It’s quite a bit more than two billion IF all comes to fruition. FYI the park isn’t supposed to be completely transformed in 3 years. The current long term plan - which includes the bigger than two billion figure - is currently projected to 2025.
Bombardier who made the Mark VI never made a monorail. They made snowmobiles... Disney worked with them... so Siemens could made a straddle beam monorail.. aka Alweg system.. They do make High speed rail trains. they are doing that in California.. so they have the technology...
I'd imagine that FW then will be a completely different place by 2025 then.
Nah, they should do what they do on the inside..... cover it with a big black curtain.
I'll bring the icicle lights!Nah, they should do what they do on the inside..... cover it with a big black curtain.
For what it's worth, I did the Undiscovered Future World tour a few weeks ago that took us backstage at Spaceship Earth, and the CM said there was "no known timeline" for replacing all of the Siemens signage or their presence in the ride.
Siemens has nothing to do with Spaceship Earth anymore. Replacing all signage on the ride as well as the interactive piece isn't a small task; I think they're still in the process of either wooing a new sponsor or deciding to move forward without one before doing that rehab. I believe the entire after-ride area is all Siemens-sponsored and created as well. So any new sponsor would have a huge say in what will change.
If you ran Siemens and were no longer paying huge fees for the privilege of having your name displayed in a prominent place at WDW, would you try and get them to take your free advertising down.
TDO still has a relationship with Siemens. They still are responsible for many of the building systems that are used throughout WDW (building management, hvac, electric, fire alarms, etc.). This relationship will continue for quite some time as many of these systems are proprietary meaning only Siemens can support them.
They were removing Kodak from the pavilion in August 2010.
