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| kmsandrbs
Sun 11/8/2009 4:27p | This past week, the CM skippering the ark Twain told me that they were draining and renovating the Rivers of America for about the first four months of 2010. This means, of course, no Fantasmic and no Tom Sawyer's Island as well. She indicated they would be doing some work along the banks of the river as well (she alluded that the Natures RR car may not be there). She did not give any specifics, though. But this also jibes with the short run of the Princess and the Frog show. Time for APs to get their ROA fix in! |
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| TempestsPrince
Mon 11/9/2009 10:31a | Do you suppose it will take them another few months to get the dragon working again after they reopen it? Temperamental beasts those dragons. |
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| TP2000
Mon 11/9/2009 10:55a | This Rivers closure has been known for quite some time.
I would imagine since the dragon doesn't require water to work, they've got five months of downtime to tweak and practice with it. When Fantasmic comes back in June, it should be working exactly as it was designed. |
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| FerretAfros
Mon 11/9/2009 10:43p | That's the main reason that they have been running F! almost daily this fall. Since it took so long to get the dragon working, they wanted to get the most mileage out of it before the River was drained for several weeks in the spring.
Anybody else think that this might be some sort of prep work to get crowds ready for World of Color in DCA? Have a while without the old show to get people even more excited about the new one? |
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| gadzuux
Tue 11/10/2009 12:23a | I don't think that's going to be a problem. The problem is more likely to be turning away thousands of guests per night - or perhaps directing them to less desireable viewing locations.
I'm expecting WoC to be terrific, but if it's even 'good' it will be swamped. |
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| TempestsPrince
Tue 11/10/2009 9:02a | This sounds more like a routine maintenance activity than some ruse to push people over to the other park. If the military taught me one thing, it's that you can make something last practically forever if you do the proper scheduled maintenance on it. |
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| EighthDwarf
Tue 11/10/2009 6:56p | Do we know the date that work begins on Rivers of America? I assume they will wait until the Christmas crowds die down a bit? |
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| Darkbeer
Tue 11/10/2009 7:45p | The date I heard, January 4th, with ROA being refilled in mid-May, with the return of Fantasmic!! in mid June.
A lot of work is scheduled, including the replacement of the entire guide rail for the Mark Twain and Columbia.
It is a tight schedule, and even with expected large crowds for the first week of January (Including 2 Rose Bowl Games in 2010, with the BCS Championship on January 7th), it looks like the ROA will start being drained on the 4th. HMH and iaswh might be delayed in closing due to the expected large crowds.
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| dresswhites
Wed 11/11/2009 12:48a | i wonder what they will find this time when they drain the river?
i hope they add some new scenes and return some scenes.add more animals, and bring some sort of waterfalls. |
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| Westsider
Wed 11/11/2009 1:34a | dresswhites, it sounds like you know what you are talking about when it comes to things "found" in the river. You can bet that a few of those things will be found, cleaned up, and ceremoniously returned to their underwater keeping place when the river fills up again in May. ;-) |
