Ellen's Energy Adventure refurbishment in 2009

[wdwmagic]

Ellen's Energy Adventure is set for refurbishment from Jan 5 2009 to March 22 2009. Most of the work seems to be focused on some ride control system upgrades.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/general_epcot_news.htm

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Damn!:lol: I thought this was gonna be some great new info about a new show!:lol:

Still good to know and hear that UoE is getting TLC! It needs it!

 

[stitch2008]

Good to see its getting some work done.

 

[Iknewagirlnamed]

Yay! I love Ellen! This is my favorite Future World attraction. Glad it's getting some TLC

 

[ejeremy98]

rats! i was hoping this would be a real makeover. that video of ellen circa 1997 is getting stale.

 

[diddy_mouse]

Well I'm glad some attention is going toward this attraction. I was bummed that it was down when we were there in December. Look forward to seeing it again this May

 

[jmani56]

Do maintenance refurbs usually take that long, or is there a change they might be doing more?

 

[Hrudey3032]

Do maintenance refurbs usually take that long, or is there a change they might be doing more?

Generally refurbs times can vary based on what needs done.It could be simple as paint and upkeep to replacing parts of a ride to changing out the whole ride.

 

[IROC it]

Are they adding the Obama dance-off videos to the ride? :lol:

 

[jt04]

This is the perfect chance for them to say, "gee once we started the refurb we found the ride was beyond repair and we have decided to do a refurb that actually has a theme that deals with the concept of ENERGY instead of the current incoherent mess that is beyond boring and pointless."

 

[TheBeatles]

They are removing Alec Trebek's mustache.

Nothing major, just keeping the attraction up-to-date.

 

[jt04]

They are removing Alec Trebek's mustache.

Nothing major, just keeping the attraction up-to-date.

To keep it "up-to-date" it will take something "major". Like a wrecking ball and several bulldozers (that run on bio-diesel of course).

 

[Disney_Freak429]

Are they adding the Obama dance-off videos to the ride? :lol:

*crosses fingers* please be true

But really I could care less but my friend is coming the end of Jan. & he hasn't been to the parks in some 20 odd years good thing they have not changed it much since then or it would be a downer its closed. Philharmagic on the other hand grrr :fork:

 

[TheDisneyMagic]

It is good news to hear that Ellen's Energy Adventure is getting some TLC, hopefully they will fix those curtains that have just stayed opened for a good few years now!

 

[progroupie]

I love this attraction and to be honest I loved it back when it was even lamer and more boring than it's current state. The animatronics are awesome and it's an enjoyable ride even with a cheesy pre-show.

 

[raven]

Maybe they will actually dust the place! When you go through the jungle they have green lights to make the leaves look green. They didn't need this before but since the leaves turned grey with all of the dust that's been collected they've had to change the gels to make them look real. :lol:

 

[Mr.EPCOT]

Feel the glow...



here we go...



through the UNIVERSE OF ENERGY!!!




Maybe they'll fix the darned curtains in Theater 2.

And get the lava going again...

And make the ending more climatic and exciting...

And reinstall the Kinetic Mosaic...

And bring back the awesome theme song...


*sigh*
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[kcnole]

And here I got all excited for a moment. Since I don't ride the current version of a ride (since its a waste of a perfectly good hour unless you want a nice nap in air conditioning) this doesn't really excite me at all. I actually liked the previous version with the radok blocks (well when they worked).

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

This is the perfect chance for them to say, "gee once we started the refurb we found the ride was beyond repair and we have decided to do a refurb that actually has a theme that deals with the concept of ENERGY instead of the current incoherent mess that is beyond boring and pointless."

Twould be nice.

 

[Scar]

This is one our daughter's (8 years old) favorite attractions in ALL of WDW. We have to go on it at least once each time we are there.

The pre-show and show does give us quite a bit of chuckles each time and some decent lines (yeah, they're lame and cheesy, but they're delivered well):

'Well, I'm sure there's lots of places you'ld be surprised to see me."
"You. You're late. Where've you been?"
"And you think about that next time."
"Zip it, Judy."