any thoughts of this?
my thought is that SDMT was an emergency attraction for Fantasyland so thats why it took so long to build.
my thought is that SDMT was an emergency attraction for Fantasyland so thats why it took so long to build.
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Seven Dwarves Mine Train the longest Disney attraction ever created and constructed.
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ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
That's patently false.
bethymouse
Well-Known Member
emergency attraction?
Californian Elitist
Well-Known Member
I don't think I quite understand.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
It's taking long to build b/c it was always scheduled to open in 2014, after maybe a little more than 2 years of construction?
Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
Perhaps, not clearly stated...I think it meant the attraction that has taken the longest to build. I'm not sure if that is true, but, I surely do not know what Emergency attractions means at all.
RandomPrincess
Keep Moving Forward
By emergency I think they mean it was not part of the original plans for New FL and was added to the plans later.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Expedition Everest took about 2 years 9 months. The mine ride started construction around October of 2011 so it is likely to take less time then that. Also, the whole rest of the Fantasyland expansion took 2 years 10 months. Mission Space 3 years, 6 months including the demolition
of Horizons.
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Since1976
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To clarify "emergency attraction" even further, the perception is that SDMT was shoehorned into New Fantasyland after the initial unveiled plans were judged to be too girl-centric (by a Disney exec's own kids, if I recall correctly). So, with the revised concept artwork, princess meet-and-greets were consolidated into one attraction space and the coaster dropped in the middle of the expansion.
FigmentJedi
Well-Known Member
Haunted Mansion still holds the record. Announced in 1961, Facade was built between 1962-1963 but the ride took six years to actually come together and opened in 1969.
It is all about the spread sheets.
When an attraction or, in the case of AK, a park will consistently make the company more money you get it done yesterday. When it won't, you spread it across as many quarters as you can, use no overtime and squeeze every contractor for every penny to make the capital expenditures look good to the suits on Wall St.
nolatron
Well-Known Member
Yeah, but isn't most of that just open land? Something 110 of the 500 acres is just the Safari land if I recall. And it's not like AK had a lot of show buildings that needed to built.
As for the Mine Train, I would think the fact that it's smack in the middle of an active guest area could be one reason for the slow construction. All the heavy lifting, equipment moving, maybe very noisy work, etc.. has to be done in small after-hour windows.
Disneyhead'71
Well-Known Member
Umm, they broke ground in Oct. 2010.
So no matter how you slice it it is going to be a 3.5 year build out.
Bocabear
Well-Known Member
They broke ground for the coaster at the same time as everything else...it wasn't like they started it long after the other stuff was built. I think they built all of Hollywood Studios faster then it is taking them to build that coaster...They are dragging it out for fiscal reasons...there is no reason it could not have been finished sooner.
gboiler1
Active Member
I was thinking the exact same thing Tahu. Can you imagine the boards and threads on HM now?
I have one of the guide books from 1967 or so that features coming attractions and shows drawings of both Pirates and HM. I'm thinking that some might have been Rolly Crump's House of the Weird.