Peter Pan Opening Delayed

How much would you pay to experience the Peter Pan ride? We booked our trip for mid-June based on the refurbishment schedule, naively secure in the idea that a 3-week buffer was sufficient. Now it will cost at least $500 to reschedule.

Unless I can convince our travel insurance that Disney's inability to finish on time should be treated as a covered event, similar to a flood or a hurricane.
 
hm...I think I am the only one here who does not care for Peter Pan. But I can understand all that frustration for looking forward to this ride which is closed now for a very long period of time due to the non-reliabilty of Disney's own schedule. But they will have their reason for closing it so long (maybe..).
 
faithven said:
It just makes me wonder... what could possibly lead to a 40 day, rather than merely a week (which is what's happening for the Matterhorn) delay? It's a pretty long time...
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[My guess] is they broke a vital component to the attraction and the earliest it could be fabricated by their supplier and replaced added another 40 days to the closure.
 


I sympathize with everyone who planned so carefully around the refurb schedule so that they could ride Peter Pan and all of the other rides that have been down over the past several months. You'd think with the 60th kicking off that everything would be up and running by the 22nd, but things happen and I'm certain that Disney isn't any happier about this than we all are. I know I'm lucky that I have another trip in the works so maybe I can ride it in December, but if I wasn't going again for the foreseeable future, I would rather not know that this ride would be down ahead of time. I think it would be easier to stomach if I showed up and found that it wasn't open, because knowing ahead of time just give me time to stew over it. :sad1:

It's still going to be a fabulous trip, though, and I can't wait to get there! :yay:
 
707MickeyGirl said:
It's still going to be a fabulous trip, though, and I can't wait to get there! :yay:
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Me too! So excited to be going to Disneyland, Peter Pan or not. It's easier for those of us who know we are going back in a few years or less. It's harder for those who are planning trips that are much less frequent.
 
Totally crushed :sad:

I had my strategy all worked out to see that attraction on the 22nd.
 


Dusty Crophopper said:
How much would you pay to experience the Peter Pan ride? We booked our trip for mid-June based on the refurbishment schedule, naively secure in the idea that a 3-week buffer was sufficient. Now it will cost at least $500 to reschedule.
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I'm having similar thoughts about Matterhorn. We're going to be there May 17-22 and my original plan was to skip the 22nd altogether. Now I'm considering taking a zero day somewhere between the 17th and the 21st and saving one day on our 5 day tickets to attend at least the early morning of the 22nd in order to ride Matterhorn (we're traveling to San Diego by train that afternoon). But it pains me to miss a full park day for this, especially since crowds should be manageable from May 18-21. I'd skip our arrival day (the 17th) but we really want to see Fantasmic (have the Blue Bayou dinner package) and it's the only night it's playing during our trip.

The other option would be to not take the zero day and hope for a soft opening before the 22nd. But if we do this and there are no soft openings, the only way we'd be able to ride Matterhorn would be to buy an extra 1 day ticket for everyone (over $400 total). I just can't stomach the idea of spending over $400 to be in the park for only a few hours on an unusually crowded day (I really wish DLR still had 6 day tickets :().

I'm also bummed about Peter Pan but we've done the WDW version several times within the past few years. I haven't done Matterhorn since I was a kid.
 
Dusty Crophopper said:
How much would you pay to experience the Peter Pan ride? We booked our trip for mid-June based on the refurbishment schedule, naively secure in the idea that a 3-week buffer was sufficient. Now it will cost at least $500 to reschedule.
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I love this - it's thought-provoking.

Knowing ahead of time that a ride that was supposed to be open will now be closed, it's frustrating :headache: to think about. And you have options. You can go and make the best of it. You can reschedule.

But... if you didn't know ahead of time, and you had simply shown up at the park - would your trip be ruined? Or if you showed up and there was a sign outside the ride that said you had to pay $500 to ride it, would you consider it? :confused3
 
Too bad you're heading to San Diego that afternoon. Fantasmic is playing on the 22nd, so you could have skipped the 17th and ridden Matterhorn and seen Fantasmic. Maybe you'll get lucky and they'll open on the 21st. We can hope.
 
Iceman93 said:
Isn't the 60th on July 17th? So it sounds like it will still be open by then. Just because people book early trips isn't Disney's fault.
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I'm pretty sure Disney said they are starting their 60th celebration in late May, right? So yes its Disney's fault. :)

Will I still enjoy my visit? Of course. But we really do pay quite a bit as consumers to enjoy these attractions and this is a headliner in Fantasyland. I stand by my statement that this is ridiculous.
 
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KCmike said:
I'm pretty sure Disney said they are starting their 60th celebration in late May, right? So yes its Disney's fault. :)

Will I still enjoy my visit? Of course. But we really do pay quite a bit as consumers to enjoy these attractions and this is a headliner in Fantasyland. I stand by my statement that this is ridiculous.
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I agree that it is rather ridiculous. There must be a good reason for it. I hope there is anyway. And while it may not be the full swing of summer or on the actual anniversary, they did state the celebration starts in May and I think it was reasonable to think Disney would have this refurb done by then.
 
I planned our trip around the refurb schedule, hoping it would all be done. I am disappointed about Peter Pan, we went to WDW last summer and I missed riding it - just ran out of time and I was sick on the day I had a fast pass and never left the hotel. Now we will miss it in DL too. We usually only get to Disney once every years or so.......so I guess it will be awhile before I will get my Peter Pan ride.
 
first never plan your trip around refurb or new ride opening schedules. its obvious that as the work was going on peter pan either something broke or for safety reasons something else needs to be installed that they didnt expect to have to do. or a big part that was supposed to be installed isnt going to be ready on time so then it's the factory fault and i Doubt that any trip insurance is going to cover a ride not being ready in time especially since the rest of both parks will be up and running. I have been to disneyland six times in the last 10 years . My last was in january and half of DCA and world of color as well as all of critter country and its a small world were down and I still had a good time. Luckily I will get to go back in august but still don;t let one ride being down ruin your trip
 
A 6 week delay isn't too bad when you compare it to the twice delayed reopening of BTMRR.
 
My trip was not completely planned around the refurb schedule, but I had 2 options Spring Break or first of June and by first of June all refurbs were suppose to be complete. I know we will still have a wonderful time, just sad that it won't be open, one of my favorites and I missed it last June.
 
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