News Round Up 2016

[rteetz]

Wow - THREE rooms? There must still be HUGE demands at the existing M&G. Admittedly the M&G are the some of the lowest capacity attractions - I think they typically consider it to only be about 200 guests per hour for a M&G. I wander if things ever slow down if they would add a second character M&G....

Yep. 3 rooms plus a gift shop.

 

[rteetz]

I agree - you can get a lot more reliable information from just about anybody. I have never seen him right on anything except things others have said on message boards. I haven't been following him an incredible long time (well I don't follow him at all...just take note of the times I have read rteetz's updates, and I have come to realize he isn't really all that great of an insider if an insider at all

Jim did get jungle book at AK right. He actually is credited by wdwthemeparks.com as one of if not the first at getting frozen in maelstrom right.

 

[rteetz]

News

Dinosaur refurbishment at AK from July 25th to September 29th.

 

[rteetz]

News

MuppetVision 3D refurbishment August 15th- August 22nd.

 

[mikepizzo]

Jim did get jungle book at AK right. He actually is credited by wdwthemeparks.com as one of if not the first at getting frozen in maelstrom right.

To be fair, Frozen in Maelstrom wasn't that hard of a guess. Even before they closed Maelstrom, when a movie makes $1.27 billion on a $150 million dollar budget, you can pretty much guarantee they will be doing something with it in the parks. Couple that to the fact that Norway stopped paying Disney in 2002, they didn't really need Norway's permission to change anything.

 

[rteetz]

News

Swiss Family Tree House refurbishment July 6th to September 24th.

 

[rteetz]

To be fair, Frozen in Maelstrom wasn't that hard of a guess. Even before they closed Maelstrom, when a movie makes $1.27 billion on a $150 million dollar budget, you can pretty much guarantee they will be doing something with it in the parks. Couple that to the fact that Norway stopped paying Disney in 2002, they didn't really need Norway's permission to change anything.

While true people including Jim were saying it was happening even before the movie finished its run in theaters.

 

[nkosiek]

News

Swiss Family Tree House refurbishment July 6th to September 24th.

Okay, I went in December. What exactly can be done that needs to take 2.5 months?

 

[rteetz]

News

Typhoon Lagoon closed for refurbishment December 25th- March 11th.

 

[rteetz]

Okay, I went in December. What exactly can be done that needs to take 2.5 months?

Good question but it's possible they are doing some major changes or replacing elements. I don't remember the last time it had a major refurb.

 

[Disneymom1126]

Wow - THREE rooms? There must still be HUGE demands at the existing M&G. Admittedly the M&G are the some of the lowest capacity attractions - I think they typically consider it to only be about 200 guests per hour for a M&G. I wander if things ever slow down if they would add a second character M&G....

Yep. 3 rooms plus a gift shop.

I was just about to post that if things slow down they'll just turn room #3 into a gift shop...so I'll edit that to say if things slow down they'll just expand the gift shop into room #3 lol...though they could always go the direction of Tower of Terror and add a bar for one parent to hang while the other waits in line to meet the Frozen sisters...

 

[rteetz]

News

Liberty Square Riverboat closed for refurbishment August 1st-7th.

 

[rteetz]

News

Blizzard Beach refurbishment from October 23rd to December 24th.

 

[graychef]

News

Dinosaur refurbishment at AK from July 25th to September 29th.

Are you kidding me? Ugh.

 

[Mac30188]

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Dinosaur refurbishment at AK from July 25th to September 29th.

I assume with the fairly short time frame this is just basic upkeep and not any change to the ride itself. As this ride tends to get quite a few complaints, it would seem this would be a candidate for a slightly longer refurbishment with an attempt to smooth out the execution to be a little more cohesive and aesthetically palatable to the senses.

 

[rteetz]

I assume with the fairly short time frame this is just basic upkeep and not any change to the ride itself. As this ride tends to get quite a few complaints, it would seem this would be a candidate for a slightly longer refurbishment with an attempt to smooth out the execution to be a little more cohesive and aesthetically palatable to the senses.

They could make some small changes but I don't think the ride has seen a major refurb in a long time so this is expected.

 

[rteetz]

News

Disneyland has Finding Dory treats

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...nemo-treats-are-off-the-hook-at-disney-parks/

 

[rteetz]

News

Ride tests begin at Hong Kong Disneyland Iron Man ride tests begin.

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...-iron-man-experience-at-hong-kong-disneyland/

 

[Mr. lncredible]

News

Dinosaur refurbishment at AK from July 25th to September 29th.

Nooooo!

 

[rteetz]

News

First image of Darth Vader in Rogue One poster.

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2016/05/lots-...story-first-concept-art-image-of-darth-vader/