Exactly one month away!:sohappy: Gosh, I'm so excited. I remember when the entire DCA 2.0 refurbishment was announced, five years ago, and now it's finally near. It's crazy how much time flies, I can't believe it.
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Exactly One Month Away from the Opening of DCA 2.0
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nemofinder22
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DCA has really come a far way from what it was in 2001. I still remember reading all the boards about when the billion was announced, it was nuts! and then the online dust settled and everyone wanted opening dates/timelines, and then the massive sets of debate about the direction the park was headed.
I'm so happy to see the walls come down. I wonder what sites are going to be reporting on when there's no more construction? Well Fantasy Faire, and DCA's first "real" Christmas season.
I'm so happy to see the walls come down. I wonder what sites are going to be reporting on when there's no more construction? Well Fantasy Faire, and DCA's first "real" Christmas season.
Sure was nuts. People were so excited, one of them including me. I remember being one of those people asking for dates, fully knowing it was way too early for them to settle on dates. I didn't care though. I remember feeling relieved, too. I was happy Disney was finally doing something about DCA. It had lived in the shadows of Disneyland, terribly, and I was very happy to hear they were starting over.
As far as the sites go, I think DCA will still get a lot of attention, even after it re-opens. Pictures and videos will be posted everywhere. Like you said, the Christmas season will get attention too. Hopefully Disney will be announcing a Tomorrowland or Frontierland rehab in a couple of years. That will keep the sites busy!:lol:
As far as the sites go, I think DCA will still get a lot of attention, even after it re-opens. Pictures and videos will be posted everywhere. Like you said, the Christmas season will get attention too. Hopefully Disney will be announcing a Tomorrowland or Frontierland rehab in a couple of years. That will keep the sites busy!:lol:
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I have no clue. I think it depends on TDO, not the company itself. The Disneyland Resort and the Walt Disney World Resort are the same, when it comes to the company. They are different though, when it comes to ideas, management, and catering to fans. TDA and TDO handle things VERY differently, as you can see. Not to mention the whole tourist/local thing, which is ridiculous and stupid. As long as TDO thinks they don't have to and shouldn't change things because of the massive amount of tourists WDW gets, then I doubt things will change soon. As for the future, I believe things will change.
I've noticed Disneyland fans and WDW are different from each other too. I've never been to WDW, but I'm on this forum because I love Disney. Period. Not to mention I want to make it to Florida one of these days. I read a lot of the responses when it comes to problems within WDW, and I've noticed some of the fans either shake it off, settle, justify the problems, or in some other way, make up excuses for these problems. This contributes to WDW's problems with the parks. When Disneyland fans find things wrong with the parks, we let it be known. We don't settle for half a**ed things. We don't settle or make up excuses for broken animatronics and effetcs, broken lights, "disco yetis", and other things. I'm not speaking for the entire WDW fanbase, whatsoever, and I mean no offense by the way. Just those who justify things. There's a reason why TDA changed some of the effects (CGI animation, Ariel's hair) in the Little Mermaid ride.
ThatPrincessGir
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Let's not get ahead of ourselves. DCA is still far from being a full day's experience (of course, I would say the same thing about Animal Kingdom). Most of the rides in the park are absurdly short (Heimlich's Chew Chew Train, I'm lookin' at you!) and at least six or seven attractions are just carnival rides with Disney skins.
Weren't the eyes on the yeti on the right Matterhorn track broken for like two years?
I don't think we're getting ahead of ourselves at all. I never thought DCA was a half day park anyway. There's enough to do there to where you can spend an entire day there.
Key words in your statement: Two years. Everest's yeti has been broken for I believe 5 years. And the yeti in Everest had a bigger purpose than Harold. Harold moves but the bobsleds speed past it so quickly you can barely tell he's even moving, let alone noticing his eyes aren't working. The point is, the problem was fixed. I'm not saying Disneyland is perfect. But if there's a problem, it's usually fixed.
ThatPrincessGir
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Just to be clear, I'm talking about two red lightbulb "eyes" that are supposed to turn on with a sound effect, not part of an animatronic. They're supposed to be the only thing visible at the top of the hill. Instead there was only darkness and a roar (sometimes).
The problem wasn't fixed. They didn't change the light bulbs until they shut the entire ride down for a massive refurb (I'm assuming that they've fixed it by now).
Oh, those eyes! Yeah, they were working even before Matterhorn went down for the refurb this January. I worked in Fantasyland from last fall to winter and I rode Matterhorn a gazillion times. The eyes worked each time. Are you talking about them not working a long time ago?
ThatPrincessGir
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Talking about them not working on only the right track, not on the left. I know they were broken in November. They were the reason I liked the right track, even though it's slightly slower. They come on in total, startling darkness. Left track is faster, but by the time you get to the light up eyes you can see the light from further down the track, so the effect isn't as dramatic.
Of course, now I feel like my memory is getting hazy because Matterhorn has been down for-ev-er...
Hmm... Yeah because I'm pretty sure both eyes on both sides worked. I think you just made my point an even stronger one. Matterhorn just received a new paint job, new bobsleds, a new queue (kinda), new wiring, and a cleaned up track. If TDA can do all of that with the Matterhorn, there's no excuse as to why TDO still hasn't fixed the yeti in Mount Everest. This is the point I'm making.
ThatPrincessGir
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Personally, I'd rather AK not close Everest for six months like they did with the Matterhorn. I don't have much love for that park and Everest is my favorite attraction there. I think I went to AK twice before Everest went up, and I lived at one of the hotels for two straight summers. I loved the yeti when he moved, but I like the ride too much to want to suffer lengthy closures. Disneyland without the Matterhorn has Space, Splash, and Thunder. Animal Kingdom without Everest has some Dinosaurs and a ride that makes you very, very wet.
That said, I get your point. Everest is a really ambitious ride with a giant yeti. When the giant yeti doesn't work, it's sad. It's still super scary, though.
Personally, I'd rather AK not close Everest for six months like they did with the Matterhorn. I don't have much love for that park and Everest is my favorite attraction there. I think I went to AK twice before Everest went up, and I lived at one of the hotels for two straight summers. I loved the yeti when he moved, but I like the ride too much to want to suffer lengthy closures. Disneyland without the Matterhorn has Space, Splash, and Thunder. Animal Kingdom without Everest has some Dinosaurs and a ride that makes you very, very wet.
That said, I get your point. Everest is a really ambitious ride with a giant yeti. When the giant yeti doesn't work, it's sad. It's still super scary, though.
Bingo! There's the difference! Disneyland fans can stomach rides and other attractions being down for long periods of time, if it's for the attraction's own good. Space Mountain was closed for over two years, but the results were great. The yeti at Everest, when it worked, provided a great and scary ride experience. I bet if that ride existed somewhere at the Disneyland Resort, and the yeti was broken, we (Disneyland fans) would be all for them closing it down to fix it. If it enhances the ride, why not?
But I do understand where you're coming from. Everest is the only E-ticket ride at Animal Kingdom, and if that were to be shut down, the park wouldn't be as much fun to enjoy.
Disneyland on the other hand has more E-tickets. Totally understandable.
I don't think they'd have to completely destroy a piece of the mountain, but let's say they did. Would you be up for a 6 month+ rehab if the yeti was going to be fixed?
I honestly wouldn't mind if it meant getting him back to originally intended. I don't think until there is another E Ticket to lure people to Animal Kingdom, That it is a good idea to do this.
I don't think AK's attendance rate would plummet that much. Tourists would still go to AK, even if Everest was closed, because it'd be their first time going. This is why things don't get done at WDW parks and people become upset. You can't win either way. If people, I'm not saying you, want things to be fixed, but at the same time they don't want the attraction to close to get the job done, then there's no point.
I can't wait to have new stuff to do at DCA. Our routine is always...
1. Walk to Tower of Terror. Line too long. Fastpasses gone. Skip it.
2. Walk to Blue Sky Cellar to look at Carsland.
3. Wait in line 30 minutes to eat sandwiches at Pacific Wharf.
4. Ride Little Mermaid because everything else in the park worth doing is shut down for World of Color. Complain about how the Little Mermaid ride doesn't make any sense and comment on Ariel's hairstyle of the week.
5. Go to Disneyland because we can't think of anything else to do at DCA.
Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?), we're heading to WDW the weekend Carsland opens so we will miss the first onslaught of pure chaos.
1. Walk to Tower of Terror. Line too long. Fastpasses gone. Skip it.
2. Walk to Blue Sky Cellar to look at Carsland.
3. Wait in line 30 minutes to eat sandwiches at Pacific Wharf.
4. Ride Little Mermaid because everything else in the park worth doing is shut down for World of Color. Complain about how the Little Mermaid ride doesn't make any sense and comment on Ariel's hairstyle of the week.
5. Go to Disneyland because we can't think of anything else to do at DCA.
Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?), we're heading to WDW the weekend Carsland opens so we will miss the first onslaught of pure chaos.