Originally Posted By Manfried "But at Disneyland, we have Harold. And he's not a Yeti." But can we call him Hal? -- With apologies to Paul Simon and Stanley Kubrick.
Originally Posted By Bellella 18 MONTHS???????!!!!!! What in the heck are they doing to it? I mean, I know they've had "minor technical difficulties" but do they really have to close it for that long? I thought it was bad when Space Mountain went under; this time, my D-land experience will be woefully incomplete without my favorite coaster. Heartbreak!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By fkurucz ***>>What the heck do they talk about in the break room then?<< Medicare. Social Security. Stuff like that.*** More likely American Idol, Dancing With the Stars, etc.
Originally Posted By jmuboy Didn't the Matterhorn go through a rolling 10 year rehab for 4 or 5 months during most of the 2000's? However, this ride is old and new cars may pose a track or clearance issue maybe in some areas? I'm cool with it. I love the Matterhorn and its OLD and if it needs this downtime to keep it fresh and maintained I am ok with it. Long rehabs like this will happen more an more as the park's headliners continue to age (ie - IASW closed for 10 months in 2008)
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x Sheesh, Murphy wasn't even on stage yet and he (*SHE*) already had a name.
Originally Posted By 9oldmen Maybe Fantasmic! should be re-named "Waiting for Murphy"(with apologies to Samuel Beckett). Or maybe Murphy is like the son in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf".
Originally Posted By gadzuux Say, maybe with Mickey's new articulated head, he could do George and Martha with Minnie. Now that's hip and edgy! "You married me for it"!
Originally Posted By MrDisneyGeek if they could just start after Feb 14th i will be at DL on the 9th to the 14th and hope it is still running when i am there
Originally Posted By mstaft Maybe this explains why the snowstorm and wind effects weren't working two weeks ago when I was there. Neither were a lot of other effects on other major attractions. Mark www.InsightsandSounds.blogspot.com
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance "18 MONTHS???????!!!!!! What in the heck are they doing to it? I mean, I know they've had "minor technical difficulties" but do they really have to close it for that long? I thought it was bad when Space Mountain went under; this time, my D-land experience will be woefully incomplete without my favorite coaster. Heartbreak!!!!!!!!!!" It's probably for the best, it's probably really unsafe, and they need to do the whole thing completely over again so they don't have tons of people dying.
Originally Posted By MerryMouseWife Oh, darn. We are going in a year and if it is down, then I will be sad, but I will really wait to hear for sure.
Originally Posted By avatarmickey115 Well i kind of like the twisted, rugged, bumpy, old, painful, worn out track they have now. Its the original track i think, and Matterhorn was the WORLD'S FIRST tubular steel roller coaster...that's a pretty cool record for Disney to have.
Originally Posted By avatarmickey115 Ive asked numerous cast members and they always say next year for at least a year.
Originally Posted By tashajilek "Well i kind of like the twisted, rugged, bumpy, old, painful, worn out track they have now." I agree!! The more i go on the Matterhorn the more i love it. I will be pretty upset if it's closed for 18 months.
Originally Posted By Manfried Oh, cast members. Yeah, that's a confirmation. Right. Though I suspect it is due for a major overhaul. One of the reasons subs was initially closed was because of some major infrastructure issues. So since the Matterhorn was opened around the same time, I wouldn't be surprised if its due for a major overhaul.
