Originally Posted By DLFAN1979 Ok so on the Cast TV today it said, that yes Pirates is going down on Marc 1st OK fine, BUT......................... its REOPENING in late March -early April!! THEN closing AGAIN to finish for July!! This early opening will have NO enchanements. So i suppose if they r opening it up JUST to swallow up the Spring Break crowds w/ nothing new, it cant be THAT extensive.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Unless, of course, they are installimng effects and not turning them on, then installing enhancements and springing all the changes at once when it reopens for good...
Originally Posted By trekkeruss It's possible that the first closure is to install audio, lighting, and other technical equipment, while the second closure would be for the actual set and AA installation.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN WDW's refurb is not supposed to be as extensive as DL's so it doesn't surprise me.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire and that is a good thing, but wish DL's wasnt going to be changed so much too
Originally Posted By mikesher hmmm..confusing, when will they close it again. I ve never got to expeirnce the wdw version and was really looking forward to it, we arrive april 21.
Originally Posted By DLFAN1979 Actually, ours is LOOOONGER. Ours will be for FOUR months, and DLs will only be for 3months and 2weeks. We r not just doing the overlay we r also getting new control systems (ie consoles, monitors, cameras, etc etc.)
Originally Posted By DlandDug Maybe they will finally get around to adding all the stuff that was left out when they built that "Cliff's Notes" version...!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN That would be good if indeed they intend to do a full refurbish at WDW's POTC. This ride badly needs all the help it can get. I too would like to see the gift shop reopened and the messy arrangement of having the merchandise out in the open air plaza out of the way of guests. This has irked the heck out of me for it's "in your face" approach to merchandising without regards for the convenient flow of guests exiting the ride.
Originally Posted By WDWtechie Just a little side note on this same subject. A few months ago when I road PoTC and went through the battle scene with the ship, a few of the water cannons were not working lets just say all but one. It made for a really weird looking battle. All the cannons in te ship and fort were shooting different places and this same cannon kept going off in the same place.
Originally Posted By WDWtechie Maybe this time they wil add some interactive pirates. You know the kind that have little cameras in them that can see your boat. They could respond to you with prerecorded lines. Maybe somelike... "You there in the third row, do you know where I can find some treasure. Hey maybe you could respond back to them. They could have a voice triggering system that when someone responds with a certain response like no, yes, maybe they pirate will give another response back to them. Not saying this as if it is happening. It was just a thought that I think is cool.
Originally Posted By WDWtechie I have also heard some news from tide techies saying Space Mountain is also to get some rehab work done. Is this true or not.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Yes, we've heard that one too... I personally would like to see Space Mt totally gutted and rebuilt with a better, smoother, faster track (no need for loops and corkscrews) but it definitely needs a much better show overall and highly improved special effects. And new ride vehicles where you can actually get in and out without difficulty. Those vehicles now are horrendous.
Originally Posted By tonyanton TDLFAN...I'm with you regarding the closed shop at WDW's Pirates. That's been one of my biggest pet peeves at the MK the last 10 years or so...closed shops and poor merchandising in the remainder. (and point #14 too).
Originally Posted By danyoung >So i suppose if they r opening it up JUST to swallow up the Spring Break crowds w/ nothing new, it cant be THAT extensive.< I can see them using the earlier closure for the infrastructure type things - sound, lights, wiring, without actually putting in the AA characters. Then, after spring break, they put in the AA's and spend a few weeks programming and testing, and then opening back up. As always, I have no inside info, but this type of schedule makes complete sense to me.
Originally Posted By AuroraRose theres an update on Deb's site--goes into a little more detail--and says its supposed to close and stay closed no re-opening during busy time.
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney "You guys know there removing "Yo ho Yo Ho" from the ride right?" Not true.
