Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara Heimlich's is great! The narration is hysterical. It's a ride for little kids, and they love it. YOU are only going along for the ride because you're being a good parent. But the funny narration is only appreciated by the adults because it's so over-the-top and absurd. The whole Bug's Land was much needed in California Adventure. However, at some point in the future when more kid-friendly attractions have popped up in other areas of the park, I would say that Bug's Land could conceivably be turned into two E-Tickets. The attraction that really just SUCKS is the NOT bumper cars. Just STUPID STUPID STUPID. The cars would move more quickly if you just farted a lot. They should serve huge plates of beans while you wait on line.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Al over at MiceAge is saying that the six month refurbishment of the Matterhorn next year will also involve some repainting on the exterior. I really hope this is true. "It’s during that six month period when the new bobsleds with lap bars will be installed, the mountain will be painted and refurbished cosmetically, and it’s also when Tony Baxter hopes to cram as many technology upgrades and new effects in as his budget will allow"
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara Sounds like a great and much needed upgrade for this iconic ride.
Originally Posted By retlawfan The Matterhorn is open. We rode it last week. The new loop is really great!
Originally Posted By Sparrow The part where you go through the waterfall is cool too but bring a poncho on cold days!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Hans prays every night that the damn mountain would just get repainted then he could sleep well again.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Blank that! Put a brush in Hans' hand and send that bugger to Anaheim!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt When I was there three years ago it looked like there was mildew (or some kind of slimy film) growing behind the falls and the whole mountain looked faded. You people go to DL more than I do. Have you not noticed how run down the outside of the Matterhorn looks? "Put a brush in Hans' hand and send that bugger to Anaheim!" How much are you payin'? I'm expensive.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin I'm not paying...just trying to eliminate that loud whinning noise coming from your direction...
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Can't tell if you're just being nasty or funny Sara. I'll assume you're just joshin'.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm not sure when the Matterhorn last got a full paint job, but it was at least 10 years ago. Given that time frame puts it during Pressler's reign, I would guess that the current paint job lasts back at least into the mid-90's. Yes, parts of it have been touched up (there was a refurbishment around 2006 when they had scaffholding up on all of the waterfalls, giving those areas a nice scrub-down), but the majority of the exterior hasn't been touched in a very long time.
Originally Posted By Manfried I believe it was last painted when they put in the doors for Tinkerbell that open out of the side.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That was in late 2004, and they had scaffholding set up around that portion of the mountain, but the vast majority of the mountain remained untouched. I'm not even sure if the attraction had any downtime while they changed the wires. They had a temporary tarp covering the hole in the side of the mountain for a couple months before installing the rockwork door.
