If they were to close before Tron is open, they would be incredibly stupid. The thing with Magic Kingdom is that there are 50% LESS rides than Disneyland, so a capacity hit would be felt pretty hard. I think you should be good, unless Disney is content with accelerating faster into the ground.
Based on vids I've seen of Splash over the past month it's definitely time to pull it for it's annual TLC. Seems the audio has been worse than usual, especially character dialog
If the retheme really does strip the ride of most of its animatronics and replaces them with screens and entire stretches of nothing, it'll probably be easier to maintain.
I'm thinking the exact opposite. Every screen will have multiple boards inside that are sensitive to humidity. Actual animatronics are primarily hydraulics, with behind-stage computer controls, correct?
They will use the songs from the movie, potentially with some words reworked, the same way they do on FEA. I can also see them conjuring up a way to incorporate Dr. Facilier and Ray (and I wouldn’t even put it past them to just include the characters without addressing the inconsistency at all).
That's probably what they will do rework the existing songs from the movie to the ride. That's what they did with Splash Mountain. The biggest example is Laughing Place. In Song of the South Laughing Place is a 30 to 40 second song by Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear. They also added another verse to Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah for the ride.
Also the scene with Brer Bear sticking out of the tree before the dip drop with Brer Fox has had audio issues for a while. Brer Bear is wayy too loud next to the background music while Brer Fox's speakers are blown. The scene at the bottom isn't much better with Brer Bear having no audio
Interesting to think about. Of course, I want all animatronics. But, they make the outdoor displays used near pool areas today without issue. So, there are some outdoor rated monitors. But hydraulic / pneumatics are pretty rugged. The problem is that anything used will need maintenance. That's a lot boring than building/painting rocks over in GE. So, neither get the attention they deserve!
Yeah a little more of a heads up would have been nice.I mean I had a feeling it would go down for refurbishment around this time since it's the slow season, it didn't have one in 2021,and other rides were going down for refurbishments. However if they announced Splash was going to be refurbished in the same announcement as Expedition Everest people could plan accordingly.
Fortunately, both are rides we wouldn’t have done anyway. Don’t feel like getting wet - at any time. And my gf had neck issues that prevent her from going on the wilder roller coasters. Which is most, except SDD.
Its last closure was right before the pandemic closure in January/February 2020. Definitely necessary.
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