Details on Space Mountain Refurb

Pete C · May 23, 2008

marni1971 said:
The TTA will close - no other refurb has done what this one will be doing to the interior infrastructure.

So do you know if they will be going to a more modern beam structure like one poster mentioned, and remove all the scaffolding, or stay with the scaffolding structure? Redoing all the scaffolding would probably be a lot of work.

Pete C · May 23, 2008

I think a cool element would be like a wormhole effect where you enter an enclosed tube and they have light rings that move toward the vehicle, increasing the sense of speed so it feels like you are going faster than you are...kind of like they do at the beginning of the ride but with a different color and light pattern. Maybe incorporate that into one of the drops or helices so it feels like you are really hauling. They could easily incorporate that into the current design.

jt04 · May 23, 2008

Lee said:
As for TTA...maybe it should stay open. The showers of sparks from the cutting torches ripping the ride apart might look kinda...space-ish and cool.

Hmmmm, yeah add 3-d welding goggles and hardhats and you would have some serious immersion going on

EPCOT Explorer · May 23, 2008

marni1971 said:
The TTA will close - no other refurb has done what this one will be doing to the interior infrastructure.

There is no cheap way to run the TTA and bypass SM - there isn`t a way to run through the WEDWay garage since it`s a workshop and the radius of a right hand turn onto the single track infront of SMs satellite building is too tight - a whole new elevated track section would need to be built and intergrated with the existing system.

That's a shame...Perhaps they can work on the TTA while this is going on too...

What they heck!Just re-do all of TL.

brkgnews · May 23, 2008

Pete C said:
I think a cool element would be like a wormhole effect where you enter an enclosed tube and they have light rings that move toward the vehicle, increasing the sense of speed so it feels like you are going faster than you are...kind of like they do at the beginning of the ride but with a different color and light pattern. Maybe incorporate that into one of the drops or helices so it feels like you are really hauling. They could easily incorporate that into the current design.

I wouldn't mind a "disorientation" tunnel like they have at Disneyland... makes you feel like you're spiraling at low speed.

marni1971 · May 23, 2008

EPCOT Explorer said:
That's a shame...Perhaps they can work on the TTA while this is going on too...

Stranger things have happened - one of the few memories I have from May 1981 was the WEDWay and SM both closed for a refurb.

jt04 · May 23, 2008

EPCOT Explorer said:
That's a shame...Perhaps they can work on the TTA while this is going on too...

I'm definitely hoping this is a refurb where the Imagineers are looking at the "big picture" and TTA is part of it. It only makes sense they would update it at the same time.

EPCOT Explorer · May 23, 2008

See my amended post...Honestly,anything is better SGA and MILF.

Student Gov't Association and WHAT?!?

:lol:

Lee · May 23, 2008

Pete C said:
So do you know if they will be going to a more modern beam structure like one poster mentioned, and remove all the scaffolding, or stay with the scaffolding structure? Redoing all the scaffolding would probably be a lot of work.

The support structure will have to change to accomodate the newer, heavier track and trains. It will still be a bit scaffold-ish, but not as substantial as before.
Example - Take a look at DL's.

marni1971 · May 23, 2008

jt04 said:
I'm definitely hoping this is a refurb where the Imagineers are looking at the "big picture" and TTA is part of it. It only makes sense they would update it at the same time.

Lots of things make sense to everyone apart from the bean counters..... :fork:

EPCOT Explorer · May 23, 2008

...I feel your pain Marni.Shame that people in charge don't really see what's going on.

wickedfan07 · May 23, 2008

It's good to hear that Space Mountain finally getting its refurbishment. It would be nice to see the TTA egta little update as well, but we'll see. It won't totally kill Tomorrowland to have both down at the same time. The CoP is always there to soak up extra people. Despite the lower crowd levels of January, I'd be worried for the entire MK if Splash Mountain still goes down for its month-long annual refurbishment in January. Big Thunder Mountain will be swamped! Im excited to see what this turns out like, hopefully in 2010!

EPCOT Explorer · May 23, 2008

wickedfan07 said:
It's good to hear that Space Mountain finally getting its refurbishment. It would be nice to see the TTA egta little update as well, but we'll see. It won't totally kill Tomorrowland to have both down at the same time. The CoP is always there to soak up extra people. Despite the lower crowd levels of January, I'd be worried for the entire MK if Splash Mountain still goes down for its month-long annual refurbishment in January. Big Thunder Mountain will be swamped! Im excited to see what this turns out like, hopefully in 2010!

Ouch...MK would only have one mountain!

Meh,another reason to build Fire Mountain.

wannab@dis · May 23, 2008

marni1971 said:
Lots of things make sense to everyone apart from the bean counters..... :fork:

EPCOT Explorer said:
...I feel your pain Marni.Shame that people in charge don't really see what's going on.

:brick:

But the fanboys have all the RIGHT answers. :zipit:

jt04 · May 23, 2008

Lee said:
The support structure will have to change to accomodate the newer, heavier track and trains. It wil still be a bit scaffold-ish, but not as substantial as before.
Example - Take a look at DL's.

This is GREAT news (and a bit of information we didn't have before) Excellent!

jt04 · May 23, 2008

wannab@dis said:
:brick:

But the fanboys have all the RIGHT answers. :zipit:

"The customer is always right".

And can we please rise above the snarky comments.

EPCOT Explorer · May 23, 2008

wannab@dis said:
:brick:

But the fanboys have all the RIGHT answers. :zipit:

Must you be negative?If you don't have anything nice to post,don't post it all.

I'm sure that's in the rules.

wannab@dis · May 23, 2008

EPCOT Explorer said:
Must you be negative?If you don't have anything nice to post,don't post it all.

I'm sure that's in the rules.

Negative? Try, truth. But, feel free to tell everyone how you know more than the people in charge. That's one of the most ludicrous statement I've read lately.

jt04 said:
"The customer is always right".

And can we please rise above the snarky comments.

Sorry... forgot. Idiotic statements are fine, just not snarky. :lol:

EPCOT Explorer · May 23, 2008

Look,I don't know more than the people in charge,but I know what the fans want.

Read the forums much?

JWG · May 23, 2008

This refurb that loses SM and TTA will go fine, crowds can be absored into other areas (CoP, Stitch may acually have a wait of more than 5-10 and other areas of the park can absorb some). The toughest part will be the annual Splash refurb, but we survived HM and SSE being down at the same time (I get, different parks).

Heck, during our July visit, SSE was closed and UoE and Journey were both down. That didn't have a dramativ effect on lines for the day.

It definitely sucks for visitors in '09 - but you have to go to Disney expecting attractions to be down. We're hoping to be back Oct. of 2010 - looking forward to things being down and having a preview of the 2011 attention that we all think is going on.

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