Recent content by YodaMan

The wait times for this ride have been pretty disproportionately high for the last week or two, which leads me to believe a turntable or two must be down consistently. Do we think this is just general maintenance and repairs or some kind of prep work for the new missions?

I don’t know if this level of work requires a permit, but there was that nasty storm on Sunday with sudden and high winds and it caused quite a bit of damage. One of the metal blue directional signs snapped clean off right by the toll booths and has been sitting on the ground coned off for the...

Doing so would have impacted all the meet and greets that take place around Echo Lake. One of the rare times where Entertainment was prioritized over an Attraction.

In years past they’ve intentionally waited until the last MVMCP to finish before acknowledging daytime ops for the holiday parade, castle show, and fireworks. This isn’t really anything new. More unusual that the fireworks and parade were added in advance than that the castle show was added day-of.

That’s above the Christmas shop, which is Christmas-themed year round

Not at all. This was closed so it could become a merchandise location for Jollywood Nights parties. After the last party, they’re switching it back and it reopens for daily ops on December 27.

Having to go over to MK during the holiday crowds to get the final magnets was not on my to-do list 😪

For how much they push the popcorn buckets, it makes sense. They’ve had the 3 at Center Stage for ages but that was primarily it. Ice Cold Hydraulics added a stand on the left side of the park, and this adds one in the back of the park.

Construction has now begun to take up another section of the cast parking lot.

This has been talked to death but this simply isn’t true. It’s why they have part time cast who aren’t guaranteed any hours. It’s why they have college Program cast who turn over every few months. It’s why they have full time cast who are only guaranteed 32 hours. Muppets closed and those labor...

Still a bit torn on this overall. It’s still crazy to me that Mermaid sat rotting for roughly 5 years before they ended up bringing back… an updated Mermaid. And 10 years after replacing the Magic of Disney Animation with Launch Bay, we’re finally replacing Launch Bay with… the Magic of Disney...

The unthemed buildings don’t bother me, but I do laugh at the effort that was made to paint so many of them sky blue or slightly themed just for them to now go back to painting them soundstage beige to make it look like a studio again

Is this related to the TSL sign coming down and construction walls going up?

I think this mini-land will live or die based on characters just like Galaxy’s Edge. You can tell me that Batuu is Star Wars, but without aliens and droids roaming about in every corner it loses a lot of the immersiveness. I fear Monsters will have the same fate, and without lots of animatronics...