Space Mountain closing intermittently in September

[wdwmagic]

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...ntain-closing-intermittently-in-september.htm

 

[Timekeeper]

If only that were being done in order to remove the TTA walls

 

[Next Big Thing]

The walls in the TTA (among other areas) were put in to reduce the light leakage onto the ride track if i'm not mistaken.

 

[Sped2424]

sounds like they are testing something

 

[PrincessNelly_NJ]

Woah... Ill be there on the 2nd and 8th so I got lucky

 

[Disvillain63]

Luck's on our side too...September 12 thru 16; only one day effected

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Luck's on our side too...September 12 thru 16; only one day effected

Which I guess is the whole point. Instead of closing the ride for 9 days in a row, they spilt it into thirds so that people have at least one day where's it's open when they're there (assuming they stay for 4 nights or more).

Must be frustrating for the crews working on it though to stop (twice) before they can finish.

 

[muteki]

The walls in the TTA (among other areas) were put in to reduce the light leakage onto the ride track if i'm not mistaken.

And the glow in the dark paint isn't on the cars anymore, without that I don't see the point.

 

[ukool]

Luckly our first MK day is the 14th and then its open for a full week, so we will get at least 2 days in the park with it open, plenty of chances to ride

 

[WDITrent]

Could this finally be a sign of routine maintenance? Is George K re-introducing a Disneyland standard long-lost at WDW?

 

[draybook]

Oh man. I'm gonna catch hell when the Mrs. and daughter find out about this. They will only be able to ride on the 22nd, our first day in the MK.

 

[palmickey420]

I may be the only one who is this hopeful but could the Space Mountain refurbishment later this year show the way for A Ghost Galaxy overlay? I mean space mountain wasn't refurbished that long ago and it is perfect timing for MNSSHP. And in my opinion MK seriously needs some holiday overlay on at least one of its rides

 

[Bolt]

I may be the only one who is this hopeful but could the Space Mountain refurbishment later this year show the way for A Ghost Galaxy overlay? I mean space mountain wasn't refurbished that long ago and it is perfect timing for MNSSHP. And in my opinion MK seriously needs some holiday overlay on at least one of its rides

I can confirm this is not happening.

 

[spaceghost]

Maybe this is to fix something related to the safety concerns found in DL? (Like the ones that kept Space Mountain closed for the duration of our once in a decade trip earlier this year... )

 

[Bolt]

Which I guess is the whole point. Instead of closing the ride for 9 days in a row, they spilt it into thirds so that people have at least one day where's it's open when they're there (assuming they stay for 4 nights or more).

Must be frustrating for the crews working on it though to stop (twice) before they can finish.

This sounds accurate.

 

[RSoxNo1]

I can only assume this is for Ghost Galaxy

 

[Nubs70]

Could this finally be a sign of routine maintenance? Is George K re-introducing a Disneyland standard long-lost at WDW?

My thoughts exactly. These are multi day maintenance downs. After these, hopefully the downs will turn into a single day per month and a single multi day per year with routine maintenance during the over night.

 

[Nubs70]

Which I guess is the whole point. Instead of closing the ride for 9 days in a row, they spilt it into thirds so that people have at least one day where's it's open when they're there (assuming they stay for 4 nights or more).

Must be frustrating for the crews working on it though to stop (twice) before they can finish.

Not frustrating. Proper maintenance planning will break the projects into the time allotted so each job will be completed in three days.

 

[jt04]

Could this finally be a sign of routine maintenance? Is George K re-introducing a Disneyland standard long-lost at WDW?

This seems to be the trend.

 

[TP2000]

It is suspiciously close to the timing for Ghost Galaxy, if WDW wanted to try that Disneyland concept out for Halloween.

Could it be?....