Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I don't think anything has officially been said apart from "Spring of 2011".
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I'm guessing it won't be before May or June. The building seems to be going up at a snail's pace.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Actually, the building has suddenly started looking very finished in some aspects. There is also a lot of activity going on inside. I would bet that this attraction opens in May, June at the latest.
Originally Posted By TP2000 Another website had mentioned that it was all running on schedule, and to expect soft openings just after Easter Vacation in late April.
Originally Posted By Moon Waffle Everything out there to this point has said "Spring 2011" so you can safely assume it will open in Summer 2011.
Originally Posted By Sparrow I'm willing to bet they'll open it around Memorial Day in time for the summer crowds. Then again, you never know.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 The whole "Season, Year" thing seems to have become the norm for major attraction openings. Both WOC and HP at IOA said "Spring, 2010," and both just barely made it, officially opening in June just before Summer started. Of course, both had soft openings/previews before then.
Originally Posted By Westsider I got it on good authority this weekend (from a CM that has recently walked through the entire Mermaid building and got the lowdown from higher ups) that Lutz was right in his Miceage report a few months ago on this timing issue. As Lutz said, barring some major unforseen delay, soft openings will begin in April, 2011. The big media party won't be until May, however.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros While it's entirely possible to finish it in 4-5 months, it still looks like they have a lot of work to do before it's ready to open. Granted, all we can see is the outside, which is much simpler than the inside, but that alone looks like a lot of work. Given how new things seem to have technical difficulties, they seem to have given themselves a pretty tight schedule. I hope they make it, but I'm also kind of expecting a few weeks of wiggle room.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>So Al Lutz is right again?<< Even a stopped clock is right two time a day.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Everyone got your granola bars and a warm glass of milk? We're probably about to have a big Al fight!
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Don't you just hate it when Al says something like that in every column? I can't even read his columns it annoys me so much.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt You mean when he says something like "Got that orange peeled yet? Have that yogurt opened now? Well then let's get going shall we"?
Originally Posted By DlandDug It's just folksiness. Kind of like the way Jim Hill separates his thoughts into a series of sentence fragments. Like this. Which drives me crazy. Because it's bad grammar. Which isn't justified. Even by the conceit that it's personal style. Which it is, sort of.
