News PHOTOS - Prince Charming Regal Carrousel behind scrims for refurbishment

[Kman101]

That is a pretty common story.

I did the engineering on a roughly 2500 square foot single family home roughly 3 years ago that was being put together by an owner/builder. At that time the lot was cleared and he was ready to go. I was at the site last January and all he had up were the exterior block walls.

I am sure his neighbors are thrilled.

Sounds very familiar, lol. We couldn't believe how long it was taking. Often I'd see crews working on weekends and in the evenings, and many weeks nothing would be going on. I imagine a lot of days during the week they were doing other projects. I didn't get too invasive talking to him, lol, I didn't want it to seem like I was complaining about the pace of the building.

 

[larryz]

Of course not.

My neighbor has an orange tree and that me me an expert.

I also had a tangerine tree in my backyard growing up.

Combine those two factors and pretty much gives me all knowledge on citrus fruit.

Well, I grew a pineapple from a cutting once, but that doesn't make me Hawai'ian...

 

[Master Yoda]

Well, I grew a pineapple from a cutting once, but that doesn't make me Hawai'ian...

Correct. It does however give you a PhD in pomology

 

[Goofyernmost]

Then why didn't you report on it?

Could be because it ranks right up there in importance along with the speed that grass grows at 40 degrees and no sunshine. However, when they take out the Cinnamon Rolls from the Main Street Bakery, people get close to comatose.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Well, I grew a pineapple from a cutting once, but that doesn't make me Hawai'ian...

I'm thinking that you could become an honorary Hawaiian and an expert on that particular pineapple. That I assume would make you a very Stable Genius in the category of weird looking fruit. (For $100.00, Alex)

 

[mikejs78]

Taco Bell's Crunchito. Available for a limited time only.

Taco Bell makes something, but they're not burritos...

 

[mikejs78]

Back in the 1980's, when they still had a 3rd shift that did maintenance when the parks were closed, you never saw scrims like this anywhere. Although there were few parks with less attractions to maintain in those days, and in the winter months, or "the off season", the parks closed earlier so they had more time for maintenance... and it was also much less expensive to go to Disney World in those days too, not sure what the problem is now.

I think at least at the Magic Kingdom they should go back to having some type of "third shift maintenance", or just in the highest traffic areas like Main Street and Fantasyland. It is the number 1 vacation destination on planet Earth after all, which also makes it perpetually busy, and with what they charge everyone to get in, and all the "up charge events", it seems like they could afford to keep the place "neat and pretty" like the boss would have wanted

You have selected memory. I remember being at Disney in the 80s with many refurbs going on and attractions closed, with scrims and dividers.. Sorry, what you say is just not accurate. General maintenance was done after hours (and much still is I believe) but lengthy refurbs with scrims and walls was just as common place then as now.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

From today

 

[NeedMoreMickey]

Nice to see the carrousel still operating since it’s just over 100 years old. My dad says somewhere he has a picture of me as a very small child riding it with my mom when it was located in NJ

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Nice to see the carrousel still operating since it’s just over 100 years old. My dad says somewhere he has a picture of me as a very small child riding it with my mom when it was located in NJ

You must be very old

 

[NoChesterHester]

Any idea when the work will be complete?

 

[Kman101]

Any idea when the work will be complete?

2021 just in time for the 50th!



But, seriously, not sure if we have heard of an end date or not?

 

[NeedMoreMickey]

You must be very old

My dad said I was three

 

[I am Timmy]

I have to say, I appreciate the more decorated "updated" scrim to the completely plain, block colored one that was up previously. I don't mind scrims nearly as much when they put effort into making them blend in - rather than throwing up what looks like a giant tarp.

 

[tl77]

Back in the 80's that stuff was relatively new. Just a sprucing up of paint and be on their way. After 40 plus years in the Florida heat and humidity a lot of that wood structure needs to be replaced. Not the same problems. They require much more intensive work to get back in shape. Paint will not cover rot and bug damage which is part of nature and cannot be avoided completely. To my knowledge they still do have a third shift, but, the repairs needed in many cases require a lot more then overnight repairs.

No the stuff with the scrims started about 20-25 years ago when they cut the budgets on third shift, they also got rid of the unique menus at all the restaurants on property around the same time, both were cost cutting measures. The only thing they do regularly in the over night hours now is cleaning/street sweeping, and putting up the different holiday decorations

There's scrims around the carousel every few years now, and there is almost always one building on main street behind scrims. If the Florida weather is so harsh on these buildings then the need to "replace" whatever that problem material is instead of constantly "refurbishing" it. I can't ever remember seeing scrims around the buildings on Hollywood Boulevard at DHS, is there something vastly different about the buildings on Hollywood Boulevard and Main Street? They are both the entrance ways to each park, the first thing the guest see shouldn't be scrims because the buildings are rotting. The whole purpose of this WDW resort is to immerse the guests into these different fantasy worlds, and the carousel the centerpiece of Fantasyland, there's nothing magical about riding a carousel that looks like it's wrapped up in a fumigation tent

 

[Kamikaze]

You must be very old

Olympic Park closed in 65, so you could have been on it there and only be 53.

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

It's true that this scrim has been up around the carousel for a couple months now.

Regarding why nobody else created a thread about it... I don't think anybody reported on it because it's not a big deal at all. The scrim started out plain and ugly and eventually had a design painted onto it. The ride is still operating with the scrim around it. Now everybody is caught up.

We don't start a thread every time a scrim goes on up on Main Street, so I don't know why this would have been different.

 

[tl77]

You have selected memory. I remember being at Disney in the 80s with many refurbs going on and attractions closed, with scrims and dividers.. Sorry, what you say is just not accurate. General maintenance was done after hours (and much still is I believe) but lengthy refurbs with scrims and walls was just as common place then as now.

Maybe you're thinking the 90's, that's when this started, because that's when they cut the budget on maintenance, or after Splash Mountain and the Disney MGM studios opened... there were occasionally walls up if they were building something new, but they removed and replaced a lot of things in rides gradually in the overnight hours. The Haunted Mansion for example, went from it's original "psychedelic 70's" lighting to the more natural look on the 90's over the course of a decade in that 3rd shift, but they did shut the ride down in the mid 80's to to convert the sound system from analog tape to digital... the basic repainting of facades was done in the 3rd shift, or they'd just hang up a sign that said "wet paint" if they were at one of the resorts

 

[Vipor51]

Is this down yet??? LOL.

Hopeful that by May 12th the walls come down.

 

[tl77]

It's true that this scrim has been up around the carousel for a couple months now.

Regarding why nobody else created a thread about it... I don't think anybody reported on it because it's not a big deal at all. The scrim started out plain and ugly and eventually had a design painted onto it. The ride is still operating with the scrim around it. Now everybody is caught up.

We don't start a thread every time a scrim goes on up on Main Street, so I don't know why this would have been different.

It's strange to me that people freak out about "sight line infractions" and "value engineered" attractions, but then see the scrims as "a good thing", to me me it all the same thing. They all ruin the illusion of this immersive fantasy world that you've payed to come see. If you went to a movie and there was a scene that was "supposed" to be a big action/adventure special effects scene, but instead a title came up on screen that said "this action scene is being refurbished for you future enjoyment, make sure to get this movie on Blu Ray to see what you're missing right now" ...I don't think people would stand for that.

I think someone should start a thread every time a scrim goes up on Main Street, every time they ruin the illusion of the 1900's Town at the entrance to the park, some should make a note of that, just like some always posts something every time an effect in a ride isn't working, because it's not "a good thing"