Originally Posted By jonvn Oh lord, I once had a huge argument with an idiot CM online about them draining the sub lagoon...he insisted that it was true, and I was trying to explain why it was insane and not true. But hey, he knew better...
Originally Posted By u k fan They'd fixed the Matterhorn problem by the time they drained the lagoon, however if the CM's don't say goodnight to Marguerita the Spider Goddess as they leave each evening they return the next day to find the whole thing covered in web!!!
Originally Posted By SuperDry How about the one that someone posted here a few months ago about them being able to drain POTC in 30 seconds in the event of an emergency.
Originally Posted By SFH The Matterhorn sinking rumor is explained here: <a href="http://home.flash.net/~kpellman/Underground.html" target="_blank">http://home.flash.net/~kpellma n/Underground.html</a> SFH
Originally Posted By Dabob2 When I was a kid, I believed the one about the HM having an original version that was so scary that someone had a heart attack, so they toned it down and reopened it later. I believed that, because a kid at school said he rode the original version. And it was REALLY scary. Then another kid said he rode it. And it was REALLY scary. Then another kid. Then another kid. Now, this "original, scary" version was only supposed to be open a few weeks before the alleged heart attack, so even as a kid, I started thinking "what are the odds all these guys had gone on it..." Also, their descriptions of what was so scary about the original didn't exactly match.
Originally Posted By monorailblue I have a friend who is certain that a the sister or brother (or cousin?) of a close friend of hers fell out of a Space Mountain rocket and burned to death on a light fixture. This was the story she told in about 1988. I believe she truly believes this happened. Sheesh. My favorites recently are on a certain website (reverse "lies" + "disney" without punctuation). They are hilarious.
Originally Posted By dresswhites ok, so how long does it take to drain pirates or splash. do they drain t hem every day? really curious about this actually.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I would guess that they leave them full at all times. If they were to drain them daily, they would need a holding tank to keep the water, since that's a lot of water to keep clean for a day only to dump in the sewer. The holding tank would have to be prohibitively large, so I don't think they would drain it. For reference, the tidal pool in front of the Pacific Wharf in DCA is actually a well-themed holding tank for Grizzly River Run. There is no real reason to drain either of thes attraction on a regular basis, so I would be quite surprised if they did. It would just take a lot of time and energy every night and morning to get it done, and with little lasting effect.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I believed the one about the HM having an original version that was so scary that someone had a heart attack, so they toned it down and reopened it later*** LOL. That's a GOOD one. Keep em coming folks!
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <When I was a kid, I believed the one about the HM having an original version that was so scary that someone had a heart attack, so they toned it down and reopened it later.> Heard that one too when in grade school. Did you grow up in Southern California, Dabob2?
Originally Posted By Mr X There was this similar urban legend about how crowds at Tokyo Disneyland would stampede into the park every day at opening and one day some older gentleman was run down by the stampeding crowds and had a heart attack. Er, wait. Nope. That one's true. (scary, huh?)
Originally Posted By SFH Splash Mountain was designed so that if the water pumps are turned off, gravity drains the water from the flume into a reservoir. Once the pumps are turned back on, it takes several minutes for the flume to fill and for the water to stabilize. Pirates was not designed this way. During non-operating hours, it stays full of water. SFH
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <Heard that one too when in grade school. Did you grow up in Southern California, Dabob2?> Yep. SG Valley.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I remember as a pre-teen, talking to a custodial cast member who told my brother and me that there was a basketball court inside the top of the Matterhorn. We thought he was just putting us on. Turns out -- there is a small half-court basketball set-up for Cast Members inside the top of the Matterhorn.
Originally Posted By pecos bill I think the whole Haunted Mansion thing was because in the beginning they were using live costumed characters who would jump out from around a corner and scare the snot out of you. Of course, we all know about the human ashes in the mansion, as well as the bullet hole disguised as a spider web. There was the kid who snuck into the park and lived in the Indian village next to Rivers Of America. I dont suppose you have heard of the feral chickens who escaped from the farm area and have been surviving on their own for all these years?
Originally Posted By jonvn "I think the whole Haunted Mansion thing was because in the beginning they were using live costumed characters who would jump out from around a corner and scare the snot out of you." They only did that for a short time in the 80s.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "Turns out -- there is a small half-court basketball set-up for Cast Members inside the top of the Matterhorn." I always love when people ask me if there is a basketball court inside the Matterhorn. I always give them a look like they're insane and say "Of course not! It wouldn't fit in there! That's just silly! It's a half court." It always seems to get a chuckle out of people who are expecting it to be completely false!
