Monster's Inc Soft Opening rumor

[Ghoulish Delight]

According to MP, there's a possibility that Monster's Inc. will begin soft opening today. Anyone heard anything to confirm or deny?

[€uroMeinke]

I heard the same thing from a CM on MC - kinda makes me want to swing by and check it out...

[Alex]

We know it is staffed for a soft opening and speaking to cast members on site (earlier this morning) they were expecting to do so this afternoon.

No word on how long they'd run and of course anything could come up and call it off.

[innerSpaceman]

Hmmm, I really don't want to go to Disneyland again till after the New Year. But that's because of crowds ... something that never worries me about DCA.

[Not Afraid]

I guess it is open - so I've been told. But, I don't read threads very carefully.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

According to MP, there's a possibility that Monster's Inc. will begin soft opening today. Anyone heard anything to confirm or deny?Are we meeting there? :evil:

[Gemini Cricket]

I rode it. It's amazing! Best ride ever.














Alright, I'm lying. A girl can dream, can't she?
:D

[€uroMeinke]

Darkbeer has reported being on it twicw, though it's broken down that many times already. Like all soft openings, it's a crap shoot - but I think I may go for it and check out the DCA decorations just the same.

[blueerica]

I think I may have to swing by - maybe get a little Christmas shopping done while I'm at it!

[scaeagles]

Do you know how close I came to loading up my 12 year old daughter and driving there just now? Maybe tomorrow.....

[tracilicious]

Do you know how close I came to loading up my 12 year old daughter and driving there just now? Maybe tomorrow.....

Why couldn't my dad have been this cool? :p

[Gemini Cricket]

Saw some pictures on MouseTimes and on Darkbeer's site. It looks like the ride is infested with dagburn Disney Store big figs... Arggh.

[Kevy Baby]

I think I may have to swing by - maybe get a little Christmas shopping done while I'm at it!Oh cool... you remembered what I want.

[scaeagles]

Why couldn't my dad have been this cool? :p

Thanks. I've done a couple 24 hour turnarounds with her over the last few years.....get up at 2:00am, drive to DL and get there about opening, stay till 8:00pm, and drive home, getting back around 2:00am. Fun day, long day, good time to connect with the daughter in the car.

I've never really been able to judge a ride by photos. I love Buzz, but wasn't impressed with photos I saw of it before I went on it. So I'll withhold judgement until I get there (whenever that is), though admittedly I am not overly impressed with the photos.

[Kevy Baby]

Yeah, but will you tell us you're coming BEFORE the trip (more than a day or two)???

[Isaac]

I guess it is open - so I've been told. But, I don't read threads very carefully.
Sex the rumor mill. (http://www.xenarchy.com/LoT/showthread.php?p=49132#post49132) ;) :p

[scaeagles]

Yeah, but will you tell us you're coming BEFORE the trip (more than a day or two)???

I gotta defend this again? I made it known several weeks - even a couple months - before I was there in October. No one seemed to care (not playing the martyr, just stating fact), so I just dropped it.:p

[€uroMeinke]

Well I went and saw it, and thought it a pleasent addition to the park. All in all, it seems a solid "C" attraction in the Fantasyland dark ride tradition. It's basicly a ride through the movie recreating some of the scenes in 3-D. There are a few things that could have been done better, but there are also a few fun elements that I thought were very well executed.

I don't know if I'd do a 24-hour turn-around to see it, but it's a definate improvement for DCA.

[innerSpaceman]

Um, I kinda think it's DCA's best attraction. It's certainly the only ride-thru adventure in the classic mold of either a dark ride or, say, Pirates of the Caribbean. Though it certainly tends more towards Alice in Wonderland quality rather than Pirates quality, that doesn't detract from it being the only ride of its kind at DCA, a fun experience in its own right, and a thousand times better than the drek it replaced.

[katiesue]

I thought it was fun and my 9 year old LOVED it. It's now on her favorites list.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'm just disappointed that saying "Monster's Inc. soft opening" is nowhere near as fun as saying "soft Pooh opening".

[DisneyFan25863]

Um, I kinda think it's DCA's best attraction. It's certainly the only ride-thru adventure in the classic mold of either a dark ride or, say, Pirates of the Caribbean. Though it certainly tends more towards Alice in Wonderland quality rather than Pirates quality, that doesn't detract from it being the only ride of its kind at DCA, a fun experience in its own right, and a thousand times better than the drek it replaced.

Even better than Tower of Terror?

How do they theme it to DCA? I don't see how Monster's Inc. fits into California...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Even better than Tower of Terror?

How do they theme it to DCA? I don't see how Monster's Inc. fits into California...Of course it doesn't, they gave up on that long ago. But, of course, that's the convenience of the HPBL. Anything related to any movie gets the "movies = California" excuse.

[innerSpaceman]

Hey, it's way better than the we-have-bugs-in-California-too excuse.