Originally Posted By nemopoppins At the end of April I'm going to Disneyland for the first time since September. Yes, I've seen pictures, but I just can't imagine the impact of the lack of river. It is so integral to my image of Disneyland, I'm not even sure I can even enjoy the other areas of the park, knowing there is such a big detraction. Those of you who have experienced it in person, how bad is it?
Originally Posted By superstrikertwo It really isn't that bad sure you're missing a part of Disneyland but it's only 1 part.
Originally Posted By jnemo It is very interesting to see what the rivers look like without water. If you want to see,below is the link to a short video I took. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGdhgOzyfNg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...hgOzyfNg</a>
Originally Posted By retlawfan The lack of river is much more dramatic on New Orleans Square. In Frontierland the walls don't seem to be as imposing. Last week we had lunch at Cafe Orleans. It wasn't the same without the view of the river.
Originally Posted By MomluvsDisney If you take the train from NOS to toontown you can get a really good view of the river without the water..I found it rather interesting. Rather like seeing the inner workings of things..lol. I would have to agree that part of the charm of dining at Cafe Orleans is the view. Although I am drawn to the French Onion Soup a lot..lol.
Originally Posted By Sparrow As neat as it was riding the train and seeing the river drained with guys working in there, it did kill the magic a little for me.
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA Ehhh it’s not that bad with the walls up! it doesn’t distract fro the rest of the park. I heard one person has a cm this weekend if fanstasmic was going to be happening that night. LOL i always though R of America was like super deep, but it's not!! lol
Originally Posted By jnemo Well If I could have gotten that dang train to slow down it would have been better. Also, when we eat at Cafe Orleans (outside) the noise was very loud.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance jnemo, Oh, I completely understand that you were on the train and couldn't get a good shot of the river. What I find amusing, is that you posted the video so we could see what the rivers looked like w/o water and all you could see where trees lol. You silly goose.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins The video shows that the train ride doesn't look bad. Thank you, jnemo, and I like your screen name. You can see between the trees that the river is pretty shallow. Interesting, maybe that's why they make sure it's dark green enough so you can't tell. And I was fooled into thinking it was depth and algae. I was just scared because it seems to me that this is the most walled off and not operating since Tomorrowland 1998. But the river is in the middle of so much and requires a lot of walls whereas Tomorrowland was pretty self contained and remote. (And they could almost have left Tomorrowland closed anyway for the poor job they did.) I won't plan on eating at Cafe Orleans, or any of those frontage restaurants for that matter. Is the Rancho del Zocalo experience pretty unaffected?
Originally Posted By Moon Waffle I was there the last time the rivers were drained and I didn't like the effect it had on New Orlean's Square and Critter Country. It was too big of an area to be "missing" and it just didn't feel right. Suffice it to say that I've timed my next trip for right after the rivers re-open. Hopefully they stay on schedule!
Originally Posted By jnemo We didn't eat at Rancho del Zocalo this trip so I can't report on that. The problem we had was the equipment noise in the River of America. Sorry about the video, what I saw showed more of the river and less trees. I had not planned on posting the video (it was for my daugher to view) but when you asked, I thought it may help you.
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA no del zocalo is not affected. that is an nice restraunt. i love hearing big thunder mountain!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That part of the park will be pretty interesting for the last week or two of April, when Big Thunder goes down for a refurb, and ROA won't be back until around the May 5. I'm expecting a lot of walls and a lot of space that just feels a little 'dead'.
Originally Posted By jnemo I looked at my pictures some more today and found a better video of the rivers of america. This was taken the day after a very very rainy day. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT-HE79BTwE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...HE79BTwE</a>
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA Well jnemo you did your best! And that is all that matters. Although your first video when I watched it I felt like I WAS on the train,… So it’s still cool!!
