Originally Posted By SGE_lvr Well does dinosuar at DAK break down as much as indiana jones in disneyland ca
Originally Posted By DVC_dad I have been to DL only 4 times since Indy was built. One of those 4 times it was closed for repair. I have been to DAK ... OMG! I lost count a couple years ago at well over 30 semi-annual (every 6 months or so) times at least...over the course of many years since Dinosaur (used to be Countdown To Extinction) was built, heck since the park was built for that matter. Hold on to your hat.... I have NEVER EVER NOT ONE SINGLE TIME EVER known Dinosaur to be closed, ever. not once.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 shhhh.....don't look now but I think this thread may turn out to be positive. btw-- love Countdown err I mean Dinosaur
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 Me too ..I have never seen Dinosaur down..it is one of my kids fav. attractions for DAK. I would hate for it to be down. This IS looking positive.
Originally Posted By leobloom Positive? Think again. One reason Dinosaur is never shut down is because it has 1% of the effects that Indy does. What's going to break down in Dinosaur, the pitch black darkness? Another reason Dinosaur is never shut down is because WDW doesn't repair many effects that break. Seems like there are some pteurodactyls in the ride that no longer swoop down, for instance? Gotta love Disney on the cheap. Especially when you're paying thousands for it.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Dino may not go down perse, but it is operating now with many effects inoperable. Worse, when I was there recently, CMs were clueless on how to load/unload properly so folks were either missing the 'dramatic' ending ... or having it and then sitting there like the ride had gone 101 because there were backups at dispatch ... either way it was very bad show.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros There are plenty of problems at DL with Indy, even when it is running. On Monday night, it seemed like about half of the lights in the main room were turned off. It was very dark and tough to see, but it kind of added to the mystery of the attraction. When we got to the part where we stall, we sat there in total darkness (no blue spot light on the rafia this time) for about twice as long as usual. Even with that, the rats still didn't have enough fog to get a convincing projection. At the very beginning, the door looked like we were getting "eternal riches" but the room behind it was definately the "fountain of youth." As for loading, we ended up with only two people in the front row of our car, and three in the back, with nobody in the middle row. That may not seem all that bad, but the line was almost an hour long, most of which was outside, due to the way that FP works there. While I have no doubt that WDW has its problems too, these are just a couple things that came to mind as differences in the last trip alone. Over the years, I feel like we've lost a lot more effects that most people don't even remember.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Worse, when I was there recently, CMs were clueless on how to load/unload properly so folks were either missing the 'dramatic' ending ... or having it and then sitting there like the ride had gone 101 because there were backups at dispatch ... either way it was very bad show << That's because of trouble makers complaining about their sunglasses getting stuck in the netting just so they can ride back to back!
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad You guys kill me. The timing was perfect. You sure your not related. you jab at each other like I do my brother
Originally Posted By SGE_lvr i agree with post 7-8-9. ive been to wdw a year ago almost (12/3/07-12/10/07) and went on dinosaur. i kno that obviously its like indi jones but everytime i go to disneyland and in the loop of temp closed rides, indiana clioses once a day at least and i was wondering since they are alike, if dino has problems but i think post 9 or was it 10 that helped me out is there anything else
Originally Posted By kennect Maybe I am wrong...I get the idea that Indie and this attraction share the same track but not maybe the same effects experienced...Is that the possible problem with Indie? Dino is rather short on any effects beyond lighting...
Originally Posted By FerretAfros They do both have the exact same track layout, but very different effects and scenery along the way. Earlier this year, Indy had problems with the programming of the vehicles, which was causing major delays every day. They gradually took each one off the line and updated their software to get them up to speed (since they had been running on the same programming since the mid 90's). I feel like that has helped them keep it open as much as possible, but there are still occasional break-downs. To my knowledge, all the the break down are caused by vehicle malfunctions, not effects that aren't working (as I've seen just about every effect not working at some point).
Originally Posted By MPierce >> You guys kill me. The timing was perfect. You sure your not related. you jab at each other like I do my brother << Nope, we are not related. Spirit is the sophisticated, dapper, very cosmopolitan type. I'm just a Texas RedNeck.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 ^^^We have caller ID at work, my phone rang, it said "Pierce, M" I got so excited thinking you had found me...... Marianne and I had a nice conversation.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Back on subject. Is Dino really like Indy? My daughter & her husband rode Indy for (they claim) 6 hours straight, couldn't get enough of it. I sat next to him on Dino last summer, he didn't look too good. Except for 1 daughter, the 12 of us looked pretty rough.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> ^^^We have caller ID at work, my phone rang, it said "Pierce, M" I got so excited thinking you had found me...... Marianne and I had a nice conversation. << I would have thought "Oh no, he's really a stalker"!
