Originally Posted By Imdbman Oh cool, I didn't realize the new people mover was opening in 2011. I am also excited for the new Star Tours. I also didn't realize there will be a new Test Track!!! I'm so excited!!! I love the one at Epcot. I hope they open an Expedition Everest at Disneyland at some point.
Originally Posted By p-n-p06 Everest wouldn't fit at DL...no point of entry for that theme. Adventureland is rather full already. Speaking of Adventureland...long ago I read a thread that sparked conversation on a big refurb/update of Jungle Cruise. Did that idea die out along the way or is it still on the back burner somewhere?
Originally Posted By Imdbman Good point. I didn't hear about the refurbrishment of the Jungle Cruise a while ago. I wonder when that happened.
Originally Posted By DismayingObservation Jungle Cruise did get a refurb soon after the Tiki Room reopened. The foliage is more like what you'd really see in Africa, the figures are spiffed up and look great. The new ending is a hoot. I won't spoil the surprise if you haven't yet seen it.
Originally Posted By oc_dean It seems the most news there has been lately ... is in Al Lutz's 7/17 update: >> Tony spends lots of time at Disneyland, and he sees lots of areas that could be reinvigorated and brought back to life. The PeopleMover beam is an obvious choice, and new proposals drafted for it two years ago continue to gain momentum. << I'm anxious to hear more. The subs are open ... and whatever is next in line for Disneyland ... should be well into development by this point .. and stories of when construction should commence should be anytime (!). Or even just the prepping/pre-construction sights. And while 4,000 feet of track need rehabilitation ... I can't imagine this taking so much time .. or so much resources. I mean .. for gosh sake .. the track and station are already there! And not like they are building something from scratch! We're basically talking the vehicles themselves .. Which .. by the time they have the engineering worked out on the first car ... It should be like a car factory .. and begin mass producing them. I think where it can get very expensive is what to do in the "interior" sections (all the buildings) the track passes through. It actually would be nice if some of the tunnels could be a ladden with some cool special effects .. and not a stupid blast of air .. like Rocket Rods had passing through Circle-Vision! LOL
Originally Posted By Pirate Mickey Someone get Lasseter to work on the People Mover right away! Some of the proposed ideas sound real cool.
Originally Posted By labretbear You know what? I actually liked the blast of air with the accompanying strobe light. You know why? Because it was so dumb. Hey, it was significantly better than the red glowing light balls earlier on the ceiling in what was it, Star Traders? Starcade?
Originally Posted By monorailblue I'll agree. The air blast was about the only thing I liked about RR.
Originally Posted By jeffshultz The only real problem with the Peoplemover was that if it rained within the past week it was closed.... What would be fun would to have banked curves (or tilting vehicles) for a bit more speed, and then have the track actually go someplace else for a longer ride - how about, instead of having it cross over the TL entrance, have it curve out instead from whatever the 360 theater is now and run up the path past the Matterhorn to Small World, curving around the backside of FL (and the castle), to come across the front of the plaza back into the Star Tours building. Maybe even incorporate the old Skyway terminal in FL (if they haven't ripped it out... it's been awhile and I notice that Storybook Land is closed or closing soon) as a possible place to get off if you wanted to.
Originally Posted By berol As far as I know, it's open and will be a part of the park for a long time.
Originally Posted By Imdbman Storybook is really not an exciting ride and is getting too old, they probally should close down- if storybook did close down, that would be cool if the old spot became some Kingdom Hearts ride or a Mickey's Phillharmagic
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<Storybook is really not an exciting ride>> Agreed. <<and is getting too old>> Definitely disagree. Update it, sure. Close it down for something else? Absolutely no!
Originally Posted By ThinkTink1987 it's not boring, you need to go on it and look at all the detail they have put into the ride! They work really hard to keep everything looking fantastic in there, appreciate the fact that someone goes in there everynight to make things look perfect! Rides aren't just about thrills you know.
Originally Posted By jeffshultz From the calendar: Monday October 1, 2007 Disneyland® Park Hours: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm <snip> Closed for Refurbishment: Casey Jr. Circus Train Casey Jr. Circus Train Riverbelle Terrace storybook land storybook land That's why I said it was closing soon. I seem to remember the Skyway tram station was right above it.
Originally Posted By ThinkTink1987 oh ok, so it is closing when i am going to be there, THANK YOU JeffShultz!
Originally Posted By jeffshultz The reason I pulled up that date is because that's when I'll be there (3-5th, actually) as well.... I'm just happy that's all that is closed during that period.
Originally Posted By ThinkTink1987 true true, i went in april and almost everything was closed! it sucked! that whole trip sucked as a matter a fact but i won't bother you with my complaining