Seven Dwarf Mine Train Media Days set

[ToTBellHop]

April 30-May 2, so this should open to guests officially by May 2.

 

[officialtom]

Noooooooo I was really hoping for an opening before March 27th!!!

 

[Thumper14]

I am visiting April 27-May 1. Just maybe, I can catch the ride opening! Just maybe!!!

 

[mbad]

great news going june 26 to july 3.

 

[lunchbox1175]

Wooohooo.....I am there April 30th - May 4th!

 

[scoobygirl39541]

Wow! We were literally just looking to book a mini trip for those exact dates, April 30-May 2... Hmmm

 

[danlb_2000]

Noooooooo I was really hoping for an opening before March 27th!!!

Soft openings around that date are possible.

 

[PrincessNelly_NJ]

Yes, I'm going to ride that Puppy! May 4th to May 11th!

 

[sshindel]

Looking back a little in the FLE thread, it looks like 10/12/2012 is when the first "soft" opening of guests went onto Little Mermaid. I think the official grand opening ceremonies were on 12/6/2012.

No idea if the same time-frame would be in place here for the Mine Train, but I wanted to look back and see what happened for the rest of the FLE.

 

[Oddysey]

There is typically a soft opening well before media day.

 

[Gabe1]

Looking back a little in the FLE thread, it looks like 10/12/2012 is when the first "soft" opening of guests went onto Little Mermaid. I think the official grand opening ceremonies were on 12/6/2012.

No idea if the same time-frame would be in place here for the Mine Train, but I wanted to look back and see what happened for the rest of the FLE.

I think it is difficult to garner anything from how Disney opened FLE. It was a freak'n mess. There were media days, Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting days but let us not forget the nightmare of AP Preview days that threw the whole preview/soft openings into a tailspin. Remember how there were sign up times of AP'ers and the system crashed and crashed again, the entire unveiling of FLE was a mess. BOG was thrown into that time frame and that at least went a little smoother.

I would look towards how Test Track soft opened, CM days, Media, guests.

 

[Adrian DIxon]

welp we arent going for another 2 years still, so i hope to see pics up here and videos of the ride hehe!

 

[Magic Sean]

AHhhh hope this is true!!!!

 

[danlb_2000]

AHhhh hope this is true!!!!

The Media Day dates are true. Public grand opening right after media day seems very likely.

 

[PrincessNelly_NJ]

welp we arent going for another 2 years still, so i hope to see pics up here and videos of the ride hehe!

I visit WDW via Youtube when I can't make it down there for myself. 1010 Days? *faints*

 

[twebber55]

April 30-May 2, so this should open to guests officially by May 2.

cool ill be there starting June 1st

 

[skimbob]

I will be in DL around the time of opening so I won't there. Bummer!

 

[PrincessNelly_NJ]

In the video below around 9:50, they point out these "post" around the mine train, any idea what they could be for?

 

[orky8]

In the video below around 9:50, they point out these "post" around the mine train, any idea what they could be for?

I'm pretty sure they are tie offs, where they connect their harnesses when they are working. I've seen a photo with one of the workers harnesses connected to the top of a rock, where the scaffolding was down.

 

[PrincessNelly_NJ]

I'm pretty sure they are tie offs, where they connect their harnesses when they are working. I've seen a photo with one of the workers harnesses connected to the top of a rock, where the scaffolding was down.

ahh.. makes sense.