when a restaurant closes for refurbishment...

[jenny-d]

Just wondering if anyone has had this experience before--restaurants closing for refurbishment--like Crystal Palace is now? For anyone who has been there when they have done this--Is there any way that it will open earlier than the date posted? I know sometimes rides open earlier than planned but I didn't know if it's possible for restaurants to do so? I'm so bummed that CP will be closed while we are there--it's really bugging me!

 

[ajleone]

In my experience, although they can open early, they tend to open on the date or a little later.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

The following is important to answer your question.

Cast Scheduling (as well as payroll) is based on a Sunday through Saturday week. I will use the week February 1 through 7, 2009 as my example for timing. (This is a "canned" response so that is why an old date is being used.)

The Cast hours and work assignments for the week are posted into the various systems on Sunday January 25th.

The Schedulers work on the schedule for Feb 1-7 during the week January 18 to 24 so the information can be posted in a timely manner.

If an attraction which has been closed is scheduled to be reopened any time during the February 1 to 7 week, notification to the Schedulers must be no later than January 17. And normally the first day of operation after a rehab tends to be on a Sunday.

Here is where the key to the whole thing comes in. If an attraction has been planned to be opened during the week starting February 1st and it is decided to open the attraction earlier, then a firm management decision must be made and given to the Schedulers no later than January 10th if the opening will be any time during the week of January 25th.

So just completing a rehab a few days early cannot affect the opening date unless it is known at least three weeks before completion.