Pirates closing for 1 day refurb??

[Lee]

One day is enough time to install the mermaids??? Lee, I take it the mermaids aren't too advanced...

Depends on how much advance work has already been done.

Are we talking projections in the water or Animatronics?

I've only seen figures, not projections.

Keep in mind, this one-day closure may well be unrelated to the mermaids. That's just speculation.

 

[Captain Chaos]

Depends on how much advance work has already been done.

I've only seen figures, not projections.

Keep in mind, this one-day closure may well be unrelated to the mermaids. That's just speculation.

Cool, thanks Lee... that is what I was wondering: projections vs figures.. Thanks.

 

[The Duck]

The mermaids may finally be making their debut? Hmmm... If this is so, could they possibly be filling in the gap that the talking skull left? Just imagine... Mermaid #1. "So. You come seeking adventure and salty old pirates, eh?" Mermaid #2. "Sure. You've come to the proper place!". And then WHAM! You go over the drop! Who knows? It just may work!

 

[ellie-badge]

has to be a door joke in here somewhere

 

[celluloid]

Odds are will be seeing Squidface back.

 

[ellie-badge]

Odds are will be seeing Squidface back.

Squidface?

 

[marni1971]

How likely do you think that is, Lee?

Very.

If I may.

 

[tl77]

It's funny to hear about mermaids going into the cave scene of the ride, because I remember when I was watching the latest "On Strange Tides" movie the last hour or so is all about mermaids in caves and I thought "why are they in caves? this is supposed to be a pirate move why aren't they at sea?" I'm now wondering if they wrote the movie script that way so they'd have an excuse to add stuff in to the beginning of the ride

 

[wdw71fan]

Mermaids are part of this.. Additionally, there are several new elements in the queue that will be revealed over time beforehand.. The one day closure is to install and T&A things 'where the rubber meets the road' so to speak..

 

[Stupido]

If the mermaids are in fact coming I am going to be a very happy boy. I'll be down there at the end of October, and I've been hoping for the mermaids since I first saw Stranger Tides. I think they will be an amazing addition to the ride, and I am super hopeful for their appearance in the ride!

 

[MotherOfBirds]

Mermaids are part of this.. Additionally, there are several new elements in the queue that will be revealed over time beforehand.. The one day closure is to install and T&A things 'where the rubber meets the road' so to speak..

Forgive me, "T&A"?

 

[wdw71fan]

Forgive me, "T&A"?

Test and Adjust..

 

[Vader2112]

Really..Mermaids...Why dont't they move the ride to Fantasy land then Depressed....I miss the original ride before Johnny Depp, and before the PC changes were put in place. Whaen are they adding Jake, Izzy , Cubby and Skully???

 

[Vader2112]

Depends on how much advance work has already been done.

I've only seen figures, not projections.

Keep in mind, this one-day closure may well be unrelated to the mermaids. That's just speculation.

Say it aint so Lee... snif.. snif

 

[coachwnh]

Well at least it's only a day. Pirates is one of my favorite rides, rode it twice last week

was down several times on sunday, our last day in MK this trip. Just got home tonight. when i first saw the headlines, i thought it was an emergency fix. guess not

 

[ellie-badge]

So has anything been changed since the other day?

 

[Magenta Panther]

Wow, mermaids, really? Awesome!

But I hope they also fix that Blackbeard effect. It barely worked at all the last time I visited WDW (last December).

 

[nepalostparks]

But I hope they also fix that Blackbeard effect. It barely worked at all the last time I visited WDW (last December).

He seems to come and go. The last 10 or so times through in the last two months, he's been working pretty well for us. In the Spring though, it was hit or miss. Sometimes fine, sometimes fog and voice but no projection, sometimes nothing.

 

[Jimmy Thick]

I heard the closure is related to the PotC castmembers protesting about the misconception TDA is better than TDO. Apparently it got to the higher ups as they approved they staged walk out as a backhanded slap to the doom and gloom guests who just might be visiting that day.

Another rumor is that they put up a blatant door with a padlock right in the queue to celebrate this small victory...


Jimmy Thick- Jimmy Thick, cub reporter...

 

[marni1971]

Tempted to finally try the ignore feature....

but I'll wonder instead if they'll finally replace the 1973 audio system. Surely? Finally?