News Alice in Wonderland, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Peter Pan's Flight and Ariel's Undersea Adventure closing for refurbishment in June 2023

[Disney Irish]

Really?

All I know is that this is already lasting more than a week, so I'm willing to bet that this could last for several weeks. I hope I'm mistaken, though, especially since, as I said, I will be going in September.

Even if they are closed for several weeks that isn't going to affect your trip in September as that would mean they'd be reopen sometime in July. Which is probably about right if this is to deal with fire protection, which is the assumption right now.

No one here really knows the specifics of why these attractions in one building are closing, same with Ariel. We just know they do appear to be closing for at least 10 days if we take the refurb calendar at face value.

Point is check back after the closure starts and then we'll probably have a better understanding of how long they'll be closed.

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

Reopening Alice and Mr Toad on June 16.

 

[chadwpalm]

The calendar only shows Ariel closed from June 5-7.

 

[Phroobar]

The calendar only shows Ariel closed from June 5-7.

Which should be about the time the live action movie leaves theaters for Disney+ .

 

[Disstevefan1]

Sounds like roofing or HVAC needs work.

If they all share the same building and they will all close at the same time, it sure sounds like this.
If this is all it is than they shouldn’t be closed for too long I suspect.

 

[mharrington]

Reopening Alice and Mr Toad on June 16.

What about Peter Pan?

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

What about Peter Pan?

Still marked as closed

 

[Consumer]

Still marked as closed

I suspect the show building is in need of renovation and so Disney is using this time to remove the red men from Peter Pan.

 

[mharrington]

I suspect the show building is in need of renovation and so Disney is using this time to remove the red men from Peter Pan.

If that's the case, I have a feeling that the ride will still be closed by September. Again, this does not look like an easy fix.

 

[PiratesMansion]

If that's the case, I have a feeling that the ride will still be closed by September. Again, this does not look like an easy fix.

We don't know what they're doing, and they're probably not going to tell us. We don't know what the "fix" is or how long it will take. It will be what it will be. The people who know aren't going to be the ones talking.

They're probably not going to replace the Indians during the summer season.

I don't understand why you're seemingly eager to jump to the conclusion that the ride will be closed until September based on literally no evidence or information, except that we don't know when the refurbishment ends. I'm sure it won't end up being that much longer than the refurb for the adjoining dark rides.

 

[mharrington]

We don't know what they're doing, and they're probably not going to tell us. We don't know what the "fix" is or how long it will take. It will be what it will be. The people who know aren't going to be the ones talking.

They're probably not going to replace the Indians during the summer season.

I don't understand why you're seemingly eager to jump to the conclusion that the ride will be closed until September based on literally no evidence or information, except that we don't know when the refurbishment ends. I'm sure it won't end up being that much longer than the refurb for the adjoining dark rides.

The Peter Pan ride is one of my absolute favorite rides in the park, and I always make it a habit of going on every time I go. However, mainly because the line tends to get long and stay long, I try to go on as early as possible. As such, I get a lot of needling from my family, who chide me for wasting my limited time going on that ride.

I would think that if Alice and Mr. Toad are reopening at the same time, just as they are closing at the same time, then so would Peter Pan.

As for the Indians, I wouldn't put it past them not to remove them at some point, given how problematic they have become. They've already removed the movie from kids' accounts from Disney Plus, while adding an annoying "Stories Matter" at the start of the movie on regular accounts that you must sit through before you can watch the movie.

 

[PiratesMansion]

The Peter Pan ride is one of my absolute favorite rides in the park, and I always make it a habit of going on every time I go. However, mainly because the line tends to get long and stay long, I try to go on as early as possible. As such, I get a lot of needling from my family, who chide me for wasting my limited time going on that ride.

I would think that if Alice and Mr. Toad are reopening at the same time, just as they are closing at the same time, then so would Peter Pan.

That's understandable that you'd want to go on a favorite ride. However, it's still too early to tell how much longer the ride will need to be closed vs. the others. If we haven't heard anything in several weeks pointing to a reopening date, then perhaps it would make sense to assume it will be a much lengthier closure. At this point, we've only known about the Toad/Alice reopening dates for a day or so. We could still end up getting a Pan reopening date within the next few days.

If it's been several weeks and we still haven't heard anything, THEN it might be cause for concern IMO.

 

[mickEblu]

Speaking of, just put on Peter Pan and Wendy for my son. The boy who plays Peter is awful and why does he have a British accent?

 

[PiratesMansion]

Speaking of, just put on Peter Pan and Wendy for my son. The boy the who plays Peter is awful and why does he have a British accent?

Peter Pan is a British character.

 

[mickEblu]

Peter Pan is a British character.

Yes but this is Disney’s Peter Pan. The character playing him sounds nothing like him, looks nothing like him and has no charm or charisma. Did they go with the executive producers son or something?

 

[PiratesMansion]

Yes but this is Disney’s Peter Pan. The character playing him sounds nothing like him, looks nothing like him and has no charm or charisma. Did they go with the executive producers son or something?

Maybe they wanted to try something new?

The remakes weren't any more exciting when they were just like the animated features they were based on, so I can't really fault them for trying something different, even though I don't doubt their ability to muck everything up in the process. If they can muck up BATB so badly and it's basically the same movie as the animated feature but longer/more garish/worse in every respect when compared to the original, I have no doubt they can muck up films where they go for something different.

Maybe the kid couldn't nail an American accent, but there are plenty of movies where people just use their normal accents and it's a hodgepodge. If you think about it, the accents were weird in the original film too. All the characters should be British, but Wendy and John have British accents, while everyone else doing voiceovers, including others in the same family, sound like they might as well have been bussed in from Kansas to record their parts.

 

[Consumer]

Peter Pan and Wendy looked wretched.

 

[BuzzedPotatoHead89]

I would think that if Alice and Mr. Toad are reopening at the same time, just as they are closing at the same time, then so would Peter Pan.

It is possible they’re doing additional work to the Peter Pan ride interior or external roofing/facade itself. Even if this is a change to the “Injun” scene I still venture to guess the ride should also be back up and running by early to mid July. This likely wouldn’t take that much longer than an extra couple weeks.

The Peter Pan side of the show building is also in closest proximity to the firework fallout zone and may need a few additional days of fireproofing prep work.

 

[D.Silentu]

Speaking of, just put on Peter Pan and Wendy for my son. The boy the who plays Peter is awful and why does he have a British accent?

Excited to watch that, I was likewise incredulous at how lacking the title actor was. Wendy's casting was better, but it seemed like the character suffered from a mild case of angst, not even giving her a chance to become gradually disillusioned with Neverland. Also, it featured the most subdued Hook I've ever seen. Come to think of it, that's the best word to describe the movie. If you are looking for a more spirited reimagining, I recommend Universal's Peter Pan from 2003.

 

[mharrington]

Peter Pan and Wendy looked wretched.

With very few exceptions, I have been mostly steering clear of those live-action remakes. I can't stand them. The only ones I have seen were "Alice In Wonderland", "Cinderella", "The Jungle Book", "Dumbo" and "Pinocchio". And the only reason I saw "Pinocchio" was because I wanted to see how they could pull off Pleasure Island without smoking or drinking. I also saw "Maleficent", but I could not stand how much they had changed her to make her a nicer person all around. At least "Alice" and "Dumbo" were done by Tim Burton. Say what you will about Burton, but anything he does is going to be different by design. I'm not saying they're good or bad, just different.

All other remakes I have been deliberately avoiding like the plague, including "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", "The Lion King", "Lady and the Tramp", "Mulan", "Cruella" (which, like "Maleficent", looks like an attempt to turn a classic Disney villain into a nicer person) and, yes, "Peter Pan and Wendy". I have no intention of seeing the new version of "The Little Mermaid" either.

If I didn't know any better, I would say that these remakes are the equivalent of all those sequels, direct-to-video or not, that we got in the 1990s and 2000s.