Hey all...no pics, but some news from Epcot!
-The cones that you crash into on Test Track (non ABS braking test) are back, although they appear to be somewhat different than the old ones. They do not light up like the rest, they seem to be painted wood planks that the car wheels flatten as they roll over them.
-The Curtains from theatre 2 in Ellen's Energy Adventure are still missing. The Curtain covering the center screen is still there, but the side screen curtains are missing. It ruins the "going Widescreen" effect, as you know when it will stop.
-Also at Ellen, the Preshow center projector was a little out of focus. Enough to bug me, but I'm too critical.
-Mission Space Green and Orange is running like clockwork!, Orange had significantly longer waits throught the day.
-Soarin' was great as usual.
-Some of the climite control doors on Living with the Land were not working.
-There was actually a line for El Rio de Tiempo
-One thing I thought was interesting, Rio de Tiempo was loading normal guests into the wheelchair boat. I was one of them. 3 rows and 2 seats per row they managed to fill, which kept the lines down. I wonder if it's something they will do at iasm during the off season, or if there are no chairs.
-There are several rehab walls up all around world showcase. I'm pretty sure it's for the flower and garden festival removal.
-The removal is going pretty good so far. Donald and Daisy are gone from the enterance, but the heart tunnels remain. Some various topiaries are still up, but all F&G referances have been removed.
-Living with the Land was only running with 8 boats, which struck me as odd. It left a HUGE wait between boats at loading. If they do go to pre-recorded, I hope they add the boats taken out because of Fastpass. Those machines can be better used elseware.
-Speaking of the pre-recorded, there was a boat (that we couldn't get on) going around with about 4 CM's onboard. I don't know exactly why, but it seems like they were being trained on the spiel.
-Illiminations was awsome!
-Siemens is still working on the post-show for SSE. There are additional walls up on the west side. You can exit bout both sides, the CM's had the Emerency exit doors open on the west side, as the new wall blocked the regular doors.
-The Golden Dream Ship (newly dedicated) looks great as it did pre-hurricane, on the lagoon!
-Figment was having some major technical difficulties. During the finale, where the screens blow up, One screen wasn't there, to the left of car 1, and the screen in front of car 3 did not lower all the way, it barely moved. I mentioned the problem and about 2 hours later, when I went back, the ride was down.
-Figment's Meet and greet is back.
-The reflection pools are drained around future world West.
That's all for now! Post and Discuss!
-The cones that you crash into on Test Track (non ABS braking test) are back, although they appear to be somewhat different than the old ones. They do not light up like the rest, they seem to be painted wood planks that the car wheels flatten as they roll over them.
-The Curtains from theatre 2 in Ellen's Energy Adventure are still missing. The Curtain covering the center screen is still there, but the side screen curtains are missing. It ruins the "going Widescreen" effect, as you know when it will stop.
-Also at Ellen, the Preshow center projector was a little out of focus. Enough to bug me, but I'm too critical.
-Mission Space Green and Orange is running like clockwork!, Orange had significantly longer waits throught the day.
-Soarin' was great as usual.
-Some of the climite control doors on Living with the Land were not working.
-There was actually a line for El Rio de Tiempo
-One thing I thought was interesting, Rio de Tiempo was loading normal guests into the wheelchair boat. I was one of them. 3 rows and 2 seats per row they managed to fill, which kept the lines down. I wonder if it's something they will do at iasm during the off season, or if there are no chairs.
-There are several rehab walls up all around world showcase. I'm pretty sure it's for the flower and garden festival removal.
-The removal is going pretty good so far. Donald and Daisy are gone from the enterance, but the heart tunnels remain. Some various topiaries are still up, but all F&G referances have been removed.
-Living with the Land was only running with 8 boats, which struck me as odd. It left a HUGE wait between boats at loading. If they do go to pre-recorded, I hope they add the boats taken out because of Fastpass. Those machines can be better used elseware.
-Speaking of the pre-recorded, there was a boat (that we couldn't get on) going around with about 4 CM's onboard. I don't know exactly why, but it seems like they were being trained on the spiel.
-Illiminations was awsome!
-Siemens is still working on the post-show for SSE. There are additional walls up on the west side. You can exit bout both sides, the CM's had the Emerency exit doors open on the west side, as the new wall blocked the regular doors.
-The Golden Dream Ship (newly dedicated) looks great as it did pre-hurricane, on the lagoon!
-Figment was having some major technical difficulties. During the finale, where the screens blow up, One screen wasn't there, to the left of car 1, and the screen in front of car 3 did not lower all the way, it barely moved. I mentioned the problem and about 2 hours later, when I went back, the ride was down.
-Figment's Meet and greet is back.
-The reflection pools are drained around future world West.
That's all for now! Post and Discuss!
