Im alittle confused by this story...
First Jim says this...
"The news came straight from one of my very best sources. A guy who's really wired into the theme park community. No, I can't reveal his name. All I can tell you that he's a man who's got some really great connections at the Walt Disney Company. More importantly, this guy who has never ever steered me wrong with a theme park-related story."
Sounds very strong....
then....
"But the fact of matter is, folks, that this sort of redo for Disneyland's "Pirates" actually has been proposed. Senior Imagineers have gone down to Anaheim and wandered all through that cavernous show building out beyond the berm. They've even measured the available space out behind behind POTC's pre-existing sets. And -- sure enough (If you take advantage of POTC boat storage space) -- there really is enough room back there for another flume. As well as space for several new show scenes for this more horrific take on "Pirates of the Caribbean.""
even more reliable....
then
"Or perhaps the better question might be proposed to all the people who've actually worked at Disneyland's "Pirates of the Caribbean" over the past 37 / nearly 38 years. As in: Is there really room enough behind POTC's pre-existing sets to do something like this? To install a new flume, to build new show scenes that can properly support & present skeletal AA figures? I'd love to hear what these people have to say."
whoa! wiegh anchor laddies...
You give us concrete information as if it were comming out of Tony Baxters mouth that its going to be done and then JH asks the question if there really is enough room behind pirates doubting IF the project will get done just based upon backstage.......
Did you know backstage there is a huge CO2 holding tank just behind pirates for ODV?
The new flume would mean that the entire show building would need to be extended thus forcing the entire move of the WDI trailer camp (you can see from the monorail). And the moving of a backstage road.
Right next to the boat elevator (for boat removal) is the entire west side chiller plant right inbetween pirates and a small walk way to cross the tracks at the N.O. station.
So, which is it? Your "source" seemed so confident that hes never let you down before, and WDI says theres enough room yet JH doubts WDI and wants to ask the workers at D/L if it will get built.