princessmelinda
Active Member
I'm soo upset about this! Oh well, just a reason to visit AFTER refurbishment :ROFLOL:
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Space Mountain refurbishment begins April 19 2009
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WDW1974
Well-Known Member
Great! I am sure you'll have an amazing time. I'm doing my first TDR trip later this year.
Did HKDL last summer when I was in China for the Olympics and it really suprised me how much I loved the place. Small, but beautiful and kept pristine by great CMs, with excellent entertainment (which makes up a bit for the lack of attractions) ... also great fireworks (not sure if they have them when you'll be going.
And HK is just an amazing city. Great place to go. If you have any questions, drop me a PM.
Also, it's great you're doing HKDL before TDR. Doing it the other way would likely be akin to staying for a week at the WL or Poly and then moving to POP ... sure it's nice, but ... and they'll be celebrating Chinese New Year so they'll have special entertainment, food and merchandise
I was told by a WDI friend that it was strictly an OLC decision. Disney tried to sell them on it and they didn't want it. Have no clue why.
TP2000
Well-Known Member
MousDad
New Member
I realize his WDW posts are slanted, but is the info good? You've said in the past that his info is good. Do you mean DL info only, or WDW also? Whether it's slanted or not, phrases like "everything put on hold" and "drastically scaled down refurb" seem pretty cut and dry, whether you have a slant or not. Unless he's making up his WDW info.
Brian Noble
Well-Known Member
Based only on track record---accuracy of past information---my sense is that he seems to "know people" in (or near) TDA, but not so much in Florida.
Lee
Adventurer
NOTHING I have heard would indicate that the Mountain would reopen in '09. My statement about an early opening was just speculation based on...umm....recent instances of rides being pulled out of refurb early.
Sound....flip a coin. Either way you would likely be right, depending on the day of the week. Still waiting on more info....
hypercatmatt04
Member
Now I can't take my girlfriend on my two favorite rides in June.
CURSES!
CURSES!
Alot of people don't realize that Disneyland's isnt really that great but it is certainly better than floridas Space mountain!
When Disneyland's Space Mountain reopened it suffered from cost cuts and a rush to be open by July 2005. There are some effects sitting inside the building that were never activated and never will be activated (like a close encounter with an asteroid) that are just sitting in the dark! They also promised alot more initially concerning special effects and a "brand new queue". What we ended up with was a queue where they redid some of the hallways with this claustrophobic metal walkway that looks like they used pieces left over from when they built Mission:Space's queue and created a new sterile preflight video. Then in the main queue area they added this plasma flatscreen at the end that shows space footage and I guess the idea was that your in a space station looking out a window but they did a EXTREMLY poor job with it. They also promised a cool tunnel effect at the end which in reality amounted to some psychedelic lights in a tunnel right after they take your picture.
It did have alot of positives though:
-Completly new track making for a smoother, 21st century coaster.
-Sealed up the light leaks making for an incredible experince where you cant see the track
-Music
-Some nice new effects in the lift tunnel'
The thing is though that Florida's Space Mountain is an entirely different beast from californias. For starters Florida's mountain is huge, even with the two tracks theres a ton of empty space in that building to create a brand new track layout or make 1 big track. Also you have the TTA going through it which could use some upgrades, and you have a nice postshow after you leave the ride that should be updated as well (and it better not be replace the scenes with video projections or get rid of it entirely. Thats lazyness!) The queue also could use some tweaking and cover it up from where the actual attraction is so theres no light leak (Please keep that 70s star tunnel music its iconic!). Florida also needs a totally new track replacement but there gonna go the cheap route and probably end up paying for it 5-10 years down the road
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And before people roll eyes at me or call me a pessimist go do some research and watch footage of the rides/themeing/quality of the tokyo disney resort OR watch Martin's tribute videos of WDW from the 70s/80s/early 90s to see how Disney is SUPPOSED to be!
When Disneyland's Space Mountain reopened it suffered from cost cuts and a rush to be open by July 2005. There are some effects sitting inside the building that were never activated and never will be activated (like a close encounter with an asteroid) that are just sitting in the dark! They also promised alot more initially concerning special effects and a "brand new queue". What we ended up with was a queue where they redid some of the hallways with this claustrophobic metal walkway that looks like they used pieces left over from when they built Mission:Space's queue and created a new sterile preflight video. Then in the main queue area they added this plasma flatscreen at the end that shows space footage and I guess the idea was that your in a space station looking out a window but they did a EXTREMLY poor job with it. They also promised a cool tunnel effect at the end which in reality amounted to some psychedelic lights in a tunnel right after they take your picture.
It did have alot of positives though:
-Completly new track making for a smoother, 21st century coaster.
-Sealed up the light leaks making for an incredible experince where you cant see the track
-Music
-Some nice new effects in the lift tunnel'
The thing is though that Florida's Space Mountain is an entirely different beast from californias. For starters Florida's mountain is huge, even with the two tracks theres a ton of empty space in that building to create a brand new track layout or make 1 big track. Also you have the TTA going through it which could use some upgrades, and you have a nice postshow after you leave the ride that should be updated as well (and it better not be replace the scenes with video projections or get rid of it entirely. Thats lazyness!) The queue also could use some tweaking and cover it up from where the actual attraction is so theres no light leak (Please keep that 70s star tunnel music its iconic!). Florida also needs a totally new track replacement but there gonna go the cheap route and probably end up paying for it 5-10 years down the road
. And before people roll eyes at me or call me a pessimist go do some research and watch footage of the rides/themeing/quality of the tokyo disney resort OR watch Martin's tribute videos of WDW from the 70s/80s/early 90s to see how Disney is SUPPOSED to be!
Lee
Adventurer
Ummmm...maybe.
Star Tours will happen before Imagination, but if 2009 is the year is still a good question. Hope so.
joel_maxwell
Permanent Resident of EPCOT
Lee
Adventurer
Yeah.
Gut...kinda. What I hear would require....umm....quite a bit of work.:lookarounAlso Imagination, gut job? Like i said, it has been a long sabbatical.
joel_maxwell
Permanent Resident of EPCOT
ST... pod racing. Such a disappointment coming from Lucas. Although, I understand that there are many exterior factors that prohibit creative solutions refurbs. I know that they are kind of "stuck" within the building walls (no room for expantion)
Yes, the many explanations from martin about the old queue and the new queue seems to be quite problematic to do anything without a total gut job.
joel_maxwell
Permanent Resident of EPCOT
I dont know if i would have admitted that outloud.
ClemsonTigger
Naturally Grumpy
Actually I think that is being caused by certain medications....
...that probably need to be adjusted....:lol:
Animaniac93-98
Well-Known Member
Now that's what I call high on Pixie Dust!
tirian
Well-Known Member
I dont know if i would have admitted that outloud.
^^ It was a joke. I was making a snarky comment about how outdated everything is up there and forgot to use these smilies:
:animwink: :lol:
