Hi there
Got a chance to catch up wioth my favorite cast members and got the latest gossip.
Well after Cars land and Buena Vita opens up they will be working on doing a vast refurb on Tomorrowland.
The refurb includes a complete overhaul of autotopia, shortening the track and possibly if things don't work out with Chevron ditching the ride all together. My friend then went into a long rant about losing the contract with Chevron, apprently Chevron wants a year to year deal with Disney and Diseny can't afford that because of the nautral gas that the cars run on.
After going on Autotopia this past week it needs an overhaul, the cars kept breaking down, the steering was all off, my husbands car in front of me backfired and shot flames out from underneath it, it happened close to the unloading zone and whats worse is when I told the cast member about it, they did nothing about it as if it was par for the course.
They will of course keep Finsing Nemo where it is. They need to put something in Captain EO. When I asked about Walle or Phineas and Ferb possibly going in there I was told no that Phineas and Pixar movies are exclusive to California Adventure. I then argued about Buzz Lightyear blasters but apparently that is based off the cartoon not the movie so that is an exception. Innovations might even be closing. They said it is a $30,000 cost that is basically just sitting there. When I visited Innoventaions this past week they weren't doing the floor show they normally do and was generally disappointed in the overall feel of it, apprently the higher ups agree with me.
There will be new restaurants going in, they are doing something new with the space that the arcade is currently in though no one knows what. SPace Mountain will remain however there is talk about moving the rocket ships yet again if anything because of major traffic flow problems in that area. Buzz lightyeasr and Star Tours will remain. There is also talk as there always is about doing something with the people mover track. But whatever is ends up being whether they put something in there or even tear it out it will happen with this major refurb.
Apparently this major refurb will take place over several years time.
That's all the gossip on that one
Other gossip is that next year or possibly as early as the fall of 2012 World of Color will be going through a major refurb and (this next part isn't gossiP) will be tearing out the park seating area for World of Color and rebuilding it. As we all heard the news that it was originally supposed to hold so many people then when actually built only held about half that. SO they are planning on rebuilding it but I am not sure what exactly they are doing though some sort of stadium seating has been proposed. During this refurb they will of course be checking through all the stuff.
This past week I saw WOC and I thought there was a part where these White half dome globe things come out of the water and show things on them, but it never happened and I was relatively close to the water. Also We were seated in the handicapped section of preiere dining and even infront of us there were two guys that had their daughters on top of their shoulders where practically no one seated in the handicapp section could see. We asked the cast member right behind them to nicely ask them to put their daughters down so we could all see and she said "I'm sorry we can't ask them to do that" WHAT!?!?! I told her to ask them to remove their daughters from their shoulders or call security before I go and do it. Apparently they heard the commotion and were nice enough to do it. But I'm sorry common sense and common courtesy they never should have put them up there to start with.
There is talk about updating or revamping Fantasmic to include some later movies and characters.
The matterhorn has undergone several refurb closing it for many months at a time and I am told this latest refurb should be the last in a very long time. He explained for a long time about how the Matterhorn itself was built out of wood and basically the lagoon water is what was holding it up and they were scared that when they drained the lagoon for Finding Nemo that the pressure would basically cause Matterhorn to collapse so they had to basically rebuild the Matterhorn, then there were track issues. This latest refurb is not only to switch out the cars but to revamp the que line so handicapped people have a bettere ntrance and to possible put in a fastpass line. The track is also going some overhaul so that the ride is a lot smoother that before.
Electronica is of course scheduled to close APril 15th and turned into some DJ dance club thing but not everyone is happy about it. To turn it into some generic dj dance club without a theme behind it like tron seems silly and I for one agree.
I think that is it. If I think of anything else I heard I will let you know!
Got a chance to catch up wioth my favorite cast members and got the latest gossip.
Well after Cars land and Buena Vita opens up they will be working on doing a vast refurb on Tomorrowland.
The refurb includes a complete overhaul of autotopia, shortening the track and possibly if things don't work out with Chevron ditching the ride all together. My friend then went into a long rant about losing the contract with Chevron, apprently Chevron wants a year to year deal with Disney and Diseny can't afford that because of the nautral gas that the cars run on.
After going on Autotopia this past week it needs an overhaul, the cars kept breaking down, the steering was all off, my husbands car in front of me backfired and shot flames out from underneath it, it happened close to the unloading zone and whats worse is when I told the cast member about it, they did nothing about it as if it was par for the course.
They will of course keep Finsing Nemo where it is. They need to put something in Captain EO. When I asked about Walle or Phineas and Ferb possibly going in there I was told no that Phineas and Pixar movies are exclusive to California Adventure. I then argued about Buzz Lightyear blasters but apparently that is based off the cartoon not the movie so that is an exception. Innovations might even be closing. They said it is a $30,000 cost that is basically just sitting there. When I visited Innoventaions this past week they weren't doing the floor show they normally do and was generally disappointed in the overall feel of it, apprently the higher ups agree with me.
There will be new restaurants going in, they are doing something new with the space that the arcade is currently in though no one knows what. SPace Mountain will remain however there is talk about moving the rocket ships yet again if anything because of major traffic flow problems in that area. Buzz lightyeasr and Star Tours will remain. There is also talk as there always is about doing something with the people mover track. But whatever is ends up being whether they put something in there or even tear it out it will happen with this major refurb.
Apparently this major refurb will take place over several years time.
That's all the gossip on that one
Other gossip is that next year or possibly as early as the fall of 2012 World of Color will be going through a major refurb and (this next part isn't gossiP) will be tearing out the park seating area for World of Color and rebuilding it. As we all heard the news that it was originally supposed to hold so many people then when actually built only held about half that. SO they are planning on rebuilding it but I am not sure what exactly they are doing though some sort of stadium seating has been proposed. During this refurb they will of course be checking through all the stuff.
This past week I saw WOC and I thought there was a part where these White half dome globe things come out of the water and show things on them, but it never happened and I was relatively close to the water. Also We were seated in the handicapped section of preiere dining and even infront of us there were two guys that had their daughters on top of their shoulders where practically no one seated in the handicapp section could see. We asked the cast member right behind them to nicely ask them to put their daughters down so we could all see and she said "I'm sorry we can't ask them to do that" WHAT!?!?! I told her to ask them to remove their daughters from their shoulders or call security before I go and do it. Apparently they heard the commotion and were nice enough to do it. But I'm sorry common sense and common courtesy they never should have put them up there to start with.
There is talk about updating or revamping Fantasmic to include some later movies and characters.
The matterhorn has undergone several refurb closing it for many months at a time and I am told this latest refurb should be the last in a very long time. He explained for a long time about how the Matterhorn itself was built out of wood and basically the lagoon water is what was holding it up and they were scared that when they drained the lagoon for Finding Nemo that the pressure would basically cause Matterhorn to collapse so they had to basically rebuild the Matterhorn, then there were track issues. This latest refurb is not only to switch out the cars but to revamp the que line so handicapped people have a bettere ntrance and to possible put in a fastpass line. The track is also going some overhaul so that the ride is a lot smoother that before.
Electronica is of course scheduled to close APril 15th and turned into some DJ dance club thing but not everyone is happy about it. To turn it into some generic dj dance club without a theme behind it like tron seems silly and I for one agree.
I think that is it. If I think of anything else I heard I will let you know!
riding the Tomorrowland transit authority in WDW. It's a great "downtime" ride, one that my DH and I can usually get a few minutes rest from the crowds on. I also hope they keep Autotopia, my kids love that ride. I wouldn't mind making the track shorter though, my calf usually has a cramp by the time we are done from holding that gas pedal down for my youngest DD, who can't reach it. As far as Innoventions goes, we do like it, but I don't think we would miss it. As a family we really enjoy Carousel of Progress that they have at WDW, but I know that one gets pretty low attendance there so I don't know if they would duplicate it at DL. We call that one Daddy's nap ride(that and It's a Small World). 
it couldn't be too hard to figure how to make it collapse!
