Timekeep closed for good

[pdchris]

I just saw on Mouseplanet that Timekeeper in Tomorrowland is closed for good. Kinda sad for me as it was one of the first attractions by DS and I saw on our first trip to MK. I sure hope they don't close Carousel of Progress. I really consider that a true sign of Tomorrowland. I wish I had had a chance to try the 20,000 Leagues attraction but it closed before our first visit.

 

[bicker]

Yup, saw this coming. Carousel of Progress is definitely on the chopping block as well. As much we all proclaim our love for it, we just don't patronize the attraction that much.

 

[Praying Colonel]

I have a soft spot for both--they were the first attractions I visited in MK. Here's hoping they keep CoP open.

 

[safetymom]

COP has been open daily since Stitch opened. They have been refurbishing it slowly also so I think COP will hang around for awhile.

 

[bicker]

"Hang around" -- literally...

 

[dpuck1998]

CoP was open in Jan during maybe the slowest time of year. Of course Buzz was closed so that might have had some effect on it. We all went on it and loved it...hopefully its there for a long time to come. They can put whatever new attraction they want in that awful stitch area.

 

[bicker]

Both Buzz and Timekeeper were closed in January.

 

[MouseWorshipin]

Carousel of Progress is definitely on the chopping block...we all proclaim our love for it, we just don't patronize the attraction...

Who is we? Not me, that's for sure!

I love CoP and visit 2-3 times every trip. Perhaps the reason that people skip it is that Disney doesn't promote it at all. It isn't even IN their guidebook!

To me, CoP is essential. Get rid of it, might as well take the Walt statue down and rename the place Ride World.

 

[o2bacelt]

We LOVE CoP...

There's a great big wonderful tomorrow.... *I'll be singing that all day now.*

 

[chrome64]

I agree that the Time Keeper is gone for good. I was there last week and they have now moved the character meet and greet outside and the doors stayed closed all week. To me that indicates that something is going on inside. Maybe they have already started to gut it. I don't remember much about the Timekeeper since it has been closed the last several years that I have been there.

But, I rode CoP for the first time (that I can remember) the first week of January. It is now one of my favorites! I do think that it needs a little work and needs to be refurbed and updated. But, what would we be saying about "Progress" if it just shut down?

Last week as I was entering the castmember at the door sarcastically said "The most exciting 20 minutes in all of Disney World!" I turned to him and said that I thought it really was. He laughed and said, "It's time for CoP to go just like the Timekeeper." I then told him that I appriciate the CoP for the technological wonder that it was when Walt built it. His reply was, "Ya, Was!"

I thought that it was really sad that even the CM's were so negative about it. Sure it's old and somewhat outdated but, I think that if Walt were still living, it would have been updated in so many ways that it would have been a different ride each time you got on! It's all about progress you know!

 

[safetymom]

Yes they are putting something new inside but it hasn't been announced yet.

 

[bicker]

Perhaps the reason that people skip it is that Disney doesn't promote it at all.

I don't buy that for a second. Disney isn't in business to spite itself. If they could not make any more money with the money they'd spend on promoting CoP, then they'd promote CoP. To suggest otherwise would be an unfair aspersion. I love CoP, but I've been on it "enough". I haven't been on it in about four years. I may or may not catch it next year, if it is still there, but if I do, I probably won't visit it for another five years after that. I suspect CoP's problem isn't promotion, but rather that more people feel as I do (or worse, like that CM mentioned earlier in the thread does) with regard to CoP than feel as you do about it. Sorry about that.

 

[Deb in IA]

Very sad. Here's what I read on Deb Wills' site:

After being listed as "seasonal" since April 2001, Disney announced today that effective February 26, 2006, this Tomorrowland attraction will officially close for good.
A new attraction for this location is being developed by Walt Disney Imagineering
and details will be announced in the future.