Malcon10t
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Thank you, that looks like what I have seen a few times out the window this weekend.
Thank you, that looks like what I have seen a few times out the window this weekend.
First, I don't feel Disney is perfect in every way. Only Mary Poppins is.... But I see too many here who complain "It's down when *I* want to go." It has to go down sometime. I'm sorry it is on your visit. But if it isn't your trip, it is someone else's trip.
I am not familiar with Fantasmic! at WDW. Does it have people playing on it's stage and backstage areas every day for 10 hours? Do they use the Mark Twain and Columbia daily in addition to being in the show? Or do they have the ability to do work to the show during the day?
Disneyland's Fantasmic! has been running 18 mos since it's last refurb.
First, I don't feel Disney is perfect in every way. Only Mary Poppins is.... But I see too many here who complain "It's down when *I* want to go." It has to go down sometime. I'm sorry it is on your visit. But if it isn't your trip, it is someone else's trip.
I am not familiar with Fantasmic! at WDW. Does it have people playing on it's stage and backstage areas every day for 10 hours? Do they use the Mark Twain and Columbia daily in addition to being in the show? Or do they have the ability to do work to the show during the day?
Disneyland's Fantasmic! has been running 18 mos since it's last refurb.
Personally, I think it is a possibility for President's day weekend. They have been testing the show. I would love it if they did, as we will be there.BTW...do you think by some miracle WOC could be up when F! goes down? or at least by Presidents day?
It's amazing to me that Disney is announcing this to media outlets just three days before the refurbishment begins.
The refurb has been on the calendar for a while now, just without the details until now.It's amazing to me that Disney is announcing this to media outlets just three days before the refurbishment begins.
Right. I just meant that a lot of people who are coming in the next little while will probably have no idea until they see it.The refurb has been on the calendar for a while now, just without the details until now.
It's amazing to me that Disney is announcing this to media outlets just three days before the refurbishment begins.
Absolutely, and that's just the way they like it.I think the way they have it set up currently discourages people from gaining access to that info.
It’s been this way for years, though. I mean, “off-season” since 2015 has often been pretty miserable with high crowds and tons closed IMO... at least the hours are often longer now.You’re right. By heavily discounting tickets and keeping major refurbs relatively quiet, they’ll be able to keep the parks equally full throughout this year, and I guess that’s just shrewd financial strategy for the time being. However, as time goes on, and all the once-a-year visitors get wise to the fact that refurb season is now going to be as crowded as peak season, but with more closures, less staffing, and shorter hours, next year might be a different story, and more people may flock during peak season than ever before. People are willing to accept closures in exchange for lower crowds, but if the crowds are the same, a significant number will plan to visit during peak season in the future since they won’t have to take their kids out of school.
It’s been this way for years, though. I mean, “off-season” since 2015 has often been pretty miserable with high crowds and tons closed IMO... at least the hours are often longer now.
This is why I always tell people to come in July.
Oh, you haven't come across as bitter at all. I honestly just wish there wasn't this myth of the "magical empty off-season," because I feel bad for the many people I meet in the parks who took time off/pulled kids out expecting "ghost town" conditions that rarely exist... and what you CAN predict is that there will be shorter hours, lower staffing, and lots under refurbishment.Thanks! We have gone in early June or mid-December the past few years, so we didn’t really realize that.
Either way, I don’t mean to seem bitter about it. We love DL, and we’ll keep coming every year regardless because it can’t be beat!
Splash is only going down for two weeks in February. You’ll have food and wine during your trip.Well this is frustrating. My BFF and I took our first trip together last year in January and were disappointed by the castle refurb. We assumed splash and grizzly would be down, so we watched the refurb schedule for those and this year planned for the first week of March. Seems like we didn't plan correctly. Now it looks like not only will we still miss out on seeing the castle, but also will miss splash again, as well as F! and potentially WOC. I am wondering if we should try and move our dates. Neither of us are interested in the madhouse that will be SW.