Originally Posted By phruby Now that everything at Disneyland is receiving OSHA railing, when will they get back to Alice's railing project? When will the circus tent be gone? Are these bugs really that hard to kill?
Originally Posted By tonyanton One would hope they'll fold the attraction tracks into the budget for the rest of the safety railings (particularly for Fantasyland where they appear to be doing a good job of "hiding" the railings with appropriate theming). They've looked a mess for too long now.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt You know what's funny? I've only been to DL once since the railings were installed and I didn't even notice them.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I thought the railings were okay, but the (what looks like a) green-painted plywood platform under the "leaves" that you ride on was awful.
Originally Posted By TP2000 Earlier this year Al Lutz said the project had morphed into a big project to tear down and rebuild the entire exterior track. They were going to have to reroute the track closer to the building and take out some of the tight turns, in order to make the track wider to accommodate an emergency walkway and railings. It sounded like a big deal that would take months to finish, which is probably why the delay. Maybe this winter?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I thought the railings were okay, but the (what looks like a) green-painted plywood platform under the "leaves" that you ride on was awful.<< I agree. From the ground, it looks like a reasonable temporary solution (though a temporary solution should never last 3 years); it's when you're on the ride that it really looks terrible. In addition to clearly being plain plywood that is next to you, it takes away all the fun of being outside: you have no idea how high up you are, you don't get the feeling that you're going to drive over the edge, and it's so big and bulky that you can barely see the people walking by. In theory, it's an okay temporary solution. However, it's been there so long that I'm a little concerned that they have no real plan to fix it. If they were able to add themed fall protection walls to the roofs of Fantasyland within a couple months of discovering the problem, then why has this lasted so long? And for what it's worth, the leaves that they removed to put up the scaffholding are still backstage, They're in an open-sided wooden crate that's sitting on top of a shipping container behind the Haunted Mansion show building. The 5K and 10K over Labor Day weekend took us right past them, and it was very clear where they came from
Originally Posted By danyoung >I thought the railings were okay, but the (what looks like a) green-painted plywood platform under the "leaves" that you ride on was awful.< This is exactly what I thought. The outside portion used to be kind of a cool part of the ride, giving you a little thrill zig-zagging down on a narrow track. Now that it's all covered over it's a huge disappointment.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Now that everything at Disneyland is receiving OSHA railing, when will they get back to Alice's railing project?" According to the latest MiceAge DL Update Alice is set to receive a massive overhaul early next year that will include a reconfigured ramp.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 The ride is now listed on the refurb schedule online to be down next year.
