9/7/13: Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Construction Update

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This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/article/2013/09/07/seven-dwarfs-mine-train-construction-update/" target="_blank"><b>9/7/13: Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Construction Update</b></a>

 

Originally Posted By leobloom

WTH? It's not open yet?

 

Originally Posted By SuperDry

It's gone 404, apparently. That's four times worse than 101.

 

Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

How long have they been building it exactly? It seems like forever.

 

Originally Posted By Witches of Morva

ORWEN: I'm not sure but I think it's been under construction since 1971.

 

Originally Posted By Goofyernmost

In case all the cutesy was missed, oh great and powerful Doobie and company, the site is not coming up. Just an error message of 404. What's up with that???? Does it mean that Disney has changed their mind and decided that this was taking too long so they just cancelled the rest of the construction?

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

I got it to work from the link on the LP home page. Try this:

<a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2013/09/07/seven-dwarfs-mine-train-construction-update/">http://www.laughingplace.com/w...-update/</a>

Other than "2014", does anybody know when this might actually open? The side facing Mermaid looks like it's almost ready to go (the green paint should be covered by grass shortly, like what happened on the Mermaid building), but the other side looks much less finished. I'm wondering if it will be open for my mid-January and/or late-February trips, but it's looking doubtful at this point

And maybe it's just me, but the thing on the princess meet & greet sign looks like an overgrown trivet. It has some interesting things worked into it (the heart, a giant Mickey head, a seashell shape-despite no Ariel inside, etc), but overall it just looks silly and kind of gaudy to me
<a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.brassgallery.com/william-mary-trivet.html">http://www.brassgallery.com/wi...vet.html</a>

 

Originally Posted By seafairy1622

I'm hoping it will be done for our June trip. I called disney world and they didn't have a date yet.

 

Originally Posted By Disneymom443

I was hoping more like mid May.

 

Originally Posted By sjhym333

It certainly seems to be taking a long time to build. I know I rode Little Mermaid during the first week of October last year during previews and it was under construction then.

 

Originally Posted By mrkthompsn

5 years from now, we'll all forget when it opened.

 

Originally Posted By sjhym333

At this rate is may not open for 5 years. LOL

 

Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

5 years from now they'll add an eighth dwarf Tardy.

 

Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

Gotta say that the detail and storytelling elements of what's opened so far on the Prince Eric Village side of the hill is amazing. Look at this snack stand:

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Originally Posted By FerretAfros

I agree! That fruit stand is detailed like it belongs in TDS! Even though I don't always agree with the decisions of what content to add to the parks, it seems like Disney has been executing their projects incredibly well recently

It will be interesting to see how the transitions to the other areas of the park work out. When I was there in January (when there were construction walls everywhere, blocking some of the views), the new stuff really stood out, making the older areas seem especially outdated. It certainly doesn't help that the Fantasyland Expansion stuff is connected to two of the ugliest areas of any Disney park on the planet (TL Speedway/Teacups/Cosmic Rays area and 'old' Fantasyland)

 

Originally Posted By CuriousConstance

"Gotta say that the detail and storytelling elements of what's opened so far on the Prince Eric Village side of the hill is amazing. Look at this snack stand:"

Wow!

 

Originally Posted By Witches of Morva

ORDDU: Would you like to share an apple with me that I just bought at that little snack place, CuriousConstance, duckling? I promise that it isn't poisoned....

ORGOCH: Don't fall fer it, Connie! I have a sneaky feelin' the old theme park hag is up ta somethin'--like gittin' ya outta the way so's she can git a certain doctor all ta herself!!!

 

Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt

"When I was there in January (when there were construction walls everywhere, blocking some of the views), the new stuff really stood out, making the older areas seem especially outdated."

I can see how that would happen. I haven't been to the MK in ages, but my impression when I was there that much of it looked just as it did back in the 70s when I visited as a kid. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, but WDI has a completely different approach to thematic design today than they did back then. DL has definitely kept pace with those changes a lot better than the MK has.

 

Originally Posted By CuriousConstance

"ORGOCH: Don't fall fer it, Connie! I have a sneaky feelin' the old theme park hag is up ta somethin'--like gittin' ya outta the way so's she can git a certain doctor all ta herself!!!"

Me out of the way? lol

 

Originally Posted By Brad

"How long have they been building it exactly? It seems like forever"

Put it this way - the reason it's the "Seven Dwarfs Mine Train" and not a Tangled attraction is they've been building it since Walt premiered the damned film.