and then post it on WDW’s twitter feed? can you post comments their? I don’t do any of that stuff
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Somehow I’m hearing this followed by the opening notes of Hotel California.
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OMG dying.
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More testing last night, probably will be a regular ongoing occurrence till it actual opens.
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So it’s not Stargate and Tacos it’s Compass and Great Gravity Screen?
IDK I will be fully transparent and say I’m not even open to being positive about this thing at this point.
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My thing is just…why would they build barges they can’t move out of the way? I would REALLY love to know the story of how this decision was made, the reasoning behind it, & who thought it was an Excellent Idea!™️
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It sounds like the original intent was they would move in and out and so that’s how the entire thing was designed.
Someone, evidently higher up the chain than the imagineers, put the kabosh on that (partly because the barges do not have enough internal propulsion to move without a great deal of time and effort involved) and so here we are
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I think it is a case of the Imagineers trying to create something grand and spectacular and then handing it over to the folks in Park Operations, who are stuck trying to make it work.
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And let’s face it, you know the budget was cut. This is what happens when you get into a project and have your funding pulled.
^^^^^ This is what I’ve heard from different sources.
The original remit was that the barges would be pulled into place each evening. Then when it was realised that it would take quite a while to do that for four barges and the centre piece twice a night, (given the lack of propulsion) the ops / higher ups balked at the amount of time the bridge would have to be up for. So the only other option was to leave them in the lagoon 24/7.
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Len and Jim talked about this on this week’s podcast.
Read elsewhere that CMs have been called back for Cirque du Soleil according to Ear for Each Other FB group (that’s the furloughed CM FB group).
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The “we will share very soon” is new as of today!
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Omg!!! I would love it if cirque du Soleil came back (even just previews) for our June trip:crossed_fingers:t2:
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Well there is the second quarter earnings report at 4:30 PM today.
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I assume if CMs are being recalled then the Cirque performers must have already been rehearsing the show, whether modified or not. And the CMs will be the front of house staff etc, not the technicians and so on, correct?
If that’s the case maybe June is possible.
Having said that, I thought Cirque had filed for bankruptcy either pre or post Covid. Maybe they just shelved most of their shows but maybe kept Vegas and Orlando going for now.
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I believe it has been on the website and I know I was listening to a podcast last month that said the opening date was announced?
Changes are happening!
They’re parking every space now.
And ToT is filling every row and there’s no plexiglass.
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