Originally Posted By lori6421 has anyone hear about the updates? is it done or when will it be done..or is it only in DL?
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy MK's pirates update is scheduled for July 7, same day as the movie opens. This date is still on as far as I know.
Originally Posted By Labuda Deb Wills' site satys it's due to open July 1st - have y'all gotten an updated date in Eyes & Ears or something, ss?
Originally Posted By jmuboy The DL sites are already talking about how the WDW one was not given the funding and attention the DL renovation was. WDW will continue to be home to the worst POTC ride.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire I asked a Disney CM about that last week because I ws confused too since Deb Wills' site said July 1st. He said it was indeed July 7th.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 The Spirit wouldn't miss the reopening for all the free KFC in the world.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy July 7th continues to be the date that CM's spiel to guests right at POC. Unless something's changed that I missed. I have no doubt that it will open earlier than that. Maybe July 1 is the true target date?
Originally Posted By disney2268 There was an article yesterday in the Sun Sentinel that said there would be no soft openings for this. That it was opening on the day of the movie opening.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy I believe that that's true. I also know that Disney has a history for opening early, unannounced. But July 7 is the only one I'd plan for.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire I asked about any previews too...the guy said no, not even CM previews.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I can't believe Disney execs like Holmes and Co. aren't demanding that it be open for July 4th like they demanded it be open for Easter/Spring Break.
Originally Posted By AZDLDad A WDW CM told me last week that there were rumors of a CM ride review at the end of this week.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^If I were in Vegas right now, I'd put a ton of money down on 'open for all guests this weekend.'
Originally Posted By oc_dean Yes it is. Officially opened Monday the 26th. What's confusing to me .. What was the decision to not open them both simaltaneoulsy? Why WDW 2 weeks later? Wierd! >>WDW will continue to be home to the worst POTC ride.<< It's baffling to me. You guys would have been better off if they commissioned Western River Expedition .. instead of a lesser PotC in 1973. And for those saying "huh?" .... When WDW opened October 1971 .. there was no intention of creating an east coast PotC. Western River Expedition was going to be a WDW original - To be a "PotC" replacement. But tourists said, "We want PotC." So, they got it. I can't blame Eisner or Pressler on this one.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 No, you can blame the execs playing it safe at the time...especially Card Walker. Who cares about giving guests something new that will surprise them and make them not cry for PoTC. No, we'd better get Pirates in here quick, the guests are complaining! The only reason WDW has such a poor Pirates attraction is because it was rushed to get it open as quickly as possible. I know a lot of the imagineers at the time were frustrated by this.
Originally Posted By Trinitys Ghost "What's confusing to me .. What was the decision to not open them both simaltaneoulsy? Why WDW 2 weeks later? Wierd!" oc_dean - What I'd heard was park operations wanted WDW's attraction to be open for a few weeks during the spring break rush. I think if they hadn't gotten approval to do that, WDW's would have opened at or near the same time as DL's. I'm still holding out hope for a preview this weekend for guests. Even if it's a few hours at a time, that'd be great.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I can't blame Eisner or Pressler on this one. >> No. That was all Card Walker's doing. But you can blame Eisner and Pressler for no Pirates in Hong Kong!
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>No. That was all Card Walker's doing. >>But you can blame Eisner and Pressler for no Pirates in Hong Kong!<< Don't stop there. A park that pretty shouldn't have to worry about giving bad first impressions because there's little substance out of the gate. It is so frustrating to see that Disney has a hard time finding a middle-ground. Paris is one extreme, and HK is the other. They weren't building in Cambodia. I just don't buy the financial justification nor the intellecutual property rights one. To echo Nikki's comment on the other unrelated thread, "They put so little effort into it! Why did they even bother" I think it was good that they choose HK, but by doing that they had to, IMO, jump a little deeper into the pool. You can't go to China and be completely risk averse.
