PizzaPlanet
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Universal hates their classic attractions...
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KBLovedDisney
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But they don't let them die a slow and painful death (or at least I hope they don't do this now)
Brer Oswald
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The walls honestly look awful. I'm shocked that they are still left in the condition that they are.
PorterRedkey
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Wow!
I realized that they weren't going to re-track the coaster before the 50th, but thought they would at least want to get all the show effects working.
WDW will have a whole new Tomorrowland, but the former headliner will still be in shambles. It is sad they have let things get this far.
CoP exterior paint on the blue portion looked as though it was covered in mold/dirty? Also find it stunning that the exterior sign was replaced over a year ago but the old, ugly signs are still on the stage in sections 1 and 6. And that's just the disappointment there in TL.
GlacierGlacier
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The bottom half of CoP's external wall was mucked up bad by irma, but they should just have to powerwash it to clean it. As for internals, I'm expecting at least an update in the modern scene by the 50th. It's still a popular attraction, and I think they'd at least put some more work into it.
But at the same time, this is modern Disney we're talking about. Anything built before the 90s just isn't maintained.
Steel City Magic
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I'd rather a string of movies based on the Disney Kingdoms Comics Series (plural) they work really well to flesh out stories for rides (with Imagineer input, and I wish were 100% canon)
PizzaPlanet
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E.T. was in an awful condition last year. The human AAs had limited movement, the show scenes were littered with a disgusting amount of garbage, and E.T.'s voice was so muffled you couldn't even hear your name being said. And now I hear that the AA in the queue is gone.
Cesar R M
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Agree, specially how under capacity some bathrooms seems to be.. and some are always dirty x_x
The top section is the mess.
GlacierGlacier
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I was there two weeks ago and saw this on the ground floor. They may have cleaned it since, but this was what it looked like. (person in photo is not me)
bclane
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That guy looks like he's having a "Disney" day to remember. I hope he's at least enjoying the view of the new mold farm.
I was there two weeks ago and saw this on the ground floor. They may have cleaned it since, but this was what it looked like. (person in photo is not me)
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matt9112
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they just rip them out and replace...not sit and decay.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
I somehow didn't notice the mold and such on COP... But I DID notice how horrible the animatronics were operating. I did notice that Space Mountain was definitely in horrible shape. I honestly felt a little unsafe riding it, TBH. PeopleMover has a lot of coned vehicles as well, and it's not as smooth as it once was. In fact, my particular car was shaky the entire ride. Buzz Lightyear still has its broken vehicles and feels so nasty.
On the bright side, Laugh Floor Comedy Club is still pretty nice.
On the bright side, Laugh Floor Comedy Club is still pretty nice.
JohnD
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I sounds like it just needs a major long term refurbishment where basically the entire inside should be gutted and rebuilt from the ground up. To include but not limited to: new tracks, cars, lighting, digital sound, projections. The works. When something like that could happen I don't know. Maybe when Tron opens?
The issues I pointed out could and should be fixed during regular overnight shifts. But yes the attraction as a whole needs a thorough re construction.
They've backed themselves into a corner. This all should have happened as planned nine years ago.
JohnD
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I'm not a coaster fan generally but I love Everest so much more than SM. Everest is smooth. I feel like I get whiplash and jerked around on SM.
Brad Bishop
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This is wild speculation but part of me wonders if they let SM fall into enough disrepair that after Tron is built they just shut it down (leave the structure for a decade or so, of course). Tron is the "new Space Mountain" and I've thought Tron was like "Space Mountain v2 at the same park", which always struck me a bit odd, plus it's placement.
I was excited when I initially read that Tomorrowland was getting some love earlier this year. After being there 2 weekends back, it looks as though "love" meant:
- painting the rocks out front blue
- closing Stitch and replacing with a M&G (probably for the better)
- repainting Space Mountain and adding some RGB LED lights to it (which is welcomed - it looked a lot better)
They don't really have to do anything, though, as ticket sales are still solid. Maybe they could raise the price for entry.
Bocabear
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Weren't they waiting for Pandora to open so that they could fix the Yeti in Everest? I have no faith that they are waiting to "really redo and upgrade Space Mountain" until Tron opens... They are going to drag everything including the Tron build out as long as possible...if it ever even happens...
No. No no no.