MousDad
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Here's a question for you: How much additional time would SSE had to have remained closed to complete the descent work that has now taken over a year on 3rd shift?
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Here's a question for you: How much additional time would SSE had to have remained closed to complete the descent work that has now taken over a year on 3rd shift?
EPCOT Explorer
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Well, letsee...It was supposed to reopen in March, right?
It think a additional three months shoulda done it. It's supposedly in T/A now. And it's taking WAY too long.
jt04
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It's amazing how you bring everything around to a discussion of SSE. Amazing! :lol:
MousDad
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I would guess an additional month myself. Do they have the same size crew, same access they would during 3rd shift as if the attraction was closed?
MousDad
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EPCOT Explorer
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He asked, I answered.
And what can I say? I like EPCOT. :lookaroun:lol:But back to SM...*bow*
EPCOT Explorer
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Seems like THEY DON'T have that to me. Why else would this take THIS long?:brick::brick:
hpyhnt 1000
Well-Known Member
But why? After all, we have that great new Stitch show right next to SM. That'll eat up the crowds! :zipit:
Ok, back on point, yes, I agree SM being down for up to 24 months would be difficult, but if they had planned it out from the beginning like they should have, I don't think it would've taken 24 months (probably no more than 18-20). After all, DL only took that long because there were no plans to put a completely new track in. As a result, all surveying and plannning took place with the attraction closed, and that made for alot of extra downtime. Considering what had happend, a little over 2 years for that rebuild was actually pretty good time!
jt04
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Oh no, it was him, you just may not be aware of it :dazzle:
The "Amazing EE"
strikes again. :lol::lookaroun
EPCOT Explorer
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Oh no, it was him, you just may not be aware of it :dazzle:
The "Amazing EE"
Why, thank you?:shrug:
:lookaroun:lol:
it's neither... it's the weight of the batteries to power the audio system... it requires on-board batteries to be power.. it doesn't draw power from the track..
Lee
Adventurer
Yeah...kinda.
No.
There is currently no work going on SSE's descent...at all.
There was. For a long time.
Now attention has turned elsewhere, and will turn back to SSE eventually.
That breath you have been holding...let it out.
Lee
Adventurer
Incorrect.
DL was always scheduled to get a full track and support replacement.
The only surprise in that refurb was that due to unforseen circumstances, the ride had to close 4-5 months early. The track was ordered but not on site, none of the contractors were scheduled to begin, so the ride just sat there empty until the contractors and track were ready. That, plus the challenges of assembling the track in the building, made an 18 month closure last a little longer.
EPCOT Explorer
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EPCOT Explorer
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Captain Chaos
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I called it... I said money was going to win out in the end... Neither Disney nor Siemens wanted to spend the money on what was turning out to be a failed descent plan... Now, back to the drawing board... Be prepared for nothing more being added to the descent AT ALL... what you see is now what you get... Nothing more coming...
And if this is what Space Mountain is going to be like, I say don't even bother...
Captain Chaos
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Damnit.
When did you find out? Where is the attention going? This is horribly disappointing.
The corporate offices... Phil Holmes and the rest of the ilk there in TDO need nicer offices.... You know, so that can keep getting their inspirations for creating such magical moments in attractions... Maybe, just maybe, they can make the newspaper boy dance.. with stitch!!!! That's imagination at its finest!!!!
EPCOT Explorer
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Agreed. This is a huge let down. Any confidence I had for TDO and this *slight* change in approach is about gone if what Lee posted is true.I called it... I said money was going to win out in the end... Neither Disney nor Siemens wanted to spend the money on what was turning out to be a failed descent plan... Now, back to the drawing board... Be prepared for nothing more being added to the descent AT ALL... what you see is now what you get... Nothing more coming...
And if this is what Space Mountain is going to be like, I say don't even bother...
:dazzle:
:ROFLOL:If THAT'S true...:lol:
Lee
Adventurer
Not exactly.I called it... I said money was going to win out in the end... Neither Disney nor Siemens wanted to spend the money on what was turning out to be a failed descent plan... Now, back to the drawing board... Be prepared for nothing more being added to the descent AT ALL... what you see is now what you get... Nothing more coming...
Much has been done, and more will eventually happen. If they moved the curtains...you would see some stuff.
However, Disney has turned it's attention elsewhere in FW, and will return to SSE when (if) Siemens forces the issue and coughs up the money. The additional work in SSE was never seen as a big deal to the company, but they continued to finance the work up until fairly recently.
Now they see their time and money better spent in other pavillions which will currently remain nameless.
Different situation. With SSE they did all they could in the time allotted, then were forced to try to finish up later. It was never planned to take this long.
They are going into SM with the plan to do a lot of the structural work now, work that will enable them to make further additions later. I'm not currently able to be specific, but if you think hard enough...you can probably see where I'm going with this.
Spent the last five days at the resort. Talked to many interesting people.EPCOT Explorer said:
The attention at Epcot is going into FW.
From what I have learned Mr. Cockrell is looking to make things happen...or so it seems. It's all a matter of priority. At this point, what little remains to do at SSE is not high on the priority list.