Originally Posted By leemac <<A vulture, connotative of death, and your impending doom with the Yeti.>> Very true - although the primary reason was as a distraction - to focus the guests' attention whilst the track switched behind them. It is a shame that Vekoma couldn't cut their track-switch time that would have minimized the impact of the visual cues.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros EE, I thought the robots in the Star Tours queue were geese, from the quartets at the beginning of each act of America Sings. The vultures (Boot Hill Boys) from the western segment of the show ended up at the bottom of the big lift on Splash.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> Bird on a stick can be mighty tasty during Food and Wine Fest ... as part of a supposed E-Ticket, not so much. << <<Didn't you use to get free tastings of Bird on the Stick, but now it cost $18.95, and it's a smaller portion?>> Yes. Because guests demanded they pay for something once free. Just ask Andrea Finger (that is her name, not just what she is giving to guests/fans). ~Publicity hacks have no pixie dust!~
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >>Can I have your autograph?<< <<Sure. But first you have to wait in line to color with me at my meet & greet. ;-)>> I dunno ... Al Lutz sez your meet and greet might not happen ... course he's saying it well after many other Spirits have, but what do we know? ~I can't stay in the lines!~
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<There are also vultures in ST (robots) and of course, in Splash. ;-)>> And the Jungle Cruise!
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Very true - although the primary reason was as a distraction - to focus the guests' attention whilst the track switched behind them. It is a shame that Vekoma couldn't cut their track-switch time that would have minimized the impact of the visual cues.<<< Yep, but I think the Bird on a Stick isn't as bad as people say. >>>>EE, I thought the robots in the Star Tours queue were geese, from the quartets at the beginning of each act of America Sings. The vultures (Boot Hill Boys) from the western segment of the show ended up at the bottom of the big lift on Splash.<<<< The geese are the G2 droids that talk to you. ("Is that your husband? I'm sooo sorry.") The vultures sit on a ledge right on top of the ate to enter the boarding area to your Star Speeder. Tey chatter at you.
Originally Posted By Anatole69 So anyways, I am still wondering why they can't fix the steam special effect of the attraction. If anyone knows, I would appreciate it if you told me. - Anatole
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer I think they got worried that the steam caused things to rust so they added in a different, secondary system.
Originally Posted By Lee hisownself The steam from the trains works most of the time. It's generated right there next to the station and pumped up from underneath the track and through the train's "engine." What was switched off, for no good reason, I'd the icy mist in the ice cave between the lift and the broken track.
Originally Posted By hopemax I thought they switched it off because it kept triggering a sensor that would stop the ride? Is that just an internet fan-wank?
Originally Posted By Lee hisownself Yes. It was causing some minor rusting to some metal in the structure. Instead of figuring out how to make it work, or coming up with an alternate mist method, they just disabled it altogether.
Originally Posted By Manfried How do you come up with an "alternate mist method?" I mean water is water. It's going to cause rust.
Originally Posted By Lee hisownself There are ways of using a more fog-like method that would work. In any case, the rust that the mist caused was not really a serious problem. They just erred way over on the side of caution. Mummy is full of mist. Everest can't keep ANY working. :-(
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Mummy is full of mist. Everest can't keep ANY working. :-( << Doesn't the Matterhorn have mist? It did when I rode it years and years ago. If they can do mist on the Matterhorn what the hell was the problem with mist on Everest?
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <If they can do mist on the Matterhorn what the hell was the problem with mist on Everest?> The Matterhorn is 14,692 ft high, and Everest is 29,029 ft high. So it must be the higher elevation that causes the rust issue.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan "Mt. Everest is so high up and cold, that birds have been known to actually freeze in flight, unable to land or fly away, they remain suspended in place in the thin atmosphere." -- Excerpt from "Bird on a Stick and Other Disney Backstories" published by Hyperion.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer ^ To add...Vultures do that especially...they "hover" and circle over their prey.
