Hey all WDWMagic'ers. I got another update for today. Today, some tropical storm "Alex" (lol Alex) was out in the Atlantic, so that made my day at Disney a little wet and humid. I also went with my sister today, and we went to every place but Epcot. (Sorry Jonnie, I was going to come by, but I didn't have enough time with my sister being there). Anyway, not to much new news today, but let me get started anyway...
We started out at MK...
--20K Has not really changed much. Tractors where being used during park hours, just moving some of the dirt I guess.
--Work has finally started on the Skyway station. Wood and other materials are all around that little hut thing, and the fountain that was previously drained had some water in it again. It may of just been rain water though.
--The new Splash Mountain Standby/Fastpass merge point is still being used. I really dislike this new way of doing it. Before, standby and fastpass would go outside, and then both lines would go inside the mountain and then be sorted out at the load area. Now, EVERYONE waits outside. A CM is at the entrance to the mountain, and she sorts everyone out there. Then, both fp'ers and standby go in the same line together to the load area. At this point, you basically walk through the AC'ed mountain with little or no stopping. So, for standby, that means almost 55 minutes of a 60 minute wait will be entirely outside. If it was the old way, maybe 35/40 minutes would be outside, with the rest inside the ac'ed mountain. It seems all of the changes made to Splash Mountain lately have been for the worst.
-Also, those tv's throughout the queue and ride that show on ride photos of people that have gone before have been completely shut off.
--The Tomorrowland Speedway roof and sign are still gone.
--The Space Mountain exit ramp narration that has not been working for almost a month now...surprisingly is still not working lol.
Ok ok...enough MK...Lets go on over to AK-
--The giant geyser water jet thing at the top of the lifthill on Kali was not working/turned on today.
--In a bit of disappointing news, they took my bell away. If you were walking from Asia to Dinoland (by Everest), there used to be a bike with a bell. If you went and pushed the bell, it would loudly ring. Now they put a piece of metal there and you can't even push it anymore.
--Everest keeps getting bigger and bigger. Wire mesh (for the mountain molding) has been added to the front, right side, and the left side of the mountain.
-Also, the "Something is Afoot" sign on the Everest construction wall has been torn up, and now reads "S Afoo"
--One of the Dinosaurs on TriceraTop spin was out of service today.
And at MGM...
--Nothing new except the Planet Hollywood shop on Sunset Blvd had a construction wall around it. It is the best looking construction wall, and it even looks like part of the store.
--I said last week that the San Francisco backdrop was finished. I looked at it more today, and while I think all the additions are finished, it still needs to be spiffed up a bit. Far away, it looks great, but up close, you can see writing and numbers all over the wall.
--Everytime I go down NY Street, I feel I'm losing my mind. I can never tell if the things are new, or have always been there. Case in point is the squirting fire hydrant by the NY Subway entrance. The changing traffic lights at the end of the street. The mail boxes everywhere. I just never noticed all of that stuff. If you know whether or not is has always been there, lemme know.
O..k. That does it. This will probably be the last update for a little bit, as school starts THIS THURSDAY! Summer went by so fast, but I had alot of fun. The upcoming updates will most likely be done on weekends, so look for them in the coming weeks. Some pictures will be up soon, goodnight.
We started out at MK...
--20K Has not really changed much. Tractors where being used during park hours, just moving some of the dirt I guess.
--Work has finally started on the Skyway station. Wood and other materials are all around that little hut thing, and the fountain that was previously drained had some water in it again. It may of just been rain water though.
--The new Splash Mountain Standby/Fastpass merge point is still being used. I really dislike this new way of doing it. Before, standby and fastpass would go outside, and then both lines would go inside the mountain and then be sorted out at the load area. Now, EVERYONE waits outside. A CM is at the entrance to the mountain, and she sorts everyone out there. Then, both fp'ers and standby go in the same line together to the load area. At this point, you basically walk through the AC'ed mountain with little or no stopping. So, for standby, that means almost 55 minutes of a 60 minute wait will be entirely outside. If it was the old way, maybe 35/40 minutes would be outside, with the rest inside the ac'ed mountain. It seems all of the changes made to Splash Mountain lately have been for the worst.
-Also, those tv's throughout the queue and ride that show on ride photos of people that have gone before have been completely shut off.
--The Tomorrowland Speedway roof and sign are still gone.
--The Space Mountain exit ramp narration that has not been working for almost a month now...surprisingly is still not working lol.
Ok ok...enough MK...Lets go on over to AK-
--The giant geyser water jet thing at the top of the lifthill on Kali was not working/turned on today.
--In a bit of disappointing news, they took my bell away. If you were walking from Asia to Dinoland (by Everest), there used to be a bike with a bell. If you went and pushed the bell, it would loudly ring. Now they put a piece of metal there and you can't even push it anymore.
--Everest keeps getting bigger and bigger. Wire mesh (for the mountain molding) has been added to the front, right side, and the left side of the mountain.
-Also, the "Something is Afoot" sign on the Everest construction wall has been torn up, and now reads "S Afoo"
--One of the Dinosaurs on TriceraTop spin was out of service today.
And at MGM...
--Nothing new except the Planet Hollywood shop on Sunset Blvd had a construction wall around it. It is the best looking construction wall, and it even looks like part of the store.
--I said last week that the San Francisco backdrop was finished. I looked at it more today, and while I think all the additions are finished, it still needs to be spiffed up a bit. Far away, it looks great, but up close, you can see writing and numbers all over the wall.
--Everytime I go down NY Street, I feel I'm losing my mind. I can never tell if the things are new, or have always been there. Case in point is the squirting fire hydrant by the NY Subway entrance. The changing traffic lights at the end of the street. The mail boxes everywhere. I just never noticed all of that stuff. If you know whether or not is has always been there, lemme know.
O..k. That does it. This will probably be the last update for a little bit, as school starts THIS THURSDAY! Summer went by so fast, but I had alot of fun. The upcoming updates will most likely be done on weekends, so look for them in the coming weeks. Some pictures will be up soon, goodnight.
It seems so nonsensical that up north, public schools wait till the "hot" weather leaves (although that has yet to really materialize this summer) and start in September (colleges still start in August, for the most part) while in the south, you guys start school in August, the hottest time of year. I hope you have A/C at your schools...unlike my dorm...
