Castle Cake Apologist
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This, exactly. I was on my way to post this same thing.
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Mine Ride Construction Update
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This, exactly. I was on my way to post this same thing.
Pixiedustmaker
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it looks like a good spot for a show scene, and people were posting about the witch
The mine shaft in question is encounter by guests right before they go down the first lift hill, and before they enter the inside of the mine to see the show scenes . . . I would guess that it will be used for foreshadowing, likely you'll hear the Dwarfs singing, before you meet them in the flesh, so to say.
raymusiccity
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Agree wholeheartedly . The witch was trying to force a boulder loose with a long wooden staff. There must be a photo somewhere . If she doesn't show up in the mine, most will be disappointed.
I'm still hoping that they put the construction in high gear and have the ride open for preview by early Dec.
2014 or 2015 ....i have good faithy by 2014 if they try real hard they might be able to do it....
putting humor aside if we are comparing it to construction on ariel and batb it is at least 6 to 8 months till a guest sits in a mine car. When they had all the rock work done on ariel it was still 2 months before a guest was able to get on.
Castle Cake Apologist
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The boulder was from the updated second version of the attraction, where they toned everything down. The witch actually met her fate from being crushed by it and then you saw several "happily ever after" scenes.
In the original terrifying version of the ride, (if I recall correctly) she literally pushed a giant gem on top of you and a bunch of strobes went off signifying your death and then the ride was over. That original version was messed up and totally horrifying, especially for a kid. Snow White was nowhere to be found in it.
The logic part of my brain tells me "no way that it's anywhere near complete by Dec", the WDW controlled part of my brain says "there's still a chance".
StarWarsGirl
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I'm hoping it's done when I go in January. I'm taking my friend. It would be nice if it were done since who knows when she'll get back there.
Here's hoping that one or both of us gets to see it in action!
the one thing that people are asuming is that all of the scenes inside are going to be mine scenes. Not all of the inside scenes even have to be ''inside'' scenes if you will. Just look at splash mountain. So there are still plenty of places for the witch to possibly go.
Zipadeelady
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You and I have the same way of thinking. Don't think it will be up and running but I'm still hoping.
Lee
Adventurer
Maybe it's because when I posted a scene breakdown it listed all the scenes that were in the ride...
(At least as of the time it was posted.)
Pixiedustmaker
Well-Known Member
Wasn't the witch in SWSA getting ready to drop a boulder down on guests from a hilltop or something? I don't think she was ever physically "inside" of the mine in the film. If so, a logical place to put her would be in an outside area of the ride, IMO.
A problem with the old SWSA was that the witch scared the little kids a bit too much, well, I think that most kids who go on 7DMT (which will have a height restriction), will be more scared by swinging than the witch.
In some 7DMT question and answer session, it was reported that the witch will be in the ride. Alls they need to do is put in some conduit, electrical/control, in a semi-sheltered spot and put in a weatherized version of the witch. Of course, it isn't this easy, the spot on the track needs to be properly selected, perhaps so guests get a fleeting image, and it has to make sense. If the final scene is SW & the Seven Dwarfs dancing, then she hasn't been poisoned yet in the movie timeline, have the witch headed towards the cottage with a basket of apples.
You'd think that they'd already be putting in some animatronic critters on the ride . . .
Splash does have interior show scenes which depict the out of doors in the south, but Splash makes it work because the ride has a lot of show scenes, and you have more time to adjust to the reality inside of the showbuilding, 7DMT just has a couple.
Tim Lohr
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Was there any indication what's in this space at the top of the first lift hill? I noticed on the most recent Scott Keating photo, the construction seems to have skipped over this spot on the mountain
http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...dwarfs-mine-train-construction-site/18942.htm
Lee
Adventurer
I don't know.
It isn't on the diagrams I have.
Pixiedustmaker
Well-Known Member
Wouldn't be the first time that Disney had a false mine entrance:
Or built a cave type structure with voices coming from it . . .
Or maybe the voice of a critter . . .
Sounds to me that 7DMT might get a 'mine entrance to nowhere', with the faint, but appreciable, sound of the dwarfs working/singing . . .
Or built a cave type structure with voices coming from it . . .
Or maybe the voice of a critter . . .
Sounds to me that 7DMT might get a 'mine entrance to nowhere', with the faint, but appreciable, sound of the dwarfs working/singing . . .
Lee
Adventurer
We need someone with a camera to go get some shots of that area next to the lift to see if there is any framework for the "fake" mine entrance. Last photo I saw didn't show anything (below).
Of course it could be just a superficial structure that will be added later, but I would expect to see signs of it by now.
(Same for the normal bridge on the other side...)
Of course it could be just a superficial structure that will be added later, but I would expect to see signs of it by now.
(Same for the normal bridge on the other side...
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