nc_disneyfreak
Well-Known Member
well lets hope so...as of today my family and I are due to arrive at WDW on april 26th, 2014 so im keeping fingers crossed for a march or eaaarrrllllyyy april opening lol
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Mine Ride Construction Update
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Eeyore13
Member
Do you know about when that would put a soft opening for it or if there will be one for it?
Genie of the Lamp
Well-Known Member
Wouldn't suprise me if they started these phased soft openings starting around MLK Jr. Day in 2014 cause you think about it, for LM, and BATB area, they started the first soft opening around mid October if I'm correct in which opened on December 6th. So this could be a possibility.
Magic Lamp
Member
There are sooooo many details to be done.
First, they need all the permits, which don't fly in on a daily basis, then all the structures, wires, meshes, etc. need to be carefully set up, since they're recreating a natural mound and not a square house with a few details stuck on, that'll take some time. Then between pouring all the cement and molding the plaster, there's a long wait time for it all to dry considering they're in a subtropic climate. Add the details and animatronics inside the ride, a well as the ride structure itself, which has to be perfect in every bolt and detail, and you've got a highly complicated construction venture.
You really need to cut them some slack for doing their best to build this ride in the shortest amount of time possible, and since it's never been built before, there are a lot of "will it
spacemt354
Chili's
Epcot was built in roughly the same amount of time it is taking them to build a well themed kiddie coaster. and Uni is building attractions left and right. I don't cut them any slack. They set the bar high themselves.
The Mine ride does have a complex exterior, but I do not believe they are building it "in the shortest amount of time possible", I think they are building at a pace they have chosen, probably to save money. Look at the Tangled restroom area. They started that in 5/2011 and will probably finish in the next month or two, so that is 2 years. Mine ride will likely take 2 1/2 years to complete. No way the Tangled area should take as long as the Mine Ride so they have clearly chosen to build that at a slower pace for a reason. I believe they could also build the Mine Ride faster if they choose to. There is actually an on-going discussion about this topic on the General Discussion board.
EPCOTCenterLover
Well-Known Member
And let's them spread the costs out, too.
I will take that a step further and say they should have made the right choices at the start ofthe project so they weren't in the position in the first place.
JeffH
Active Member
Maybe they could designate that section as the "Wall-E" attraction...the rubble of Earth after it became unlivable. At least they 'somewhat' decorated the walls from the green that they originally were, but I would have preferred a tall picture scrim like they use on the buildings nowadays when they are being renovated (which I applaud them for)...a simple scrim of a forest would have lent to the ambiance of the area, or a castle wall, or (conversely) a simple lake mirroring what was on the opposite side of the construction (that would be REAL cool).
Lord Pheonix
Active Member
i doubt spring 2014. the rate their going i wouldnt be suprised if it was in soft opening at xmas this year
At the rate they are going I wouldn't be surprised if it was in soft opening at xmas next year.
RandomPrincess
Keep Moving Forward
It's hard to tell what is going on with the ride since we have no idea what's going on inside those show buildings.
I'm not even thinking about the inside, they still have a long way to go on the outside.
Tom
Beta Return
They do indeed.
And we all need to remember Mermaid. It looked almost 100% complete on the outside, and looked that way for many months while they worked indoors.
They won't install a single bit of electronics inside until the structure is completely weather-tight and climate-controlled. It takes a long time to get to that stage when you're putting together an erector set that's covered in troweled on rocks, with HVAC equipment hiding in among everything.
WishIwasThere
Active Member
It took them less time to build a mountain (EE), than it is taking to build a hill. Heck, DL itself was built in a year, so they can do it if they want to.
muteki
Well-Known Member
Wiki says EE took 3 years, though it had the benefit of being at an easily accessible edge of the park instead of in the middle of public space.
EE took about 33 months to build (7/03 - 4/06) that's counting to the official open not the soft open.
If the mine ride opens sometime in March 2014 then it will be 31 months.