Rivers of America drained!

[ThePhantom]

Yup thats right, for the 1st time in 10 years, Rivers of America is being drained! The water level was about 2 feet lower today around noon. It should be completely drained tomorrow. I got pics, but somehow XP ate them! I may be out there 2morrow, if I am I'll get pics.

 

[The_CEO]

Walt Disney World?

 

[ToTBellHop]

well, um...this IS the Disneyland forum, so no...it's Disneyland's Rivers of America. The waterway will be drained through late march, while work takes place on both the many ships found here, Fantasmic! hardware, and probably Tom Sawyer Island, since it will obviously be closed too. Disneyland can blame it on the lack of rain over the past few weeks

 

[Merlin]

I have some pics from the last time they drained the Rivers of America (when they were building Fantasmic!). If anyone is interested, I'll see about getting them scanned so I can post them.

 

[wdwmagic]

Originally posted by Merlin
I have some pics from the last time they drained the Rivers of America (when they were building Fantasmic!). If anyone is interested, I'll see about getting them scanned so I can post them.

Would be very interested! :sohappy:

 

[SirNim]

Isn't the Riverboat on a track? Can you see the track when it is drained?

 

[ThePhantom]

Yes you can see the track, Mark Twain is back by Pooh, parked in the middle of the river. It's funny to see the whole river drained and still have a boat in the trough! Columbia is in it's dock (or dry dock right now )

 

[ToTBellHop]

The incredible levitating boats...Disney Magic, I say!

 

[JLW11Hi]

I heard about this happening when I went on that tour in November. The guide said the last time they drained it, they found a whole bunch of interesting stuff....one lady that had lost her wallet there ended up getting it back! It will be interesting to see what they find this time....

They scheduled the draining to go on while Tom Sawyers Island is rehabed to accomidate the handicapped.

 

[Merlin]

Originally posted by wdwmagic
Would be very interested! :sohappy:

I'm going out of town for a few days, but I'll have the photos scanned when I get back and then post them. I think I also have some shots of them refurbishing Mark Twain at the same time.

 

[BigNorm]

I'd love to see some pictures of that! Especially the Mark Twain in "dry dock."

 

[ThePhantom]

http://americacoasters.com/DCAConstruction/jan15/pg1.php

I know, just about every single caption in there is WRONG, but just look at the pics

 

[SirNim]

Originally posted by ThePhantom
http://americacoasters.com/DCAConstruction/jan15/pg1.php

I know, just about every single caption in there is WRONG, but just look at the pics

WOW! THose are great!

Thanks for sharing!

*in a stupor* sooooo interesting.... soooo interseting*out of stupor*

Fascination! THe track is totally visible! WEird!

Cool! :lol:

 

[ThePhantom]

http://americacoasters.com/members/KBFConstruction/jan25/pg4.php

Theres another batch of photos I shot last Friday, looks like theyre completely re-doing Fantasmic's strucutres, hopefully some new effects will be added

 

[Erika]

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