wonderstruck88
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- May 30, 2016
Using CP as a reference I've had this same discussion with many people. I get that it's easier to work construction in a closed park v. an operating park but CP works through the Ohio winters which definitely hampers the progress. I've never understood why Disney construction takes so long. My favorite winter drives are heading up the chaussey to watch the progress on whatever CP is building that winter. You would think Disney would be able to get their projects moving much quicker than they do.
I get the difference a bit more when comparing to CP - everything there tends to be super minimal as far as loading/unloading areas go, and the theming is pretty generic/non-existent. I'm not knocking CP - I thought Gatekeeper was amazing and have always admired how they do a new coaster over one single winter season. But comparing it to Disney is kind of apples and oranges. That being said, I do think Disney is typically way slower than necessary with this stuff. I mean, I look at how fast Universal had HP done and how amazingly accurate it is. Then I think about how Pandora was announced when my husband and I were honeymooning at Disney, and by the time it opened we had a four year old who wasn't born until like a year and a half after the honeymoon...