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Tangled restrooms opening date
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ExtinctJenn
Well-Known Member
In all seriousness is the 2/25 "official?" I'm curious if they will be open when we're there 1st week of March. Yes... I ridiculous want to see them. LOL
Remember the days when Disney was praised for going the extra mile and immersively theming overly mundane things like fry carts, ride queues and bathrooms.
Weather_Lady
Well-Known Member
It's not ridiculous at all. It's new, it's fun, it's pretty, it's immersive (not literally, one hopes) and it serves a very important purpose -- no one should be embarrassed about wanting to see it open. (When we were there in October and got into a New Fantasyland preview, I took extensive photos of the inside of those bathrooms.)
Did Knee
Active Member
I hate that when that happens......
ExtinctJenn
Well-Known Member
Well good I feel better now.It's not ridiculous at all. It's new, it's fun, it's pretty, it's immersive (not literally, one hopes) and it serves a very important purpose -- no one should be embarrassed about wanting to see it open. (When we were there in October and got into a New Fantasyland preview, I took extensive photos of the inside of those bathrooms.)
Seriously though I think the biggest thing for me is the idea of the spots where you can sit and charge devices and relax. This especially interests me because of it's location by IASW. IASW is an attraction my son and I adore and we love to do but DH not so much... so he is loving the idea of a place he can chill while we ride it. I'm so glad you said that... I've been thinking it. Everyone is always going bonkers over how lately the queues have gotten more detailed (like they used to be) on things like Everest and TSM. I saw a thread the other day about the detail of ceilings and floors. People complain when unthemed things are brought in or something is changed to fit the theming of a company (i.e. Starbucks) but with all this desire for the little details we know Disney can do so well, I don't get why people are so NOT in favor of details on a restroom. To me this is Disney going back to the way things used to be!
Exactly. Disney could have just as easily made bathrooms that look exactly like the facade of IASW with bare concrete in front. Yet they didn't. They went full tilt bozo and created a themed area with water features (the absence of which is something people still complain about) over the top landscaping, bridges and Rapunzel's freaking tower. All for some bathrooms and a walking path.
juniorthomas
Well-Known Member
I can't wait to see the NextGen queue for these restrooms
danlb_2000
Premium Member
I don't know if it's "official" but based on the latest construciton picture I would say that's a reasonable date.
Lee
Adventurer
Or, they could have refurbished the perfectly functional bathrooms they already had and used the hundreds of thousands of dollars (more?) spent on the Tangled area to do something like, oh say...fix the yeti. Or refurb Peter Pan. Or clean up Small World. Or finally refurb Jungle Cruise. Or...
ExtinctJenn
Well-Known Member
Lee
Adventurer
Yes. But does every ride now have to have a mega-super-fun filled queue?
Well...I guess with the upcoming changes leading to longer Standby times...maybe they do.
Just seems like they are spending money to fix problems that they themselves are creating, rather than on things that currently need it.
Lee
Adventurer
Sadly..the more likely choice.
Atomicmickey
Well-Known Member
Will there be soft openings?
ExtinctJenn
Well-Known Member
Totally see your point but to me they are fixing a problem... a large empty unused space that had been sitting since 1999 when the skyway shutdown. I think the times have changed and these interactive queues are a way to keep today's kids occupied. At least it may give folks an option other than being glued to their phone in line.
But that is not what happened in this case. We know the reason for the new bathrooms, the walking path and the most probable fate of the old bathrooms. It is a project that needed to be done. They could have done it on the cheap, but they didn't.
Sure they could have spent the money in any one of a hundred other places, but I am just pleased to see Disney once again putting this much attention into something as simple as a bathroom. I do not have the first clue if this is a sign of things to come, a pet project, or whatever, but the fact remains that Disney did this project up to Disney standards.
flynnibus
Premium Member
No, just gentle persuasion...