rle4lunch
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We took ours 2 days ago. Not saying goodbye, just saying see ya later. Hopefully it'll be marvelous, because now.. not so much.
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News Spaceship Earth Refurb - 2 Year Closure
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We took ours 2 days ago. Not saying goodbye, just saying see ya later. Hopefully it'll be marvelous, because now.. not so much.
jt04
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I think they are delaying for MMRR if possible and possibly for Flower and Garden. They may even wait for Ratatouille. My guess is this has to do with the concerns of park ops.
as for the new content, I think it is a better concept than 'Communications'. I think WDI will do well with the idea of Storytelling even with IPs included.
jt04
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Thank you but definitely not an insider nor remotely connected to anyone at Disney. I have to say that at least once a year so I don't give anyone that impression.
DoleWhipDrea
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I figured the screens were added only because of the Siemens sponsorship? With the sponsorship gone, maintaining a not-so-great photo op and allowing time for guests’ eyes to adjust to the screens when WDI may (hopefully) revive/refresh the scenes hidden behind the black curtains on the descent doesn’t make sense, IMHO.
I’m not much of a fan of the blinding flash photo ops on dark rides at WDW.
I’m not much of a fan of the blinding flash photo ops on dark rides at WDW.
ThistleMae
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I think it will be cool! I enjoy changes even though I have fond memories of these rides. If Carousel of Progress gets nixed, I might cry
...but it could be modernized a bit.
jt04
Well-Known Member
Bump.
That’s my fear, that we’ll end up with screens of these characters narrating through the whole ride
HauntedMansionFLA
Well-Known Member
Any permits for SSE or the festival center?
danlb_2000
Premium Member
There was one filed last week for SSE.
*Again looks at TWDC financial reports... sees PEP profits as 40-45% of overall company profit*
Sad that WDW hasn’t been “succeeding”. How much do you think Iger will sell the parks off for? Who do you think would buy them?
jt04
Well-Known Member
I'm pretty sure you misinterpreted whatever you are responding to. Or maybe you need to break down what you are saying for the casual observer of WDW financials
My point was that between things like a string of billion dollar movies, Disney+ exceeding expectations, merch sales and many other successes, WDW is seeing steady investment it has never enjoyed before. It used to be very cyclical.
Goofyernmost
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I don't have a problem with you expressing your opinion and yes, you have many times stated that you are not an insider. I do have a question though, with all the brand new stuff in DHS why would the opening of MMRR make any difference to when they start on SSE? I don't think MMRR will pull anything away from Epcot since Epcot is a destination all it's own. What would make sense is when Test Track reopens and they have another attraction to help fill the void.
I know any visit I have to Epcot is completely separate from DHS. I might go to both during my visit, but I wouldn't not go to Epcot because MMRR was open.
Epcot82Guy
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The only way I could see this happening is for a portion of guests doing the Boarding Group thing. They get the Studios early and have a late Boarding Group - then hop to Epcot vs. Studios to fill the time. But, I can't imagine that is a large enough or long-term enough group to truly justify this. And, once MMRR hits, I would guess the Boarding Group issues will spread out some.
jt04
Well-Known Member
Mostly optics. Guest Services can point guests toward new offerings like mmrr for those concerned about the SSE closure. Also the recently added WS offerings.
DoleWhipDrea
Well-Known Member
Thankfully, the very first thing that Bob Chapek talked about at the D23 presentation regarding SSE’s refresh was that the history that’s shown in the attraction will remain (he was actually VERY insistent when stating this.) A few fans freaked out at first because the image of the boat with the story light turning into a manta ray looked reminiscent of Moana, but when compared in imagery they weren’t, in fact, the same.
I don’t think we’ll see Hercules hanging out with the Greeks performing Oedipus (though he does actually see the play with Meg off screen
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aladdin2007
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Thankfully, the very first thing that Bob Chapek talked about at the D23 presentation regarding SSE’s refresh was that the history that’s shown in the attraction will remain (he was actually VERY insistent when stating this.) A few fans freaked out at first because the image of the boat with the story light turning into a manta ray looked reminiscent of Moana, but when compared in imagery they weren’t, in fact, the same.
I don’t think we’ll see Hercules hanging out with the Greeks performing Oedipus (though he does actually see the play with Meg off screen
I just dont trust him. Maybe he was right but it seems like they keep changing their minds on so many things directions are all over the place.
EJ96
Active Member
He was easy to ignore until he started posting like he’s an insider.
I really hope the outside of the sphere gets a good clean wash during the overhaul.
DreamfinderGuy
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Not sure if it's been mentioned here or not but Michelangelo has been immobile since at the very least last Saturday. His show lighting has been heavily reduced as well. Others on twitter seem to suggest that it has been broken for longer than this, but I'm simply reporting on when I first noticed. I figured it was just down for the time being when I first noticed, but something has to be broken pretty bad for it to have not been fixed in over a week. I have my doubts on it being repaired before SSE closes for good.
HauntedMansionFLA
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It’s been broke for several weeks.