EpcotServo's Mar. 26th KINGDOM Update: Night Rider

Ohellooo! How's it going? Spent a nice late evening during Kingdom's extended hours last night, and I bring you back dark photographs and worded reports! Gonna' get right too it.

MAGIC KINGDOM

-Crowds were medium, then dropped to light after the Fireworks at 9.

-Space Mountain is still rough and clunky. ALOT of work to be done, that's for sure.

-At Big Thunder, the Family and MAGIC favorite POSSUMS are back, and now SPIN! Yes, they're motorized and spin around, making them impossible to hit, but feel closer then they are. Really cool, thanks Disney!

-Also at Big Thunder, our ride timing was SO perfect: we went right into the last helix JUST as Wishes had it's grand finale, as if it was timed to the Fireworks. The whole train started screaming and clapping, and it was great!


-Overall, the rides and park looked pretty good. Most everything seemed to be in working order and looked fine, save for rickety Space Mountain and the still-missing hats on the Hat Pirate at the end of Pirates of the Caribbean.

OK, that's all. On to the Pictures!

Enjoy!


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EpcotServo's Mar. 12th EPCOT/Studios Update: These are your Friends now

Hey there! Time for another one. This time we got a little EPCOT and a little Studios, so let's right down to business!

EPCOT

-Crowds were light. Posted wait times were SPACE at 10, Test at 40, and Soarin' unverified. Really very pleasant!

-Test Track as a bit of "OnStar" audio tacked in after the Thermal Image, not sure how long that's been there.

-Flower and Garden preparation all around.

-Universe of Energy is still closed, quite a lengthy rehab for one of the most reliable of the complicated rides.

STUDIOS

-Crowds were heavy, park hours extended from 9 to 10. PLEASE return Fantasmic to daily shows, this one day packing is killer!

-Like it or not, I hate to say that Idol seems to be a hit. Hundreds of people sitting outside on the ground watching the Finale Show from outside. Needless to say, it's kind of a testament to the power of Americans to watch reality television when they're willing to waste 45 minutes of their vacation watching it on a big screen TV. Sad really.

-23 is now featured in One Man's Dream.

OK, that's about it. On to the Pictures!

Enjoy!


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EpcotServo's March 3rd STUDIOS Update: AROUND

Greetings Programs! Got WAY too many pictures and some news from yesterday, so let's jump right too it!

STUDIOS

-Crowds were light! Around peak time, 1:00, Coaster was a walk on in the Single Riders line, and Tower was a walk on as well. Even Midway Mania was only around a 40 to 50 Minute wait, much shorter depending on how many Fastpasses were coming in from time to time.

-UP has been added to the Animation Gallery, very cool.

-Great news, the Mickey Ave. sign is back! Now it can be said that Midway Mania took away nothing of great value.

-The droid that's being worked on in the Droid Room was SMOKING a great deal. I mean just bellowing out every crack it has. It worried me, I've never seen it do that. After some digging, it turns out it IS an actual effect though it never works, and it's only supposed to come out at one part of him. So they must've fixed it, only to miss a crack in the line meaning that the entire droid filled with smoke instead of just coming out of one part.

-They've replaced the Wall gobos at Muppets so they look like walls again, and not not burn marks. Thank you!

-Had spotty Audio in one of the Limotrains on RNR.

-In the RNR Fastpass/Singles lobby they've added some LED lights to give the room some changing color. Nice!

-In the Waiting area after that, all of the new HANES shirts shadowboxes are MIA. Interesting.

-The Tower's new lighting, as discussed in the Minor TOT news thread, looks great! Still creepy but you can see it clearer now.

OK, that's it. On to ALL the pictures!

Enjoy!


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