Originally Posted By pitapan16 I went on Pirates 3-weeks ago and noticed on both times I rode the lights throughout the Bayou had been turned up dramatically enough to where I could see the ceiling and other things I don't want to see. Hope they turn it down, thats a big part of the magic.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros What time of day did you ride? Often, at night much of the things that are hidden during the day become more readily visible because your eyes are already adjusted to the darkness pretty well. During the day, it takes a few minutes to get completely aclimated, so you don't notice all the stuff, even though the lighting levels are the same.
Originally Posted By Bellella Whenever I go into the Pirates, it's as though I'm really in a bayou, since I can't see the ceiling. It's the same way day or night, and I love that illusion.
Originally Posted By pitapan16 Whenever I go into the Pirates, it's as though I'm really in a bayou, since I can't see the ceiling. It's the same way day or night, and I love that illusion." -Ditto. The Bayou is dark night and day. Dark enough to never see the celing no matter what time of day or night you enter the attraction.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Wait, are you telling me we really aren't in a bayou? Oh no! >>> What amazes me is just how realistic the AA's are on POTC. Every time I float by what's supposed to be that restaurant on the bayou, I swear that the AA's that are positioned at the tables as if they were eating a meal look just like real people. How do they do that?
Originally Posted By Nobody pitapan16, FerretAfros asked you a fairly simple question. Would you be so kind as to answer?
Originally Posted By pitapan16 At night and then at Daytime. I've been on Pirates probably over 150 times in my life so I know the difference between the light setting in the bayou that has been such for years and the last time I rode in November. I was just wondering if that is still so, If anyone else is keen enough and has been on the ride enough times to tell the difference.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "Would you be so kind as to answer?" Yah, I guess. I wasn't there at the same time, so I really have no idea if the lights were turned up. I was on it a few weeks ago and didn't notice anything different. From my personal experience, however, it does look quite different when I go on it after its been dark outside for a while. I don't have any information as to a reason that they would turn the lights up, so I was offering a possible reason that it might have looked different. Just trying to help figure it out and get the discussion going, but, as with most of these discussions, the hard facts are pretty hard to come by.
Originally Posted By Manfried Unless you took in an actual light meter, what you see, or think you see, in terms of the brightness of the lights is purely subjective. Every time I've eaten at the Blue Bayou I've been able to make out the ceiling, whether its day or night outside, after my eyes have gotten used to the darker inside. And in the 90s, you could easily see the ceiling.
Originally Posted By kmsandrbs One of the things I love about POTC, is how any time I ride during the day, I'm surprised when I walk back out into the daylight.
Originally Posted By Marlin Perkins >>During the day, it takes a few minutes to get completely aclimated....<< Unless you enter DL when it opens and run for POC, chances are, you're going to be waiting in line, inside, for more than a few minutes. Just sayin...
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight I have noticed a change in lighting as well as water levels in there. sometimes it does seem a little brighter than other times. Mostly not though. It's not something that bothers me in the least, because I'm not going there to nit pick it, and even if I do notice a change,it's no big deal. I've been on it hundreds of times as have others and go on it simply because it's fun.
Originally Posted By Manfried The water level cannot change unless there is a breakdown, and then the ride cannot operate. So Lady Starlight, I think you are a little errant in your post. There can be very minor changes in the water levels, but it is dependent on how many boats are in the bayou and waiting to unload.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Well, I am sure others have noticed that the water is sometimes higher than other times. It's not something that bothers me at all,I just notice it sometimes. There are places throughout the ride that the water level is sometimes up to a certain mark and others times it falls below it. It's really no big deal. Just an observation is all. <<There can be very minor changes in the water levels, but it is dependent on how many boats are in the bayou and waiting to unload.>> Thats a good reason for it, but it's still noticeable to some that go on it alot. Not nit picking at all, as I said ,just an observation. As for being errant, I don't see how I was. I was just saying that someitmes we notice things that others don't on rides. It's not anything to gripe about for most. I go on the rides for pure enjoyment,but notice things change sometimes due to going on it so much. It's the same with missing characters in POTC or the the apple changing from the donkeys mouth back to the bowl from time to time. Wich doesn't happen anymore . But those who go on it alot, notice things like that. It's fun.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Just the same as when you ride on a ride sometimes it seems to go slower than other times. Some notice it and some dont. It doesn't ruin it, unless you let it.I am not one tohave anything ruin my ride. They are just fun to go on and let your daily cares be tossed away for a few hours.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Some see the light as brighter and dont like it and others see it brighter and like that they can see thier surroundings and how things work in the rides. It's all perspective.
Originally Posted By MomluvsDisney Ok I did have a friend once who thought it was the real sky, because she only rode it at night... (I was never sure I bought her story, but who knows??) I love the ride, it is cool in the summer and a great down time ride to rest a bit and enjoy. A few months back, my DF & DD & I were on the ride and they let us ride twice because the ride was empty. So we had the boat to ourselves and got to make rounds twice!! It was spectacular...especially since there was no one in any of the boats around us either. Talk about having a personal ride!!
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Those exit lights are WAAAAY too bright...oh wait...wrong ride. And a few years too late
Originally Posted By Westsider I haven't worked Pirates much this year, but the fixtures behind the Bayou scene were replaced a few months ago. They are just flourescent tubes with blue colored gels over them, and WDI has been experimenting with different sets of blue gels. If you eat at the Blue Bayou, watch for shadowy figures walking along the back wall. Those are the Pirates CM's going to lunch or the restroom. It's the only way in or out for CM's, and has been that way since 1967, although it was once taboo to run through there according to the old timers. The construction of the Indy queue in '94 now prevents CM's from using any other access to facilities.
