GlacierGlacier
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Currently the left-most drop tower (when looking at ToT from sunset boulevard) is under refurbishment.
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News Tower of Terror to operate at reduced capacity due to an extended refurbishment
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Tom Morrow
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Well, the cool thing about this refurbishment is we'll get to see everything they did when its only halfway done, because once Echo side is finished, they will start on Foxtrot side.
rct247
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And it sounds like it is getting some good love too!
Model3 McQueen
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Did they release a time-frame for how long it'll take for one side to be done?
Is there any planned work for the queue / showroom / boiler room?
Is there any planned work for the queue / showroom / boiler room?
So far as I know this refurb is mechanical only.
Kram Sacul
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Does mechanical involve any of the effects in the ride?
Mechanical means the ride system. Though you’d hope show would get some love at the same time.
Tom Morrow
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Wait, really? Do they not see that it has some of the worst show conditions in all of WDW? This is their chance to make it right.
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They’ve been told until those telling have given up.
Model3 McQueen
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Well i'll hope for the best. It would be depressing if they didn't do anything for the show, especially before SW:GE opens.
Jimmy Thick
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Last night at the after hours event all four of the elevators were running. The cast members were literally begging for people to come to them.
ToTBellHop
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Perhaps that means they are halfway done.
Model3 McQueen
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Has anybody had a chance to try out the recently refurbished side?
Disney Maddux
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All I've seen is someone said on Twitter it felt much more intense.
Jimmy Thick
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No show issues looked remotely fixed.
As for they ride being more intense, I rode every possible elevator nothing was any more intense than years past, only thing I did notice was more airtime with your rear end out of the seat on every ride I’ve done. If that’s supposed to translate to more intense then it is.
ToTBellHop
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This was a mechanical refurb but it’s quite disappointing that they couldn’t address other issues.
Rodj
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Until I get to see a video/livestream of Echo to see what they have truly done, I am assuming by more intense, was that the drop profiles were brought back to their original configuration. Each of the drop profiles was modified in some way to make it slightly shorter and less intense to account for the motion start delay(how far behind it is from the audio) I believe.
Why bother -- 80% of the people riding the thing close their eyes while they're screaming anyway...
180º
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I’ve always thought DCA’s Tower felt more aggressive than Florida’s. Maybe they’re about the same now? How far can a mechanical refurb go short of a total elevator motor swap?