Just got home from what amounted to a 30-day vacation. Actually, got home on the 30th but haven't had time to post till now.
Anyway, I was in Florida from July 29 to August 10, as many of you well know from my old, whiny posts about the attraction opening.
THE attraction: Stitch's Great Escape.
Well, it wasn't open. As expected. So it really didn't take us by surprise but it WAS interesting watching the construction of the queue area.
Firstly, we didn't actually get into Tomorrowland until July 31. On that day they had the construction wall between the queue and Merchant of Venus pushed pretty far back. You could see all the way back to those doors behind Merchant. I sneaked back there to see if I could see anything but no such luck.
Rode the TTA that day and saw that the XSTech sign was still up. Tried to take a picture but it didnt turn out. No major work appeared to be being done to the queue.
After that we were in the MK on alternating days. I think it was around..oh...August 5 or so (somewhere around there) that the XSTech sign finally came down. The day afterwards, they started MAJOR construction on the queue. They broke up the pavement and passing overhead on the TTA we observed what LOOKED LIKE them putting stones into the wall. There were buckets of what I think was paint, stacked up against the wall. Tons of them.
Over the course of the trip the construction wall was pushed forward as well. By August 6 you could no longer see the doors behind Merchant of Venus. They had walled them off. And by the time we left on the 10th the wall was enclosing much more area than it had when we arrived.
The queue was still in the process of being torn up.
We did not stay long enough to see the addition of the replacement signs for SGE.
With luck, and I do mean luck, I can go back to Florida in late October or sometime in November depending on how quickly I can find work. But it was interesting watching construction of the outside areas progress.
As far as an opening date, I got into a conversation with several cast members at Merchant of Venus and word on the street is that they're currently having some software problems with the animatronic. These could have the potential to delay the official opening until mid-November.
Cast members I spoke with said that they've been instructed to tell people, when asked about the opening of the ride "November". Perhaps as a precaution in case opening is delayed.
I'm not sure how much of that you guys already know. But there you have it. Hmmm, I was on the TTA the same day as Sean judging by the SGE news section, hows that for a coincidence.
Anyway, I was in Florida from July 29 to August 10, as many of you well know from my old, whiny posts about the attraction opening.
THE attraction: Stitch's Great Escape.
Well, it wasn't open. As expected. So it really didn't take us by surprise but it WAS interesting watching the construction of the queue area.
Firstly, we didn't actually get into Tomorrowland until July 31. On that day they had the construction wall between the queue and Merchant of Venus pushed pretty far back. You could see all the way back to those doors behind Merchant. I sneaked back there to see if I could see anything but no such luck.
Rode the TTA that day and saw that the XSTech sign was still up. Tried to take a picture but it didnt turn out. No major work appeared to be being done to the queue.
After that we were in the MK on alternating days. I think it was around..oh...August 5 or so (somewhere around there) that the XSTech sign finally came down. The day afterwards, they started MAJOR construction on the queue. They broke up the pavement and passing overhead on the TTA we observed what LOOKED LIKE them putting stones into the wall. There were buckets of what I think was paint, stacked up against the wall. Tons of them.
Over the course of the trip the construction wall was pushed forward as well. By August 6 you could no longer see the doors behind Merchant of Venus. They had walled them off. And by the time we left on the 10th the wall was enclosing much more area than it had when we arrived.
The queue was still in the process of being torn up.
We did not stay long enough to see the addition of the replacement signs for SGE.
With luck, and I do mean luck, I can go back to Florida in late October or sometime in November depending on how quickly I can find work. But it was interesting watching construction of the outside areas progress.
As far as an opening date, I got into a conversation with several cast members at Merchant of Venus and word on the street is that they're currently having some software problems with the animatronic. These could have the potential to delay the official opening until mid-November.
Cast members I spoke with said that they've been instructed to tell people, when asked about the opening of the ride "November". Perhaps as a precaution in case opening is delayed.
I'm not sure how much of that you guys already know. But there you have it. Hmmm, I was on the TTA the same day as Sean judging by the SGE news section, hows that for a coincidence.
