Rivers of America (plus Railroad & Dioramas) Re-Imagineered 2017

[Deleted member 107043]

From MiceChat:

The refurbishment of Tom Sawyer Island is nearly complete and the attraction appears ready to reopen any day now, according to cast members who recently toured the island. Workmen are down to touching up the public areas, performing Fantasmic!-related electrical work off stage, and adding more landscaping island-wide.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

http://micechat.com/163900-david-koenig-exclusive-whats-hopping-tom-sawyer-island/

They removed the graveyard.

 

[jmuboy]

What is this cr@p?

 

[Curious Constance]

From MiceChat:

The refurbishment of Tom Sawyer Island is nearly complete and the attraction appears ready to reopen any day now, according to cast members who recently toured the island. Workmen are down to touching up the public areas, performing Fantasmic!-related electrical work off stage, and adding more landscaping island-wide.

Let's hope it takes them 15 days to complete.

 

[Californian Elitist]

What is this cr@p?

A corny, but spot on song about being a Disneyland annual passholder.

 

[Phroobar]

Now that they have reopened the path, hopefully the smoking area doesn't return. We use to have to hold our breath going through there.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Well, they've had plenty of opportunities, including this one, to create isolated smoking areas, but they insist on putting them right on main walkways. Don't blame the smokers. Blame Disney.

 

[Phroobar]

I wonder how much of the star wars queue will stretch into this area. Maybe they were smart and gave the rides four hour queues like Avatar land got.

 

[ctrlaltdel]

I wonder how much of the star wars queue will stretch into this area. Maybe they were smart and gave the rides four hour queues like Avatar land got.

I'm sure both rides will have enormous queues. Although on opening day/weekend/week/month the line may go all the way to Main Street...

 

[alias8703]

I just got a migraine from rolling my eyes

 

[Deleted member 107043]

I just got a migraine from rolling my eyes

Did you read the comments?

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Don't blame the smokers. Blame Disney.

Is there a legitimate business case for why Disney still allows smoking in the parks? Here in San Francisco smoking in city owned public spaces, including parks, is prohibited. It's so strange to me that Disney Parks allows guests to smoke, even in designated areas, in 2017.

 

[Phroobar]

Probably to make the Chinese tourists happy as they stand an inch away from you in line.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Smokers will smoke regardless, so it makes sense to have designated smoking sections rather than having them light up in line for "it's a small world". It's something that would be so difficult to control, as the (ugh) vaping people have demonstrated. They do it everywhere.

 

[180º]

I just got a migraine from rolling my eyes

Same, I couldn't make it all the way through that video. Did you know that "Thingamavlogs" kid had his own red carpet meet & greet for himself at one of the recent Dapper Day Expos? There's a whole weird family of young Disneyland social media narcissists who — in the field of inspiring migraines from rolling one's eyes — give mommy bloggers a run for their money. (See also: the proud "founders" of Disneybounding)

 

[Kman101]

Is there a legitimate business case for why Disney still allows smoking in the parks? Here San Francisco smoking in city owned public spaces, including parks, is prohibited. It's so strange to me that Disney Parks allows guests to smoke, even in designated areas, in 2017.

Because people will do it anyway. And many people smoke. At WDW the smoking areas are always full of people. It helps many at the MK have been done away, leaving just two, but they put them in the wrong spot, right in walkways, etc.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Even there? They have so much space. I remember one being right next to the castle.

 

[Phroobar]

Well if it was good enough for Walt...

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Well if it was good enough for Walt...

Ever notice how they've removed cigarettes from Walt Disney's hand in photos of him at Disneyland?

 

[Curious Constance]

Ever notice how they've removed cigarettes from Walt Disney's hand in photos of him at Disneyland?

What do they do, go back in time and secretly grab the cigarette out of his hand right before the picture is taken, and then, after they get the shot, quickly put it back before he notices it's gone?