Originally Posted By spacejockey >>What will happen when a cannon pinches some child's finger?>> Maybe the cannon can be controlled by a foot pedal or something.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "Anyway, everything sounds cool, but I'm still not sure how I feel about it. The peaceful calm of that area will certainly be lost...yet at the same time it will breathe new life into TSI." Good point. It will be strange to walk by Rivers of America and see big cannonball splashes coming up. It will certainly add to the chaos of the crowds. That area just keeps getting busier and busier, and this will add to that. Basically, ever since Fantasmic the riverfront has never been the same. I still love the area, but I do think it's just going to be noiser and busier than it ever has been...oh well.
Originally Posted By friendofdd >>>Maybe the cannon can be controlled by a foot pedal or something.<<< I'm sure they will be considered, but the old fort rifles operated for decades and, because of one injury, were removed.
Originally Posted By dresswhites it will be interesting to see how they will do the splashes. the canoes do not run on a track, if they paddle over a splash, that wouldn't be good.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer First off, there are areas of the river off limits to the Canoes, including a large area in front of the stage (they have barrels in the water marking off the area. Plus the edge near the Fantasmic! seating, you could put some splash devices in the area, plus aim them to keep the people walking on the pathways from getting wet. And you could have a device in the canoes that would signal the devices to not work when in the area. As for extending hours, very unlikely, maybe earlier in the morning, but they need the time to switch over to the Fantasmic! show, and plus, there isn't much lighting on the island for night time use.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros For a safe trigger, they have a similar effect in TDS. They have cannons in the fort that you can "fire" and they just make a cannon noise. To keep it fairly realistic and also safe, they have a rope-like fuse sticking out of the back end. When you pull on the fuse, it acts like a trigger and makes the sound effect. I'm sure something similar will be worked out for the island, as they already have the design built and operating in a different park.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Through the wire that had to be routed through the river, around the Fantasmic! equipment, under the Twain/Columbia track, onto shore, under about 100 feet of concrete pavement, up the side of an existing building and back onto the roof where it will reach a chimmney. I think the best way to do this would be some sort of wireless signal. They could even use a radio signal, it really doesn't need to be that high tech to make it work.
Originally Posted By berol They have the infrastructure already for wires under the river. They might even be able to use one that's already there. Theoretically, they could use phone lines, tho I don't know of any phones over there.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 They could also just have a second CM in the NOS buildings. Kind of like the unseen CM for the Sword in the Stone thing. The first CM on the island makes a big deal about the guest aiming the cannon at the NOS rooftops. He tells the guest "aim for that red chimney over there..." and directs the crowd's attention to that chimney and tells everyone to watch. The guest fires the cannon, a little smoke comes out, and 3 seconds later, the CM in NOS makes the chinmey "collapse."
Originally Posted By avromark ^^^ Great now how will I be able to experience Sword In The Stone with the same amazement again.
Originally Posted By Pirate Mickey >>This sounds fun!!! I also like that they are keeping some of the Tom and Huck theme!<< ----------------------------- Don't believe everything that Disney tells you. They still like to treat Disney fans like gullible clods who will buy anything. Just like they want us to believe that POTC will not turn into the Jack Sparrow Ride, little by little. Yeah right. --------------------------- Pirates begin ransacking the island by David Koenig "Of course, that didn't mean they changed their plans to completely remodel the island into a pirate-themed playground, complete with performances by Jack Sparrow, the Bilge Rats, and the Boot Strappers, interactive special effects, act-like-a-pirate lessons, and a full-scale stunt show on the Fantasmic stage, visible throughout Frontierland as well as New Orleans Square. For now, the caves, bridges and treehouse will remain, but will be redecorated and laden with piratey special effects and activities. "Forget the ((river pirate)) theme that has been mentioned by the park," said one insider. "It will be a ((Pirates of the Caribbean Island.)) The paper (O.C. Register, which published Disney's literary justification for the change) ***swallowed Disney's smokescreen hook, line and sinker.***" ---------------------------- Believe this. Disney is very "Happy" by treating Disney fans like "Dopey".
Originally Posted By gadzuux Give it six months, the hoopla will be over, and TSI will still have been the recipient of millions of dollars in upgrades. Not a bad thing.
Originally Posted By patrickegan 2.4 Ghz radio control slam dunk and the chimney goes down, that’s the easy part.
Originally Posted By patrickegan 2.4 Ghz radio control slam dunk and the chimney goes down, that’s the easy part.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<Don't believe everything that Disney tells you. They still like to treat Disney fans like gullible clods who will buy anything. Just like they want us to believe that POTC will not turn into the Jack Sparrow Ride, little by little. Yeah right.>> You're one of those clods who doesn't believe man landed on the moon, right?
