Mine Ride Construction Update

[alissafalco]

From twitter - https://twitter.com/DizParksFan:

Thanks so much!! The grass is almost all done now, it's looking good

 

[communicorefan1]

They really seem to be putting the pedal to the metal with all this progress. I don't like predicting things, but I could imagine soft openings for the ride maybe starting around the debut of the Festival of Fantasy parade around mid-march. Any thoughts?

 

[alissafalco]

They really seem to be putting the pedal to the metal with all this progress. I don't like predicting things, but I could imagine soft openings for the ride maybe starting around the debut of the Festival of Fantasy parade around mid-march. Any thoughts?

I think & hope so too. I love your Avatar that was such a great film!!

 

[djkidkaz]

The grass has little flowers in it which is a nice touch.

From today:

 

[danlb_2000]

The grass has little flowers in it which is a nice touch.

And another level of the scaffolding has come down. You can see where hey have patched the holes:

Before:

After:

 

[communicorefan1]

And another level of the scaffolding has come down. You can see where hey have patched the holes:

Before:

After:

What was the date of the before picture? It's great that the scaffolds are finally coming down!

 

[danlb_2000]

What was the date of the before picture? It's great that the scaffolds are finally coming down!

It was posted Feb 3.

 

[orky8]

It was posted Feb 3.

no, that is from the feb. 14 batch.

the feb. 3 batch had another layer of scaffolding as well. I can't figure out how to insert images from wdwmagic, but you can look at these links:

feb 14 - http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...rfs-mine-train-coaster-construction/20359.htm
feb 3 - http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...rfs-mine-train-coaster-construction/20285.htm

 

[Timothy_Q]

Does anybody know if they'll be repaving around the tea cups with the new forest pavement? Or is that whole area stuck with the gray tomorrowland pavement?

 

[danlb_2000]

no, that is from the feb. 14 batch.

the feb. 3 batch had another layer of scaffolding as well. I can't figure out how to insert images from wdwmagic, but you can look at these links:

feb 14 - http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...rfs-mine-train-coaster-construction/20359.htm
feb 3 - http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...rfs-mine-train-coaster-construction/20285.htm

You are correct, my mistake.

 

[Stupido]

It's really exciting to as five workers on the mountain. The process is going quick, a lot quicker than mermaid. It looks like they really want it done

 

[mratigan]

Do we know if there will be a scene during the second lift, or will it just be a tunnel?

 

[spacemt354]

Do we know if there will be a scene during the second lift, or will it just be a tunnel?

From the simulation video it appears there will be shadows of the dwarfs marching on the left hand side of the lift hill (if that's considered a scene). Anything on the right hand side from the video seems to be just rock wall.

 

[orky8]

Do we know if there will be a scene during the second lift, or will it just be a tunnel?

The rumor I saw once was that Dopey will be at the top and switches the track to send the train down the "wrong" way. Not sure if that is happening or not, though.

 

[orky8]

Looking good - from Twitter - https://twitter.com/DresstheForce/status/435490407720689665/photo/1

 

[Mad Stitch]

Here is video of the train tests. (Not my video.)

 

[Rob562]

Well, one thing we can glean from the start of this video is that there will be at least a 40-second dispatch minimum. From what I can tell there are no cuts at the beginning, so there's 40 seconds between trains.

At one train every 40 seconds, 20 riders per train, that translates to a capacity of 1800 riders per hour.

-Rob

 

[Stevek]

Wife and I were awarded a trip to the Bahamas at the end of March and decided to spend a couple days at WDW on the way back to So. Cal. Hoping, but not optimistic, that it will soft open towards the end of March.

 

[Tom]

Well, one thing we can glean from the start of this video is that there will be at least a 40-second dispatch minimum. From what I can tell there are no cuts at the beginning, so there's 40 seconds between trains.

At one train every 40 seconds, 20 riders per train, that translates to a capacity of 1800 riders per hour.

-Rob

40-seconds is very doable, except for the case of transfers or clean-ups.

 

[Rob562]

40-seconds is very doable, except for the case of transfers or clean-ups.

Yeah. The separate load and unload platforms should help immensely.

I think Everest tries for a 60-second dispatch interval, though with a higher-capacity train it obviously has a higher throughput.

Actually, I just realized that it would match Space Mountain's overall capacity when SM is running on its fastest dispatch time, which I think is 24 seconds. (That's 900 people per hour per track, or 1800 per hour for the combined attraction)

-Rob