Originally Posted By familyguy So my family and I will be going to Disneyland in mid-June and taking my brother and nieces who haven't been to the parks in a very long time. I was sad to see that Space Mountain and The Grizzly River Run are scheduled to be closed while we are there, only to open shortly after we leave. The rapids are scheduled to open the day after our last day at the parks, and Space Mountain scheduled to open the week after we leave based on something I saw on Miceage I think. Anyway, not too big of a deal if they are closed, but in your experience, is there much of a chance that an attraction would open a day (or even a week ) early after a refurb? Should I not get my hopes up, or is there a chance?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I wouldn't get your hopes up, but I'd say there is a chance On one hand Disney is famous for taking longer than anticipated for refurbs, but on the other hand, I've seem plenty of instances where they have soft opening before officially reopening an attraction.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros With extended refurbishments (several months long), it's not unheard of to reopen early if the work can be completed quickly enough. With the quick ones, where the attraction is closed for just a couple weeks, it's pretty rare, since they have a lot of stuff to do and not much wiggle room. Since both of these closures are fairly short, it seems unlikely that they'd be done early
Originally Posted By familyguy I thought it would be the other way around, but what you say makes sense. I won't hold my breath.
Originally Posted By doombuggy There have been a few times on our trips the rides went down 1 or 2 days later. And open a few days early. We're hoping this happens with pirates while we are there lol
Originally Posted By ecdc It sounds like other people have had better luck than me. I never hold my breath that a refurb will finish early or otherwise be magically not happening when I show up. By the time a refurb hits that public calendar, I imagine a lot of planning, budgeting, scheduling, etc., has happened to make it work. Odds are it's not changing, and as we've all seen from some of the longer refurbs, they can go over schedule, but usually not under.
