Peter Pan's Flight closing for month long refurbishment after the summer

[George]

The average NextGen Interactive Queue of 2014-15 will take on the air of a minimally maintained sense of vague abandonment.

You just described the feeling I get from EPCOT at this point in time.

 

[disneyflush]

I'd settle for switchbacks if it meant the money was going to go toward the ride experience (doing trivial things like hiding the ceiling).

The exposed ceiling is a huge pet-peeve of mine. So frustrating.

 

[disneyflush]

Anyone who has ever spent more than one day waiting in lines at a Disney theme park knew that these "NextGen Interactive Queues" would be a failure.

All of us familiar with spending time in Disney theme parks knew that within 30 days these queues will be abused, they will be broken, they will be ignored while people stare at their iPhone, and they will be tacky and useless. And that's exactly what happened.

What a shame that both the TDO execs responsible for greenlighting their budget, and the WDI designers responsible for creating them, had so little personal experience with waiting in lines at Disney theme parks that they made this mistake.

Do the PowerPoint controlled suits at both TDO and WDI really have that little personal experience with the product they design and manage???

A park struggling to maintain the rides it has should take steps to alleviate some of the pressure on the maintenance staff instead of increasing said pressure by rolling out queues that are getting touched and rubbed thousands of times per day and breaking down frequently.

 

[Slowjack]

... yes he is a worker, yes it is against the rules to take pics we all know this, however this is cool and its nice to see and hear things about the backstage area. So if we could refrain from the snotty comments about him not supposed to be doing this or anyone going to report the account it would be appreciated after all this is some cool stuff!

Personally, I have little problem with people taking pictures backstage during downtime. The pictures I have a problem with are those taken while the ride is operating, by guests on the ride, using a flash.

 

[willtravel]

I think they'll be maintained minimally, but over the next six months as effects and equipment breaks, they will not be fixed and slowly be decommissioned. So what you'll end up with at most rides, like at Haunted Mansion, is an inefficient detour in the queue past well-worn props that just sort of sit there doing nothing. But it will be vaguely noticeable that these things used to do something, but have been "turned off".

The average NextGen Interactive Queue of 2014-15 will take on the air of a minimally maintained sense of vague abandonment.

Anyone with any real experience visiting or operating a Disney theme park could have told them this would happen. We all knew it, why didn't TDO and WDI?

I would rather they were dismantled and taken away rather sitting there broken, with gum or marker drawings all over them.

 

[JimboJones123]

Personally, I have little problem with people taking pictures backstage during downtime. The pictures I have a problem with are those taken while the ride is operating, by guests on the ride, using a flash.

Folks get worked up about the dangdest things. Seriously, having a problem with somebody taking a picture? If more people would mind their own business.....

 

[JohnD]

It should have re-opened by now. Would like a report. I rode it 9/29 just before it closed. Didn't care, at that time what about it needed a refurb. Just wanted to ride because it had been years since I was last on it. But because I rode on the very last day before the refurb, I'm interested now in what has been done.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

You just described the feeling I get from EPCOT at this point in time.

Man, George, I like the way you think!

 

[Bork Bork]

Personally, I have little problem with people taking pictures backstage during downtime. The pictures I have a problem with are those taken while the ride is operating, by guests on the ride, using a flash.

I take on-ride pics frequently, but never with the flash. To me it's akin to taking flash pictures in a movie theater. Get to know your camera and venture into the manual settings. There's a world of great photos beyond the "auto" setting.

 

[doctornick]

Anyone who has ever spent more than one day waiting in lines at a Disney theme park knew that these "NextGen Interactive Queues" would be a failure.

All of us familiar with spending time in Disney theme parks knew that within 30 days these queues will be abused, they will be broken, they will be ignored while people stare at their iPhone, and they will be tacky and useless. And that's exactly what happened.

What a shame that both the TDO execs responsible for greenlighting their budget, and the WDI designers responsible for creating them, had so little personal experience with waiting in lines at Disney theme parks that they made this mistake.

Do the PowerPoint controlled suits at both TDO and WDI really have that little personal experience with the product they design and manage???

I think that the Dumbo "queue" is a fairly good execution of the idea though. Of course, it is space consuming and not practical for many rides.

 

[steve2wdw]

Reports are in that it is indeed open...since most of the short refurb focussed on the ride system, I'm eager to hear if things were cleaned up a bit at the same time. Bueller.....Bueller.......

 

[Sped2424]

Headed to the kingdom tomorrow expect photos.

 

[JenniferS]

Headed to the kingdom tomorrow expect photos.

Excellent!
Do you have a FP+ booked?

 

[Sped2424]

Excellent!
Do you have a FP+ booked?

naw AP here so no fastpass plus for me! but I shall get a fastpass for the ride when I reach the kingdom!

 

[Slowjack]

Folks get worked up about the dangdest things. Seriously, having a problem with somebody taking a picture? If more people would mind their own business.....

For Pete's sake. I don't have a problem with someone taking a picture. I have a problem with someone using a flash. Usually more than once. I've had some rides where it was like the red carpet on awards night.

 

[JimboJones123]

We all be by tomorrow. Hopefully the foil in the volcano is no longer falling down and the spray paint is no longer flaking.

 

[JimboJones123]

And for the record, it would only cost a few hundred dollars to add the fiber optics that Disneyland has. And maybe a half day of labor.

 

[TP2000]

And for the record, it would only cost a few hundred dollars to add the fiber optics that Disneyland has. And maybe a half day of labor.

You're probably right. Although to be fair, it's likely closer to a few thousand dollars and two days of labor.

But still, it's entirely possible and would be cheaper tech to buy now than when it was installed at Disneyland 20 years ago.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Yes, the fiber optics in DL's Pan are VERY expensive. Definitely more than just a couple of hundred dollars.

 

[JimboJones123]

Yes, the fiber optics in DL's Pan are VERY expensive. Definitely more than just a couple of hundred dollars.

Yes, more than $200. More than $1000, not really. I have used them for set decorating, very cheap technology. Labor and shipping would cost more than supplies.