Or, like with pretty much every project, it’s just work that can easily be seen.
In this pic-either someone is welding, or they are finding a nice hidden spot to puff-puff-pass on their lunch break.Photos from today:
Not 100% sure but I doubt it. There's areas around the ride where track is not close to at all and I would think they would've already started that if that was the case. Something tells me they'll wait until Cars area/mini-land/ride is almost done and then repaint it to make it fit better with those surroundings. It's almost certain BTMR will have to close again to rework the outer areas of the ride and rockwork bordering the river considering how some of the water and track features run into the river and border it directly.
My guess with the track in the river is that, since the closures are currently scheduled to overlap, they'll just fill in the river while BTMRR is closed for this refurb, instead of having to close it again - do that area of the river first, for operations' sake
This is America use the proper terminology!No track replacement. Its being changed to a walk thru attraction. Mind the gap.
I believe speculation is they are planning installation of updated show scenes as well. I do not know if this is true or not, but even thought the new track install may be completed fairly soon, the attraction may not come back online for quite some time.
I Suspect the open areas were seeing are going to be the easiest part. That being said, theyre clearly trying to move the crane parts as fast as possible. Using a mobile crane and prioritizing the lifts shows that. It never crossed my mind that they wouldn't use a tower. Getting that thing out of there as quickly as possible is to be applauded, for sure. If you look at active in park construction sites: astro orbiter, this, and dinoland, theyve been moving really fast. Lets not talk about Toy Story covered seating. That project appears to be financed with whatever's in the till at the end of the day.
Or it just may be that this location is physically unsuitable to install a tower crane
It’s really a brand new coaster. They’re also going to need the maintenance facilities back online to really be able to do a full test and adjust with all of the trains. There are coasters without separate maintenance areas but they tend to be single train coasters and the station is designed to provide access for maintenance.
I think that's why this seems like BTMRR is ahead of schedule. It's going to take longer as working on Rivers of River will likely require it to be closed as well