Rockin' Space Mountain

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Despite “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” being the highest grossing movie of last year and despite the fact that Disneyland’s numbers are up, Disney still insists on "cheaping out" on Disneyland and its attractions. And riding Disneyland’s Rockit Space Mountain will prove it to you.

To be fair, that wasn't the original plan, and the reason for it being super-cheap is a good one. When Ouimet took over before the 50th, he decided that it was absolutely imperative that Space Mountain be reopened by the summer 50th kick off. By that time, it was too late to completely axe the Rockit Mountain idea, so he did the next best thing: slashed it down to the bare minimum to save time and money to accelerate the completion of the ride. And by golly, he did it.

The stupid decision was, even after slashing it to nothing, to open it to the public like this. They were stuck for Grad Nights because they had already advertised it. But they were under no obligation to do anything beyond that. I guess they are doing it as an attempt to justify even the scaled-back expense, as well as a cheap way to create advertising buzz without spending further money.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

To be fair, that wasn't the original plan...

I don't know. You don't bring an undercooked turkey to the table at Thanksgiving. If it is inedible, you finish cooking it or don't serve it at all.

After riding that ride, I would have rather not seen it at all...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I don't know. You don't bring an undercooked turkey to the table at Thanksgiving. If it is inedible, you finish cooking it or don't serve it at all.

After riding that ride, I would have rather not seen it at all...

Agreed, like I said, the mistake was to open it to the public beyond the already advertised Grad Nights. Matt made the right choice in my opinion by sacrificing Rockit to get Space open in time (accepting the fact that completely pulling the plug wasn't an option). So I don't think you can add this to the "they cheaped out" mistake list with Pooh and Pirates. Doesn't mean it's not a mistake, just a different kind of mistake.