Need info, any info, on SGE

[ToTBellHop]

Originally posted by WDWhumanmap
here to clear the air....
Mission:Space aka M:S opened right on time so did Philarmagic. All the other past rides opened on time or earlier i should know i was there for most of them. test track was behind like usual becuase guess why its the same reason it breaks down every hour they can't get it to work too well. so was the new tomorrowland but i think because they were waiting for the 25th birthday celebration to begin so they held it back on purpose.
if stitch is opening in October which it sounds like it will it should be ready soon because let's look at the signs people Stitch is in the ride already they only got to redue a few more things they aren't changing alot by any means if you read the plot. also the store is open that should be sign for any true disney person that the ride is opening soon they wouldn't keep the shop open too long before the ride.
another thing is let's take mission for example mission opened on time in mid-october i feel very hopeful as someone going in august that is will be in previews by then because mission space was and so was Rock and Roller Coaster which i think opened in october or november and i went on it in soft previews in mid-july.

Wow...you need to learn to use punctuation...that was very hard to read through. The attractions you listed are E-Ticket Thrill Rides, which Stitch is not. Let's look at the signs: There is no marquee, the queue is not even remotely close to being complete,
the fastpass kiosks are not close to completion. Those shops that closed are at the exit of the attraction, but do not sell exclusively-stitch themed merchandise. They are the merchandise locations for Tomorrowland. They are open now because it is summer. Compare Stitch to PhilharMagic, more than the ones you listed, as that is what it is similar to. PhilharMagic grand opened last August, and began soft openings in early September. Expect Stitch to follow a similar time frame. By the way, Alien Encounter's giftshop was open in February of 1995, several months before Alien Encounter opened.

 

[Stitchfan712]

Originally posted by ISTCNavigator57
Wow...you need to learn to use punctuation...that was very hard to read through. The attractions you listed are E-Ticket Thrill Rides, which Stitch is not. Let's look at the signs: There is no marquee, the queue is not even remotely close to being complete,
the fastpass kiosks are not close to completion. Those shops that closed are at the exit of the attraction, but do not sell exclusively-stitch themed merchandise. They are the merchandise locations for Tomorrowland. They are open now because it is summer. Compare Stitch to PhilharMagic, more than the ones you listed, as that is what it is similar to. PhilharMagic grand opened last August, and began soft openings in early September. Expect Stitch to follow a similar time frame. By the way, Alien Encounter's giftshop was open in February of 1995, several months before Alien Encounter opened.

OK, let's approach this from a different angle:


What IS done? What IS close to being complete?

 

[imagineer99]

Originally posted by ISTCNavigator57
Wow...you need to learn to use punctuation...that was very hard to read through.

I've been trying to get her to use punctuation ever since she joined...:hammer: She can't be stopped!

That's why we have the "ignore" feature...

 

[ButtClown44]

As a CM from what I have seen and understand, the main chambers are pretty well along and the 1st preshow is in the midst of being constructed. As for fastpass, exterior queue stuff, that will probly take just under a month to complete bc its nothing major. Replacing signs, bolting in fastpass machines. The thing that worries me is what I don't know. How often will the Stitch animatronic cause the ride to go down. As such an intricate animatronic, in such a small space I am worried it will be another hopping hemroid (the jumping rabbit @ Splash that never works.) If Stitch doesn't work right, the ride is down. That is what worries me the most. This will be much more complex than any animatronic from AE.

 

[iluvstitch]

Originally posted by ButtClown44
The thing that worries me is what I don't know. How often will the Stitch animatronic cause the ride to go down. As such an intricate animatronic, in such a small space I am worried it will be another hopping hemroid (the jumping rabbit @ Splash that never works.) If Stitch doesn't work right, the ride is down. That is what worries me the most. This will be much more complex than any animatronic from AE.

Wow... you sound worried about this! Hope you're not losing any sleep

 

[slappy magoo]

GOing from late August to Labor Day weekend (D'OH!), I'm also hoping for a soft launch. Not counting on it, but hoping.

I also figured that that if they were retro-fitting the attraction already there, instead of starting completely from scratch, that it wouldn't take as long.

But last I heard there are some other items of interest in Walt Disney World, so I'm not too worried about enjoying yourself.

Sorry that you were trying to coordinate the whole vacation around one ride...oops, sorry Imagineers, ATTRACTION SLASH ADVENTURE. But whenever you schedule around one event, you run the risk of that happening.

 

[Disnycrazy]

I am also hoping for a possible soft opening in August because I will be there for 3 days in August, which was an unexpected trip because my grandmother is paying for all of us. If it were not for her paying for everything my husband and I wouldn't be going until sometime in 2006, when we move to Orlando. So I am definetly hoping but and not counting on this attraction being in soft openiongs so this way maybe we can see this attraction.

 

[se8472]

I was coming up from the tunnel and ran into a boat load of imagineers and constrution peeps. Was wired to see so many.

 

[Stitchfan712]

Tunnel? What tunnel?



All i can say is....we're locked in. The only possible alternative trip dates will be august 12-24...which only slightly improves our chances, and may not be worth the change penalties and re-negotiating of the hotel contract.


The one thing you all are forgetting though is that Stitch is a hot item. A very hot item. Which means that when he opens, there's going to be quite a draw to Tomorrowland for this ride. I'm not sure how you define an "E-Ticket" ride, but the Stitch ride is going to be extremely popular. Sorry...ride...I mean attraction, some of you guys are sensitive about that.


Eisner....as much as I dislike him, knows that getting this thing open early is to the benefit of MK. There's a press event on the 26th of June...

Now my friend inside Disney has talked to some people with connections....and it seems, at this point, that this "Press Event" may actually be a sneak preview of the ride. I.E., members of the press will get to experience the ride firsthand.

OK, yes, I'm saying ride, I can't help it.


Anyway, if this is infact a sneak preview, it would mean that the interior is done, and the preshow would have to be getting very close to being done as well.


The rest of the changes are purely cosmetic....it won't take long to put a fastpass in. The signage can be changed out quickly. The queue area may take a month to fully complete...but that still puts us at a late July/early August timeframe for when it might, possibly, soft-open. But quite a lot is riding on what truly happens this 26th. It could be just an announcement of the official opening date....but...if we want to get into precedents here:


Since when does Disney go through the hassle of creating a press event when something isn't opening or being previewed? The 50th aside? Something's up here...there has to be more to it than an announcement that the ride won't be open for another 2 months.



And as far as the October opening....I'm not sure where FLcastmember got that info from...but my disney friend can't find anything that confirms "Oct. 1" as the official opening date. Everything still says "fall 2004".



Now Stitch may not be an E-ticket....depending on what you view as an E-ticket ride.....but he is popular, he will draw revenue, he will be a hot item in the Magic Kingdom. Why WOULDN'T they open this thing early? Cash is cash and Eisner loves cash, and stitch brings it. It'll be a boost to the park in general.


That's how my friend (whose name I cannot reveal for obvious reasons), and the people my friend has spoken to, view it.


_________________________________

 

[se8472]

Originally posted by Stitchfan712
Tunnel? What tunnel?

utilia-doors under the MK

Originally posted by Stitchfan712

Now Stitch may not be an E-ticket....depending on what you view as an E-ticket ride.....but he is popular, he will draw revenue, he will be a hot item in the Magic Kingdom. Why WOULDN'T they open this thing early? Cash is cash and Eisner loves cash, and stitch brings it. It'll be a boost to the park in general.

The thing is, if the ride isn't done then the ride isn't done...Eisner can't even control this and I really don't think they will have the press hopping over boxes and so froth to get to the ride itself.

But just from what I have seen with the doors being open, I don't see how it could open any time soon. But once again I really don't know since I have never seen a ride under-constrution before

(yes I called stitch a ride and I did it on purpose!)

 

[Stitchfan712]

I understand your point. There's 22 days left till the press event, on that day I guess we'll know what exactly happened. But if it's a sneak preview, I say it bodes very well for the ride being open.


If it's not a sneak preview....just an announcement of the official opening date (say Oct. 1), then yeah, prospects may not be too good for our group. I guess we'll see. Even if we knew for sure that it would soft open the first week of September, for example, we still couldn't go. Nobody is free to travel past august. We intended to go as late as possible so as to give ourselves the best chance of seeing it open.


For at least two, perhaps more, of our group members, August 3 is the absolute latest that they can be on vacation. So if we postpone this to August 12-24, we shut them out of the trip and I don't want to do that to them.

What i need now is good news. Any at all. What did you see that looked complete?


_________________________________

 

[Chux]

The higher your hopes are, the further you fall...

I really want this to work out for you man, but I really don't think it's going to happen.

 

[ToTBellHop]

There is no possible way that is a sneak preview. In the condition the ride is in now, I can guarantee you the ride will not open in 3 weeks. Disney does not allow sneak previews of construction sites. Disney has done press events to open walkways and bathroom complexes, to announce new pin programs and safety events. They will hold a press event for a new drinking fountain just to create publicity, so don't analyze this too much.

 

[Stitchfan712]

ISTC....have you looked at it personally?


This is really quite confusing. You work at WDW i presume, and I have you telling me that there's no way that this or that can happen.


And then I have another source, with many connections in the company, telling my friend that this is, as far as he knows, a sneak preview.



So I'm not sure what to believe here and growing more confused. Some Disney people saying it's nowhere close to being done, others saying there's just a bit left to finish, a month-and-a-half's worth of construction.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Originally posted by Stitchfan712
ISTC....have you looked at it personally?

Yes.

 

[OnWithTheShow]

Disney does not allow sneak previews of construction sites.

Guess you haven't been over to Saratoga Springs yet, or walked the new path past Everest.

BAD SHOW!

 

[ToTBellHop]

Originally posted by OnWithTheShow
Guess you haven't been over to Saratoga Springs yet, or walked the new path past Everest.

BAD SHOW!

I have walked by Everest, and that is all safely walled off--not any different from the construction walls that are in front of every large attraction, like Mission: SPACE. Saratoga Springs is rather shocking, admittedly...not only bad show, it's unsafe and should have never opened so soon. Only case I have ever seen where guests can access "hard hat only" areas, which is what Stitch is.

 

[Stitchfan712]

OK ISTC,


Then what do you propose this press event is about then? Why would they be having it?


I've also fired off an email to Jim Hill to see if he can figure out what's up. I dont expect a reply but it'll be nice if he does.

 

[dizneeboy]

wow, just read through the thread. Although I feel for you, I can't believe that you booked a trip soley on an attraction that isn't opened yet. Am I missing something?? I always hope new attractions open early, but wow.

If its not open, I'm truly sorry for ya. But, hey, look at the bright side....you'll still get to go to Disney and Stich will most likely be there the next time you get to visit :animwink:

good luck.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Originally posted by Stitchfan712
OK ISTC,


Then what do you propose this press event is about then? Why would they be having it?


I've also fired off an email to Jim Hill to see if he can figure out what's up. I dont expect a reply but it'll be nice if he does.

I already told you Disney holds press events for everything new at the parks. It could be a new pin event announcement or Haunted Mansion Holiday or just to say Stitch will open October 1st, which we already know is the grand opening. Maybe they will make an announcement on their decision after the Evening Extra Magic Hour test. Many possibilities.