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Category Archives: Rides
Disneyland Construction, Pricing & More
Yesterday Dateline Disneyland posted an article in the Micechat forums. It is a huge post of all the construction going on at Disneyland. From the draining of the Rivers of America, to the new ticket prices, and even information about the new Red Cars that are coming in 2012. Here are a few highlights from the post, I would recomend heading over there and reading the full post. (link is at the bottom)
The Rivers of America have been drained as the River closes for a scheduled refurbishment over the next four and a half months.
The Red Car Trolleys will help unite the new 1930s Los Angeles-themed Buena Vista Street with the Hollywood Pictures Backlot, which will soon be getting some much needed period-specific re-theming and in the process be renamed Hollywood Land.
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Pictures by Fishbulb
Passholders can ride shotgun for free at Walt Disney World Speedway
Here is a great Disney deal worth noting for Disney Passholders.
Passholders, here’s a pretty sweet deal if you’re into NASCAR. Stop by Walt Disney World Speedway — it’s situated right in front of Magic Kingdom — and you can do a Ride Along from Richard Petty Driving Experience for free. This program normally costs more than $100 per person.
Show your Disney pass and you’ll get to ride shotgun for three mile-long laps in a NASCAR-style race car reaching speeds up to 140 mph with a professional driving instructor. This offer is good through March 31.
You must be at least 14 years old to ride, and participants younger than 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Free ride-alongs are limited to one per passholder for the three-month promotion.
While at the track, passholders can enter to win an 18-lap King’s Driving Experience valued at $919.04 and Richard Petty-signed diecast car. Monthly winners also will be drawn to win an 8-lap Rookie Driving Experience, valued at $486.04. These contests are open to passholders 18 and older with valid drivers licenses.
So long General Motors from Epcot’s Test Track
Interesting article about Test Track and GM’s possible departure from sponsorship at Disneyworld.
By all appearances, General Motors, the Detroit auto giant forced through bankruptcy last year, remains sponsor of the Test Track attraction at Epcot. Even though GM’s $100 million sponsorship contract with Walt Disney World is believed to have expired last year and there was never any announcement of a renewal, the company’s logo and presence is still splashed all around the pavilion.
Still, there are some signs around Test Track of the painful restructuring that GM is going through.
For example, GM has pulled cars from the brands it plans drop (Saturn, Hummer, Saab and Pontiac) from the swanky showroom that guests walk through when they exit the ride, such as a Saturn VUE hybrid that until recently was on display in the area. The only cars displayed now are from GMC, Chevy, Buick and Cadillac, GM’s remaining core brands.
GM has also removed a large model Hummer made of wood that had been something of a minor attraction in Test Track’s gift shop. (The model was large enough for a crash-test dummy to sit in the driver’s seat). In its place: One of Disney World’s much smaller souvenir model monorails, which does laps around a small pile of boxes of the toys.
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Picture from mouseextra.com
Classic Disney Video – Rocket Rods Peoplemover Disneyland California
Some great footage from CoolDisneylandvideos
For more information check out one of my favorite websites Yesterland. They have some great classic Disney photos, and the most comprehensive coverage of Rocket Rods and every other classic Disney ride and attraction.
Disneyworld Construction Update
Reported from Mouseplanet:
Here is the listing of interesting items from paperwork filed with Orange County in the last week.
- Magic Kingdom Crystal Palace Restaurant – replacement of two auxiliary heating units.
- Magic Kingdom Castle – builiding work.
- Magic Kingdom Castle Hub – electrical work.
- Magic Kingdom Splash Mountain – building.
- Magic Kingdom Splash Mountain – electrical and plumbing.
- Magic Kingdom Frontierland – electrical.
- Magic Kingdom Haunted Mansion – electrical.
- Epcot – plumbing and electrical.
- Epcot The Land – building, plumbing and electrical.
- Epcot Italy pavilion – new construction of pizzeria.
- Epcot Morocco pavilion – refurbishment of the Morocco museum exterior columns.
- Epcot France pavilion – electrical work.
- Disney’s Hollywood Studios Great Movie Ride – minor carpentry work.
- Disney’s Wide World of Sports Innovation Lab.
- Magic Music Day trailer complex – addition of railing to existing deck.
- Yacht Club Resort – building and electrical work.
- Port Orleans Riverside Resort Old Man Island – replacement of spa heater.
- Coronado Springs Resort buildings 1 & 3 – plumbing modifications.
- Fort Wilderness Resort Pioneer Hall – demolition of existing three trailers and provision of site work to install three new trailer units.
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