November 2024 Refurbs - Railroad Reopens October 25th!

Dave from Freshbaked sure seems to think the Railroad will be up by late October. Not sure if he has intel or just wishful thinking but the Refurb calendar begs to differ. We shall see. I hope it is up sooner rather then later.
I saw that too! I think he said "according to my sources" but who knows what that means. Could be a CM in the know or just someone making an educated guess. Although since I'm visiting the beginning of November, I hope he is right!
 
Dave from Freshbaked sure seems to think the Railroad will be up by late October. Not sure if he has intel or just wishful thinking but the Refurb calendar begs to differ. We shall see. I hope it is up sooner rather then later.
A couple of weeks ago, one of the CM said that they expect the character show in front of Main Street station to return in mid-October. Right now, with the construction, the characters just walk through the area with the band and don't stop.
 
A couple of weeks ago, one of the CM said that they expect the character show in front of Main Street station to return in mid-October. Right now, with the construction, the characters just walk through the area with the band and don't stop.
Going to be honest

I love how it works now, the characters come out and you can get a picture with them....later in the day it becomes insane to try to meet characters

So will miss this version where the characters just come out and meet you before the park opens
 

lol

I hope these rides closing next month are for a day....like I'm sorry ***?

Tickets around this time of year are insane, the crowds are going to really pick up, you do not want rides down now....wait until next year

I'm sorry but this season is more important then "the 70th" The real event wont be happening until spring anyway, I rather rides go down early next year then now when its peak crowds incoming for two months.
I totally agree. Having big ticket rides like Big Thunder down for the holiday season is ridiculous. It is so obvious that a new fiscal year has ticked over as they have just put everything off until that hit and now they are throwing money at the refurb team and hitting everything at once, racing against the clock to have the park looking fresh for the birthday celebrations. It seems like Halloween and the holiday season are a total afterthought yet we are paying big bucks to stay in their hotels and be in their parks at this time of year. If I had of known this was going to happen I would have put my planned holiday off till next year. I thought going at the holiday time would have been a perfect time to avoid ride closures as it has been in previous years. Grrr arrrrg.
 
The only saving grace for the Railway Station is that I am fairly sure it will have to be open for the Candlelight Processional weekend as that is what they use as the staging area. Just hope it opens earlier than that weekend as we visit the week before and I really want to ride the railway it is one of my favourite rides.
 
Hi all.
Back to the refurb threads. I did not post for Sept/October because other threads had it covered.

Disneyland:

Hungry Bear Restaurant - Opens hopefully on 11/15

The Briar Patch - Opens hopefully on 11/15

Disneyland Railroad - Due to reopen when Holiday Time starts on 11/15

"it's a small world" - Due to reopen when Holiday Time starts on 11/15

The Disneyland Story presenting Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln - Reopens 2025 for 70th.

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad:
November 18 to ???

Dumbo:
November 18 to ???

California Adventure:

World of Color One- Reopens as World of Color Holiday on 11/15

Little Mermaid: Nov. 4 to ???.

I will update this list accordingly as new information becomes available.

Thanks!
I am heading there from Nov 12-16 and there is no schedule for entertainment in Avenger's campus ( ie spiderman, wakandan warriors). Disney's calendar for the upcoming 6 weeks is up for World of Color Holiday edition but not for any avenger's campus shows. Is this normal?
 
I am heading there from Nov 12-16 and there is no schedule for entertainment in Avenger's campus ( ie spiderman, wakandan warriors). Disney's calendar for the upcoming 6 weeks is up for World of Color Holiday edition but not for any avenger's campus shows. Is this normal?
Yes it is normal. Disneyland has been extremely slow in adding entertainment. Keep checking.
 
I am heading there from Nov 12-16 and there is no schedule for entertainment in Avenger's campus ( ie spiderman, wakandan warriors). Disney's calendar for the upcoming 6 weeks is up for World of Color Holiday edition but not for any avenger's campus shows. Is this normal?
I have been checking the daily schedule every day for the last week or so and every day it goes down with a message that it is temporarily unavailable and they will fix it soon. My guess is that they haven't finalised what entertainment they are going to offer over the holiday season and so they are holding off on posting things. They could also be doing some upgrades to their system as there seems to be so many glitches and pages not loading properly at the moment. My final guess is that they are also trying to work out what rides they are going to refurbish next for the 70th. They seem to moving at a frantic pace giving just about every ride some sort of facelift and so new rides are being put on the refurb calendar seems like every day. I think their IT department is having trouble keeping up with all the information that needs to be filtered through to the system at the moment.
 
I’m shocked Big a thunder is still listed as closed on 11/25, a major holiday week. Super bummed it’s closed our entire trip. We are going with people who haven’t been in a long time, I’m sad for them too.
 
I’m shocked Big a thunder is still listed as closed on 11/25, a major holiday week. Super bummed it’s closed our entire trip. We are going with people who haven’t been in a long time, I’m sad for them too.
There is still a possibility it will open on Tuesday 11/26 or Wed 11/27. If it is still closed on Wednesday then I suspect it will be closed the whole week.
 
There is still a possibility it will open on Tuesday 11/26 or Wed 11/27. If it is still closed on Wednesday then I suspect it will be closed the whole week.
Well, it could be worse. Big Thunder in FL is closing for over a year. It is still disappointing and it would be nice if it was announced further in advance.

I remember when they redid the track at DL about a decade ago. The giant crane was on Big Thunder Trail and it was closed for about 18 months.

It was a long project, but we now have the smooth track and the often not working but still cool explosion scene.

If my memory serves me correctly, I think Big Thunder has been having track sensor issues that have been causing it to break down a lot. Maybe this is what they're working on.
 
Well, it could be worse. Big Thunder in FL is closing for over a year. It is still disappointing and it would be nice if it was announced further in advance.

I remember when they redid the track at DL about a decade ago. The giant crane was on Big Thunder Trail and it was closed for about 18 months.

It was a long project, but we now have the smooth track and the often not working but still cool explosion scene.

If my memory serves me correctly, I think Big Thunder has been having track sensor issues that have been causing it to break down a lot. Maybe this is what they're working on.
Yes I saw that. I guess all the new construction in Frontierland is shutting BT down!! Yikes!
 




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