News Friendship Boat service to Disney's Hollywood Studios closing for refurbishment

[peter11435]

Will the friendship boat be refurbished during this time?

The boats don’t have to be closed for boats to be taken out of service for refurbishment.

 

[DznyRktekt]

The boats don’t have to be closed for boats to be taken out of service for refurbishment.

Understood, but it could be a good time to at least restore the A/C.

 

[peter11435]

Understood, but it could be a good time to at least restore the A/C.

Improving the AC would be nice

But again. If they wanted to do that they don’t need to wait for the boats to close.

 

[BoarderPhreak]

The boat is definitely fairly slow. I've only used it once as well, lol. There's a reason many say you can walk faster than the boat ... but it's nice to have options. I like seeing the boats out.

Yeah... I willl say we took it again this past trip, only because it was hot and sunny out - and the boat is shaded and breezy. As I recall, we didn't really want to walk anymore either.

 

[WDWtraveler]

Photo update as of Sunday, June 3, 2018. A ground level view of the bridge repair. The scaffolding is located on the far side of the bridge. The repairs have not been started on this side of the bridge, so I expect this work to continue for some time, meaning the boats will be out of service longer than anticipated.

 

[cmb5002]

Are there any updates on this? Just curious as we'll be heading to Dolphin in about a month.

 

[Biff215]

Are there any updates on this? Just curious as we'll be heading to Dolphin in about a month.

According to the other thread, everything is back running as usual.

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...k-resort-to-be-intermittent-this-week.944391/

 

[cmb5002]

According to the other thread, everything is back running as usual.

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...k-resort-to-be-intermittent-this-week.944391/

Thanks! I checked another thread mentioning the refurb, but I guess I missed this one.

 

[RaveOnEd]

Are there any updates on this? Just curious as we'll be heading to Dolphin in about a month.

Thank you for asking! We'll be at the Dolphin starting 11 days from now, and looking forward to taking the boats to EPCOT and DHS!

 

[Wngo905]

Are there any updates on this? Just curious as we'll be heading to Dolphin in about a month.

Yep, it was up and running during our trip. CM said it started back June 30.