Headed out for the day on Saturday. I-4 was a mess. Lanes kept closing forcing merges and horrible bottlenecks and backups. There were no workers and no accidents, nor any visable reason for the slowdown, however, it took us close to 2 1/2 hours to get there. (A normal drive runs around 1 1/2 hours.)
Crowds were less then I thought they'd be. Busier in the afternoon, but thinned out considerably by the evening. Afternoon saw 60 minutes Peter Pan, 30 minutes Haunted Mansion. Buzz's wait time clock wasn't accurate all day. More then one point showed a 10 minute standby with a queue all the way around the side of the building. Space Mountain shut down (see below) for awhile as well. Though I'm happy to report, I did not get stuck on TTA this time around. :lol:
By the evening, almost everything became closer to walk-on status. However, Space Mountain had an 80 minute posted standby with a line halfway towards Astro Orbiter around 9pm. Might have been backup from the downtime, but the fastpass line was walk-through.
Weather was warm but not hot during the day and got quite cool once the sun went down. Chilly even. There was a nice breeze all day.
Anyway.... Here's a few minor mentionables from the day...
PotC was definitely closed, however the gift shop was open. It looked much emptier then normal however and not just in terms of crowds. It actually looked like there were less items within.
(Sign in front of Pirates)
(Chain was up across entry to Pirates)
(Gift shop was open)
(Barrels stacked in front of ride exit doors.)
As previous reported, all the signs are totally removed from Timekeeper. The windos are also blacked over so you can not see inside. Stitch was doing meet-and-greet at the building directly across from SGE. They did not have a PhotoPass photographer on hand though which I found odd. Buzz was doing meet-and-greets off by the Galaxy stage towards the end of the queue area.
Space Mountain was shut down and evaced in the afternoon. All the lights were on of course, giving a great view of the ride. I don't know how long it was down but I know it was up later in the night. Trains were stuck all over the track. I felt bad for the people who had to evac from the top sections of the track. We saw a CM up by one train for awhile.
(One of the stuck trains on the lift ramp.)
Also, they are doing some work to the planter/seat areas near Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse. The Treehouse itself is open. There are two walls; one across from Aloha Isle and the other backs up against the edge of where Treehouse queue.
(This is the wall that backs up against the Treehouse queue.)
And one more just for fun. Don't know if I've ever seen these before. They actually made me laugh outloud. I don't think they're so much "tips" as "directions." Which kinda frightens me that they have to give directions...
(Little signs above each sink throughout all the bathroom.
:lol )
Not much else to report that hasn't already been reported. Nice day overall though it felt darn strange not riding Pirates. I kept feeling like I forgot to do something.
-m
Crowds were less then I thought they'd be. Busier in the afternoon, but thinned out considerably by the evening. Afternoon saw 60 minutes Peter Pan, 30 minutes Haunted Mansion. Buzz's wait time clock wasn't accurate all day. More then one point showed a 10 minute standby with a queue all the way around the side of the building. Space Mountain shut down (see below) for awhile as well. Though I'm happy to report, I did not get stuck on TTA this time around. :lol:
By the evening, almost everything became closer to walk-on status. However, Space Mountain had an 80 minute posted standby with a line halfway towards Astro Orbiter around 9pm. Might have been backup from the downtime, but the fastpass line was walk-through.
Weather was warm but not hot during the day and got quite cool once the sun went down. Chilly even. There was a nice breeze all day.
Anyway.... Here's a few minor mentionables from the day...
PotC was definitely closed, however the gift shop was open. It looked much emptier then normal however and not just in terms of crowds. It actually looked like there were less items within.
(Sign in front of Pirates)
(Chain was up across entry to Pirates)
(Gift shop was open)
(Barrels stacked in front of ride exit doors.)
As previous reported, all the signs are totally removed from Timekeeper. The windos are also blacked over so you can not see inside. Stitch was doing meet-and-greet at the building directly across from SGE. They did not have a PhotoPass photographer on hand though which I found odd. Buzz was doing meet-and-greets off by the Galaxy stage towards the end of the queue area.
Space Mountain was shut down and evaced in the afternoon. All the lights were on of course, giving a great view of the ride. I don't know how long it was down but I know it was up later in the night. Trains were stuck all over the track. I felt bad for the people who had to evac from the top sections of the track. We saw a CM up by one train for awhile.
(One of the stuck trains on the lift ramp.)
Also, they are doing some work to the planter/seat areas near Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse. The Treehouse itself is open. There are two walls; one across from Aloha Isle and the other backs up against the edge of where Treehouse queue.
(This is the wall that backs up against the Treehouse queue.)
And one more just for fun. Don't know if I've ever seen these before. They actually made me laugh outloud. I don't think they're so much "tips" as "directions." Which kinda frightens me that they have to give directions...
(Little signs above each sink throughout all the bathroom.
:lol )Not much else to report that hasn't already been reported. Nice day overall though it felt darn strange not riding Pirates. I kept feeling like I forgot to do something.
-m
