Matterhorn Closed For Refurb July 11 - September 1

[CrazyDuck]

I think they finally realize there is no slow season... It is always "peak" season so they may as well just spread the dread evenly! Just my guess!

 

[nana50]

Yeah, there is no slow season any longer. I just went yesterday and it was busy. I went in January and it was even busier. I never go on week-ends. I guess I'll have to try the middle of the week next time. Monday is too close to sunday.

 

[disneydave2005]

I'm crossing my fingers, hoping that all we're hearing are rumors! D23 will be my first time ever at Disneyland! Oh well, I guess better safe than sorry

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

I think they finally realize there is no slow season... It is always "peak" season so they may as well just spread the dread evenly! Just my guess!

Yeah, there is no slow season any longer. I just went yesterday and it was busy. I went in January and it was even busier. I never go on week-ends. I guess I'll have to try the middle of the week next time. Monday is too close to sunday.

This is what I've been thinking. Only time will tell.

From a practical consideration, until June 3 and July 1, they have lots of people tied up on construction projects already, i.e. Star Tours, Splash Mountain (ok a little sooner than June 3), Little Mermaid, Goofy's Sky School, and the Paradise Pier restaurants. Then there's still all those people involved in Cars Land and just regular maintenance stuff that has to happen daily, weekly, monthly, etc. Anyway, when June 3 rolls around some of the maintenance and construction people are going to be freed up to work on other things, like maybe the brief Big Thunder seasonal refurb, and more people are going to be freed up on July 1 to work on something like the Matterhorn. Maybe that's part of the reason we're seeing these dates for what previously would be looked at as off-season refurbishments.

I'm still of the mind that there's not much of an off-season anymore though, and with everything new opening up and more in the pipeline, that from Disney's point of view there are more than enough activities to absorb the crowds even if one or two things are always down.

 

[skiingfast]

If you don't think there is an off season take a look at the AP block out calendars.

 

[TeddiBarra]

If you don't think there is an off season take a look at the AP block out calendars.

Umm, ITA! Ask my silly parents (who have PAPs) who didn't get up early enough one day the week after Christmas and didn't GET TO GO IN to the parks *at all* because by 11 am they had hit hard closure.

Oh, yes, yes, yes there still is peak and off peak. Ever if "peak" is every Saturday that it's not raining, every holiday weekend, every day schools are out in the So Cal area, Easter peak times, and summer peak times, and Disney created peak times (like FRIDAYS during Halloweentime), filming days for the Christmas special.

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

Didn't say there's no off-season, just not much of one anymore. Fewer lengthy periods when long closures can occur without impacting someone's peak time what with President's Day weekend which for many is now a full week winter break (February), a six-week rolling spring break (March-April), Memorial Day (May), summer (June-August), HalloweenTime (mid-September-October), and the holiday time (mid-November-New Year's). Not to mention all the groups and events, cheerleaders, bands, Gay Days, Bat's Day, Grad Nights, that can make certain random days seem more crowded. Sure you'll still get the days of lower attendance here and there, and even some decent stretches of them, the days between New Year's and President's Day spring to mind. Disney is doing a pretty good job though of getting people through the turnstiles mostly year-round.

 

[princessaw]

Very odd that they decided to close it during the summer! But Matterhorn has been in need of a rehab for an extremely long time, so good thing they are getting it over with! Can't wait to see how it is when we go this fall!

 

[CrazyDuck]

Didn't say there's no off-season, just not much of one anymore. Fewer lengthy periods when long closures can occur without impacting someone's peak time what with President's Day weekend which for many is now a full week winter break (February), a six-week rolling spring break (March-April), Memorial Day (May), summer (June-August), HalloweenTime (mid-September-October), and the holiday time (mid-November-New Year's). Not to mention all the groups and events, cheerleaders, bands, Gay Days, Bat's Day, Grad Nights, that can make certain random days seem more crowded. Sure you'll still get the days of lower attendance here and there, and even some decent stretches of them, the days between New Year's and President's Day spring to mind. Disney is doing a pretty good job though of getting people through the turnstiles mostly year-round.

zactly! Also the AP Blockouts only add to the off season madness! You take a million AP holders and tell em they cant go durring the summer, ya better believe they are gonna get their moneys worth when they can.... weekdays or not!

 

[perlster]

According to the official Disneyland calendar, "2011 Ph 1" runs from Monday, June 13 through Friday, June 17.

Refurbishment updates may be done day-by-day, , so, after you take the grain of salt ...
Currently , "2011 Ph 2" is scheduled for Monday, June 20 through Friday, June 24.

 

[WannaseePooh]

Well the official Disneyland calendar now shows the Matterhorn bobsleds going down on July 11 for phase #3. I have no idea how long it will be down for. I better make sure I ride it during MM on Sunday the 10th.

 

[farmfresh]

waaaaahhh! (we arrive 12th!)

Right, got that out of my system.

 

[HydroGuy]

Well the official Disneyland calendar now shows the Matterhorn bobsleds going down on July 11 for phase #3. I have no idea how long it will be down for. I better make sure I ride it during MM on Sunday the 10th.

I could not find this. In fact July 11 would not even come up for me as valid. Where did you see it?

 

[carebee21]

I could not find this. In fact July 11 would not even come up for me as valid. Where did you see it?

Shows up for me. The last day on the calendar is 07/11 and it says Matterhorn is going down for PH3.

 

[HydroGuy]

Shows up for me. The last day on the calendar is 07/11 and it says Matterhorn is going down for PH3.

Weird. Just now the DLR calendar only showed me dates up to July 7.

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

Weird. Just now the DLR calendar only showed me dates up to July 7.

The calendar seems to be a work in progress. I looked about 1 1/2 hours ago and could see July 11, but when I clicked on it it took me to today's schedule. I went back to the July page and could then only see through July 7. Then I looked again one minute ago and could see July 11. Bobsleds are listed as refurb.

 

[LisainCalifornia]

I saw this was down for this summer since April--I can't believe that more people didn't know about it? They are re-tracking and that take some time. I am usually the last person to know these things, so it is surprising that so many people seem surprised by this.

 

[skiingfast]

I saw this was down for this summer since April--I can't believe that more people didn't know about it? They are re-tracking and that take some time. I am usually the last person to know these things, so it is surprising that so many people seem surprised by this.

How do you know they are retracking it?

 

[HydroGuy]

I saw this was down for this summer since April--I can't believe that more people didn't know about it? They are re-tracking and that take some time. I am usually the last person to know these things, so it is surprising that so many people seem surprised by this.

It is not that we are surprised, it is whether the DLR calendar confirms the rumor or not.

 

[LisainCalifornia]

It is not that we are surprised, it is whether the DLR calendar confirms the rumor or not.

It may indeed be a rumor. But I heard in March or April that they were re-tracking it and it would be closed for the summer, so when I looked at the calendar for our trip in June and saw that it was down for refurbishment, I just thought that was it. I heard it on Micechat. Maybe they just have it down for general maintanence?

When we are there it says that they are down for: Ph: 1, which I thought meant phase 1 of a lengthy refurbishment.