrs saying that Disney doesn't like the annual pass holders because the people that really spends money on the parks merch are the international visitors. But being an international visitor myself, I couldn't disagree more. I could bet not a single international visitor was doing that 7 hours line for figment. I'm pretty sure locals are the ones that tend to buy more of the merch and eat on the most expensive restaurants. International visitors already spent way too much just on the vacations itself.
I suspect that international visitors on average spend more on merchandise per park day, but passholders may on average spend more on merchandise per calendar year. On any given day Disney may prefer to have an international visitor attend over having a passholder attend.
What they are missing is the abject loyalty many annual passholder fans *had* (past tense). They sold out their loyal fans hoping that there would continuously be enough casual visitors to keep their parks full... every day, of every year, for eternity.... it is already backfiring. Family went to Disneyland Anaheim during December, which used to be insanely busy EVERY SINGLE DAY and the park was DEAD even in good Southern California weather...
Go to Universal instead. I can't understand why so many people fly to fucking Florida for the purpose of gouging their wallets and getting spit on by one of the country's worst companies for a week.
Absolutely. And the price is the other half of the problem. If few people would pay those prices for an OG trilogy themed hotel, making it themed around the overall hated Sequels just makes it unsellable.
@@___David__ super sound like mousekers my myself before seeing her screen record really remember reel feel like flash back past life look back at 1935 Sybil Jason she was know she was saving Disneyland Disney company class starts at VIP tickets tour guide Legends of view of the world
Honestly, it probably wouldn't even be that expensive to have it be based around all three based on the time you go. That's why this Disney was failing. Simple investments can be made to ensure the future is better but they were too f****** busy at the penny pinching
It’s a small part of the reason; the big part is absolutely the price. Even if it was an amazing experience themed to the OT and appealing to the kinds of old-school fans that can actually afford this kind of thing, you’re still appealing to a very limited clientele that almost certainly isn’t large enough to continuously fill bookings for years going forwards.
It's mainly because it simply is not worth the price it's a one and done experience. Another tribute to Disney's profits above all else short sightedness. If Disney was thinking long term this hotel wouldn't exist.
Did Disney learn nothing from the disasters at the Burbank studio and the original drafts of EPCOT pre-Walt's Death to know that having people live under Disney 24/7 is a bad idea?
@@princezzpuffypants6287 Sybil Jason she was saving Disneyland for cvd years since she feels like almost cried crying and she was in bad I was looking back flash back past life look back at Disneyland
Can I just say, genius way of setting up the video by running down all the big news stories month by month. Really helped put the weirdness of the past year into perspective. Hopefully this coming year will bring a bit more normalcy and stability to parks side of the business.
Seriously, you are seriously one of the most entertaining Disney vloggers out there and my family thanks you for all of the great info, insights and FUN you put into your videos. Great stuff and here's to that orange-bearded man and animatronic popcorn bucket all-rumorish, wishful thinking, non-announcement annoucement....
Yeah but this time they’re a megacorp with more money than God. It’s this weird era of creativity bankruptcy, nickel-and-diming fans, and yet the company is more powerful than ever
@@VoidNull9222 Disney is going to be broken up by the feds to the point that they will be set back decades, losing everything Iger bought and making Teddy Roosevelt stand up in his grave and applaud.
I wouldn't go as far to say that, but it's definitely not one of its brightest times. It's at least not as bad as the 70's and early 2000's, but definitely nowhere near as good as the 90's and the original golden and silver age of Disney.
I hope the Disney parks clean up after Chapek's rampage this year. I know Iger isn't the best, and his choice of successors are either really good or really bad, but I'm praying we get the good timeline.
Great year woundup Dallin! Thanks for cutting one (or more) of your selves loose to do such a comprehensive expose' of the year that was! May I add that your admixture of sincerity with tomfoolery is highly fantastical and fun! You don't half do anything! Thanks again for producing such well rounded content. In the spirit of the S.E.A. I wish you a Happy 2023 old chum!
I understand what you say but we have to remember that "one of the biggest IPs in history" was the ORIGINAL TRILOGY of Star Wars. Period. Nothing that came after that and most definetly NOT the 3 terrible movies produced by Disney, which themes their lands and hotel. Thank God it's a total flop, otherwise they would think it was a great idea to build all that to begin with. It was not. Lol
@@scataplaft heavily agreed. I’m a fan of the prequels but even I can tell that wasn’t really the thing that made Star Wars one of the biggest IP’s out there, that was just the OG trilogy alone. Glad we agree on the sequels as well, it really was a dumb move to theme it all to the new stuff that never even had time to be reflected on or gain a fanbase as big and as old as the other two trilogies, nostalgia is a big thing, you bring in the OG trilogy and easily it would’ve been a massive success and one of the most praised lands. Assuming all the theming and attractions were done correctly ofc…
Simple, Star Wars is a damaged brand. If you look up viewer numbers on Disney+, Andor, while it was at the top every week it came out, was significantly lower than the numbers Boba Fett and Obi Wan Kenobi pulled in. What’s the difference? Andor was sensational. Boba Fett and Obi Wan Kenobi were a slap and kick to the shins. Not to mention the catastrophe that was the sequel trilogy, and Star Wars is a damaged brand in the view of the public.
@@scataplaft I agree and, as a Disney shareholder, I'm not happy that "certain people" at LucasFilm are allowed to keep on wasting money. Yes, this hotel isn't "George Lucas," but that doesn't mean that Disney Star Wars needs to keep on failing. PS: which is the 3rd terrible movie? Do you mean Solo or Force Awakens? Maybe 4 terrible movies?
I keep experiencing the weirdness. I happened to be at EPCOT on Figment day, with no idea what was going on. I had to stop a worker to ask, and I assumed there was some language barrier and I was misunderstanding, but alas, I was not. And now I’m going to be at Disneyland during the exact days when both Indiana Jones and Radiator Springs Racer will be closed, two of the small handful of reasons I wanted to finally go to Disneyland instead of Disney World.
Great video cataloging all the events of this Wild year! I hope Iger can turn the ship around - things were feeling pretty dire under Chapek. I’ll be really sad to see Splash Mountain go, but I’m still excited to see what the future brings! The new animatronics in American Adventure look GREAT! I agree that 2023 will be a “make or break year” for Disney overall. Hoping to see positive results
i think it would actually be nice to see “Journey into the Imagination” close and get gutted and replaced with a Figment dark ride maybe called something else… it’s just that names been used 3 times now 😭
I’m at Disneyland at the moment, and the walls around the tree house have concept art and signs that say something like “inspired by Swiss family Robinson”.
For what it is worth Dallin, I am not really a Disney fan but I am a fan of theme parks and I am a fan of your channel. You are very entertaining and relatable. Best of luck in the New Year!
Well, they didn't post a Splash Mountain date as you posted this video, but they did announce today that the Treehouse opens Feb 11, so thanks for pushing them along on that date at least. :)
Splash Mountain will still be there for WDW's 75th and Disneyland's centennial in 2055. My descendants will be enjoying Splash Mountain and be singing Zip--A-Dee-Doo-Dah like billions before them and will never ride any PATF-based ride.
This year was the last year I visit a D park for a while. The rising costs and diminishing returns (hours of lines due to rides going down) made it less than magical this time around. In contrast, our day at Universal was fantastic. I think they're getting our dollars for the foreseeable future until Disney gets it figured out.
2023 will be the year I go to WDW (or any Disney park) for the first time since 1982! Been planning since 2021, and your channel has been a big part of my growing excitement!
It will still be Splash Mountain in 2046 for the 75th of WDW and in 2055 for Disneyland's centennial complete with Brer Rabbit long after the MDGA movement has taken over Disney, undone the 2Bobs era, banned wokeness, and brought back the "What would Walt do?" mantra that governed Disney for years after his death.
Cotino should just be a low key, spread out resort for people like me who would rather have a chill air bnb experience than go to a big, extravagant, crowded resort. It could be a cool town-but-not-a-town, we go there on vacation and pretend its a timeshare or something. Or maybe it really could be a timeshare 🤷♂
That whole “what could happen” thing at D23 feels to me like they had nothing big to announce for Disney World so they just pulled out some fancy, very far off concept art to show off
Thanks for this video, I have a ritual that consists in drinking a cup of coffee and smoking a cig while watching one of your videos, and damn, I have just finish preparing my morning coffee haha Happy new Year Dallin!
The collectors item bit when you picked up the pen had me dead 🤣🤣 I'm sorry disney has let you down man, I'm not sure the parks will ever be as good as they were pre-pandemic and future world at Epcot is a hot mess
Yeah, this was a really weird year for Disney. Movie wise, I don’t think they released a single good movie (not imo at least) unless you count Prey and Avatar, which are technically from them. The CEO was fired, Disney+ released some of the worst shows this year, this year’s D23 was probably the worst one yet, and the parks are chaotic right now, certainly in changes. I’m hoping next year we’ll see the company in a better state…
@@coffeebeans5460 I agree to disagree. I thought it was pretty mediocre, and I would say it’s top 3 worst Pixar movies. I’ve seen the movie is pretty divisive too however. I respect your opinion tho 👍 (I was talking about Pixar as well when I said that, Marvel and Star Wars as well just so it’s clear)
@@connorfrancis655 also agree to disagree. I would disagree that it was bad, but I’m also not of the opinion that it’s really good. I thought it was just decent at best. I would say it’s the best of the MCU shows (that or Hawkeye) but for me there’s not much competition to begin with. The tv shows I was really looking at was National Treasure, which was just abysmal imo, and Willow, which was just so lazy bland and dull imo
I just got back from a trip to Disneyland a couple weeks ago and I was really sad to find the Tarzan tree was turned back into the Swiss Family Robinson theme and was way less interactive than the Tarzan treehouse. It was also sad because it was the first time my girlfriend had been to Disneyland and she was pretty disappointed with Adventureland/Frontierland/Critter Country as well as Tomorrowland but I was telling her about how those areas were a lot more fun when they had more stuff open like the hundred acre woods, Splash Mountain/Tiana's Bayou, the steamboat, the canoes, Tom Sawyer island, and the interactive play area and exhibits on Tarzan's treehouse. But I also didn't realize before going that they had closed the innoventions center and starcade in Tomorrowland since the last time I went, so it felt especially empty, plus star tours and Astro blasters have kind of been made obsolete even though I'm still nostalgic for both of them. I wasn't old enough to see Tomorrowland when they had the people mover and skyway but I can imagine Autopia felt a lot more like the future as well when they had those running
0:30 yes, and I do think that part of that was when they let us know how much it would cost. For that amount of money, I expect a fully working x-wing, hanging out with both Yoda's and the droids. And then it's opened and people are like "Not worth it." 6:39 hold it. This sounds like that Disney town where that guy killed his whole family.
Ah, yes, we here at disney have this brand new attraction. You must pay an early access fee and queue up for a minimum of 5 hours. We also sell a no longer free fast pass which can save you 2 of the 5 hours (you will enter a 3 hr line) or we have a premium 250 per person service called fast pass + which will give you the ability to skip ONE queue.
went to Hollywood Studios after the rock'n' rollercoaster refurb and it went down for like hours 3 times throughout the day. it even stopped for a minute right before I got on.
Cosmic Rewind was definitely the parks highlight of 2022 (well, 2nd after the announcement of Chapek being fired). The story and theming could be a little more cohesive, but is just so freaking fun.
disney is on the decline. they've got too many ridiculous problems in their c-suite. your hopes should be focused towards universal until the current executives (bob iger, kathleeen kennedy, christine mccarthy, dana walden, jimmy pitaro, jeniifer cohen, horatio guitierrez, latondra newton, and josh d'amaro especially) LEAVE. They've established such a bad taste at disney, the current rut can only be overcome by fresh ideas and new leaders.
Exactly. *FRESH* ideas, both for the parks and for film. No more dependence on assimilating the material of other studios and milking guests.... most of us would be happy to pay more if we were receiving more value, but the value has gone way down! Anyway, all y'all already know....
I'm convinced they called it "Tiana's Bayou Adventure" because someone wrote "TBA" on a map and they didn't want to pay to reprint everything... so they matched the name to the abbreviation 😂
January - March is gonna be a fun time at disneyland for the 100!! :D and Super Nintendo World opening over at Universal Studios so that’s gonna be awesome!
Late to this video but when it comes to popcorn buckets, when I went to Disneyland in early November I was getting two of the holiday popcorn buckets and someone got 10 buckets which I have no doubt most if not all were for reselling later on.
I'm not surprised the people working on Storyliving didn't know what it was supposed to be cause I don't think anyone could look at it and know what it's supposed to be.
Disneyland needs to put the locals first. It was the local Families with kids and young adults that made Disneyland great starting back in 1955. Happy New Year to all......
Anyone else find the music too loud in this video? I had to turn it off. I couldn’t hear what he’s saying over the piano. Just wondering. Maybe it’s my tv settings. Idk 🤷♂️
It’s only during the recap of the year part of the video, and I think maybe he made it that way to give a feeling of chaos? Idk, I’m glad it stopped after about 3 minutes though 😅
Great video as always. I think your facial expressions during the storyliving segment probably mirrored the facial expressions of Disney Fans throughout the whole of 2022. At least Disney are entertaining us. Just not in the way they imagined.
You're, by far, the RUclipsr that pixie dusts THE MOST everything that has been happening with the company in the last years. It's quite incredible tbh. It's a lot of effort. Let's see if you can handle a whole new year of budget and theming cuts before getting tired of the Iger's legacies once for all.
Indiana Jones Adventure (Disneyland, Ca) is getting a refurbishment. Mr. Snake is getting fixed finally, and MAYBE. Just MAYBE. Some of the old effects will be fixed, or upgraded so we can all ride it in it's formula glory. Hopefully.
I like the idea of SEA, but with modern Imagineer identity politics I have a feeling each project that comes out of this IP is going to be soft and uninspired, and will only be what the company can afford at the time which is not quite the historical inspiration for Imagineers is it?
I think you're giving Iger a bit too much credit yet. He really hasn't done anything yet aside from put all his blame on Chapek. I really doubt all the renovations were his call as well. He wants/has to fix the Disney+ revenue loss first.
Exactly. And on top of that, if Disney is in the gutter like it is, it was BECAUSE OF IGER more than Chapek. It was Iger that turned Disney into politics. It was Iger that overspent. It was Iger that put Disney into massive debt.
I still felt that the D23 "could" section could (lol) should have been its own Blue Sky panel. I was hoping for Tomorrowland (Disneyland) announcements and perhaps more for Disney100, but just felt pretty "eh" towards the end.
I’m curious to see with Iger’s return if they revert back to fast pass instead of the genie plus system. I’m definitely not a fan of it and I know there was a lot of frustration towards the subject, and I have to hope that they’ll bring the original fast pass system back.
Well, Disney used the idea I liked for re-themeing Splash Mountain, so maybe they'll do what I've been saying they should do to Rock N Roller Coaster and re-theme it with A Goofy Movie.
I'm a little mad that the rock and roller coaster is closing literally the day I get to Disney World, my luck is really turning up 😆 I haven't been in so long and was looking forward to that, I'll just have to think about all the other exciting stuff that will be open.
As a observer of all things. I've noticed that Chepek during his time at Disney really was about the bottom dollar and cared little of quality, immersion, and overall care. He didn't hire new employees, maintenance was cut in places, he pushed the online food services and similar, even new company products if they could be changed to cut cost, whether it was for advertisement, scripts, or quality he did it. This is why for example the Disney Wish is kinda seen as meh compared to its older sisters, and why the Star Wars hotel experience has been so bad due to horrible advertisement and similar. Chepek only cared about money and to acquire it cheaply. I feel that with Iger back for the moment, will likely see a boost in quality both in immersion and life in the parks. It will likely be better this year, however much of Chepeks machinations are still going down the pipe so it might not be possible to stop some things in motion, at most its possible to change some to cushion the damage. Still if what we've been hearing from some. It seems that the parks will get the attention they so desperately need.
only 1 minute in and liking the vid so far but if I may offer a tip, the background music is pretty loud over your voice and distracting enough that it makes it hard to focus on what you're saying. Could be a good idea to keep an eye on this sorta sound mixing in future videos
Him: I *hope* if you are watching this you are a hardcore Disney fan Me: *sweats* (I am a casual and critical Disney fan but hey, his content is entertaining to me)
Disney corporate is so cringe. The cringiest. They have all these great storytellers that work for them, and then corporate or some deadeyed VP or disconnected marketing program opens their mouths and it is just soooooo ugh. Like opening a bottle of milk that was left out all day.
Dallin, I doubt this is your full time job and I'm not sure if it ever will be, but I hope you're having fun and keep it up. Your videos are always great, the quality is always on point, and I look forward to every upload. Thanks for all the time and effort.
Thank you, Jason. That truly means a lot.
@@OffhandDisney you really are great, always look forward to an upload and my whole family does as well
I love the use of music at the beginning of this video, but the balance was a bit off: the music drowned out your voice a little.
About the figment topic, I would like to comment: Many times I hear Disney RUclipsrs saying that Disney doesn't like the annual pass holders because the people that really spends money on the parks merch are the international visitors. But being an international visitor myself, I couldn't disagree more. I could bet not a single international visitor was doing that 7 hours line for figment.
I'm pretty sure locals are the ones that tend to buy more of the merch and eat on the most expensive restaurants. International visitors already spent way too much just on the vacations itself.
I suspect that international visitors on average spend more on merchandise per park day, but passholders may on average spend more on merchandise per calendar year. On any given day Disney may prefer to have an international visitor attend over having a passholder attend.
What they are missing is the abject loyalty many annual passholder fans *had* (past tense). They sold out their loyal fans hoping that there would continuously be enough casual visitors to keep their parks full... every day, of every year, for eternity.... it is already backfiring. Family went to Disneyland Anaheim during December, which used to be insanely busy EVERY SINGLE DAY and the park was DEAD even in good Southern California weather...
@@princezzpuffypants6287 that's a lie
Go to Universal instead. I can't understand why so many people fly to fucking Florida for the purpose of gouging their wallets and getting spit on by one of the country's worst companies for a week.
Maybe it's just my bias, but I think having the Star Wars hotel be sequels-themed was part of the reason why it's failing
Absolutely. And the price is the other half of the problem. If few people would pay those prices for an OG trilogy themed hotel, making it themed around the overall hated Sequels just makes it unsellable.
@@___David__ super sound like mousekers my myself before seeing her screen record really remember reel feel like flash back past life look back at 1935 Sybil Jason she was know she was saving Disneyland Disney company class starts at VIP tickets tour guide Legends of view of the world
Honestly, it probably wouldn't even be that expensive to have it be based around all three based on the time you go. That's why this Disney was failing. Simple investments can be made to ensure the future is better but they were too f****** busy at the penny pinching
It’s a small part of the reason; the big part is absolutely the price. Even if it was an amazing experience themed to the OT and appealing to the kinds of old-school fans that can actually afford this kind of thing, you’re still appealing to a very limited clientele that almost certainly isn’t large enough to continuously fill bookings for years going forwards.
It's mainly because it simply is not worth the price it's a one and done experience. Another tribute to Disney's profits above all else short sightedness. If Disney was thinking long term this hotel wouldn't exist.
Did Disney learn nothing from the disasters at the Burbank studio and the original drafts of EPCOT pre-Walt's Death to know that having people live under Disney 24/7 is a bad idea?
*cough* Celebration Florida *cough* (the average Disney CEO knows less about Disney than the average casual fan 🤣)
@@princezzpuffypants6287 Sybil Jason she was saving Disneyland for cvd years since she feels like almost cried crying and she was in bad I was looking back flash back past life look back at Disneyland
@@derekllewellyn6663 I hope the ambulance arrived in time after that sever stroke you just typed out
Well, the original EPCOT drafts were never executed, which is why it’s still somewhat romanticized as Walt’s greatest what-if.
I have no desire to live in Storyliving. But, I get the feeling its target audience is Disney Fans, not employees.
Hoping and praying 2023 is the year Dallin's DisneySea dream comes true at last.
Don't trust the bots they are scamming you. (Help for just in case)
Can I just say, genius way of setting up the video by running down all the big news stories month by month. Really helped put the weirdness of the past year into perspective. Hopefully this coming year will bring a bit more normalcy and stability to parks side of the business.
Seriously, you are seriously one of the most entertaining Disney vloggers out there and my family thanks you for all of the great info, insights and FUN you put into your videos. Great stuff and here's to that orange-bearded man and animatronic popcorn bucket all-rumorish, wishful thinking, non-announcement annoucement....
Disney is in the Dark Ages once more.
Yeah but this time they’re a megacorp with more money than God.
It’s this weird era of creativity bankruptcy, nickel-and-diming fans, and yet the company is more powerful than ever
@@VoidNull9222 Disney is going to be broken up by the feds to the point that they will be set back decades, losing everything Iger bought and making Teddy Roosevelt stand up in his grave and applaud.
I wouldn't go as far to say that, but it's definitely not one of its brightest times. It's at least not as bad as the 70's and early 2000's, but definitely nowhere near as good as the 90's and the original golden and silver age of Disney.
Yes, please, *treat the cast members like human beings, ffs.*
I won’t lie, I’m going to miss Tarzan’s Treehouse. I loved walking up and around in there and hearing Phil Collin’s instrumentals.
I hope the Disney parks clean up after Chapek's rampage this year. I know Iger isn't the best, and his choice of successors are either really good or really bad, but I'm praying we get the good timeline.
The best part of Chapek getting kicked out is that it was a birthday present for me.
Great year woundup Dallin! Thanks for cutting one (or more) of your selves loose to do such a comprehensive expose' of the year that was! May I add that your admixture of sincerity with tomfoolery is highly fantastical and fun! You don't half do anything! Thanks again for producing such well rounded content. In the spirit of the S.E.A. I wish you a Happy 2023 old chum!
Isn't it strange that a box office bomb (TRON) has more positive buzz than a hotel of one of the biggest IPs in history?
I understand what you say but we have to remember that "one of the biggest IPs in history" was the ORIGINAL TRILOGY of Star Wars. Period. Nothing that came after that and most definetly NOT the 3 terrible movies produced by Disney, which themes their lands and hotel. Thank God it's a total flop, otherwise they would think it was a great idea to build all that to begin with. It was not. Lol
@@scataplaft heavily agreed. I’m a fan of the prequels but even I can tell that wasn’t really the thing that made Star Wars one of the biggest IP’s out there, that was just the OG trilogy alone. Glad we agree on the sequels as well, it really was a dumb move to theme it all to the new stuff that never even had time to be reflected on or gain a fanbase as big and as old as the other two trilogies, nostalgia is a big thing, you bring in the OG trilogy and easily it would’ve been a massive success and one of the most praised lands. Assuming all the theming and attractions were done correctly ofc…
Simple, Star Wars is a damaged brand. If you look up viewer numbers on Disney+, Andor, while it was at the top every week it came out, was significantly lower than the numbers Boba Fett and Obi Wan Kenobi pulled in. What’s the difference? Andor was sensational. Boba Fett and Obi Wan Kenobi were a slap and kick to the shins. Not to mention the catastrophe that was the sequel trilogy, and Star Wars is a damaged brand in the view of the public.
True, but it doesn’t cost 5k to go on it 😂
@@scataplaft I agree and, as a Disney shareholder, I'm not happy that "certain people" at LucasFilm are allowed to keep on wasting money. Yes, this hotel isn't "George Lucas," but that doesn't mean that Disney Star Wars needs to keep on failing.
PS: which is the 3rd terrible movie? Do you mean Solo or Force Awakens? Maybe 4 terrible movies?
This is what happens when creatively bankrupt people run a company that was built on the epitome of imaginative creativity...
I keep experiencing the weirdness. I happened to be at EPCOT on Figment day, with no idea what was going on. I had to stop a worker to ask, and I assumed there was some language barrier and I was misunderstanding, but alas, I was not.
And now I’m going to be at Disneyland during the exact days when both Indiana Jones and Radiator Springs Racer will be closed, two of the small handful of reasons I wanted to finally go to Disneyland instead of Disney World.
This year was weird, but the even weirder thing is having splash mountain closing 2 years after it was announced 😂😂😂😂😂
I Heard The Disney World Train Opened back up so was Happy to Hear that.
You're my favorite channel for Disney parks and history, the content is unmatched
Great video cataloging all the events of this Wild year! I hope Iger can turn the ship around - things were feeling pretty dire under Chapek. I’ll be really sad to see Splash Mountain go, but I’m still excited to see what the future brings! The new animatronics in American Adventure look GREAT! I agree that 2023 will be a “make or break year” for Disney overall. Hoping to see positive results
Thank you for mentioning taking care of CMs. So many of my friends who are still with the company are miserable.
i think it would actually be nice to see “Journey into the Imagination” close and get gutted and replaced with a Figment dark ride maybe called something else… it’s just that names been used 3 times now 😭
Figment’s Imagination Adventure 😂
I’m at Disneyland at the moment, and the walls around the tree house have concept art and signs that say something like “inspired by Swiss family Robinson”.
Crazy year. Here's to a good 2023.
For what it is worth Dallin, I am not really a Disney fan but I am a fan of theme parks and I am a fan of your channel. You are very entertaining and relatable. Best of luck in the New Year!
Well, they didn't post a Splash Mountain date as you posted this video, but they did announce today that the Treehouse opens Feb 11, so thanks for pushing them along on that date at least. :)
Splash Mountain will still be there for WDW's 75th and Disneyland's centennial in 2055. My descendants will be enjoying Splash Mountain and be singing Zip--A-Dee-Doo-Dah like billions before them and will never ride any PATF-based ride.
I love the way you calmly explain all of the exciting information you provided. But I also love the Jean Lafite conspiracy video 😂
Love your videos, As a sound sensitive person please know it's hard to hear you above the background piano music.
This year was the last year I visit a D park for a while. The rising costs and diminishing returns (hours of lines due to rides going down) made it less than magical this time around. In contrast, our day at Universal was fantastic. I think they're getting our dollars for the foreseeable future until Disney gets it figured out.
2023 will be the year I go to WDW (or any Disney park) for the first time since 1982! Been planning since 2021, and your channel has been a big part of my growing excitement!
I think I'm still going to call it Splash Mountain because Tiana's Bayou Adventure is a mouthful. Excited to ride it!
Splash II: Tiana's Bayou Boogaloo
I am going to call it what it is. Woke Mountain
It will still be Splash Mountain in 2046 for the 75th of WDW and in 2055 for Disneyland's centennial complete with Brer Rabbit long after the MDGA movement has taken over Disney, undone the 2Bobs era, banned wokeness, and brought back the "What would Walt do?" mantra that governed Disney for years after his death.
People will come up wit some short nickname for it. Heck, few people call it by its full name as it is.
Cotino should just be a low key, spread out resort for people like me who would rather have a chill air bnb experience than go to a big, extravagant, crowded resort. It could be a cool town-but-not-a-town, we go there on vacation and pretend its a timeshare or something. Or maybe it really could be a timeshare 🤷♂
Oo I like your idea - it’s got Disney Vacation Club vibes for sure
2022 was a wild year for Disney parks.... And the cherry on top, I was in the Cali parks when the Eisner upheaval occured
Disney did get just a LITTLE weird
That whole “what could happen” thing at D23 feels to me like they had nothing big to announce for Disney World so they just pulled out some fancy, very far off concept art to show off
These vids are good. But man that piano instrumental is overwhelming .
Thanks for this video, I have a ritual that consists in drinking a cup of coffee and smoking a cig while watching one of your videos, and damn, I have just finish preparing my morning coffee haha
Happy new Year Dallin!
@OffhandDisney.. haha funny guy
The collectors item bit when you picked up the pen had me dead 🤣🤣 I'm sorry disney has let you down man, I'm not sure the parks will ever be as good as they were pre-pandemic and future world at Epcot is a hot mess
This years been crazy but I was in wdw in June and I still had a ton of fun.
Yeah, this was a really weird year for Disney. Movie wise, I don’t think they released a single good movie (not imo at least) unless you count Prey and Avatar, which are technically from them. The CEO was fired, Disney+ released some of the worst shows this year, this year’s D23 was probably the worst one yet, and the parks are chaotic right now, certainly in changes. I’m hoping next year we’ll see the company in a better state…
Also Barbarian
Turning Red was pretty good. But you can make the argument that it's more Pixar's movie than Disney.
@@coffeebeans5460 I agree to disagree. I thought it was pretty mediocre, and I would say it’s top 3 worst Pixar movies. I’ve seen the movie is pretty divisive too however. I respect your opinion tho 👍 (I was talking about Pixar as well when I said that, Marvel and Star Wars as well just so it’s clear)
@@connorfrancis655 also agree to disagree. I would disagree that it was bad, but I’m also not of the opinion that it’s really good. I thought it was just decent at best. I would say it’s the best of the MCU shows (that or Hawkeye) but for me there’s not much competition to begin with. The tv shows I was really looking at was National Treasure, which was just abysmal imo, and Willow, which was just so lazy bland and dull imo
@@coffeebeans5460 completely disagree. Not only was it a bad movie....don't put puberty subtext in my fucking kids movie...
I just got back from a trip to Disneyland a couple weeks ago and I was really sad to find the Tarzan tree was turned back into the Swiss Family Robinson theme and was way less interactive than the Tarzan treehouse. It was also sad because it was the first time my girlfriend had been to Disneyland and she was pretty disappointed with Adventureland/Frontierland/Critter Country as well as Tomorrowland but I was telling her about how those areas were a lot more fun when they had more stuff open like the hundred acre woods, Splash Mountain/Tiana's Bayou, the steamboat, the canoes, Tom Sawyer island, and the interactive play area and exhibits on Tarzan's treehouse. But I also didn't realize before going that they had closed the innoventions center and starcade in Tomorrowland since the last time I went, so it felt especially empty, plus star tours and Astro blasters have kind of been made obsolete even though I'm still nostalgic for both of them. I wasn't old enough to see Tomorrowland when they had the people mover and skyway but I can imagine Autopia felt a lot more like the future as well when they had those running
I was at Disneyland 2 days ago, and the cast member told us that splash mountain was closing in may of this year.
As a 14 year old, I’m glad to be considered a Disney Adult.
0:30 yes, and I do think that part of that was when they let us know how much it would cost. For that amount of money, I expect a fully working x-wing, hanging out with both Yoda's and the droids. And then it's opened and people are like "Not worth it."
6:39 hold it. This sounds like that Disney town where that guy killed his whole family.
Ah, yes, we here at disney have this brand new attraction. You must pay an early access fee and queue up for a minimum of 5 hours. We also sell a no longer free fast pass which can save you 2 of the 5 hours (you will enter a 3 hr line) or we have a premium 250 per person service called fast pass + which will give you the ability to skip ONE queue.
@@FrappeInsider I'm instantly reminded of the Fast pass documentary by defuntland
love your perspective and opinions always!!
went to Hollywood Studios after the rock'n' rollercoaster refurb and it went down for like hours 3 times throughout the day. it even stopped for a minute right before I got on.
Thanks Offhand for a wonderful year! I look forward to your videos each week
Cosmic Rewind was definitely the parks highlight of 2022 (well, 2nd after the announcement of Chapek being fired). The story and theming could be a little more cohesive, but is just so freaking fun.
Happy new year 🎉🥂
I do love niche Disney Parks videos. Keep up the great work.
disney is on the decline. they've got too many ridiculous problems in their c-suite. your hopes should be focused towards universal until the current executives (bob iger, kathleeen kennedy, christine mccarthy, dana walden, jimmy pitaro, jeniifer cohen, horatio guitierrez, latondra newton, and josh d'amaro especially) LEAVE. They've established such a bad taste at disney, the current rut can only be overcome by fresh ideas and new leaders.
Exactly. *FRESH* ideas, both for the parks and for film. No more dependence on assimilating the material of other studios and milking guests.... most of us would be happy to pay more if we were receiving more value, but the value has gone way down! Anyway, all y'all already know....
Walt would've ratted each and everyone of those traitors to the US out to the HUAC, like I plan to do so myself.
I'm convinced they called it "Tiana's Bayou Adventure" because someone wrote "TBA" on a map and they didn't want to pay to reprint everything... so they matched the name to the abbreviation 😂
Can you make a 10 - 20 year plan for Walt Disney World as a whole? You could really do all 6 resorts but you can start with that.
January - March is gonna be a fun time at disneyland for the 100!! :D and Super Nintendo World opening over at Universal Studios so that’s gonna be awesome!
I think the line for Figment buckets is for the resale value on Mercari and Poshmark.
Late to this video but when it comes to popcorn buckets, when I went to Disneyland in early November I was getting two of the holiday popcorn buckets and someone got 10 buckets which I have no doubt most if not all were for reselling later on.
I'm not surprised the people working on Storyliving didn't know what it was supposed to be cause I don't think anyone could look at it and know what it's supposed to be.
Dallin you are amazing my child
Your videos always slap. Happy new year
Everything the resorts arm of Disney does just makes me more excited for Epic Universe to open lol
They really should have left it called Splash Mountain. The new name is too long.
Great vid, somebody gotta tell him to turn the music down in that intro tho
Hopes and Dreams bit! 🤣
Love your videos D, keep up the good work.👏👍🙏🙌
That music is overpowering anything you were attempting to say.
happy new year
HAPPY NEW YEAR :)
Disneyland needs to put the locals first. It was the local Families with kids and young adults that made Disneyland great starting back in 1955. Happy New Year to all......
entering the parks fandom right in this era has been hysterical
Great video! Music is just a little too loud at the start, though
Anyone else find the music too loud in this video? I had to turn it off. I couldn’t hear what he’s saying over the piano. Just wondering. Maybe it’s my tv settings. Idk 🤷♂️
It’s only during the recap of the year part of the video, and I think maybe he made it that way to give a feeling of chaos? Idk, I’m glad it stopped after about 3 minutes though 😅
How long would you stand in line for a Laffite popcorn bucket?
Great video as always.
I think your facial expressions during the storyliving segment probably mirrored the facial expressions of Disney Fans throughout the whole of 2022.
At least Disney are entertaining us. Just not in the way they imagined.
You should do a vid on the board games based off the rides. They got some fun easter eggs.
You're, by far, the RUclipsr that pixie dusts THE MOST everything that has been happening with the company in the last years. It's quite incredible tbh. It's a lot of effort. Let's see if you can handle a whole new year of budget and theming cuts before getting tired of the Iger's legacies once for all.
Indiana Jones Adventure (Disneyland, Ca) is getting a refurbishment. Mr. Snake is getting fixed finally, and MAYBE. Just MAYBE. Some of the old effects will be fixed, or upgraded so we can all ride it in it's formula glory. Hopefully.
And it's also interesting that they would fix the Snake for Indiana Jones, over the Yeti at Animal Kingdom.
I love your videos, but man the background music on the first 2 min did NOT need to be 5x louder than your voice….
They did that before it's called celebration in Orlando Florida it didn't go over too well
I appreciate this video
I Love ❤️ Old Disney
I like the idea of SEA, but with modern Imagineer identity politics I have a feeling each project that comes out of this IP is going to be soft and uninspired, and will only be what the company can afford at the time which is not quite the historical inspiration for Imagineers is it?
Best recap I've seen
I think you're giving Iger a bit too much credit yet. He really hasn't done anything yet aside from put all his blame on Chapek. I really doubt all the renovations were his call as well. He wants/has to fix the Disney+ revenue loss first.
Exactly. And on top of that, if Disney is in the gutter like it is, it was BECAUSE OF IGER more than Chapek. It was Iger that turned Disney into politics. It was Iger that overspent. It was Iger that put Disney into massive debt.
Couldn’t really hear the piano music at the beginning of the video, Id appreciate it if you could make it louder?
I have that exact same globe except when I had the flu I spilt some soup on it and it’s got a big wrinkly spot now 😭
Isn’t Story Living what they tried to do with Celebration? That place never really caught on either so why try it again?
Bob Iger becoming ceo again makes me want to go back to Disney
I still felt that the D23 "could" section could (lol) should have been its own Blue Sky panel. I was hoping for Tomorrowland (Disneyland) announcements and perhaps more for Disney100, but just felt pretty "eh" towards the end.
I’m curious to see with Iger’s return if they revert back to fast pass instead of the genie plus system. I’m definitely not a fan of it and I know there was a lot of frustration towards the subject, and I have to hope that they’ll bring the original fast pass system back.
#awesome video but the music at the beginning was so loud lol
Well, Disney used the idea I liked for re-themeing Splash Mountain, so maybe they'll do what I've been saying they should do to Rock N Roller Coaster and re-theme it with A Goofy Movie.
I'm a little mad that the rock and roller coaster is closing literally the day I get to Disney World, my luck is really turning up 😆 I haven't been in so long and was looking forward to that, I'll just have to think about all the other exciting stuff that will be open.
As a observer of all things. I've noticed that Chepek during his time at Disney really was about the bottom dollar and cared little of quality, immersion, and overall care. He didn't hire new employees, maintenance was cut in places, he pushed the online food services and similar, even new company products if they could be changed to cut cost, whether it was for advertisement, scripts, or quality he did it.
This is why for example the Disney Wish is kinda seen as meh compared to its older sisters, and why the Star Wars hotel experience has been so bad due to horrible advertisement and similar. Chepek only cared about money and to acquire it cheaply.
I feel that with Iger back for the moment, will likely see a boost in quality both in immersion and life in the parks. It will likely be better this year, however much of Chepeks machinations are still going down the pipe so it might not be possible to stop some things in motion, at most its possible to change some to cushion the damage. Still if what we've been hearing from some. It seems that the parks will get the attention they so desperately need.
only 1 minute in and liking the vid so far but if I may offer a tip, the background music is pretty loud over your voice and distracting enough that it makes it hard to focus on what you're saying. Could be a good idea to keep an eye on this sorta sound mixing in future videos
Tron has an actual official opening date set??
still not enough to bring me back to that land mine
Was it just me or was that piano music getting louder and louder.
Him: I *hope* if you are watching this you are a hardcore Disney fan
Me: *sweats*
(I am a casual and critical Disney fan but hey, his content is entertaining to me)
Please tune the volume of the piano down a tad lol
scam scam scam scam, THIS IS MY SCAM SONG, look, its a dirty scammer,