Dumbo & Main Street Updates

mickEblu

mickEblu

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DisneyIrishGuy said:
Nope there was no mention of a completion date at all in the blog. Plus the actual blog was about both Main St and Dumbo queue. So even if there was a mention of a completion date it would be for both projects. The queue is going to take longer than the track to build.
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I read somewhere March for the Main Street work and April for Dumbo. Where did I read that?
 
Disney Irish

Disney Irish

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Shiiggydiigg said:
I don't know how reliable it is, but touringplans.com says the Vehicles will return 3/15, while Dumbo returns 4/27.
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Yeah not sure how much I believe that. But even if we are to say March for return of Main St Vehicles, that still doesn't mean the Hub section will be under walls that entire time.

However I'll concede that it was just my educated guess about the Hub section being done before the special event on the 18th.

One item of note, Fireworks are not on the schedule until Feb 23rd.
 
Darkbeer1

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https://www.ocregister.com/2018/01/...elephants-are-grounded-and-its-kind-of-shady/

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One of Disneyland’s most popular rides in history has shut down temporarily, but don’t panic: It will be back up and flying again soon, with a new and improved queue that will make life a bit better for those who stand in line for an hour at a time.
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“The Dumbo elephants have packed their trunks for now,” park spokeswoman Suzi Brown joked, describing the rehabilitation efforts that started Jan. 8, which will include moving the lines to the back of the ride and installing – are you ready for this – shade canopies that have been desperately needed for decades.<<

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The lines to board the attraction are being relocated to a lesser used area behind the main walkway, which will “help us improve the flow around that area,” said Jim Slagle, director of facilities for Disneyland. Meanwhile, wooden barriers cover the work underway. January is a typical refurbishment season when the parks close rides for repairs and updates.​
The elephants and ride arms that lift them into the air will get a fresh coat of paint, and the entire experience will be spruced up. It’s slated to reopen in the spring.​
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“You’ll see a generally refreshed area with planters and concrete,” Slagle said. “I think we’ll have some nice surprises when you come to visit.”<<​
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Curious Constance

Curious Constance

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So obnoxious! Rip them out, pour concrete and apply fake grass! The view of fireworks for 15 minutes at night (nightly in summer and weekends only most other times) will make up for the other 23 hours and 45 minutes a day.

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I love trees as much as the next Mouseketeer but I think I like efficient traffic flows a bit more. The Hub and several of the paths leading to/from it (ie: Tomorrowland and Adventureland) can be huge choke points on busy afternoons even without evening Fantasmic, parades and fireworks. I've seen photos of the new Hub at the MK and I wouldn't describe it as a "concrete wasteland".
 
Hatbox Ghostbuster

Hatbox Ghostbuster

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Whoa, another construction project at Disney?? I'm gonna need some video footage from the parking structure and freshly baked commentary to really get the scope of this project :)

Jokes aside, I'll be curious to check this out on Friday.
 
Darkbeer1

Darkbeer1

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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-disneyland-wall-20180116-story.html

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The project began Jan. 8 and will continue until early spring. The work includes new brickwork along the street to “enhance the look of the iconic thoroughfare,” the park said in an online post.
There are no parades scheduled now for Main Street but a new parade that celebrates the characters from Pixar Animation Studios is scheduled to begin in April, after the project is completed. Also, a firetruck and other vehicles that regularly roll down Main Street will stay off the road until the work is completed.<<

Easter is April 1st in 2018, so Disney is hoping that most of the walls can come down by mid-March, if not earlier. but doing the larger two ends first allows a couple of options for the later phase, including using the parade bypass paths.

 
dweezil78

dweezil78

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EricsBiscuit said:
The hub at MK is infinitely better because it has beautiful waterways, better crowd flow, allows more people to see the shows, and is not a barren concrete wasteland.
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Don't know that I'd say 'infinitely' better - but I really don't have any issues with the new MK hub like others on here seem to have. Astroturf in some areas aside, it was done pretty tastefully and helps tremendously with traffic control/fireworks viewing in the area. Disneyland unfortunately lacks the room to do anything even close to what they've done over there. I really don't think removing of some trees will give them all that much extra space to make a project like redo'ing the hub worth it. It'd be great if there was something they could do to breakup the awful bottlenecks there during the fireworks though.
 
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dweezil78 said:
Disneyland unfortunately lacks the room to do anything even close to what they've done over there.
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You're right that with the current arrangement of landscaping, pathways, and buildings DL lacks enough space to do to its Hub what was done at the MK. However, over the course of DL's history the company has shown that it's occasionally willing to make big changes to the park, as evidenced by the re-routing of the ROA to accommodate SW:GE. Whether they choose to do something as equally momentous or not, the possibility exists to dramatically improve traffic flow and sight-lines if they really want to do it. As they used to say when I was a kid, "Anything is possible at Disneyland".
 
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Hatbox Ghostbuster

Hatbox Ghostbuster

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Dr. Hans Reinhardt said:
You're right that with the current arrangement of landscaping, pathways, and buildings DL lacks enough space to do to its Hub what was done at the MK. However, over the course of DL's history the company has shown that it's occasionally willing to make big changes to park, as evidenced by the re-routing of the ROA to accommodate SW:GE. Whether they choose to do something as equally momentous or not, the possibility exists to dramatically improve traffic flow and sight-lines if they really want to do it. As they used to say when I was a kid, "Anything is possible at Disneyland".
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I'd really love to see them make a bold statement and remove those giant rocks in front of Tomorrowland for a start! That would reinforce my belief that they're capable of solving problems.
 
Ismael Flores

Ismael Flores

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If they are really serious about it first thing they need to do is fix the mess at the entrance to tomorrowland. Next thing is to allow guests to use the closed off sections that are cut off by ropes during fireworks for viewing and finally remove the huge amount of chairs that take up more room for the priority viewing
 

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