CntrlFlPete
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Mr. Toads Wild Ride Part 2: The Train's perspective!
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Mr. Toads Wild Ride Part 2: The Train's perspective!
Casper Gutman
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Can we trade GotG for Shanghai Pirates? Like, right now? What if I promise to visit whatever park they put it into three days on my next trip instead of spending that time at Uni?Apparently Shanghai Pirates was $450 not $350. I was looking for a comment to back that up, and it turns out it’s from… uhhh… you!
UNCgolf
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I'm not as enamored with Shanghai Pirates as other people -- I think it has some significant flaws and there are better attractions -- but it still looks like a very good ride, and more importantly, I can understand where the money went. It looks like an expensive attraction; Guardians looks like it should have cost less than half of what it cost.
SplashJacket
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Views of Tron light tests during Extra Evening Hours.
Over a dozen workers in construction vests running around the exterior around midnight.
michaelmickey
Member
A dozen?
It shows they are very active then.. it's good sign!
You can notice that they now have ALL the spotlights at the top of the left hand curve working (you can notice as each spotlight create a small dot on the canopy).
Regarding the day time works left to be done, it looks like all the last walls (in the back next to the hangar, new foundations running along the people mover to link with tunnel and the little curved portion in the middle) are only awaiting wooden frame for concrete to be poured.
They left just an opening large enough for vehicle to enter/exit the zone.. after that.. should only be matter to finish the slab of the entire plaza and start the grass and co. before closing the last part of wall. And so, finish the railroad for good.
On the other side at the ride entrance, they are adding plastic parts on sides of the metal white structure of the canopy, which should be the last step before installing the "inside" canopy.. however they take a lot of time doing it.. only few of them have been done so far..
Regarding the small building, they have added couple of layers of sheets (black, white, black again..).
Should be just a matter of installing the cladding/decor to it..
Final is painting and installation of the railing along the paths.
Not sure if there will be adding decorative flooring on top of the slab, as in Shanghai..
It could be done within a few months.. but it is going pretty slow...
What is very worrying is how slow they are working on the Tomorrowland Light & Power building.. Which should be pretty quick now, if it is just a modification of the facade..
Sorry in advance for my vocabulary.. Im a frenchie.
It shows they are very active then.. it's good sign!
You can notice that they now have ALL the spotlights at the top of the left hand curve working (you can notice as each spotlight create a small dot on the canopy).
Regarding the day time works left to be done, it looks like all the last walls (in the back next to the hangar, new foundations running along the people mover to link with tunnel and the little curved portion in the middle) are only awaiting wooden frame for concrete to be poured.
They left just an opening large enough for vehicle to enter/exit the zone.. after that.. should only be matter to finish the slab of the entire plaza and start the grass and co. before closing the last part of wall. And so, finish the railroad for good.
On the other side at the ride entrance, they are adding plastic parts on sides of the metal white structure of the canopy, which should be the last step before installing the "inside" canopy.. however they take a lot of time doing it.. only few of them have been done so far..
Regarding the small building, they have added couple of layers of sheets (black, white, black again..).
Should be just a matter of installing the cladding/decor to it..
Final is painting and installation of the railing along the paths.
Not sure if there will be adding decorative flooring on top of the slab, as in Shanghai..
It could be done within a few months.. but it is going pretty slow...
What is very worrying is how slow they are working on the Tomorrowland Light & Power building.. Which should be pretty quick now, if it is just a modification of the facade..
Sorry in advance for my vocabulary.. Im a frenchie.
michaelmickey
Member
UPDATE from my previous post.
posted some new pictures: https://*****.com/2022/06/more-themed-elements-added-to-tron-lightcycle-run-entrance-in-tomorrowland-at-magic-kingdom/
You can see many workers at the back, near the hangar.
They might certainly work on the wooden frame to pour concrete for this wall.
The centre shaped wall on the plaza received its concrete.
They should be done and remove the wooden frame by next week.
The foundation for the wall circling the plaza up to the tunnel has now received concrete too.
They should be able to build the wooden frame on it for the wall by next week too.
The wall from the tunnel as yet to receive concrete.
You can see a bit better the plexi installed on the canopy frame of the entrance..
On Tomorrowland building, at the back of the building, it looks like the white sheet is curving on the inside of the building..
I wonder if they start to open up the wall for a future entry/exit....
posted some new pictures: https://*****.com/2022/06/more-themed-elements-added-to-tron-lightcycle-run-entrance-in-tomorrowland-at-magic-kingdom/
You can see many workers at the back, near the hangar.
They might certainly work on the wooden frame to pour concrete for this wall.
The centre shaped wall on the plaza received its concrete.
They should be done and remove the wooden frame by next week.
The foundation for the wall circling the plaza up to the tunnel has now received concrete too.
They should be able to build the wooden frame on it for the wall by next week too.
The wall from the tunnel as yet to receive concrete.
You can see a bit better the plexi installed on the canopy frame of the entrance..
On Tomorrowland building, at the back of the building, it looks like the white sheet is curving on the inside of the building..
I wonder if they start to open up the wall for a future entry/exit....
RSoxNo1
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Then I don't know what to believe. FWIW, I do believe Tom's numbers included the entire surrounding area/land for Shanghai Pirates.Apparently Shanghai Pirates was $450 not $350. I was looking for a comment to back that up, and it turns out it’s from… uhhh… you!
Perhaps @marni1971 can weigh in on TRON's cost and clarify my assumption of it being between $350-450 mil.
I have Tron Orlando down as 350 million - including Speedway work.
EricsBiscuit
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With LL+ sales these new attractions should be paying for themselves very very quickly, even at the exorbitant costs WDI manages to spend. I am shocked Disney doesn’t see the $ they are leaving on the table by refusing to expand.
No. It would delay any new ride opening into the 2030's...
Casper Gutman
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I’ll gladly trade you a GotG today for a Pirates in 2030.
Casper Gutman
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No replacing! Don’t touch WDW Pirates! Make an Indy-themed version of Shanghai Pirates the cornerstone of the Indy land they were supposed to build at MGM.
bhg469
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Honestly.. WDW pirates can go.. it was an afterthought for the park and it shows in comparison to the original.
I would pay $250 a day to see that.
lazyboy97o
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Considerable effort went into the attraction, with many of the changes considered to be improvements at the time.
bhg469
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The queue is the only noticable improvement I can tell. And queues don't really matter anymore so...
UNCgolf
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That's a crazy price tag. Maybe even crazier than Guardians.
EricsBiscuit
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The layout makes a lot more sense at MK. What kills it are the scenes that are missing.