# Disney+ News **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** disney-hulu\ **Created:** [April 12, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420 "2019-04-12T00:20:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/181 "2019-11-24T23:40:36Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I’m sure people have asked for it, so I don’t expect we have to wait for too long for it. They have added a “resume” option that shows your percent watched on a time-bar below it. However, it is not working perfectly. It sometimes goes back a few minutes before you stopped. However, it did work today when I watched part of something offline(downloaded) and came back online using a different device. It needs a “things you were in the middle of” section like every other service has. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/182 "2019-11-24T23:46:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > They have added a “resume” option that shows your percent watched on a time-bar below it. However, it is not working perfectly. It sometimes goes back a few minutes before you stopped. However, it did work today when I watched part of something offline(downloaded) and came back online using a different device. > > It needs a “things you were in the middle of” section like every other service has. It took them all of, what, a week before they said they’d change The Simpsons? And if they added that option already I can’t imagine a “Resume what you were watching” section is too far behind ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/183 "2019-11-25T01:09:52Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > It took them all of, what, a week before they said they’d change The Simpsons? And if they added that option already I can’t imagine a “Resume what you were watching” section is too far behind Yes, I think the app in 6 months will be a lot different. I am just happy the streaming is working smoothly now. It had a rough first day, but is smooth as any other service for me now. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/184 "2019-11-25T03:41:17Z")
I started to have a few lock ups and freezes this weekend but it happens once in a while with other apps too. We watched Avatar which I haven’t seen in maybe mine years. It looked amazing and was better than I remembered. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/185 "2019-11-25T13:01:26Z")
Anyone know who has the rights to the original Muppet Show? I had hopes Disney+ would be streaming those. > [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > We watch it on a Firestick and we haven’t had a problem. Did you get a special Disney+ branded one? > … Just a sale one that says it supports Disney+. I’m hoping the Firestick will stream Amazon Prime a lot better than an older Vizio also. If Netflix really drops support for older Vizio TVs, we’ll be set as a bonus. Though I might drop Netflix soon. I feel like it might be better to just do Netflix for 2 months each year instead of annually. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/186 "2019-11-25T22:50:54Z")
I signed up last Tuesday evening, watched two episodes of _The Simpsons_ S1 and went to bed. The next day it didn’t work, and hasn’t worked since. I have three Rokus: a TCL Roku TV, a Roku stick, and a Roku 2 (I think). The 2 is not supported so I don’t have any issue there. The TV is plugged into our router (280 Mps download speed) and the stick is on wifi. We also have a Google Pixel 2, an iPhone 8 and an iPhone 6s. We cannot even log into Disney+ on the desktop computer also plugged into the router - clicking “log in” does nothing. On all the video devices, we either get the Disney+ logo for a few seconds then error message 83 (Rokus); or just a screen telling us the connection failed (phones). The only exception: the iPhone 8 works if I am using my AT&T data plan, but not on wifi. I spent quite literally hours over during the week waiting to talk to tech support. First they blamed our connection and ISP, which it’s not - our speeds are high and all other streaming channels work fine. I’m pretty sure that for some reason they are blocking my IP address (explaining why I can’t even get a login screen), but I have to wait 3-5 days for their escalated tech support to respond to my ticket. So that sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/187 "2019-11-25T23:13:38Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I spent quite literally hours over during the week waiting to talk to tech support. First they blamed our connection and ISP, which it’s not - our speeds are high and all other streaming channels work fine. I’m pretty sure that for some reason they are blocking my IP address (explaining why I can’t even get a login screen), but I have to wait 3-5 days for their escalated tech support to respond to my ticket. So that sucks. You’ve tried on a browser? Is it possible to get a new IP address assigned? ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/188 "2019-11-25T23:20:09Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Anyone know who has the rights to the original Muppet Show? I had hopes Disney+ would be streaming those. Disney owns the Muppets television library. I assume that includes the original show. I don’t think it’s streaming on any service yet and only the first 3 seasons are on DVD which apparently don’t include a lot of the musical numbers, so I wonder if the reason it isn’t on Disney+ is because they haven’t acquired all the music rights yet. Music rights licensing is just a bag of hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/189 "2019-11-26T04:49:18Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > You’ve tried on a browser? Is it possible to get a new IP address assigned? Several different browsers on two different computers. I don’t know if I can change my IP or how ( wouldn’t the two computers have different addresses anyway? I didn’t think of that flaw in my reasoning.) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/190 "2019-11-26T09:49:42Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Several different browsers on two different computers. I don’t know if I can change my IP or how ( wouldn’t the two computers have different addresses anyway? I didn’t think of that flaw in my reasoning.) As far as I understand it, no, an IP address only identifies a network, not a device. Every device on your wifi will have the external IP address of your network. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/191 "2019-11-26T21:07:07Z")
The cheapy Firestick was pretty easy to hook up. Plug into an available HDMI port, comes with a small dongle in case the unit doesn’t fit or two HDMI ports are too close. A 3’ micro USB power cord and AC to SUB adapter. Enter WiFi, start setting up Streamers. Amazon works great on it, worked fairly poorly on the Vizio. Disney+, Netflix, YouTube, Internet, IMDB were all very simple. Pluto was very easy and works really well, it barely worked at all on the Vizio app. All that took about 20 minutes and part of it was figuring out what the correct password was for the Netflix. I’ve been re-watching a lot of Marvel movies and watched Captain Marvel & Endgame for the first time recently. I think Captain America might be my favorite of all of them. It has a complete and stand alone story that most of them are kind of missing. It feel more like Raiders of the Lost Ark than a most of the Super hero movies do. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/192 "2019-11-27T01:41:02Z")
And just like that: They’ve added the “continue watching” option they should have had the entire time. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/193 "2019-11-27T01:51:47Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > And just like that: > > They’ve added the “continue watching” option they should have had the entire time. I prefer to think, man they got that added in quick. How responsive unlike Prime & Netflix. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/194 "2019-12-20T18:09:57Z")
Disney+ has added a Simpsons Collection Page, which includes the series and the movie at the top. The Christmas, Sideshow Bob, Emmy-Nominated, Rock 'n Roll Stars, Homer’s New Job, The Simpsons Abroad, Flashbacks and Futures, The Simpsons Predicts the Future, Sports, and Treehouse of Horror episodes all have their own sections. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/195 "2019-12-23T17:04:32Z")
The new _Aladdin_ is coming to Disney+ on January 8, and the new _Lion King_ on January 28. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/196 "2019-12-23T17:18:31Z")
**The Wonderful world of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration** is a very nice Xmas/Holiday special for your kids and family. They aired crap(ha) like this when I was a kid, but it was filled with TONS of commercials back then. Since this one is on Disney+ only(?), it has no commercials…just a few plugs for Disney+ shows and a few other Disney movies. A bit lame, but a lot of content and no actual commercial breaks. My kids eat up. Singing, fun stuff. Lights. Very nice, actually. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/197 "2019-12-28T12:08:14Z")
It was on my Day One list for Disney+ watching but I just now got around to watching it: _The Journey of Natty Gann_, starring Meredith Salenger and a young John Cusack. Natty is a teenager living in Chicago during the Great Depression whose father gets work in Washington State. He leaves her with a hotel owner, intending to send for her, but the hotel owner reports her as an abandoned child and she has to go on the run, mostly train-jumping, to get all the way to Washington and find her father. An excellent movie, but it has scenes of violence, including animal violence and attempted (but failed) sexual assault, that are disturbing, but thankfully brief. 4 out of 5 stars. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/198 "2019-12-28T17:51:08Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > The new _Aladdin_ is coming to Disney+ on January 8, and the new _Lion King_ on January 28. Any word on Toy Story 4? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/199 "2019-12-28T20:13:29Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Any word on Toy Story 4? Not officially, but it’s been [speculated](https://www.newsweek.com/when-toy-story-4-going-disney-plus-release-date-2020-1473892) that it will occur in March. Probably no later than November, because Disney has said it’ll be on the service within the first year of launch. For what it’s worth, it hasn’t appeared as a preview on the service yet. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/200 "2019-12-29T04:10:03Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Not officially, but it’s been [speculated](https://www.newsweek.com/when-toy-story-4-going-disney-plus-release-date-2020-1473892) that it will occur in March. Probably no later than November, because Disney has said it’ll be on the service within the first year of launch. > > For what it’s worth, it hasn’t appeared as a preview on the service yet. Aw boo. For not being a huge fan of the Toy Story series, I really really liked that one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420.md?page=11)