Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure Construction Discussion
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If you point me at the pictures, that is the reflection of the sky on the water, not the color of the water.
This is a newly filled pond. Very soon the sediment will settle and the water will appear as dark and clear as all the other bodies of water in the resort.
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Geez, that water looks like the East River. Wouldn't be surprised to see a magical creature's body float by every so often.
We are aware the water is still a part of a construction site, right?
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Heh, consider Orlando fortunate it's not Cleveland's Cuhayogha River, that was so polluted it caught fire a number of years ago.
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^Lol this. Just like when it rains and the runoff creates muddy water, the same applies here. Brian is right, give it til the next time Bio buzzes over the site and prepare to see a big difference in "water quality".
The main point being that it isn't green but like everybody is saying, it's not long filled and in the middle of a construction site.
Yes unless Everest still holds the title. Still on the subject, I'd have thought for sure that Tron would have cost over $100 million.
Triple that number and you'll be close.
Tron is going to cost more - as a clone - than GotG is from reports i've heard on price. And GotG ain't cheap.
I just can’t wrap my head around that cost.
Martin has said that both Tron and GotG are in the range of $300-350M.
Of course WDW does like to build in the cost of other things like the tomorrowland makeover and probably the speedway changes into bigger projects like Tron. They've also done a lot of work changing the retention ponds for Tron as well to even make it a feasible build.
Even so, it's just a ridiculous number.
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OMG the construction site is still dirty and it's only a few months before opening day...
Rest assured the water will be dyed and treated, but not with chlorine.
Rest assured the water will be dyed and treated, but not with chlorine.
Yeah, this is one of the last things they are worried about as it's an easy thing to do.
At least GotG has most likely many special track features and animations.
Tron is just a figure 8 coaster in a box with generic neon lighting. I'm sure the stupid outdoor section covering costs a bit, and ruins rides during the bright daytime. People gripe about Universal not being fully immersive, yet a coaster that takes place in a computer flying outside for a good chunk is perfectly fine.
$350MM should build the most amazing coaster on the planet. TWICE.
I've never understood Disney's ride prices.
The only thing that would make their numbers reasonable is if they rope in all kinds of maintenance + refurb costs in a ride's cost in order to make the number as big as possible for marketing reasons. That way, the "Tron coaster" ends up being Tron + TL redo + backstage maintenance and "GotG coaster" ends up being GotG coaster + new Epcot entrance.
The only thing that would make their numbers reasonable is if they rope in all kinds of maintenance + refurb costs in a ride's cost in order to make the number as big as possible for marketing reasons. That way, the "Tron coaster" ends up being Tron + TL redo + backstage maintenance and "GotG coaster" ends up being GotG coaster + new Epcot entrance.
When you build rides as slowly as Disney, labour costs are going to be ridiculous.
I would guess that Tron's price tag includes all the other work required with relocating the canal, expanding the pond, building the retaining wall in front of the park for the berm/railroad tracks, rebuilding the railroad tracks, etc, etc, etc. There is a lot of prep work going into making this happen. Of course it will still run over budget and they'll have to cut a bunch of the bells and whistles anyway (like the upgrade to the raceway they had planned originally).
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