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ROTFLSo, I shouldnt have gone out and bought stock in the Mark Monorail Company???:lookaroun
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ROTFLSo, I shouldnt have gone out and bought stock in the Mark Monorail Company???:lookaroun
check out Disneyland's rehab schedule (disneyland.com, calendar)..... (and they only have TWO parks!) quite a different world.I'm sure it would be small considering the other refurbs going on then (mainly the Haunted Mansion).
What about "The Ladder:The Ride"? I've been waiting for this one a long time.cm1988,
You must have the same source I have! While being shuttled between parks, I was told of definitive plans for an expansion of World Showcase via a Matterhorn project. The reason I did not mention it was that the Swiss government was paying for it and I felt that it did not belong in my original post which was concerned with the funding of the monorail expansion and influence on subsequent projects such as the SSE refurb.
This may belong on another thread, but other plans for World Showcase include a log flume based on the Brother Bear movie, a Japanese bullet train simulator (very cool sounding stuff), and a Germany river ride attraction.
Stay tuned...
It seems that Disney is waiting for approval to expand the monorails between all parks before any changes to Spaceship Earth. The reason is budget. Since the monorail expansion costs so much, there simply isn't any money left for the SpaceShip Earth refurb. As a matter of fact, that is why the SSE wand is still there.
The monorail expansion will accommodate the influx of new visitors once the new, fifth gate is opened. This announcement is expected later this year. The new park, by the way, will be a villain themed park.
Of interest, the monorail expansion at Animal Kingdom will pass through the newly built Hogwart's Castle from Harry Potter... sort of like the way the monorail passes through the Contemporary - very cool. This will be part of the yet-to-be-announced build out of Beastley Kingdomme.
So... once these changes are made, SpaceShip Earth will indeed be made into a roller coaster... although the name is still to be determined. There is some debate within Imagineering about how to properly theme the re-design. One camp insists on going forward with a "Stitch's Rocket Rods" while another group is pushing for something based on the Pixar short, Boundin (details are scarce).
My source is an unnamed veteran of the WDW transportation system.
Hope this helps.
Good to hear. What would the wand be without a new monorail spur going through the middle of it? I just hope they can time the exterior coaster portion to have a car fly past as each MkVIII monorail passes it on the way to Animal Kingdom.My source (same transportation veteran) tells me that after reviewing plans to remove the wand for Epcot's 25th anniversary, it was discovered that during the original millennium celebration, the wand's supporting structure was built into the sphere's supporting infrastructure. It is now impossible to remove the wand without compromising the the sphere's structural integrity.
The roller coaster plans are still in the works, however.
...by way of the new Harry Potter Theme Park going in west of MGM.Good to hear. What would the wand be without a new monorail spur going through the middle of it? I just hope they can time the exterior coaster portion to have a car fly past as each MkVIII monorail passes it on the way to Animal Kingdom.
It seems that Disney is waiting for approval to expand the monorails between all parks before any changes to Spaceship Earth. The reason is budget. Since the monorail expansion costs so much, there simply isn't any money left for the SpaceShip Earth refurb. As a matter of fact, that is why the SSE wand is still there.
The monorail expansion will accommodate the influx of new visitors once the new, fifth gate is opened. This announcement is expected later this year. The new park, by the way, will be a villain themed park.
Of interest, the monorail expansion at Animal Kingdom will pass through the newly built Hogwart's Castle from Harry Potter... sort of like the way the monorail passes through the Contemporary - very cool. This will be part of the yet-to-be-announced build out of Beastley Kingdomme.
So... once these changes are made, SpaceShip Earth will indeed be made into a roller coaster... although the name is still to be determined. There is some debate within Imagineering about how to properly theme the re-design. One camp insists on going forward with a "Stitch's Rocket Rods" while another group is pushing for something based on the Pixar short, Boundin (details are scarce).
My source is an unnamed veteran of the WDW transportation system.
Hope this helps.
I think its the same with the Matterhorn at DL, the mountian is built on the ride so the whole thing would have to come down, they took this into consideration when they build Everest, they can remove the ride and leave the mountian.
Steve
We heard a rumor there two years ago that they were taking out the entire ride and replacing it with a roller coaster. We asked asts memeber sin the ride about that last year and they said that wasn't true.
Does anyone know what is going on in there?
Its being moved to the Wide World of Sports where theyll add a giant golfer with a golf club next to it.
A giant Figment statue will take Spaceship Earth's place.
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