Studio Backlot Tour Closing on September 27, 2014

[roj2323]

we should know more on the 11th when the other area attractions are rumored to be closing.

 

[MichWolv]

things have already been Approved why you think they Started removing things Quickly from the Attraction they just don't go ahead and remove them for nothing they had a Plan with a Goal Behind it

Sure they have a plan and a goal, and the most likely explanation is that they are getting ready to start demolition/construction because said plan has been approved, at least in part, along with a budget. But that isn't the only possible explanation. Disney is a big company and we have little insight into what's really going on. The closure could be because they decided to cut the operating budget for the next quarter even though they know there's no budget for demolition yet, and they could be removing things just because they want to preserve them for the future or because they had a handful of CMs scheduled with nothing to do.

Like I said, I think your explanation is mostly likely correct, but there's many other possibilities.

 

[MichWolv]

So actual question, here is an actual answer not a bunch of raving nonsense.

I would think Disney does a rolling CAPEX, with "final" budgets approved in June. We do that in September for a 1/1 year. But, a rolling CAPEX doesn't have to go to the board until the green book is approved and the budget needs to be fully vetted. Until then, it's a forecast.

And CAPEX budgets can be changed and updated after they are "finalized" anyways.

 

[wm49rs]

things have already been Approved why you think they Started removing things Quickly from the Attraction they just don't go ahead and remove them for nothing they had a Plan with a Goal Behind it

Demolition is the easy part of the game. What's your point, caller?

 

[prberk]

I think many people around here associate that abbreviation as standing for Bay Lake Tower and not Back Lot Tour. You probably would be better off renaming the thread to spell out Back Lot Tour, if you can do that.

Sorry, I don't know the timetable.

And only on these boards would "BLT" mean something other than a great sandwich!

 

[Adam Santos]

Brownies anyone?

 

[Tom Morrow]

Is that a BLT brownie? Is it made from the water in the water tank?

 

[Adam Santos]

no...lol it's Regular BLT Walt Disney World Chocolate

 

[JWG]

What is the current status of the BLT demolition

Ok, you asked this question at 1:00pm and again at 2:30pm. Go plant a WebCam or Go Pro or something if you need a live play-by-play. Or go River Country on the place and just sneak in and watch.

 

[MichWolv]

And only on these boards would "BLT" mean something other than a great sandwich!

Bottom Line Technologies (www.blt.com) disagrees!

 

[Adam Santos]

Thank You JWG...Finally someone said something I was getting annoyed by his Post it's like omg man Relax the Trams are gonna be alright

 

[mickey2008.1]

It is good to see TDO moving so fast on clearing out BLT. Hopefully it means something is coming quick. Typical TDO just closes an attraction and leaves it, such as River Country or more recently, It Sounds Dangerous.
By the way, I destroyed a BLT for lunch today!!!!

 

[Adam Santos]

River Country should be used for a New Zombie movie as the Decay and overgrowth of trees and the murkey water would be a great backdrop for a zombie fight

 

[JWG]

River Country should be used for a New Zombie movie as the Decay and overgrowth of trees and the murkey water would be a great backdrop for a zombie fight

Looks like Disney found its place for something to compete with Universal's Horror Nights or whatever they're wickedly awesome October haunted house themed program is.

 

[dstrawn9889]

since it closed down after the 27th..and most of the Queue has been cleaned out

pics?

 

[Mike S]

Looks like Disney found its place for something to compete with Universal's Horror Nights or whatever they're wickedly awesome October haunted house themed program is.

I say they should do a Twilight Zone themed Halloween event at DHS as part of the parks revamp in addition to whatever attractions they are building. Gear it towards the older crowd and then Disney will have two different events for different crowds at the same time. Win/win.

 

[ChrisM]

Wait A Second, The Backlot Tour Has Closed For Good? To Become A New Quick Service Restaurant Serving Brownies? I'm Not Sure I Believe That.

ONLY ADAM SANTOS CAN GIVE ME THE SWEET, SWEET ANSWERS I NEED.

 

[wm49rs]

River Country should be used for a New Zombie movie as the Decay and overgrowth of trees and the murkey water would be a great backdrop for a zombie fight

Yeah....

 

[danlb_2000]

we should know more on the 11th when the other area attractions are rumored to be closing.

What attractions are rumored to be closing on the 11th?

 

[Excitable Boy]

River Country should be used for a New Zombie movie as the Decay and overgrowth of trees and the murkey water would be a great backdrop for a zombie fight

I think River Country should be used as the next location for an episode of Naked and Afraid.