I don’t know what attraction they would put there, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they gutted it to expand the Trading Post that is next door. It seems a little far from Splash Mountain to use it as a Tiana related feature, like a snack shop or something. So I’d bet on shop expansion.
But honestly, WHY would it be an extra cost in the first place? It’s so strange, given it doesn’t have consumables and all other attractions are included in admission (ignoring fast pass stuff). I never knew there was a fee! On our trip last week, we stopped in for the first time to check it out and I noted the “free” sign and thought it was just part of the Frontierland theming.
I think these were around in the 70s and 80s as a pre-fab attraction because there were two very similar in Australia in the 80s that we used to play when we were kids. Maybe it just needed a coin to get it started back in the day? It’s a shame because if it gets taken out as there’s very few “fast” fun attractions at the Disney parks. Everything seems to have a 30-45 minute time applied to it. This was just silly fun.
It was a website glitch that they didn’t put the full schedule back on when re-opening it for the 50th. It’s not closed or scheduled to close. This article is wrong, but amazed to watch people get fired up over an attraction that just recently opened up and nobody seemed to care about has been closed for the past year.
They didn’t. This article took a website glitch and assumed the worse. It’s open today and the website lists it as available for the foreseeable future. This article just made an assumption based on the website, sought out no confirmation for its speculation and just ran with it.
I blame both. Chapek is certainly involved, it’s naive to think otherwise. Iger only returned because the board was uncomfortable with Chapek taking charge during covid
Well some comments say it’s closing is an error, that’s good. However if replaced, it will still be a shooting gallery but the targets will be the latest things that offend the woke and the top 5 hit will be blasted on social media to be canceled.
Hi. I concur with the suspicions of WOKE-related closure. It seems there is NOTHING the very poor leaders of WDW will do to satisfy the PC crowd, regardless if the claims of WOKEdom are true or not. I hate what WDW leaders are doing to the Magic Kingdom (i.e. Splash Mountain) and especially how they are ruining one of the most attractive theme parks in the world (Epcot). And, by adding so many politically-motivated changes, they are quickly removing the “magic” feeling of WDW. Very sad…
Imagine getting this fired up and partisan over a faulty article about an attraction that isn’t closing at all but wasn’t listed due to an already fixed website glitch.
This post is wrong. Disney announced it was a website error caused when they reopened the attraction for the 50th. It’s now listed as available.
I love my Disney parks blogs but they can be incredibly irresponsible in take a tiny bit of information and making massive conclusions here without any effort to confirm their assumptions as in this case. The arcade is open as indicated on the website for as long as you can tell.
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JMH
I don’t know what attraction they would put there, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they gutted it to expand the Trading Post that is next door. It seems a little far from Splash Mountain to use it as a Tiana related feature, like a snack shop or something. So I’d bet on shop expansion.
But honestly, WHY would it be an extra cost in the first place? It’s so strange, given it doesn’t have consumables and all other attractions are included in admission (ignoring fast pass stuff). I never knew there was a fee! On our trip last week, we stopped in for the first time to check it out and I noted the “free” sign and thought it was just part of the Frontierland theming.
Adam
I think these were around in the 70s and 80s as a pre-fab attraction because there were two very similar in Australia in the 80s that we used to play when we were kids. Maybe it just needed a coin to get it started back in the day? It’s a shame because if it gets taken out as there’s very few “fast” fun attractions at the Disney parks. Everything seems to have a 30-45 minute time applied to it. This was just silly fun.
Mickeymouse3
Probably a woke thing and going the same direction as Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam. Paycheck and D’amara have to go!!
Brian Hester
It was a website glitch that they didn’t put the full schedule back on when re-opening it for the 50th. It’s not closed or scheduled to close. This article is wrong, but amazed to watch people get fired up over an attraction that just recently opened up and nobody seemed to care about has been closed for the past year.
Chris B
Again Disney with the weird random decisions. Why celebrate a 50th anniversary by closing down something thats been there for 50 years?
Brian Hester
They didn’t. This article took a website glitch and assumed the worse. It’s open today and the website lists it as available for the foreseeable future. This article just made an assumption based on the website, sought out no confirmation for its speculation and just ran with it.
Philip
There was actually real 22 caliber used here back in the day. 70s. Barrel was chained to front counter so it couldn’t be swung around
Dbert
BBS. Not live ammo.
Forced air sent the projectile down range.
Same system at Disneyland.
Tim
Noooo I hope it stays. Love the Shootin’ Arcade!
Barb
WDW is being destroyed by Chapek. He needs to be gone!!!
Dennis
This is not chapek. Executive chairman Bob iger is still in control of disney.
Sue
Next thing you know they will
Change the name. Why not they change everything else. Not the same Disney from 50 years ago.
M
Chapek and D’amaro have got to go!!!!!
Dennis
Executive chairman Bob iger is still running the company. Dont blame chapek.
Glen Roberts
I blame both. Chapek is certainly involved, it’s naive to think otherwise. Iger only returned because the board was uncomfortable with Chapek taking charge during covid
Kieth Kayman
Well some comments say it’s closing is an error, that’s good. However if replaced, it will still be a shooting gallery but the targets will be the latest things that offend the woke and the top 5 hit will be blasted on social media to be canceled.
Ken Brenner
Hi. I concur with the suspicions of WOKE-related closure. It seems there is NOTHING the very poor leaders of WDW will do to satisfy the PC crowd, regardless if the claims of WOKEdom are true or not. I hate what WDW leaders are doing to the Magic Kingdom (i.e. Splash Mountain) and especially how they are ruining one of the most attractive theme parks in the world (Epcot). And, by adding so many politically-motivated changes, they are quickly removing the “magic” feeling of WDW. Very sad…
Brian Hester
Imagine getting this fired up and partisan over a faulty article about an attraction that isn’t closing at all but wasn’t listed due to an already fixed website glitch.
Brian Hester
This post is wrong. Disney announced it was a website error caused when they reopened the attraction for the 50th. It’s now listed as available.
I love my Disney parks blogs but they can be incredibly irresponsible in take a tiny bit of information and making massive conclusions here without any effort to confirm their assumptions as in this case. The arcade is open as indicated on the website for as long as you can tell.
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