Disney's WEIRDEST Year 

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.

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.

Yes, please, *treat the cast members like human beings, ffs.*

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?

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 RU-vidrs 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.

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

Disney is in the Dark Ages once more.

This is what happens when creatively bankrupt people run a company that was built on the epitome of imaginative creativity...

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?

The best part of Chapek getting kicked out is that it was a birthday present for me.

Hoping and praying 2023 is the year Dallin's DisneySea dream comes true at last.

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.

Thank you for mentioning taking care of CMs. So many of my friends who are still with the company are miserable.

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.

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.

This year was weird, but the even weirder thing is having splash mountain closing 2 years after it was announced 😂😂😂😂😂

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....

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.

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. :)

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 think I'm still going to call it Splash Mountain because Tiana's Bayou Adventure is a mouthful. Excited to ride it!

As a 14 year old, I’m glad to be considered a Disney Adult.

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 😂

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 🤷‍♂

You're my favorite channel for Disney parks and history, the content is unmatched

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!

Love your videos, As a sound sensitive person please know it's hard to hear you above the background piano music.

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

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

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”.

Disney did get just a LITTLE weird

I Heard The Disney World Train Opened back up so was Happy to Hear that.

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…

I love the way you calmly explain all of the exciting information you provided. But I also love the Jean Lafite conspiracy video 😂

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

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.

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.

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

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, 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.

Crazy year. Here's to a good 2023.

I love your videos, but man the background music on the first 2 min did NOT need to be 5x louder than your voice….

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 🤷‍♂️

I was at Disneyland 2 days ago, and the cast member told us that splash mountain was closing in may of this year.

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!

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 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!

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.

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.

This years been crazy but I was in wdw in June and I still had a ton of fun.

They really should have left it called Splash Mountain. The new name is too long.

These vids are good. But man that piano instrumental is overwhelming .

2022 was a wild year for Disney parks.... And the cherry on top, I was in the Cali parks when the Eisner upheaval occured

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!

>Replacing Tarzan with Encanto? BOOOO >Reverting it back to Swiss Family Robinson YAAAAY >Because they're rebooting it BOOOO

That music is overpowering anything you were attempting to say.

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.

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.

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.

Couldn’t really hear the piano music at the beginning of the video, Id appreciate it if you could make it louder?

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.

love your perspective and opinions always!!

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.

Thanks Offhand for a wonderful year! I look forward to your videos each week

It's really hard to hear what you're saying over the piano music - maybe adjust the levels and reupload?

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?

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......

I do love niche Disney Parks videos. Keep up the great work.

I think the line for Figment buckets is for the resale value on Mercari and Poshmark.

Everything the resorts arm of Disney does just makes me more excited for Epic Universe to open lol

How long would you stand in line for a Laffite popcorn bucket?

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.

Great vid, somebody gotta tell him to turn the music down in that intro tho

Dallin you are amazing my child

Was it just me or was that piano music getting louder and louder.

hey um, the piano music overlay is VERY LOUD so much so that I can hardly hear your voice, was that intentional?

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

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.

Happy new year 🎉🥂

They need to focus and put more love on the parks. The parks are consistently bringing in money and have been headed in the wrong direction for some time. Chapek squeezed as much shareholder profits as he could, now its time to rebuild trust with the employees. Let the imagineers stay in CA and give them a project to get excited about, maybe a new park. Remind the cast at the parks that you care and give them raises and anything to make there lives a little better. On the 100th anniversary remind people what made Walt, and the Disney company, different.

entering the parks fandom right in this era has been hysterical

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)

Some constructive criticism: the background music in the beginning is way too loud!! It made it almost impossible to hear anything you were saying and I ended up skipping the intro all together cause it was way too overstimulating and was making my head hurt 😖

You're, by far, the RU-vidr 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.

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 😭

Great video! Music is just a little too loud at the start, though

I love your site, but the piano playing over your speaking was so distracting I couldn't finish the video. I don't mind music in the background, but it was just too loud this time.

You should do a vid on the board games based off the rides. They got some fun easter eggs.

I Love ❤️ Old Disney

Can you upload this with the music lower. It is hard to focus on what you are saying the music is so much louder than your dialogue

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.

7 hrs was under…I was working Disney traders/port of entry…some mfs waited 10 hrs

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.

Isn’t Story Living what they tried to do with Celebration? That place never really caught on either so why try it again?

“Disney Adults”- Bro I’m 13 😂

Bob Iger becoming ceo again makes me want to go back to Disney

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.

#awesome video but the music at the beginning was so loud lol

They did that before it's called celebration in Orlando Florida it didn't go over too well