Submarine Ride Opening Date in Doubt???

[innerSpaceman]

NEVER believe an announced opening date. Sometimes they are met, sometimes not.

Splash Mountain had no less than four separate opening dates, and eventually opened almost a year after it was supposed to.

Much more recently, Space Mountain ver.2.0 opened ahead of the original schedule, when construction was beefed up to make the 50th anniversary ... and it did!


No one's going to be able to provide a firm date for the Subs. Adding to the usual construction unknowables is the constant problem of WATER (and the fact that the Matterhorn might sink into the earth at any given moment).

[Mary Blairiffic]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

(and the fact that the Matterhorn might sink into the earth at any given moment).

The Matterhorn could sink into the earth??? Ummm... are you having a laugh? Or is this why the blasted ride is closed for refrubs almost every single time I visit?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Mary Blairiffic

The Matterhorn could sink into the earth??? Ummm... are you having a laugh? Or is this why the blasted ride is closed for refrubs almost every single time I visit?

There's a long running rumor that the reason they insisted on keeping the sub lagoon filled with water for so long, even without an operating attraction, is that the Matterhorn is built on some sort of sinkhole that would be in eminent danger of collapse should the stabilizing pressure of the lagoon disappear.

We all, of course, know how silly that is. After all, if there really were a sinkhole, how could they have built the chamber beneath the Matterhorn that houses Walt's frozen head? The lagoon, of course, is the reservoir for the liquid cooling system that maintains ideal cryogenic temperatures. They weren't able to work on the subs until the technology to cool the room without the large water supply could be perfected.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

There's a long running rumor that the reason they insisted on keeping the sub lagoon filled with water for so long, even without an operating attraction, is that the Matterhorn is built on some sort of sinkhole that would be in eminent danger of collapse should the stabilizing pressure of the lagoon disappear.

We all, of course, know how silly that is. After all, if there really were a sinkhole, how could they have built the chamber beneath the Matterhorn that houses Walt's frozen head? The lagoon, of course, is the reservoir for the liquid cooling system that maintains ideal cryogenic temperatures. They weren't able to work on the subs until the technology to cool the room without the large water supply could be perfected.

Don't they use the cooling pond over at DCA when the lagoon is empty? I thought that was one of the main reasons for building DCA. DCA is just a front for the cooling pond.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

There's a long running rumor that the reason they insisted on keeping the sub lagoon filled with water for so long, even without an operating attraction, is that the Matterhorn is built on some sort of sinkhole that would be in eminent danger of collapse should the stabilizing pressure of the lagoon disappear.

We all, of course, know how silly that is. After all, if there really were a sinkhole, how could they have built the chamber beneath the Matterhorn that houses Walt's frozen head? The lagoon, of course, is the reservoir for the liquid cooling system that maintains ideal cryogenic temperatures. They weren't able to work on the subs until the technology to cool the room without the large water supply could be perfected.

That is so ridiculous. Where do you come up with this dribble??


Everyone knows Walt's frozen head is in a hidden chamber under Pirates of the Caribbean! Or at least it was until the Depp AAs controll center took it over!