Space Mountain refurbishment begins April 19 2009

[One Lil Spark]

I'm also firmly in the "don't you DARE touch the queue music" camp. If they get rid of the Star Tunnel and the as-yet-unnamed-3rd-piece-of-queue-music music, there will be riots. Riots, I tell you!

Here, here!


*Grabs pitchfork JUST in case*

 

[Enigma]

The less Phil has to do with the Space Mountain Refurb the better I will feel about its outcome. I can easily see his spinless, bottom line, lack of show quality, and not to mention pompous a*# bend at the first sign of guest complaints.

Its kind of hard when phil holmes is in charge of Magic Kingdom. Can't they find somebody better???

 

[tirian]

Wait i thought space mountain was opening 2010?:shrug:

I was just quoting the MiceAge article about DL.

 

[tirian]

Late '09 is the very earliest...if everything goes extremely well.

I'm still betting on first quarter 2010.
Unless someone in power is dead set on getting it open for Christmas...which...you know....happens....:lookaroun

*cough*SSE*cough*

 

[Pens24]

I don't care when it reopens atleast they are working on it

 

[HMF]

Well, if its late 2009 that it'll up and running again,I may be able to get on right after the refurb. That would be nice!

For you' but not for Space Mountain.

 

[HMF]

And what is the source of this information? No other Disney World sites that I can find is reporting any specific date such as this.

Because wdwmagic is more informative than the official site.

 

[Captain Chaos]

I don't care when it reopens atleast they are working on it

I do and don't care.. I mean, if they close SM on April 19, and reopen it a month later, then something isn't right... But if they open it 9 or 10 months later, I will be hoping for something worth while...

 

[HMF]

Half fixed' mostly ruined.:animwink:

 

[TP2000]

But to be fair, it is a Disneyland blog. Pretty much the same as us glossing over DLR news here.

Overall I like Lutz's columns as they pertain to DLR, but I'm with krakenstein, he's not great at WDW.

Al plays to his audience of Southern Californians, and I don't think he really cares about WDW too much. I don't even remember him talking about anything related to WDW, except in passing sentences that help make his point about DCA or DL. If you read the entire section of multiple paragraphs that one WDW half-sentence was pulled from today, you can understand the point he is making about Anaheim. WDW is only mentioned in brief passing about every other update by Al, and only to make a point about Disneyland.

He plays to his audience that doesn't really think much about WDW or anything east of Las Vegas.

Still, it was great news for Disneyland fans. And it is a little odd that in a massive, sprawling property with four parks, the only confirmed thing regarding new rides for 2009-10 is a scaled down rehab to Space Mountain. Yeah, there's new DVC towers being built, and the typical Celebrate campaign stuff going up in all the global parks.

But where are the RIDES? Is a long overdue Space Mountain rehab really it for '09? No bulldozers moving in to Animal Kingdom or DHS? Where's all the action?!

 

[HMF]

If this refurb is not up to Disneyland standards' It will be a dissapointment. They need to get rid of Phil Holmes.

 

[Captain Chaos]

But where are the RIDES? Is a long overdue Space Mountain rehab really it for '09? No bulldozers moving in to Animal Kingdom or DHS? Where's all the action?!

Apparently all the action is down the rode, at SeaWorld (Manta roller coaster) and Univeral (Harry Potter, Rip Rockin Roller Coaster, and the possibility of a Transformers attraction)...

 

[shmmrname]

Here's hoping for a SEP opening!

 

[jt04]

Here's hoping for a SEP opening!

If you are hoping for a SEPT 2010 opening you should be fine.

 

[Lee]

Here's hoping for a SEP opening!

September '09?
Not a chance. Not even a little one. Sorry.:shrug:

 

[HMF]

Here's hoping for a SEP opening!

Why do you want to keep our Space Mountain inferior to Disneyland's forever? The longer the better.

 

[TarzanRocked99-]

originally posted by Lee:
September '09?
Not a chance. Not even a little one. Sorry.

---thank goodness, the longer its closed the better

 

[HMF]

I have an assignment for anyone who thinks that WDW's Space Mountain does not need a long refurb. Book a flight to Southern California' Go to Disneyland' Ride Space Mountain' then come back and then decide whether we need a refurb or not.

 

[hokielutz]

Glad to see something happening here. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a good outcome. In the meantime, I'll be spending a fair amount of time during my February trip getting in the last rides on both SM and TTA.

Same here... looking forward to one last hurrah on this version of SM, in only 4 days time.

 

[jt04]

Same here... looking forward to one last hurrah on this version of SM, in only 4 days time.

Don't forget your neck brace.