I'm well aware of that. It doesn't change the fact that it was still a very impressive undertaking to build it so quickly. Those of you that are defending the 6-month long GMR rehab are delusional. Things can get done if you put the money forward. It was obvious that GMR was put on the slowest possible rehab schedule. Just look at Disneyland's transformation for an idea of how quickly rides can be rehabbed. The fact remains that Disney just doesn't bother building at the blistering pace they used to because it simply costs more money! It is easier to spread the budget for a huge attraction over the course of 3 years instead of the 1 and a half to 2 years that most E-tickets prior to the mid-90's were constructed in. I've said it many times before but you need not look any farther than the Stitch upgrade to see how slow Disney has become. It took longer for AE to turn into Stitch than it did for the combined gutting of Kongfrontation and construction of the new Mummy ride in its place. That is just sad. What were they doing in there for a year? All programming of the animatronic should have been done way before AE closed so you can't factor that into the schedule. It's just mindblowing when you look at how quickly additions like Sunset Blvd with Tower of Terror were constructed years ago.
