Frozen ride replacing Maelstrom?

[aladdin2007]

What about the Spirit of Norway film that is going away too?

Yes

 

[Matt_Black]

Yes

Owner of a Lonely Heart!

 

[Mike S]

Owner of a Lonely Heart!

Much better than an owner of a broken heart.

 

[iheartdisney91]

There's almost 200 pages.
Is this happening? Is Maelstom leaving?

Has anything official, or quotable been said?

 

[afar28]

There's almost 200 pages.
Is this happening? Is Maelstom leaving?

Has anything official, or quotable been said?

Nothing official yet, no. Just lots of rumors and speculation

 

[SpaceMountain77]

I am surprised that DVC has not yet announced their newest vacation property, The Villas at Disney's Arendelle Kingdom, which will be located on the monorail site previously earmarked for Disney's Mediterranean Resort.

 

[cw1982]

I am surprised that DVC has not yet announced their newest vacation property, The Villas at Disney's Arendelle Kingdom, which will be located on the monorail site previously earmarked for Disney's Mediterranean Resort.

Don't give them any ideas!

 

[bhg469]

There's almost 200 pages.
Is this happening? Is Maelstom leaving?

Has anything official, or quotable been said?

It seems to be more likely than not...... unfortunately

 

[BigTxEars]

I am surprised that DVC has not yet announced their newest vacation property, The Villas at Disney's Arendelle Kingdom, which will be located on the monorail site previously earmarked for Disney's Mediterranean Resort.

I would stay there, breakfast in France, lunch in Japan and dinner in Italy.....

 

[Mike S]

Looks like someone updated the Wikipedia page to include the rumored closing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maelstrom_(ride).

 

[iheartdisney91]

Nothing official yet, no. Just lots of rumors and speculation

It seems to be more likely than not...... unfortunately

Sigh... This upsets me.
Thanks for your help!

 

[kkocka]

Much better than an owner of a broken heart.

 

[FigmentJedi]

Doubt they'd do that. They might have some content from the film, but they'd probably do some new animations for the ride. That's if they go down the screen route for the ride

Of course they'll do new animation. After all, Nemo didn't recycle the film's animation, they just recycled the plot for a lazy sequel.

 

[Timekeeper]

From my source in Imagineering...

Special thanks to my source in Imagineering for this additional rough composite

 

[wdisney9000]

If we are all truly honest, then we should really expect minimal change in the proposed 18-month timeline. The conversion of The Yankee Trader to a dedicated Haunted Mansion shop is operating on a 6-month timeline. I can certainly name other active projects, but if a gift shop conversion is scheduled for 6-months, what do you really expect from an 18-month attraction conversion?

Anna and Elsa AA's? Yes, those are being prepared in the same shop as the Donald, Jose and Panchito AA's.

Disney will do exactly what the fans have allowed to become acceptable for quality which is the cheapest thing possible. Id say we get 16 months of closure so they can save money and claim it as profits and 2 months to cram Frozen in there and paint random things in off colors and about 2 days to come up with a random, lazy name that will no doubt have many people here poohing in their pants with excitement.

 

[MikeTaylorSound]

I have never wasted a FP+ selection on Maelstrom, so there's no reason for me to do it when the Frozen Makeover happens. It's just a matter of principal now, especially when standby times creep up to 120+ min.

Now, with the "purchasable" magic bands, I would like to say that if they're going to keep the "tier" system, onsite guests better have the option to select whatever they want. Ride times may be subjected to restrictions for crowd control, but if you want to select 3 FP+ for Space Mountain, you should be able to do so.

I'm going to guess that it'll be done like this in the future:
Villa/Deluxe - 6 FP+ selections: any attraction, any park
Moderate - 5 FP+ selections: 3 1st tier selections, 2 2nd tier selections, any park
Value - 4 FP + selections: 2 1st tier selections, 2 2nd tier selections, any park
Offsite purchased magic band - 3 FP+ selections: 1 1st tier selection, 2 2nd tier selections, one park per day

 

[Mike S]

Special thanks to my source in Imagineering for this additional rough composite

That oddly looks exactly like what Disney will be doing.

 

[ToTBellHop]

That oddly looks exactly like what Disney will be doing.

It actually looks kinda nice. For Fantasyland. I can only assume Disney will use its Magical computer technology to show all guests in 80s garb for the MemoryMaker video of Disney Olaf Encounter? And to give everyone Michael Bolton hair. Now, that's a video worth $199. Me as Michael Bolton meeting the guy from The Book of Mormon? So there. 2019 can't come fast enough.

 

[doctornick]

I have never wasted a FP+ selection on Maelstrom, so there's no reason for me to do it when the Frozen Makeover happens.

Maelstrom has not been Tier 1 since the recalibration of Epcot FP+ tiers and it's probably the best use of Tier 2 FP+ choices given the wait times for it (either Maelstrom or Mission: Space since everything else is generally going to be <15 min waits).

 

[JEANYLASER]

awesome!