Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Yes you do have to be there to experience it in person before you get to use adjectives to describe it, sorry that's the rules, I didn't make the rules, but this is how the rule is written.
Originally Posted By oc_dean But you have to say it like Yul Brynner did in the Ten Commandments - "So, it is written!"
Originally Posted By Dznygrl I didn't mind the thumping floor so much when it happened during the battling/explosions, but during the music it was just distracting and lame! The worst part was that it wasn't even in synch with the beat! It also made me laugh to see all the people around me thumping up and down in their chairs. So silly.
Originally Posted By capteoyes "oc dean, how can you call it an "annoying" thumping floor when you've never even experienced it?!" Oh trust me, it is annoying. And yes, it was still there when I went a week ago. (Friends keep wanting to go on) What are the wait times for EO for Spring break? Im guessing 2 shows at least. On a related note, I was told Tough to be a Bug theater holds 500 persons! 9 minutes per show! So at 5, maybe 6 shows per hour, Bug must be the greatest theoretical hourly capacity attraction out there! Still a great movie, btw. Holds up well, was great 3d before Avatar.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I had the lovely experience of seeing Captain EO tonight, and the floor still thumps. For a while, it feels like it's on the ands of 2 and 4, so it kind of fits with the music, but then it just goes random. I think part of the problem is that the floor is too big for any specifically timed motion. As one part of the floor moves, it ripples across to the other side, which means that it's never going to sync up exactly. The film itself seemed to be in decent physical shape (no real dust or debris), but still not quite as good as the print we saw at MuppetVision (which was the best I've ever seen, did they switch to digital, or was it just a brand new print?) The story was pretty weak, and the characters were awful. Writing was terrible, and the special effects have not aged well. Combine that with the woefully out of date fashion choices, and it was a painful, yet hillarious, experience. We're planning on a return trip soon, just to see the epic rediculousness again. We went on just after the fireworks ended (we were in the hub and made it over in time to be loaded directly into the theater), and I'd say it was about 1/3 to 1/2 full. Nowhere near capacity, but way more than I've ever seen with HISTA. Other guests seemed to have the same reactions as us, which makes for fantastic people-watching at the exit of the film!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <So at 5, maybe 6 shows per hour, Bug must be the greatest theoretical hourly capacity attraction out there! > No way they could do six. That would only allow one minute to "unload" everybody, including people who move slowly, get the theatre clear, then load everybody in and get them seated properly. The unload and re-load would take at least 3 minutes combined on average; add that to a minute show and it's a 12 minute cycle. More like 5 shows an hour I'd think, and if every one was completely full, that would be 2500 theoretical hourly capacity. Which is excellent, but still below the biggest people-eaters.
Originally Posted By danyoung I'd say the load/unload cycle is MUCH longer than 3 minutes. I'd give 1 minute to mostly empty the theater, and then maybe 4 to 5 minutes to load the new audience. Add 9 minutes per show and you have around 15 minutes per cycle, which feels pretty reasonable to me.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Probably right. It always seems like once you sit down it's a couple or few minutes before they start. Even 4 shows an hour would be 2000 THC, which is still good. In practice, of course, it hasn't even needed to be that high at DCA or DAK when I've been there (maybe when it was new at DAK, and maybe if the DCA changes pack in the guests. If DCA starts getting more crowded, it's good to have a pretty good people-eater like that available.)
Originally Posted By Dabob2 < but still not quite as good as the print we saw at MuppetVision (which was the best I've ever seen, did they switch to digital, or was it just a brand new print?) > Really? Last time I saw Muppets the print was pretty bad. Nice to hear they may have improved it. I like the Bugs show better than Muppets, though.
Originally Posted By Bellella The thumping floor was only slightly off beat. But you've got to consider how hard it is to sync something so big to what you see and hear. I love Captain EO with or without the moving floor.
Originally Posted By Bellella P.S. I went there during my Spring Break last Sunday, and the queue was stuffed all day. I was lucky to get in at all.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance You know how when your washing machine gets too much on one side and it starts going out of control and making loud sounds and thumping all over the place? That's what I always think of when I read all of these Captain EO thumping floor posts.
Originally Posted By cheesybaby <<Yes you do have to be there to experience it in person before you get to use adjectives to describe it, sorry that's the rules, I didn't make the rules, but this is how the rule is written.>> Constance - next time Dr. Hans complains about something, ask him when was the last time he experienced it...
Originally Posted By capteoyes Ive been to DAK and seen Bugs to have 30-45 minute waits recently in the very busy season. That attraction is smack dab in the middle of the park. Girl at Bugs told me they get in about 5 per hour. I would put it 3rd next to pirates and mansion, people eater wise.
Originally Posted By mousermerf "About 5" means they usually get 4 shows in an hour when they're busy, sometimes 5 if they can get people to hustle. "Most ridden" attraction was for a long time Spaceship Earth but that bumped by pirates after it came back from refurb with enhanced loading and dispatch. Spaceship's upper limit is 2400 per hour, so that's the high bar set.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Just to give ou an idea, most omnimovers do somewhere near 2000 riders an hour, as do most boat rides, as does most everything in Epcot. But the further back you go in time and the smaller the ride you get smaller numbers, usually by about 500 per hour, until you get to some of the flat rides that are only 500 or sometimes only 300 per hour.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Westsider, isn't the THRC for Pirates somewhere north of 3,000? And wasn't it always? Also, I think the THRC for the PeopleMover was one of the highest ever, though in practice it never had 4 people per car, all cars, except when it was very new and they actually bothered to load it that way.
