startraveler
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And I was there on the first day of "dress rehearsal" That was Oct 12. Only open a few hours but it was done.
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Mine Ride Construction Update
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IWant2GoNow
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Looks like they put the restraints in @danlb_2000...another small step forward! (borrowed photo from OTPN-thanks @orky8 for the link)
Is it just me or do the individual seats look cramped?
Also it's hard to tell from the photo but are the seat backs painted to look like a hollowed log or do they actually have an indent in them? Seems... uncomfortable if the latter.
The bottom and backs of the seats do have indents in them, you can see it clearly in the video that the Parks Blog posted about the painting of the cars.
Tom
Beta Return
I think having a little contour is more comfortable than sitting on, and against, a square surface.
MOXOMUMD
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I think I'll be so happy to actually get on that first time I won't notice.
Stuff me in that seat, I wanna ride!
The Empress Lilly
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Sorry for quoting myself (don't do it kids, you'll grow hair on your hands and grow blind!), but it dawned on me that the Mermaid designers would be perfectly aware what the 20k area looked like before. The LM show building is build on the exact spot of the erstwhile 20k show building, with a remarkably identical outside of waterfalls flowing over rocks amidst palm trees. This, it dawned on me, is not ironic coincidence or convergent evolution, but is in all probability intentional. A nice tribute then, a distant echo of 20k.We ('I') object to all the marketing hype about 'biggest expansion ever', 'unprecedented detail', and 'best ride vehicles ever'.
One does not even need to leave the same FL area to negate all of that. Here's a before and after picture, ironically, almost down the exact same spot.
The 'aged metal' submarine (with light fixtures!) could fit all 'aged wood' mine cars combined. The area isn't an expansion, it was FL before. There are no new levels of detail, no new waterfalls and trees. It is simply a repurposed area, rebuild in a different colour and in cartoon instead of live action setting.
A far more subtle salute to 20k and MK1.0 than the 'hidden Nautili' of Pooh and Mermaid. So subtle I almost missed it!
Also, that's right, I really did naughtily use Nautili as plural of Nautilus. Go classics dorks!
bgoofy
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Thanks for the great pics ! Hope they have it open by St. Paddy's day!!!
MOXOMUMD
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Thank you for excellent photos Scuttle!
Tim Lohr
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Sorry for quoting myself (don't do it kids, you'll grow hair on your hands and grow blind!), but it dawned on me that the Mermaid designers would be perfectly aware what the 20k area looked like before. The LM show building is build on the exact spot of the erstwhile 20k show building, with a remarkably identical outside of waterfalls flowing over rocks amidst palm trees. This, it dawned on me, is not ironic coincidence or convergent evolution, but is in all probability intentional. A nice tribute then, a distant echo of 20k.
A far more subtle salute to 20k and MK1.0 than the 'hidden Nautili' of Pooh and Mermaid. So subtle I almost missed it!
Also, that's right, I really did naughtily use Nautili as plural of Nautilus. Go classics dorks!
As nice as it is to see the resemblance to 20k, I think the waterfalls are also there to cover the traffic sounds from the backstage road just behind these new attractions
Animaniac93-98
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Sorry for quoting myself (don't do it kids, you'll grow hair on your hands and grow blind!), but it dawned on me that the Mermaid designers would be perfectly aware what the 20k area looked like before. The LM show building is build on the exact spot of the erstwhile 20k show building, with a remarkably identical outside of waterfalls flowing over rocks amidst palm trees. This, it dawned on me, is not ironic coincidence or convergent evolution, but is in all probability intentional. A nice tribute then, a distant echo of 20k.
A far more subtle salute to 20k and MK1.0 than the 'hidden Nautili' of Pooh and Mermaid. So subtle I almost missed it!
Also, that's right, I really did naughtily use Nautili as plural of Nautilus. Go classics dorks!
That's what I always assumed. The rockwork and vegitation are more 20K than Mermaid, based on the movie.
That actually makes it more "old" than "new" Fantasyland. Changing the design logic of the source material to better suit a theme park enviroment and in this case it works great. It's why the Mermaid sub-section is my favourite in New Fantasyland. At least from an exterior design point-of-view.
alissafalco
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Does anyone know what's going on with him?
I think cousin Elrod decided his bath was done. Which is strange, because I don't remember any actual water being in the tub. Hmmm...............
Nope, but he was missing in September.
They'd better not remove him. They daren't.
Would they?
Sped2424
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do my eye's deceive me or are they beginning to put grass on the tops of the hills?. Also snow's cottage is starting to finally come about
EPCOTCenterLover
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Best view of all- Disney Studios without the hat!