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PHOTOS - New construction walls around Seven Dwarf's Mine Train give a peek inside, TV crews aplenty
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ExtinctJenn
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WOW look at all the media! Thanks for sharing Steve!
I'm confused... why does it look like there are still walls around some of the now open spaces?
I'm confused... why does it look like there are still walls around some of the now open spaces?
Murphketeer
Member
Seven Dwarf's Mine Train artwork says "Coming Soon 2014."
TestTrack Dummy
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Br'er Platypus
Member
"another walkway opens up."
Cool. . . I wasn't certain they'd have this open at all, what with the road needed for construction equipment, etc. For some reason, this walkway being closed bothered me, so I'm really glad it's open. On our first day, I wanted to to go right from Dumbo to Little Mermaid, and now it appears we can.
Cool. . . I wasn't certain they'd have this open at all, what with the road needed for construction equipment, etc. For some reason, this walkway being closed bothered me, so I'm really glad it's open. On our first day, I wanted to to go right from Dumbo to Little Mermaid, and now it appears we can.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Someone in another thread mentioned that they were opening up the pathway during busy times and closing it at others. I imagine after the holidays it will stay closed for a while.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Just watched Tom Stagg's presentation from last night and he said it would open Spring 2014.
Lee
Adventurer
Like I've been saying for...what...well over a year now?
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Animaniac93-98
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Lee
Adventurer
Yep.Looks like he's been following your posts pretty closely.
Staggs knows what's up...
Animaniac93-98
Well-Known Member
What's even worse is Fairytale Hall. The DL equivalent is opening March 10 according to Al Lutz, but here it's not coming until "late 2013" even though there's no new building required, no major changes are happening with the facade and it's been in construction for over 6 months now.
Meanwhile Transformers is being built how quickly?
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Consistent with the time it took them to build the rest of the expansion. The rest of the expansion took 34 months, the mine ride will take 29 if it opens at the end of March 2014. Not saying they couldn't do it faster if they wanted to, but not out of line by Disney standards.
dgp602
Well-Known Member
Is it possible the long construction time table is due to the fact that the ride is confined to a small space in the middle of an open area? Getting supplies and workers into this area while the park is open is probably logistically difficult to do while trying to minimalize disruption to the guests. So, most of the heavy work probably has to be accomplished in the short window the park is closed. Just my guess...
danlb_2000
Premium Member
But as I just pointed out there is no long construction time table, they are building it at the same pace as they have built other attractions recently.
ExtinctJenn
Well-Known Member
With the concept art I saw for this I think there's a lot more happening inside than we're giving credit for. Sure it's nothing on the scale of building a full blown attraction but step one is the demo and removal of everything that was. Maybe, just maybe, when it opens we'll say "ohhh that's why it took so long." Of course then there's the possibility that we say "they must've took a break for 6 months."