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The parks ALWAYS have the right to close attractions. There is never a guarantee that something will be open, even if its advertised. However, by launching their Everest ad campaign, Disney has literally put money on the fact the ride will be open for business every day.-+

Obviously these billboards mean Everest is "officially open". Disney has NEVER advertised an attraction before it was 100% ready for visitors. In recent years, Philharmagic, Wishes, Mission Space, Soarin, and Lights,Motors,Action billboards have gone up on the day of their GRAND opening...

I never went to the Odyssey location, but I have to disagree about the "warehouse" feel at Millenium Village. The mood lighting, the fountains, the piano and harp music, and the elegant table layouts create, what I think, was one of my best WDW dining experiences. And that's just the...

From Orlando Sentinel: Everest could take Disney to new heights Mike Thomas COMMENTARY January 26, 2006 Disney doesn't build rides by slapping some track down and plopping a roller coaster on it. Disney creates stories that surround its rides. This is the story behind Expedition...

I went on Sunday, expecting the worst. But I gotta give my highest compliments to the AK staff. They not only learned from the previous three days, they handled that enormous crowd in a way only Disney can. We arrived at the park about 8:50 and were allowed up to the Tree of Life. At the...

Like many of you, I was SOOO tempted to look at the online videos and photos of Expedition Everest. (OK, gotta admit, I took a few very very quick peeks!) Thank goodness I got the chance to ride Everest this week, before the video temptation overcame me! I don't think I could have made it...

Pongo-- What are you talking about? Their website had lots of info about all the coasters http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEWS06 (I really like the flash thingy that shows all the gforces) I don't get what you mean by extremely biased. I thought it did a...

There's now video of the Local 6 news story on their website. Very interesting stuff. http://www.local6.com/news/5423136/detail.html

I can't believe it! Why must people always complain? There's a "B" word for what people are doing. Let's slam TLS before its even done! For goodness sake, they aren't REMOVING a ride--- they're re-opening and EXPANDING a ride! Those who think the "rehab" is complete are sorely mistaken...

That's the blessing...and the ultimate curse... of the internet. There will soon be a million photos online of the Seas changes, along with lots of commentary. It'll save you a trip to WDW. But the internet ruins all those little surprises visitors used to stumble upon by themselves. (Of...

Michael-- I think Disney had a very bad summer with children dying or having severe medical complications, not the press. I can't imagine the press coverage was as awful as a parent leaving the park without one of their children.

Maybe the new Spaceship Earth contract calls for the removal of that dang giant wand !

Directly across from Ft. Wilderness on Bay Lake is a mobile home park. It is where the dozen or so "citizens" of Reedy Creek live. Those citizens, who are all Disney employees, have voting rights in Reedy Creek, which allows Disney's "government" to exist. Here's some tax info about the...

1980's Epcot WAS boring. They've never removed Haunted Mansion. They've never removed Space Mountain. They've never removed Peter Pan's Flight. So why has Disney removed and rennovated much of the original EPCOT--- something that continues to this day? Because it was BORING! Yeah...

Do you REALLY think that's how Disney transported props to the park? I'm assuming that you did NOT actually see this in person, but rather on, say, a promotional TV show. Could it be possible Disney's masters of illusion actually "staged" these shipments for their TV programs?

The interchange is not built with tax dollars, per se. Tolls technically fund the entire project (but until they stop building new toll roads in Central Florida, there is no chance they'll ever reduce or eliminate tolls) Although it appears that the exit is built exclusively for Disney, that...

I've seen the road. It will run RIGHT behind Expedition Everest. Unfortunately--- unlike Disneyland's Matterhorn that can be seen from all directions as you approach the park--- Everest is only a HALF mountain (the backside is a plain industrial warehouse). People driving on this new road...

Why does everyone point to "DinoRama", Primeval Whirl", and "Aladdin's Flying Carpets" as the demise of Imagineering???? Can't anyone take these attractions for what they are: small, A-Ticket attractions designed to spread out the crowds--- attractions which were installed in a lull between two...

Why is everyone ASSUMING the curb would be removed to keep "stupid" people from "falling"?? Before visiting with both a baby and someone in a wheelchair, I guess I would have thought the same thing. But now I've got a new appreciation of how difficult such obsticles can be for strollers and...

Mousermerf--- Are you saying that its CONFIRMED the interior of the pavillion will be closed? I just find it hard to believe-- following the $$ already spent on the rehab-- that Disney would COMPLETELY shut down TLS for 3 months. They just put up a "Turtle Talk" billboard across from Sea...