MerlinTheGoat
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Not necessarily. Winnie the Pooh remained open I believe throughout the entire construction period for its new queue and facade in 2010 (I visited while it was completely covered in walls and tarps, but the ride was still open). Odds are something similar is being planned out for whatever they're doing for Peter Pan. They also now have extra space granted from the vacant bathrooms to work with, so they could potentially maintain better queue capacity than was possible with Pooh. I can easily see the ride remaining open while whatever work is being done to the queue and/or facade.So will the ride close for any of the queue project? I'd imagine it would have too.
Besides, we really don't know what sort of change this "project" entails. The permits are too vague to tell what exactly is happening and to what extent, it just says it's queue work for Peter Pan's Flight and that's about it. And as far as I know, no insiders have spoken up about what's actually changing either. Hopefully this does end up being a rather substantial and major change. While i've felt somewhat let down with the new attractions for the Fantasyland overhaul during the past 5 years, the theming has generally been very good. And as it stands it would probably be rather difficult to make Peter Pan's facade and queue any worse than it is now.
I wish the ride WOULD close for an extended overhaul. WDW's Peter Pan has been hobbling along for numerous decades now while looking the same it always did (which I'd argue is outdated even by 1971 standards) and needs a good solid rennovation to at least bring it up to the standards set by the superior versions at Disneyland and Disneyland Paris. It's far from just the facades that are better at those parks, the ride itself is much better as well (i'm curious to see what Shanghai's version will be like too). With Disneyland's already better version getting even more ride enhancements for the 60th anniversary, WDW's is going to look ever more absurdly outdated than it already is. And if other queues are any indication, that's yet another drop in the barrel which will further accentuate the ride's shortcomings (it has become increasingly far too common for queues to overshadow and surpass the rides themselves in quality).
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