2 Refurbs In 3 Months??

[Crush Dude!]

Why is The Liberty Belle down for another refurb in August? It has only just finished one last week :shrug:

From WDW site;

Liberty Square Riverboat - Closed For Refurbishment [ Tuesday, May 01 - Sunday, May 20 ]
Liberty Square Riverboat - Closed For Refurbishment [ Saturday, August 04 - Friday, August 10 ]

 

[C.FERNIE]

anyone thinking next gen here? :shrug:

 

[Jakester]

Could be more work needing to be done, and they needed it running for the summer season, so after the busy part is done, they can bring it down again, and finish

 

[wdwmagic]

The Riverboat is refurb intensive. Have a look at its refurb history here http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions/Liberty-Square-Riverboat/Refurbishments.htm

It seems to average around 3 refurbs per year. I believe it is largely to do with the boiler system.

 

[Crush Dude!]

The Riverboat is refurb intensive. Have a look at its refurb history here http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions/Liberty-Square-Riverboat/Refurbishments.htm

It seems to average around 3 refurbs per year. I believe it is largely to do with the boiler system.

So it's actually it's 3rd refurb in 7 months!! Never realised it went down this much! At least it will be running for the last 2 weeks of my trip

 

[real mad hatter]

Naw,No the Boiler System!

So it's actually it's 3rd refurb in 7 months!! Never realised it went down this much! At least it will be running for the last 2 weeks of my trip

Don't worry Crush ma man,I'll spray some WD40 on it in July.:ROFLOL:

 

[chargerag]

Are all these real refurbs or just shutting it down in the slow season?

Also is there any chance of them putting fastpass on this attraction since they are putting it on everything else?

 

[Crush Dude!]

Are all these real refurbs or just shutting it down in the slow season?

Also is there any chance of them putting fastpass on this attraction since they are putting it on everything else?

Slow season in August??? Surely you joke :ROFLOL:

 

[Cornballman]

The Riverboat is refurb intensive. Have a look at its refurb history here http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions/Liberty-Square-Riverboat/Refurbishments.htm

It seems to average around 3 refurbs per year. I believe it is largely to do with the boiler system.

Dealing with boilers I can tell you that sometimes the routine maintenance does requiere extensive work. And for a system that old and that gets that much use, it's a miracle it's up as much as it is!:sohappy:

 

[Tom]

Are all these real refurbs or just shutting it down in the slow season?

Also is there any chance of them putting fastpass on this attraction since they are putting it on everything else?

Fastpass on the riverboat? Perhaps I've just never been to WDW when it warranted one...and I've been in the dead of summer, which is one of the more miserable times of the year to stand on a boat and drift every so slowly around a swamp :lol:

 

[Cornballman]

fastpass on the riverboat? Perhaps i've just never been to wdw when it warranted one...and i've been in the dead of summer, which is one of the more miserable times of the year to stand on a boat and drift every so slowly around a swamp :lol:

haha nice:roflol:

 

[cheezbat]

If that's the norm with this thing, then I can completely understand why they'd consider permanently docking it and turning it into a meet n greet or restaurant. That's a lot of refurbIshing for something with such a small payoff. It's definitely not a headliner at the park.

I guess this will be an area to continue to watch in the next number of years.

 

[steve2wdw]

Don't worry Crush ma man,I'll spray some WD40 on it in July.:ROFLOL:

Instead of spraying some WD40 on it, how about some WDW40!

 

[IanDLBZF]

They should really do a serious OVERHAUL on this boat.

 

[WDW Monorail]

If that's the norm with this thing, then I can completely understand why they'd consider permanently docking it and turning it into a meet n greet or restaurant. That's a lot of refurbIshing for something with such a small payoff. It's definitely not a headliner at the park.

I guess this will be an area to continue to watch in the next number of years.

I'd rather them do this than constantly throw money at the thing. Either that or find some gas turbine powered craft if they feel like they really need to have a riverboat ride.