Originally Posted By CMM1 My daughter's friend is at WDW and told my daughter that at the MK this past week that Space Mt., Splash Mt. and POTC were all not open - was this just bad luck for them or are any/all of these rides being worked on? A check of the WDW site showed nothing other than the river boat at MK being refurbished.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire Are you sure Splash Mt and Space Mt were closed for refurbishments and not closed due to errors? I thought only the River boat (until September) and POTC (until July 7th) were closed.
Originally Posted By CMM1 False alarm! My daughter's friend forgot the part about the outdoor rides being closed during afternoon thunderstorm periods when there was lightning in the area. As for the indoor rides, was just bad luck in terms of the occasional breakdowns that occur.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I didn't even know the MK had refurbishment schedules!! Except when they have a movie based on an attraction to sell.
Originally Posted By Westsider WDW uses the Hall of Presidents for their rehab calendar; every four years when it's time to add another President they maybe consider closing Jungle Cruise or Big Thunder for a week to do some dusting. If the President gets re-elected to a second term, then the rides are just out of luck for another four years. Have you seen the condition their Haunted Mansion is in? How poorly it is maintained, how loudly the Omnimover squeaks, and how dirty the scrims are?!? I don't think that ride has had a rehab since they added Jimmy Carter!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^The conditions of the MK's E-Tix, with the exception of Small World, which was closed for a year recently for its first ever real rehab, and Big Thunder, are deplorable. You should spend more time on this board Westsider. I greatly enjoy reading your posts on the DL Board, even though I don't really post there.
Originally Posted By Westsider Thanks very much. I poke around here every once in awhile. I don't post much here because I don't know much about WDW. I have been to WDW a couple times over the years, with groups of fellow Disneylanders who all go out for the cheap CM discount vacations and rowdy nights at Pleasure Island. But I have very little working knowledge of WDW, unlike Disneyland. I can spot an attraction that needs a rehab, or an animatronic that needs to be pulled backstage though, and that's what we noticed on our last visit. Especially the big E Tickets at Magic Kingdom; they were just in really bad shape overall, and I was embarassed for them.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Have you seen the condition their Haunted Mansion is in? How poorly it is maintained, how loudly the Omnimover squeaks, and how dirty the scrims are?!? I don't think that ride has had a rehab since they added Jimmy Carter!<< Good old Jimmy is in the Haunted Mansion????
Originally Posted By Westsider Yeah, they put Jimmy Carter in the Attic Scene in '77. He's the one wearing a bridal gown. ;-)
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>The conditions of the MK's E-Tix, with the exception of Small World, which was closed for a year recently for its first ever real rehab, and Big Thunder, are deplorable.<< You have not ridden IASW lately, have you? Besides, even when they reopened last year... the ride was still looking 1971. I will accept nothing less than Paris' standards.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Especially the big E Tickets at Magic Kingdom; they were just in really bad shape overall, and I was embarassed for them. >> The sad thing is Phil Holmes, the MK VP, apparently doesn't share the shame. And his first job at WDW many moons ago: a Mansion CM!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Especially the big E Tickets at Magic Kingdom; they were just in really bad shape overall, and I was embarassed for them.<< Why do you think kids of all ages are dying of congenital heart failure upon riding those rides!?!? G in "g-forces" stand for Gross. And there you have it.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<You have not ridden IASW lately, have you? Besides, even when they reopened last year... the ride was still looking 1971. I will accept nothing less than Paris' standards.>> Maybe six months ago, but it's been in 2006. I'm sure. No, it's no DLP version. But it did look so much improved over say 2-3 years ago.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>The sad thing is Phil Holmes, the MK VP, apparently doesn't share the shame. And his first job at WDW many moons ago: a Mansion CM!<< he is not the only one... the oldest CM in custodial with the longest seniorty just retired from WDW and on a channel 6 interview he mentioned WDW to be the cleanest now that it has ever be. HA! How sad to be so senile.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>But it did look so much improved over say 2-3 years ago.<< I am not talking about the Mary Blair bording platform.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Have they done anything about the boats backing up in the last room? My last visit was about a week before they reopened iasw, so I didn't get to see it for my self. I know that backups are a big problem on this attraction in particular (I have no idea why though), as it backs up to the train tracks in DL all the time. The only difference is that there is no song and cheery kids looking at you while you sit in boredom. I remember being in that last room for what seemed like an eternity (it was probably at least 10 minutes) before we were allowed out. I really hope that was fixed, because it was a very good reason to stay clear of the attraction in general.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<he is not the only one... the oldest CM in custodial with the longest seniorty just retired from WDW and on a channel 6 interview he mentioned WDW to be the cleanest now that it has ever be. HA! How sad to be so senile.>> Yes. There was a story in the O-Sentinel a while back about him. I'm sure Disney Press and Publicity didn't suggest it ;-) But the guy wants to get his retirement and still get free passes, so he'll say anything. >>But it did look so much improved over say 2-3 years ago.<< <<I am not talking about the Mary Blair bording platform. >> Neither was I, although that did improve the attraction. The water, which used to have god knows what floating in it, was drained and cleaned. All the sets and backgrounds were repainted etc ... am I missing something? Worse, do I have to take a short cruise with you to see what I'm missing? ;-)
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Have they done anything about the boats backing up in the last room? My last visit was about a week before they reopened iasw, so I didn't get to see it for my self. I know that backups are a big problem on this attraction in particular (I have no idea why though) Simple. Slow moving guests. There was a time guests didn't need to transfer from a wheelchair to the boats and vice versa. Neither did guests have overweight problems that prevented them from moving their backs a bit faster. Then leave it to Suzy and James goody tooshoes CMs who won't operate the ride with a sense of urgency and efficiency. But if you think IASW is bad.. have you been on the MK's Snow White attraction lately?? A horrible butchered redesigned boarding area only uses 25% of the space available outside the ride to stack up ride vehicles, so.. where do you think they get stacked up now??? The answer: Sometimes as far back inside the ride for you to be able to see the Witch be killed twice!! Now *THAT* is a bad show!
