Big Thunder Refurbishment - Early 2012

[the_ultimate_evil]

so this as probably been answered but has anyone any idea when this will be done. heading in September

 

[Andy]

May 27

 

[batsmouth]

May 27

Woop! I just saw this thread (had no idea it was down for refurb) and my heart stopped for a minute we are heading to Magic Kingdom on the 30th May :happy: it does look like a massive improvement though.

 

[Teebin]

Is that water splashing out of one of the dummies in the last picture? That isn't supposed to happen.

 

[Latveria]

Is that water splashing out of one of the dummies in the last picture? That isn't supposed to happen.

Yep - coming out of the dummy. To avoid this in the future maybe the people running the attraction through its paces will put the lap bar down...all of them are up in these new pictures...

 

[Octobers Fade]

Is that water splashing out of one of the dummies in the last picture? That isn't supposed to happen.

BTM is so intense it even makes the water dummies spew!

 

[jj3352]

^ i know for fact that at least 25% of the budget for this rehab came from the next gen project.

 

[BJCool]

DaMouse has "one last look" at Big Thunder Mountain before its reopening.

 

[Jakemeister]

I heard today that it wouldn't open and then I read on Twitter that it had soft opened with a 30 minute wait...so take that for what you want.

 

[Andy]

Very curious to see the queue work that was done.

 

[Nick]

Apparently the queue work isn't completely done yet. They did change a lot such as flooring, railings, added walls, fans, but the interactive elements are not done yet. Some are in place under boxes and spaces for interactive elements are in place, but I heard that all interactive elements won't be functional until October (someone said that on Twitter - said they asked a CM).

 

[Andy]

^ Well thats odd, I mean close the attraction down for its first MAJOR refurb in years and not finish the company initiative project??? ( Project Nextgen)

 

[BJCool]

[video=youtube;Uiy1aQJAKJY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiy1aQJAKJY[/video]

 

[Nick]

^ Well thats odd, I mean close the attraction down for its first MAJOR refurb in years and not finish the company initiative project??? ( Project Nextgen)

It is odd given the length of the refurb, but i'm not too surprised with it given what people like Martin and Raven (and possibly Lee too) had been saying about the refurb. They mentioned from time to time that there would definitely be a new queue with interactive elements, but they were running behind. So to hear that it's opening without those in place isn't really all that surprising to me.

 

[Andy]

^ Still surprised they couldn't get the job done in 5 months.

 

[BJCool]

Ultimate Orlando Blog has a post-refurbishment look at the BTM queue.

 

[JungleSkip]

So no earthquake, no waterfall.

Lame.

 

[Andy]

For those who didn't watch the video as of now the ride has reopened without some effects either working or turned on.

 

[shiekra38]

Such a great ride..love the theming one of the Disney classics for sure, great to see it refurbed

 

[Eggs On SheiKra]

So they closed for Referb and still didn't get all the effects fixed. Disney have had a few rides and attractions with effects etc not working properly and many people have pointed it out, you would of thought that would be main priority over painting!