So how about it
@wdwmagic? Can this finally be unstickied? (See above posts)
It is indeed the first downtime Everest has had. Everest has never been closed. Unfortunately Disney has halted all construction for the closure so its unlikely any major fixes will have happened anywhere when the parks reopen. This could possibly change if and when CDC guidelines and crowd gatherings are lifted, but even then, this closure is expected to last long enough that Disney is going to want to save every penny they can.
Second issue is they would have had to have a replacement/fixing project ready to go and already funded, and I'm guessing there was nothing.
My wish is that they use this time to fix show issues that don't require heavy manpower. For instance, Tower of Terror is plagued with show issues (see its unstickied version of this thread) but most of them could be fixed with a small team of show programmers.