Originally Posted By DLFAN1979 Well sort of. Being in godforsaken WDW i decided to check out the DL Cast Portal, and WHAT do i see on Cast TV?? "Inside Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage"!!!!! A Cast TV CM takes, i assume, someone from WDI, INTO the lagoon and and INTO the show building. Shows construction, set pieces, the boxes, etc. What cdan i tell you? Well the ruins will now be OUTSIDE but with an Easter Island theme and the meramids will be there. The Waterfull will be moved FOWARD to hide the ginourmous show boxes. Basically we will be looking INTO dry boxes where all show fx will be. Sort of an aquarium in reverse. The next show scenes will be "jellyfish, mines and Angler Fish". And yes, its OFFICIAL.... THE SEA SERPENT IS RETURNING This is all VERY exciting!!
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Well the ruins will now be OUTSIDE but with an Easter Island theme and the meramids will be there. The Waterfull will be moved FOWARD to hide the ginourmous show boxes." Okay, thanks for explaining this. I've been wondering how they were planning to conceal that big concrete box. Now it makes sense. Dang, I sure do wish there were some concept art around for us to see.
Originally Posted By Westsider I saw that episode on Cast TV too. It was a really amazing walk of the construction site, and one of the most interesting things to show up on Cast TV in a long time. It sure beats those worthless, informationless puff pieces hosted by that annoying guy from Innoventions that Cast TV usually plays. This new submarine ride looks like it's going to be very, very cool. Much better than the 1959 version of the ride.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Well the ruins will now be OUTSIDE but with an Easter Island theme and the meramids will be there. >> It should be added that guests on the subs won't be able to see the ruins. They are there for guests on the promendade. Much like the 3 seagull AAs that will cry "Mine! Mine! Mine!" as subs go by. You won't see them on the attraction itself.
Originally Posted By Westsider What do you mean leemac? They are putting those ruins down in the lagoon, well below the water line adjacent to both sides of the track, within direct sightlines of the submarine portholes passing by. No one walking by the Matterhorn is going to be able to really make them out under the water there.
Originally Posted By leemac <<What do you mean leemac?>> My understanding from Kathy Mangum (the show producer) is that the ruins will not be visible to the sub guests. I'm not sure if that means that they will sit too high in the water or if the portholes will not be used during the initial stretch to the first show scene with Mister Ray. I probably need to ask why but Kathy was adamant that the ruins wouldn't be visible to sub guests.
Originally Posted By DlandDug The ruins have been forming up nicely for the last week or so. Unless the sub windows are blocked during the initial ride through the "wet" lagoon, guests should be able to see them from inside.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Here's a photo that shows this area in detail: <a href="http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4364319&a=32163188&p=74239225&f=0" target="_blank">http://albums.photo.epson.com/ j/ViewPhoto?u=4364319&a=32163188&p=74239225&f=0</a>
Originally Posted By TP2000 Thanks DlandDug. I've also looked down into the lagoon and can't imagine how people aren't going to see these ruins from the submarines, unless the CM captain somehow insists no one is allowed to look out the porthole during the first two minutes of the trip. I also can't figure out how people walking by the Matterhorn would be able to see the ruins under the water.
Originally Posted By patrickegan Thanks D, but the keeper is the pic of you and your bro’s. Priceless!!!
Originally Posted By DlandDug Ah yes, the "leisure suit" photo. That was used to illustrate something in another thread. Actually, the water in the sub lagoon is kept clear enough that it was always possible to see quite a bit from the walkways. I distinctly recall watching the "sea turtles" in about that same area, even in the years after the subs were all put in drydock.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Hey thanks for sharing those photos!! Good to see the progress on Coke Terrace too. Any bets the Coke Terrace will go TWO stories .. like it was supposed to for TL:2055 someday?! As nice as it looks ... that leaves the south bend the main thoroughfaire getting in and out. Back on subs ... seems to me, those ruins will be seen through the portholes .. but not by passers-by on Matterhorn way.
Originally Posted By berol Looks like they'd have to release a lot of air under the portholes to block it. "we're going to dive to the sea monster *air bubbles*"
Originally Posted By Mr B DlandDug, how'd you take a picture from the future? ;-P Last time I checked it's May 22 right now, not the 25th. But that must be one amazing camera you have to see into the future!
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>DlandDug, how'd you take a picture from the future?<< I don't know what you mean. (And bear in mind, Epson, unlike LP, has an edit feature!)
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt I'm confused. I thought that ruins refered to in the orginal posts were going to conceal that huge concrete enclosure just before the second waterfall.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer The ruins are being built in the area that the subs make the u turn to point towards the caverns, before where the waterfall will be. <a href="http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/1473614/5" target="_blank">http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/ga llery/1473614/5</a> After the U turn, and going thru the ruins, a new waterfall will be built to help cover up the new large show building. You can see they are starting to build curved walls to smooth out the square building.
Originally Posted By leemac I checked today and the ruins/seagulls are for the benefit of guests on the promenade only.
