ROA drained!!

[Eosphotog]

Per cast members on the Mark Twain the river work has begun. Coffer damns are being used so that the river visible to guests remains filled. The area drained is already a construction zone.

 

[spokanemom]

I know it is a necessary evil, but it is sad.

 

[Susie63]

Thanks for the update. So glad there is no wall like 2010.

 

[DSLRuser]

wonder what kind of cool stuff they will find.

 

[LizzyS]

So the river will remain partially filled? If anyone has pics of this, I'd love to see. We'll be there in three weeks' time!

 

[Eosphotog]

Looks perfectly normal. The drained portion is not visible to guests.

 

[LizzyS]

Looks perfectly normal. The drained portion is not visible to guests.

That's great news, if you ask me!

 

[Eosphotog]

That's great news, if you ask me!

You really can't tell anything is different other than the few attractions down. They have the mark twain open and blowing the steam whistle. Cast members looked a little bored.

 

[sherilaine]

This is nice to hear - I had pictured it all boarded up in my mind but if it's being done out of eyesight all the better. Would be neat to see a picture.

 

[StormyCA]

I expect at some point a picture will be leaked out by someone. I just can't think of anywhere in the park you'd be able to get that picture since the train isn't running. Someone with a drone? Nah, don't think you'd be able to get that close in without being seen.

 

[Jerryp49]

Can the drained part be seen from Tarzans Treehouse ?

 

[ZamboniNerd]

We should all put in $10 and send a helicopter up for the pictures. Construction shots are always interesting.

 

[Indiana Scott]

You really can't tell anything is different other than the few attractions down. They have the mark twain open and blowing the steam whistle. Cast members looked a little bored.

So the Mark Twain is just sitting there puffing away but never moving?
That's hard to picture!

 

[Eosphotog]

They have steam for the whistle.

I tried to see the river from the top of splash mountain but it looked full from what I could see. If the cast members are correct then it must be only a small portion that is actually drained. I think most of the walls that are up are to prevent views "down the river".

 

[CourtFool]

I am also curious to see how this looks. I am glad there are not a bunch of boards up. In my opinion, they are an eyesore.

 

[lalasmama]

For those that are curious about what it looks like in general when drained, there's a ton of pics on Google Images. Obviously not from the draining, but past ones, and there were even some showing the damming system.

 

[sherilaine]

I meant what the park area looks like right now - what you see when walking through, how many boards are up, how much that alters just walking through the area which used to be so open and give you a bit of relief from any crowds.

 

[GatorChris]

If there's still water in the front of Tom Sawyer island, I wonder why they aren't having Fantasmic?

 

[tlovesdis]

Nothing is boarded up in front of the river. There are boards up at Hungry Bear. You can go on the Mark Twain and meet Tiana and Louis and the steam whistle blows all the time! The conductor makes announcements that the ship will not be making any voyages until sometime in 2017.

 

[figment_jii]

If there's still water in the front of Tom Sawyer island, I wonder why they aren't having Fantasmic?

I would guess that even if a portion of the RoA is drained, they can't move/position the water crafts (i.e., Columbia and Mark Twain) to move correctly.