Party Rocker said:
Has this been confirmed (The Sept announcement)?
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Has this been confirmed (The Sept announcement)?
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Assuming the planned resort opens in 2013, anyone know a specific time frame that the park plans to open it up to guests (like late Spring, early summer)? Or is that still under wraps at the moment?
you'd be surprised how fast a private sourced contract can go up...not saying you're projected timeframe is incorrect, but a resort can be built in a year.James said:
Built in a year yes. But as of right now with not all the permits in and it already being late March I doubt they would even start construction till the fall at the earliest so a year later would be the fall. Not really the time you want to open something like that so that leaves you with 2014. And a resort wouldn't open in phases. It's kind of a one time deal opening. You don't want guests seeing an unfinished product.
Oh no you say?http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/03/opening-dates-now-set-for-disneys-art-of-animation-resort-at-walt-disney-world-resort/The biggest theme park company in the world is doing it with their newest resort...so as long as the resort is big enough...it could open in phases.James said:
A year is not completely out of the question. It depends on how big it is, when the permits are filed, etc. I could definitely see them doing the opening in phases, much like what they've done with different hotels. They build it in wings, so you can completely have the main building done, and then expand the wings as needed. Ever wonder why all hotels are built pretty much like boxes? You should really walk around the Loewes hotels at Universal.
Until there is any visible movement on this in the way of permits or an announcement, any talk of a possible timeline is pretty much moot...
Swiftman said:
I had a great rapport with the maintenaince crew for Lochness years ago. From what I have been told, those effects were removed years ago because half the time the main effect did not work. Correct me if I am wrong, but I have been told the head of Nessie moved slightly back and forth (toward and away from the train), as a visual effect. To my knowledge, those effects were broken down and placed inside the station for decorations for a couple seasons, then were trashed.
Creating new ones wouldn't be hard, but I'm sure it wasn't a cost effective effect, no matter how cool it was.
I do agree with you though. I would kill to bring that effect back. I remember it from when I was little and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world.
Unfortunately, many theme parks fall into a "funk" and remove some of the coolest effects (or just refuse to fix them). Take Jurassic Park River Adventure (Islands of Adventure) for example. You'll see most of the effects when you ride it, but guaranteed you won't see the "eye" effect right before you go up the lift. In the last three years, I have only heard of it working once, and I have only seen it working once. Effects stop working all the time and parks either fail to fix them or just remove them. Another great example would be Dudley Do Right Ripsaw Falls (also IOA). The exploding shack hasn't worked for years, up until right before Potter opened. When they refurbed the ride, they fixed the effect. I could go on and on about effects at Islands and possibly Studios that don't work anymore because Universal is known for dragging their feet on fixing effects. I'm sure if I actually sat down and thought about it, I could find a few others outside the Universal brand, specifically here in Florida.
yaytez said:
I didn't say the resort shouldn't be a topic, I'm saying it's ludicrous to talk about a timeline when we don't even know the scope of the resort we're allegedly getting; it's putting the cart before the horse. "Talk, post and dig for information" about what's being built, and then a timeline will be a lot easier to formulate.
Chill.
BTT_Racheal said:
For those who never experienced the full effects, has anyone ever seen pictures of the Nessie head?
Haberdasher1973 said:yaytez said:
I didn't say the resort shouldn't be a topic, I'm saying it's ludicrous to talk about a timeline when we don't even know the scope of the resort we're allegedly getting; it's putting the cart before the horse. "Talk, post and dig for information" about what's being built, and then a timeline will be a lot easier to formulate.
Chill.
BTT_Racheal said:
For those who never experienced the full effects, has anyone ever seen pictures of the Nessie head?
This TPR video has the cave with strobe and Nessie on the wall.
http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=LochNess3rd
Six Flags Great Adventure had the best themeing for their Batman: The Ride, actual junk! They didn't need to clean it, fix it or do anything! It. just. sat. there. and. rotted. To the point where they removed it even though it fit the ghetto Gotham theme like a glove. (They also had a cop car and a broken fire hydrant but those got removed due to the flash pass line :L)
That's right B-Mac they were good at theming their rides. It starts with a working display and sometimes it stops working or it's remove.
News Flash
I think this is proof of that Busch Gardens has MAJOR construction projects in the pipeline. Darkride, Resort, and much much more in the future.