Mine Train Paint

[CMDTA]

According to Jim Hill, the UV paint they used, starts to fade after six months.

If you want to see this as the Imagineers intended, you better see it in the next three yo four months. Once maintenance gets their hands on it.....

 

[Micca]

You don't think they'll re-paint with the same stuff? WDW freshens up paint jobs regularly.

 

[boBQuincy]

According to Jim Hill, the UV paint they used, starts to fade after six months.

I would take that with a grain of salt that would barely fit in the mine train cars.

 

[Alesia]

According to Jim Hill, the UV paint they used, starts to fade after six months.

If you want to see this as the Imagineers intended, you better see it in the next three yo four months. Once maintenance gets their hands on it.....

Oh, well, if Jim Hill said it...

 

[LilyWDW]

According to Jim Hill, the UV paint they used, starts to fade after six months.

If you want to see this as the Imagineers intended, you better see it in the next three yo four months. Once maintenance gets their hands on it.....

Jim Hill is not exactly the best source for any sort of information. Unless you like to read things that end up not coming true. He's good at that stuff.

Disney is also quite good at keeping these sorts of things up. So not really sure where you are going with it except to just stir the pot. Paint touch ups are a fast and easy maintenance issue that just about any of them can do.

But I HIGHLY doubt that Disney picked a paint that faded in six months.

 

[Wheelwatcher]

Who is Jim Hill? Is he a blogger?

 

[ampersand]

I would take that with a grain of salt that would barely fit in the mine train cars.

According to some people, that's precisely one grain of salt.

 

[mcconnellfam96]

Whether it is true or not, I am just happy I get to see it next month!

 

[kmb584]

Who is Jim Hill? Is he a blogger?

He's a super-enthused Disney fanatic and blogger of all things pertaining to Disney past and present. He's also notorious for making predictions, many of which never come to fruition.

 

[tjevans]

He's a super-enthused Disney fanatic and blogger of all things pertaining to Disney past and present. He's also notorious for making predictions, many of which never come to fruition.

I'm going to speak in his defense/give him the benefit of the doubt. Many of the stories he reports are when they are still in their "blue sky" phase, i.e. daydreaming by imagineers. I don't read his stuff, but do listen to his podcasts. He often says "so, in a few years, we may see ..." and a lot of that I then see on the rumors board as "I just heard that XYZ attraction starts construction next week!"

That said, he is pretty good for getting some "insider's" stories when it comes to the history and development of movies and parks.

 

[jeffbear]

I've got some experience with UV paint from some of my construction work in museums. It's true that UV sensitive paint fades rather quickly and re-coating is required roughly once a year ... if it's in a climate controlled environment. I could see the logic in saying they would have to refresh those coatings in 6 months given the conditions.

The question is ... so what? You put it on a paint schedule and touch up overnight they way they do most paint maintenance for those kinds of attractions. It doesn't have to be a big deal.

 

[tjevans]

The question is ... so what? You put it on a paint schedule and touch up overnight they way they do most paint maintenance for those kinds of attractions. It doesn't have to be a big deal.

Many, including myself, think that the attention to maintenance and upkeep has been lacking at WDW over the past few years. The concern is that if it needs to be touched up every six months, management will stretch it to every 12 months or longer in order to save $.

 

[Tarheel girl 1975]

I'm going to speak in his defense/give him the benefit of the doubt. Many of the stories he reports are when they are still in their "blue sky" phase, i.e. daydreaming by imagineers. I don't read his stuff, but do listen to his podcasts. He often says "so, in a few years, we may see ..." and a lot of that I then see on the rumors board as "I just heard that XYZ attraction starts construction next week!"

That said, he is pretty good for getting some "insider's" stories when it comes to the history and development of movies and parks.

I agree. I find the podcast he does with with Len Testa pretty entertaining. I've listened to a few that were pretty old and he was right on about some things. And the UV paint story makes sense.

 

[LilyWDW]

Many, including myself, think that the attention to maintenance and upkeep has been lacking at WDW over the past few years. The concern is that if it needs to be touched up every six months, management will stretch it to every 12 months or longer in order to save $.

I haven't. Have they put some big projects off? Yes. But there are many reasons this could be. I don't have access to their scheduling, budget, or personnel. Normal maintenance though? Not seen any issues.

 

[CMDTA]

I haven't. Have they put some big projects off? Yes. But there are many reasons this could be. I don't have access to their scheduling, budget, or personnel. Normal maintenance though? Not seen any issues.

It's really hard not to point out Splash Mountain. They let the attraction end up in a shameful state before they do anything about it.

I cross my fingers that the same thing doesn't happen to the mine train.

 

[basas]

It's really hard not to point out Splash Mountain. They let the attraction end up in a shameful state before they do anything about it.

I cross my fingers that the same thing doesn't happen to the mine train.

...or Dinosaur...or Expedition Everest...and the list goes on...

 

[JoshuaShaw]

According to some people, that's precisely one grain of salt.

 

[Polydweller]

It's really hard not to point out Splash Mountain. They let the attraction end up in a shameful state before they do anything about it.

I cross my fingers that the same thing doesn't happen to the mine train.

But you have forgotten the perspective on the Splash Mountain issue. It didn't get it's annual refurb because it had to be kept open due to the lengthy refurb of BTMRR. That was not a typical occurrence and not representative of the typical maintenance of the attraction.

As for Jim Hill, he tends to throw a lot of stuff hoping some sticks. Of course,if one says enough things a few will be true but that doesn't make one a reliable source.

 

[basas]

But you have forgotten the perspective on the Splash Mountain issue. It didn't get it's annual refurb because it had to be kept open due to the lengthy refurb of BTMRR. That was not a typical occurrence and not representative of the typical maintenance of the attraction.

As for Jim Hill, he tends to throw a lot of stuff hoping some sticks. Of course,if one says enough things a few will be true but that doesn't make one a reliable source.

Maintenance has been an issue on Splash Mountain for many years. I don't think you can blame it on BTMRR's refurbishment.

 

[CMDTA]

Maintenance has been an issue on Splash Mountain for many years. I don't think you can blame it on BTMRR's refurbishment.

There is a video on YouTube called Broke Splash Mountain that was taken in 2011. The Mine Train wasn't really an issue then. The number of busted things in that video is almost laughable.

Then again, maintenance gave us the amazing Disco Yeti. They should give up and put a leisure suit on him.