Dec 30 - Jan 3 TRIP REPORT- With Important COP NEWS!!!!

adr315

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Ok, i havent been here in a week cuz ive been at WDW, so i dont know if this COP info has been discussed, but here goes my trip report, that contains TWO important COP infos, happening at seperate times.....

Sunday, Dec. 30: Arrive at Boardwalk. As my mom is checking in, i head to the brochure stand to grab the NEW 100 year borchures that dont have times listed any more. Im surprised to see NO MK brochures (???)....so i head back to where my mom is checking in, and we have this REAL FRIENDLY CM named Steve. After checking us in, he says "if u guys are big Walt Disney fans, you better head over to MK tomorrow".....i say "i know, 100 yeard of magic..." he replies "no, not that....its because tomorrow is the LAST day COP will operate....EVER, thats why all our MK brochures are out.....everyone took em as suveneirs, and we are printing the new ones that are generic and dont have times, and dont mention Timekeeper or COP, since they will be permanately closed" After this we went to the room, and later ate at SPoodles, but i was getting kinda sad knowin COP would close the next day, and i wouldnt be able to get to MK

Monday, Dec 31-New YEars Eve: After a day at Downtown Disney (where i picked up this awesome die cast model of the Rock-N-Rollercoaster train), we eat dinner at Boma's in Animal Kingdom lodge. The food was great and so was the resort. WE returned, and watched Dick Clark, as we also watched Illuminations from our Balcony (our room had a PERFECT view of Epcot)

Tuesday, Jan 1: We rang in the New Year at MGM. My first time in Rock-N-Rollercoaster, and it was GREAT. Tower of Terror is more insnane than ever, while One Mans Dream and Millionaire were excellent. Longest line was 45 min for RNRC, and i was dissapointed to see only 10 min lines in the Great Movie ride for most of the day. Got to Fantasmic 2 hours early, and was one of the first to sit down (next time ill get their like 45 min early....2 hours was WAY to boring), and the show was fantastic. At night, we checked into the Wilderness Lodge, walked around for a while, and fell asleep

Wednesday, Jan 2: Low and behold, the new permanent, no-parade-and-show-time, brochure for MK is in....i pocket it, and dont even look at it until 2 hours later....When i finally open it, im EXTREMELY SURPRISED to find that not only are Timekeeper and COP still listed on the map, but also it doesnt say "OPEN SEASONALLY" or list "Limited hours"......

Thursday. Today, came home, reading the Dinsey Imagineering book, which for $30, is a GREAT book to pick up


MY QUESTION to CM's.....is COP and Timekeeper CLOSED for GOOD, or OPENED for Good??????????? REPLY!!!!!!
 

General Grizz

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Was the ONLY source you heard that it was closed forever that one person?

CoP is listed, with TimeKeeper, as a seasonal attraction, scheduled to open during the next peak season, we hope. :(
 

SilentRascal

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Personally, I've never had the chance to ride the Timekeeper. I heard that it was added to MK after my visit in '93. Before that it was Dreamflight, I believe. I did get to ride on that, it wasn't much of anything though. I did manage to ride CoP before I left Disney back in September. If all the rumors are true about them permanently removing CoP, then I'm sure glad I got to see it one last time before its demise. I wish Disney would just give a definite response on this.
 

General Grizz

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Originally posted by PrincessAriel
I just got back today :) I rode COP twice lol:cool:

ARIEL! QUICK! I HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT MISSION FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Listen - get out your Magic Kingdom map if you have it and tell me the dates and hours it has listed for Carousel of Progress. If not, try to remember!

BTW, How were the crowds??
 

General Grizz

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Originally posted by SilentRascal
Personally, I've never had the chance to ride the Timekeeper. I heard that it was added to MK after my visit in '93. Before that it was Dreamflight, I believe. I did get to ride on that, it wasn't much of anything though. I did manage to ride CoP before I left Disney back in September. If all the rumors are true about them permanently removing CoP, then I'm sure glad I got to see it one last time before its demise. I wish Disney would just give a definite response on this.

Timekeeper is not a ride...so it couldn't replace Take Flight. Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin replaced Take Flight. Timekeeper replaced 'American Journeys', a 360 degree film.

And Dreamflight/Take Flight was the bomb!!
 

adr315

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READDDDDDDD

Ok, read Grizzly.....DIsney, for a few months, has been using new Park Maps that dont list the times for shows like before, so that new brochures wouldnt have to be printed with new show times and park hours.....this was the case for ALL parks when i went, EXCEPT Magic Kingdom....the MK brochure was for Dec 24 to Dec 31, 2001 (this is the brochure that the CM told me was gone b/c people were grabbing handfulls, b/c thet were the last ones that would feature COP and Timekeeper, since their last day would be Dec 31)...this brochure listed COP as:
-Dec 24 - Dec 30 = 11am - 5pm
-Dec 31 = 9am to 4pm

NOW, since that brochure expired Dec 31, the new ones had to be made...The new ones would be the GENERIC ones, with show times and park hours. This generic one, you would assume, WOULD not include Timekeeper or COP since that CM told me they would be permanently closed, and even if that CM was wrong, EVERYONE KNEW COP and TK would at least be Seasonally closed till further notice. Right? WRONG!!!!

On Jan 2 i picked up the NEW Magic Kingdom brochure, the GENERIC one, and it lists COP and TK as normal attractions, without certain hours or "open seasonally".......so in other words, i have 2 DIFFERENT MK brochures from this trip, one from DEC 24 - Dec31, and one from Jan 1 and on.......My question to anyone that works at MK or has been their in the last 3 days.....is COP and TK OPEN??????? If they are, are they open from now on, or temporarily or what???
 

General Grizz

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Re: READDDDDDDD

On the map, not a brochure, when I went, it gave the dates.

To clear things up, I was able to confirm that CoP was indeed opening and will be continuing to operate thru Saturday. After that, it can close forever, close seasonally, or stay open indefinitley.
 

adr315

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Re: Re: READDDDDDDD

Originally posted by grizzlyhall
On the map, not a brochure, when I went, it gave the dates.

To clear things up, I was able to confirm that CoP was indeed opening and will be continuing to operate thru Saturday. After that, it can close forever, close seasonally, or stay open indefinitley.


Im using the words Map and brochure interchangeably, cuz their the same thing now.......It used to be Generic brochures, and then the Maps that had listings....now their all Generic brochures (times are listed on a little sheet of paper that they slip into the map)....
 

PrincessAriel

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Listen - get out your Magic Kingdom map if you have it and tell me the dates and hours it has listed for Carousel of Progress. If not, try to remember!

The Carousel of Progress and The Timekepper are not listed in the times guide as running on reduced hours. However, when I was in the Magic Kingdom yesterday they did close early. As for the crowds I have seen worse, but for two days after New Years it was pretty crowded and rainy :( but being the Disney person I am I survived!! lol I have a feeling the crowds probably are not that bad now, I talked to a couple that said the finished Tower of Terror and The Rockin' Roller Coaster by 10:00am yesterday. So it might have just been the Magic Kingdom which was crowded. Any other questions?
 

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