News Jungle Cruise closing for refurbishment in late August

[peter11435]

Just what we needed another closed attraction.

I know the facades are falling off, but they should have made these repairs when they closed to make the cultural sensitivity updates.

They didn’t close for those updates

 

[Disstevefan1]

They didn’t close for those updates

I think they closed for a day or so?

 

[peter11435]

I think they closed for a day or so?

I don’t believe they did. And even if they did that wouldn’t have been nearly long enough to do this work.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Not that I have seen but if I would have to guess it will be after Jungle Cruise is done, just hope they maybe wait until the beginning of 2025 and get through the holidays instead of possibly having it down for two straight holiday seasons in 2024/2025

I hope the big thunder work is like one of those many things they just talk about and never actually do

 

[Disstevefan1]

I don’t believe they did. And even if they did that wouldn’t have been nearly long enough to do this work.

It was not an overnight thing. What I mean is when they were doing that, they should have kept it closed longer to actually FIX things too and not wait the facade to fall off onto folks.

 

[peter11435]

It was not an overnight thing. What I mean is when they were doing that, they should have kept it closed longer to actually FIX things too and not wait the facade to fall off onto folks.

Again. I don’t think the attraction (at WDW) closed for the show updates a couple years ago.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Again. I don’t think the attraction (at WDW) closed for the show updates a couple years ago.

I tried to find out how many days it was closed, maybe there was scrim up and they kept it open?
Anyway, they need to do real work on it now.

 

[peter11435]

I tried to find out how many days it was closed, maybe there was scrim up and they kept it open?
Anyway, they need to do real work on it now.

I’m almost positive it didn’t close.

There were scrims up in the ride path.

And yes, they need to do real work on it now. Which is why they are.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I hope the big thunder work is like one of those many things they just talk about and never actually do

Uh, why? So you can complain about the terrible state the ride is in?

 

[Disstevefan1]

Uh, why? So you can complain about the terrible state the ride is in?

You have me confused with someone else. I never thought it was in a terrible state. That's for others to complain about.

To me, Big Thunder is a fun family coaster, my family's favorite, and MK needs every bit of capacity.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

You have me confused with someone else. I never thought it was in a terrible state. That's for others to complain about.

To me, Big Thunder is a fun family coaster, my family's favorite, and MK needs every bit of capacity.

So it should never be closed down for a thorough refurbishment? It's already behind at least the Disneyland and Disneyland Paris versions that have received updates.

I understand people's disappointment at missing out on their favourite attraction during their trip, but I really get irritated that we're always complaining about WDW's poor show quality and maintenance compared to the other resorts but yet people complain again every time they take a ride down for a proper refurbishment (which in this case also seems to be a necessity). Ideally, these rides would be going down for extended periods more often. Granted, ideally they would also have more capacity to take up the slack.

 

[lentesta]

I had just made a touring plan for MK this morning with Jungle Cruise in September. Went to optimize it and that's when I found out it was closing. That's one way to get the news!

In the next couple of weeks - before July 24 - we'll have an update to the touring plans that:

• Suggests the best in-advance Lightning Lane Multi Passes (LLMP) to get
• Knows you can request a "next" LLMP while waiting in line for another ride
• Suggests the best day-of LLMPs to get, based on current distributions

 

[KatiebugFan]

I heard they are closing it down because they have to refurbish the backside of water. It can get really moldy.

 

[JohnD]

In the next couple of weeks - before July 24 - we'll have an update to the touring plans that:

• Suggests the best in-advance Lightning Lane Multi Passes (LLMP) to get
• Knows you can request a "next" LLMP while waiting in line for another ride
• Suggests the best day-of LLMPs to get, based on current distributions

Remove G+, LL, and ILL. Replace with LL, LLSP and LLMP. Not confusing at all.

 

[Purduevian]

Compared to the other parks... MK isn't super lacking on headliners (being very generous here on Headliners)

MK	DL	DLP	TDL	HKLD	SHDL
Jungle Cruise	Jungle Cruise	Big Thunder	Pirates	Big Grizzly	Roaring Rapids
Pirates	Indy	Indy	Jungle Cruise	Frozen Ever After	Soarin
Tiana's	Pirates	Phantom Mannor	Big Thunder	Hyperspace Mountain	7 Dwarf
Big Thunder	Haunted Mansion	Pirates	Splash	Jungle Cruise	Crystal Grotto?
Haunted Mansion	Tiana's (soon)	Hyperspace Mountain	BatB	Mystic Mannor	Tron
7 Dwarf	RotR		Honey Hunt	Oaken's?	Pirates
Tron	MFSR		Haunted Mansion	Ant Man?	Zootopia
Space Mountain	Big Thunder		Space Mountain	Iron Man?
	MMRR		Monsters Inc?
	Matterhorn
	Space Mountain

 

[Raineman]

Are they finally putting that King Louie AA back?

 

[Splash4eva]

Leads me to hope that maybe once Big Thunder is done, Space Mountain may finally get its track replacement it has badly needed.

I could have sworn the majority said it was going off line once Tron opened…

 

[Purduevian]

I could have sworn the majority said it was going off line once Tron opened…

Nah you are thinking of the Everest refurb that happened when FOP opened.

 

[trainplane3]

I could have sworn the majority said it was going off line once Tron opened…

Regular people were saying that. The trusted ones were not.

 

[peter11435]

Nah you are thinking of the Everest refurb that happened when FOP opened.

That was delayed for a variety of reasons but did happen.