Walt Disney World Railroad Refurbishment

[Goofyfan]

At my ripe old age (no comments!) I can do without Space Mountain, and we've never been a family to enjoy the railroad much (except that one time we used it to get around the parade crowd on Main Street), so I don't think this would impact how we enjoy Disney. However, my girls LOVE Space Mountain and missing it would be a major disappointment for them. I don't remember the refurbs going on in other parks at the time, but am doubtful they would be silly enough to have all the thrill rides down at once.

1. I feel your pain in the ripe old age dept. LOL
2. Using the train to bypass the parade traffic...... What an awesome idea. Will have to try that one.

[Brian845]

They are fixing the Adventureland Bridge and the swing bridge. Additionally, they will be doing some work on all of the stations, and replacing quite a bit of track.

From the sound of it three weeks is going to be a narrow window to get all that work done in. I would wonder if they are planning on working 24/7 on this.

As for the timing, it makes perfect sense to me. All the refurbishments are done during the slowest times of the year to cause the least amount of inconvenience. That's not just Disney but pretty much the goal of every theme park. Free dining is just one of the perks they throw in to keep the RFID readers green (have to think of something new now that the turnstiles are a thing of the past). From personal experience, I was down in Aug. 19-27 of 2011 and it was starting to thin out during the week I was there. You could tell the summer was ending for WDW and when I got stuck down there for the hurricane until September 1, I was able to see the parks transform from summer to Halloween. By the first of september it was empty in the world.

Would that I didn't have a job and could stay until that Thursday when Continental had us rescheduled to fly home.

[Len90]

Another thing I just wondered is will people still be able to enjoy watching the parade and fireworks from the train station on Main Street.

Would that I didn't have a job and could stay until that Thursday when Continental had us rescheduled to fly home.

Dunno. I was with jetBlue and that was the soonest I was able to get back. Kind of tough to get on something when you are the last flight cancelled due to your plane landing 15 minutes after the airport's slated closing time. Everything to and from NY area is running at capacity as is so it gets tough fitting people in.