DL Submarine Update

[Sarangel]

from MiceAge.com:

Over in Tomorrowland the submarine voyage story seems to have hit a pothole. After Imagineering (WDI) spent over 900,000 dollars for the engineering studies and underwater show mock-ups in an attempt to impress Eisner into loosening Burbank's purse strings, Eisner still has yet to arrive in Anaheim for his formal Finding Nemo submarine presentation.

The word is now that Eisner couldn't be bothered with the drive down to Orange County in October to check out the remodeled test submarine, and he only wants to come to the park if there's a potential photo op available. It appears that as the price tag for the new ride has crept over 50 Million, it's now solely up to Matt Ouimet to try and scrape together the capital out of existing short term budgets if the project is to get the green light.

While the morale of the WDI team working on the submarine project took a turn for the worse in October, there's still some hope that Ouimet's intense desire for new attractions can keep this bizarrely complex project on track. It's generally agreed that if they don't go with this Finding Nemo remake of the existing submarines that any other major attraction in the lagoon area would have a much, much higher price tag and would likely take years longer to get built.

 

[raidermatt]

And to tie this together with the "Good news out about Disneyland" thread, its stories like this that keep me in car three. No matter how good park managment maybe, they are always going to be working uphill unless the philosophy from the top changes.

 

[SoCalKDG]

It should be noted that all this is really only a bunch of gossip and rumors. Two weeks ago, its a slam dunk for the ride to go in, now, airball. Two weeks from now, everything can change. Just remember to take all those type of websites with a grain of salt.