The Magic Carpets of Aladdin closing for refurbishment in November

[wdwmagic]

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...din-closing-for-refurbishment-in-november.htm

 

[Soarin' Over Pgh]

Eh.

 

[Aurora1]

It needs it- we were there last week and it broke down multiple times- a few of the carpets had back sections that were missing or falling off.

 

[Tom]

I was hoping that to say "....Closing for Good"

 

[ToTBellHop]

"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!" said no one.

Maybe this is time for the camels to be trained that spitting is rude. "Why you gotta be so rude?!"

 

[Animaniac93-98]

They just took down the Paris version for a 3 month rebuild, has that happened before with the Orlando copy?

 

[ABQ]

Why is this attraction so reviled? Outside of the "it doesn't belong in Adventureland" argument that is? Seems like, for me at least, it's a good option for children that like spinners and don't want to walk all the way to Dumbo 2.0 Yet all these adults, who I don't think it's necessarily looking to please anyway, come on this forum and slam the ride. I could take it or leave it, but I think it's sometimes fun to see an unsuspecting guest spit on by the camel looking toward the Dole Whip stand.

 

[Disneydreamer23]

Good this ride was very shakey last year

 

[rioriz]

IMHO this was the best spinner in WDW....new Dumbo takes its place due to the dueling factor and light package

 

[breakin2]

How am I going to get my spin fix now? Dumbo, the flying Dinosaurs, and the Astro Orbiters simply aren't enough!

 

[melmel89]

glad it's getting some much needed TLC it looked tired when we were there last year.

 

[wdwgreek]

Aw Man :/ will the camel go down for referb as well? maybe I can walk by without getting wet for once lol!

 

[Soarin' Over Pgh]

Why is this attraction so reviled? Outside of the "it doesn't belong in Adventureland" argument that is? Seems like, for me at least, it's a good option for children that like spinners and don't want to walk all the way to Dumbo 2.0 Yet all these adults, who I don't think it's necessarily looking to please anyway, come on this forum and slam the ride. I could take it or leave it, but I think it's sometimes fun to see an unsuspecting guest spit on by the camel looking toward the Dole Whip stand.

It feels so out of place. It's plopped down in a well themed area but it's theme just doesn't match.

And I hate that camel.

 

[ABQ]

It feels so out of place. It's plopped down in a well themed area but it's theme just doesn't match.

And I hate that camel.

Well I'd rather they brought back the steel drummers, how long ago were they last there? 1978? But the camel makes me laugh.

 

[Kman101]

It's unecessary. And a cheap "ride". I'm sure the kids love it but they'd be just fine if it wasn't there either. It's out of place and it seems like that money and man power could have gone elsewhere. It also takes up too big of a chunk of the walkway into Adventureland, IMO.

 

[flynnibus]

Why is this attraction so reviled? .

For the same reason the hat is... Placement

 

[ABQ]

For the same reason the hat is... Placement

So I guess the one caveat I gave in my original post is the one, or one of, the reasons. I can accept that, though it doesn't block the Tiki House nearly as much as the BAH does the GMR

 

[startraveler]

The Carpets has a wheelchair car. Dumbo doesn't.that might be one reason. Can't put a wheelchair car on Dumbo since the cars only have one seat.

 

[flynnibus]

So I guess the one caveat I gave in my original post is the one, or one of, the reasons. I can accept that, though it doesn't block the Tiki House nearly as much as the BAH does the GMR

It's that and the fact it's yet another spinner in a park that already had two spinners

 

[Tim Lohr]

This is closed for the 1 week my family is going to be there. We have little kids and the nice thing about Magic Carpets is that each carpet vehicle has 2 rows of seats so a whole family can ride together if they want. Plus the Magic Carpets have the highest capacity of the MK's 3 spinners, it can hold 64 people per ride, each Dumbo is half that at 32, so it takes both Dumbos to match the Carpets, and Astro only holds 24