SOFT OPENING WATCH - Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Coaster

[Ember]

I would not think the ride would be unveiled with walls down and only bushes blocking the entrance to have it sit there until end of May or June before opening. When you least expect it, expect it, just like Fantasy Land, just opened with no fanfare....

That's my thinking too, but then another person will post another debbie downer post about how that is simply not true blah blah blah....it won't be open until August...yada yada.

 

[DoctorDisney]

Actually, for Enchanted Tales with Belle, I got to experience it about four or five days before the first MNSSHP back in September of 2012. They were running a random soft opening around Sept 5, 6, 7, and 8, 2012.

 

[Jefferson1964]

That's my thinking too, but then another person will post another debbie downer post about how that is simply not true blah blah blah....it won't be open until August...yada yada.

Well fingers crossed as I will be visiting soon and would luv to take a ride, but if not, still tons of fun things to do like watch my 2 year olds face when he sees life size Mickey for the first time!!!!!

 

[DoctorDisney]

Well fingers crossed as I will be visiting soon and would luv to take a ride, but if not, still tons of fun things to do like watch my 2 year olds face when he sees life size Mickey for the first time!!!!!

It's good to see some people realize that not riding the 7DMT and not getting more than 3 FPs is not going to ruin their trip. More power to you Jefferson1964.

 

[TheRabbit]

Well fingers crossed as I will be visiting soon and would luv to take a ride, but if not, still tons of fun things to do like watch my 2 year olds face when he sees life size Mickey for the first time!!!!!

Perfect attitude! It will be open when its open, still plenty of fun to be had.

 

[Kman101]

I still don't get why they wouldn't want soft openings before a media preview, or even a cast preview, just to work some things out, if they plan on letting anyone in the blogosphere ride for media day. WHich there's been no promise of, either. I think it would make sense, so of course they wouldn't do that.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

What I am hearing is enough to give an ops CM an ulcer.

This was supposed to HELP with capacity problems?

 

[wdwmagic]

What I am hearing is enough to give an ops CM an ulcer.

This was supposed to HELP with capacity problems?

What are you hearing?

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

What I am hearing is enough to give an ops CM an ulcer.

This was supposed to HELP with capacity problems?

Oh, you can't go and say something like that without providing more detail.

EDIT: Ill bite. I assume ops CMs would have an ulcer because this thing has a rather low hourly capacity. With 5 cars per train each carrying 4 people, thats 20 people per train. So, at various dispatch intervals, thats:

30 seconds: 2400 HRC
45 seconds: 1800 HRC
50 seconds: 1540 HRC
60 seconds: 1200 HRC

I highly doubt this thing can operate at 30 seconds intervals. Even 45 seconds would be tough. But I think I see where you might be going with this.

 

[jlsHouston]

What I am hearing is enough to give an ops CM an ulcer.

This was supposed to HELP with capacity problems?

Spit it out...

 

[Disneyhead'71]

What are you hearing?

That they are having problems getting the planned number of trains going. And that it may or may not be because of the shortened track length. If they don't get it worked out, capacity could be as low as 800/hour.

Ouch!

 

[wdwmagic]

That they are having problems getting the planned number of trains going. And that it may or may not be because of the shortened track length. If they don't get it worked out, capacity could be as low as 800/hour.

Ouch!

I was just going to say, something of note is that so far we do not seem to have seen any multicar testing. Your comments add to that.

 

[jlsHouston]

I would not think the ride would be unveiled with walls down and only bushes blocking the entrance to have it sit there until end of May or June before opening. When you least expect it, expect it, just like Fantasy Land, just opened with no fanfare....

I seem to remember a lot of fanfare around soft openings for LM. We were at WDW for Thanksgiving that year and it would open and close of course with no real warning. My grandkids and daughter rode it twice that week and bragged at me about it. I finally rode the thing first time this year in March..I have no recollection over Belles though. I didn't even know it was there until we walked out of BOG one night and the grandkids ran over to do it summer of 2013

 

[cw1982]

Oh, you can't go and say something like that without providing more detail.

EDIT: Ill bite. I assume ops CMs would have an ulcer because this thing has a rather low hourly capacity. With 5 cars per train each carrying 4 people, thats 20 people per train. So, at various dispatch intervals, thats:

30 seconds: 2400 HRC
45 seconds: 1800 HRC
50 seconds: 1540 HRC
60 seconds: 1200 HRC

I highly doubt this thing can operate at 30 seconds intervals. Even 45 seconds would be tough. But I think I see where you might be going with this.

What does HRC mean?

 

[jlsHouston]

That they are having problems getting the planned number of trains going. And that it may or may not be because of the shortened track length. If they don't get it worked out, capacity could be as low as 800/hour.

Ouch!

I'm guessing 800/hour is a low figure? I need education in this department

 

[jlsHouston]

Oh, you can't go and say something like that without providing more detail.

EDIT: Ill bite. I assume ops CMs would have an ulcer because this thing has a rather low hourly capacity. With 5 cars per train each carrying 4 people, thats 20 people per train. So, at various dispatch intervals, thats:

30 seconds: 2400 HRC
45 seconds: 1800 HRC
50 seconds: 1540 HRC
60 seconds: 1200 HRC

I highly doubt this thing can operate at 30 seconds intervals. Even 45 seconds would be tough. But I think I see where you might be going with this.

I wish I just instinctively knew things like this. I wish I could like your post again

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

What does HRC mean?

My abbrv. for Hourly Ride Capacity.

That they are having problems getting the planned number of trains going. And that it may or may not be because of the shortened track length. If they don't get it worked out, capacity could be as low as 800/hour.

Ouch!

Ouch indeed.

 

[cw1982]

My abbrv. for Hourly Ride Capacity.

I figured it out right after I asked... thanks!

What does an HRC look like on most other rides? I suck at math, so I can tell that 800/hr sounds low compared to the numbers you posted, but beyond that I'm clueless lol.

 

[jlsHouston]

I wish I just instinctively knew things like this.

What does HRC mean?

human ride capacity?

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

I'm guessing 800/hour is a low figure? I need education in this department

Extremely. For comparison, omnimover or boat based attractions like SSE, Pirates and its a small world can have hourly capacities nearly 3x that, at around 2400 people per hour. Most rides average somewhere from 1500-2000. Even Midway Mania, which is acknowledged to be an extremely low capacity ride, still manages around 1100-1200 I believe.

An hourly capacity of 800, for what is essentially a centerpiece ride of a new expansion, would lead to unimaginably long lines.