Closures for Publicity???

[Dead2009]

This isn't the random tirades & editorials forum. It's news & rumors.

My entire time here has been a lie!

 

[ppete1975]

As we saw with the 13th Hour Tower of Terror dessert party at DCA, they have no problem advertising and milking the closure of a ride.

But it looks like Ellen's and the GMR will close in relative silence, which is nice for a change.

Neither is as loved as the tower was though. Although I will miss energy

 

[jt04]

Yeah 4 years is like almost as long as Avatar build, lol.

That is why it most assuredly won't take 4 years. More likely that is another fake news/meme lie.

 

[jt04]

Yes, they save a few pennies by closing a ride prematurely. Good for them, rubbish for us.

Those that actually visit the parks - me and my little Ariel in September - will see our beloved dinosaurs closed for no reason whatsoever besides somebody scraping a few dollars from the bottom of the barrel.

Plus they are adding a new attraction in that space. It will be an E-Ticket. So that's another reason.

 

[ppete1975]

Didn't they just say all of the new things would open by 2021. I took this as they weren't ready to give commited dates.. I honestly expect the mickey ride 2018 or 19, guardians will be a lot more work so I'm guessing 2019...but that's totally just a guess. Anyone remember how long frozen/maelstrom took?

 

[floridagirl57]

Frozen was announced September 2014 and opened June 2016. Pretty rapid turn around time.

 

[thomas998]

As we saw with the 13th Hour Tower of Terror dessert party at DCA, they have no problem advertising and milking the closure of a ride.

But it looks like Ellen's and the GMR will close in relative silence, which is nice for a change.

I think the reason for the difference was pretty obvious. Tower of Terror was still a very popular ride, not something you can say about GMR which should have probably been closed long ago but they had nothing to replace it with so they left it to continue to wither on the vine.

 

[thomas998]

Frozen was announced September 2014 and opened June 2016. Pretty rapid turn around time.

Given that the ride is really nothing but an elaborate overlay of the existing ride it isn't that remarkable. I think the slowest part of building a ride is probably the foundation rather than the pretty bells and whistles on top... Frozen is just bells and whistle on the Norway ride.

 

[DiSnEyF@n]

Frozen was announced September 2014 and opened June 2016. Pretty rapid turn around time.

Totally agree but they didn't change the course of the ride right? Just the characters and the scenery?

 

[MisterPenguin]

I am just wondering how many people agree in thinking that the oddly (and super soon) closure of The Great Movie Ride is a ploy to get more people to HS and Disney World itself this summer??

I wouldn't put it past them. Remember how they milked the last season of the Osborne Lights (to include an extension or two to squeeze out those last couple of tourist dollars).

I have an idea: Announce that in four weeks all four parks will be closed for a year and a half! Just imagine the amount of traffic that would bring into the parks right now!! Just think of all that profit!!!

 

[DiSnEyF@n]

I have an idea: Announce that in four weeks all four parks will be closed for a year and a half! Just imagine the amount of traffic that would bring into the parks right now!! Just think of all that profit!!!

 

[MisterPenguin]

As we saw with the 13th Hour Tower of Terror dessert party at DCA, they have no problem advertising and milking the closure of a ride.

Yeah, they just milked and milked and milked that with upcharge events for the duration of one nights.

 

[MinnieWaffles]

With the closures of GMR, etc. and the constant construction projects...roads, etc., the whole place is a mess. We canceled Sept. trip and don't even know when or if we will reschedule. Things are just changing too fast for me. It seems like every time I return, something else that I love is GONE! More DVC and less affordable rooms. What used to be magical to us just looks like a huge tourist trap now. (I know it always has been, but it didn't SEEM like it was so much until now). Sorry, just my opinion, and a sad one, at that...

So don't visit the parks, ever because there always seems to be some kind of construction going on. Sorry about that.

 

[wendysue]

So don't visit the parks, ever because there always seems to be some kind of construction going on. Sorry about that.

Exactly. Our passes are up in Feb. Won't renew and there will be more room for you....

 

[crxbrett]

This is all guesstimating, but I would guess the new Mickey Rail attraction replacing TGMR will open winter '19, about 6 months before Galaxy's Edge. The new GOTG attraction at Epcot will probably open that same spring or early summer in May or June '19. Ratatouille is probably going to be in that same time frame as well I would imagine. The one I don't think will be open until 2020 is the TRON coaster. That's probably summer of '20.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I would guess the new Mickey Rail attraction replacing TGMR will open winter '19, about 6 months before Galaxy's Edge. The new GOTG attraction at Epcot will probably open that same spring or early summer in May or June '19. Ratatouille is probably going to be in that same time frame as well I would imagine. The one I don't think will be open until 2020 is the TRON coaster. That's probably summer of '20.

Decent guesses. I put in red what our insiders are saying. See second post here: http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/rumor-and-upcoming-timeline-tracker.926402/

• I would guess the new Mickey Rail attraction replacing TGMR will open winter '19 {Fall 2019}
  
• about 6 months before Galaxy's Edge [spring 2019] {Fall 2019}
  
• The new GOTG attraction at Epcot will probably open that same spring or early summer in May or June '19. {Spring 2021}
  
• Ratatouille is probably going to be in that same time frame as well I would imagine. {2020, first half of year}
  
• The one I don't think will be open until 2020 is the TRON coaster. That's probably summer of '20. {2021}

 

[POLY LOVER]

To close another ride in HS before something new opens makes no sense. I would not buy a ticket to HS at this point.