Frozen Ride opening date?

[Kristi T]

They'll have to redesign the Norway pavilion to accommodate the crowd.

 

[HopperFan]

Sorry, missed response.

What I was told was that Soarin' will indeed go into a rehab closure - different than most, including myself, predicted. I figured by layout they could open the wall at the one line turn to the new theater then renovate one old theater at a time. I was told that the opening of Frozen and closure of Soarin' will be coordinated to not reduce the attractions at Epcot.

They said the entrance & queue line at Soarin' is going to get a major renovation and be very different than it is now. There will be designated FP+ and SB theaters and the lines will not be a merge like they are now. They doodled on paper for me and there would be no way to do while open. This allows them to do all the work at the same time to theaters and queue.

Yes each theater is supposed go down one at a time. The new theater will be connected where the queue line splits to two. The new film for soarin will not come into affect until after Shanghai is open. I have not heard that the entire queue will be redone but that's not out of the question. I can't see them taking soarin down for a long period of time. That was why they were going to do one theater at a time for upgrades so they could keep the attraction open.

Not how it was explained to me. Told the entire attraction will have to shut while queue redesign is constructed. Told new theater will not enter with others and the way we enter now will change.

Guess it's Disney official now that Soarin' will close for half of next year -

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/epcot/soarin/

Only difference is that I was told Frozen has taken longer than planned and Soarin' just wasn't going to be able to wait for them and it stayed on original schedule.

 

[rteetz]

Guess it's Disney official now that Soarin' will close for half of next year -

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/epcot/soarin/

Only difference is that I was told Frozen has taken longer than planned and Soarin' just wasn't going to be able to wait for them and it stayed on original schedule.

So frozen isn't going to be opening in May? I haven't heard otherwise so far.

 

[HopperFan]

So frozen isn't going to be opening in May? I haven't heard otherwise so far.

Not what I was saying. Saying that Soarin' is staying on schedule, not being delayed until Frozen is done. I believe the original plan was for them to open/close closer together but Frozen has taken longer and waiting until late spring to close Soarin' wasn't going to happen.

 

[rteetz]

Not what I was saying. Saying that Soarin' is staying on schedule, not being delayed until Frozen is done. I believe the original plan was for them to open/close closer together but Frozen has taken longer and waiting until late spring to close Soarin' wasn't going to happen.

Ok got it. Yeah I can't see them having Soarin closed all summer.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

Wow there new fantasyland looks much better!

1) Gotta remember that Tokyo Disney is owned by OLC, not Disney.
2) So, they are willing to actually spend money for guest enjoyment.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

I hope it opens in May....

 

[rteetz]

2) So, they are willing to actually spend money for guest enjoyment.

This right here is the major difference.

 

[sullivnq]

That is a big difference

 

[TheRustyScupper]

This right here is the major difference.

That is a big difference

1) Yup.
2) We used to go to Japan quarterly for meetings.
3) On *almost* every visit we would catch Tokyo Disney or Disney Sea
. . . very easy to get to
. . they are literally across the street from both major train lines
4) Over all, the sights-and-sounds blow away any other Disney theme park.
. . . although smaller in size than total WDW, the attractions are jaw-dropping at times
. . . Disney Tokyo is a 110-acre Magic Kingdom, and Disney Sea is a 176-acre theme park nautical exploration park
5) It is truly amazing what can be done when willing to spend.
. . . they didn't have a semi-complete park like AK or DHS
. . . they seldom piece-meal rehabs
. . . they didn't cut rides short (when copied from DL to WDW, was built shorter than DL)
.
NOTE1:
Disney-Tokyo is owned by the Oriental Land Company ("OLC"), and not Disney.
Disney gets licensing fees, and OLC pays Disney for *some* Imagineering (but most Imagineering is done by OLC).
.
NOTE2:
Disney Sea was actually first a concept for a Disneyland expansion.
It was going to have the Queen Mary as a attraction.
But, Disney ran into its famous money losses at DLP ("Euro Disney") and had to back out
OLC took up the idea for Tokyo.

 

[bwang123]

Yah, Universal Orlando knows how to build things within a reasonable timeframe.

reasonable to who? are they building rides to your timeframe?

Wow there new fantasyland looks much better!

their fantasyland does.

 

[rteetz]

reasonable to who? are they building rides to your timeframe?

What is wrong with their building timeframe? Universal demolished and built an attraction within a year (transformers). Diagon Alley did not take incredibly long either.

 

[Planogirl]

1) Yup.
2) We used to go to Japan quarterly for meetings.
3) On *almost* every visit we would catch Tokyo Disney or Disney Sea
. . . very easy to get to
. . they are literally across the street from both major train lines
4) Over all, the sights-and-sounds blow away any other Disney theme park.
. . . although smaller in size than total WDW, the attractions are jaw-dropping at times
. . . Disney Tokyo is a 110-acre Magic Kingdom, and Disney Sea is a 176-acre theme park nautical exploration park
5) It is truly amazing what can be done when willing to spend.
. . . they didn't have a semi-complete park like AK or DHS
. . . they seldom piece-meal rehabs
. . . they didn't cut rides short (when copied from DL to WDW, was built shorter than DL)
.
NOTE1:
Disney-Tokyo is owned by the Oriental Land Company ("OLC"), and not Disney.
Disney gets licensing fees, and OLC pays Disney for *some* Imagineering (but most Imagineering is done by OLC).
.
NOTE2:
Disney Sea was actually first a concept for a Disneyland expansion.
It was going to have the Queen Mary as a attraction.
But, Disney ran into its famous money losses at DLP ("Euro Disney") and had to back out
OLC took up the idea for Tokyo.

The Queen Mary? Such a cool ship but I'm not sure that I'd want to go to character meals there. Interesting to think about though.

 

[bwang123]

What is wrong with their building timeframe? Universal demolished and built an attraction within a year (transformers). Diagon Alley did not take incredibly long either.

i dont get it. why does it matter? how about they don't announce what they are building, take their time and then it opens? is it the anticipation of something new that makes you mad?

 

[rteetz]

i dont get it. why does it matter? how about they don't announce what they are building, take their time and then it opens? is it the anticipation of something new that makes you mad?

I am not mad. I am confused as to what your point is. Disney has definitely been slower in terms of building lately. They once built entire parks in a few years. Universal doesn't always announce what they are building before they build it. Kong Island in IOA started well before it was officially announced.

 

[bwang123]

I am not mad. I am confused as to what your point is. Disney has definitely been slower in terms of building lately. They once built entire parks in a few years. Universal doesn't always announce what they are building before they build it. Kong Island in IOA started well before it was officially announced.

i have no point. they are building and you are complaining. if they didn't build you would be complaining too. disney already has more to do overall than universal so why should they build at the same rate?

 

[adam.adbe]

disney already has more to do overall than universal so why should they build at the same rate?

There's a reason Disney has a lot of work to do.

 

[rteetz]

i have no point. they are building and you are complaining. if they didn't build you would be complaining too. disney already has more to do overall than universal so why should they build at the same rate?

This is about frozen I'm not complaining about them building it I'm complaining about the location. I haven't complained about the time it's taking to build the frozen attraction.

 

[rteetz]

There's a reason Disney has a lot of work to do.

Exactly because they didn't build much for so long.

 

[Planogirl]

i have no point. they are building and you are complaining. if they didn't build you would be complaining too. disney already has more to do overall than universal so why should they build at the same rate?

Disney is slow. That is a fact and not a complaint because personally I don't care if they are slow. Why attack someone for pointing out the obvious?