Get It Done!

Did you ever go to your favorite department store with a long list of things to pick up, only to find that almost every department was under construction? Perhaps the entire front of the store and half the garage was included in the make-over so that you had to park several blocks away and make your way down a fenced serpentine walk-way to a tiny entry on the side. Once you got inside, you were still confined to fenced-in paths, just like everybody else. Maybe the escalators and all but one elevator were fenced off. And it turned out the only departments that were open were Ladies Socks, Pickles & Relish, and Toys for Children 100+. I suppose that would be fine if all you needed were socks, pickles and a birthday present for Great-Grandma. But would it be fun...?

Okay, I exaggerated a little, but that disappointed, claustrophobic feeling is what I’ve been feeling this past year whenever we go to DisneyWorld for the day. First, large swatches of Hollywood Studios were blocked off as they built Toy Story Land and Galaxy’s Edge... and rebuilt the security measures at the front gate. That meant a long walk from the greatly expanded parking lot around all the fenced off area to get passed through security so you could line up like sardines in a tin to go through the gate. They still don’t have the Chinese Theater open again.

Now they are working on TomorrowLand in Epcot. ALL of the central section of TomorrowLand is under construction. The rides around the edges are... supposedly... open, but when we went there the other day, ALL the attractions in The Land Pavilion had ‘technical difficulties’ until 9:45. When we got out of there, there was no way to walk across the central section to get to the rides on the other side. (You had to walk around the edges of the ‘donut hole’, either back to the front gate and up the other side, or around the lagoon side and down the other side.) Happily, it was 11:00, so we walked around the lagoon so we could say we had at least walked a mile that day.

I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but when I want to go someplace fun, a major construction zone is NOT the first place I think of. Why can’t they do one building at a time, get it done, and then move on to the next piece of the project?

And what’s up with the Guardians of the Galaxy ride? It’s been under construction for what, 2 years now? And still another year to go? Sheesh!