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Originally Posted by anaheimboy
Lets just hope this summer season and holiday seasons prove to be strong. My cousin who is a Manager in Merchandising on Main Street told me she had heard that if money figures are high this year there is a slight possibility of some of that work starting sometime next year. Is it true? I have no clue, but it would be nice. At least they installed those new planters into the Cement Desert Center of Tomorrowland.
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If figures are high the rest of this year, then yes there is a definite possibility! It needs to be done soon in order to make ST a viable operation again: that's why they're starting with the basic building repairs that have to be done before they can start in on the "big stuff". The refurb is something that ideally should have been done years ago, to capitalize on the release of Episodes I, II and III: the ideas were put in place back then, but unfortunately ST remains one of the few attractions in the park that is passed over again and again at refurb time. (For one thing because it is going to be such an expensive project!) But Star Tours as a whole has gotten to the point where it can't pull in the numbers it needs to justify its operation anymore. (Similar concerns were the reason they wanted to take Astro out altogether! At one time, Astro was a six-CM operation. Over time, it's been whittled down to two CMs, and they STILL can't justify the cost of operating it.)
So hopes are high that
something will begin happening soon. Here's hoping for REALLY high numbers this year so that it won't have to wait until after the bulk of the DLH refurb.
