Originally Posted By alisserae Last night we went to MK on a whim and decided to ride POTC. At the end, we were both wondering "What the heck was that?" Through the first half of the ride it was like the soundtrack was stuck because all we could hear over and over very loudly was "Yo Yo Yo Yo" and then as our ride continued there was no sound coming from the majority of the animatronics. the one character we could hear was "Don't tell them Carlos!" Okay, so I'm trying hard to give operations the benefit of the doubt. I mean, they don't go on the attraction during the day, so it's quite possible they have no clue that it's flippin' out inside. But when we get off and the CM says "Thanks for riding our tripped out version of POTC" we realize they do know it's messed up, they've just decided to keep it running. Now where is the sense in that? I could maybe, maybe, understand keeping it open if the park was at capactiy and they needed somewhere, anywhere to dump guests. But it wasn't. We walked right on to several attractions. IMO - Bad show, terrible show; to keep an attraction operating that is misperforming. And not just one or two broken animatronics but every scene was out of whack. Your thoughts? Would you have kept it open or shut it down?
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Open.... But I have no idea why it could not have been fixed immediatley. That is just weird.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey I thought it was closed for rehab, to add Sparrow and Barbarosa - have they already added the characters and reopened it? It is bad show, BTW - I would've closed it.
Originally Posted By alisserae ^^^It was temporarily reopened to accomodate the Spring Break crowds. The new effects aren't running yet.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire ah i shouldve read this before i posted a new topic lol. at least i know my answer now that yes it was opened
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney It's very bad show and goes against years of Disney SOP. But it's typical of what I would expect from the current management at WDW, which believes you can't shut down attractions even when you're totally reworking them. They don't care because they'll get far less complaints opening a half-assed version of the attraction than having it closed.
Originally Posted By leemac Ops wanted it reopened due to the insane crowds in WDW right now. I haven't had the chance to ride it yet but they needed the capacity. I'm surprised they opted to reopen if a lot of stuff isn't working properly. WDI hadn't done much since the attraction was closed so I'm purplexed as to why these problems have arisen. WDI won't be back on-site until April 30.
Originally Posted By dizneed If the attraction is not up to par, then it should definately stay closed. It leaves a bad memory for first time guests.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<"Yo Yo Yo Yo" and then as our ride continued there was no sound coming from the majority of the animatronics. the one character we could hear was "Don't tell them Carlos!" ?? Has there EVER been much talking by the animatronics on POTC?? Not that I remember (except of course for the famous "We want the redhead!" sequence). Maybe I need a hearing aid.
Originally Posted By jkayjs I guess I have questions before I'ld assume it was just bad show. Did it stay open after you got off and did anyone mention it was acting up before you got on? If the answers to these ?s are anything but yes then these are my thoughts. Perhaps the attraction sound track went wacky after you were loaded on it and they found out from the guests the exited before you. The comment by the CM would probably have been an attempt at humor in that case, not a condoning of knowing they were presenting a substandard show. If indeed they knowingly presented the show as you saw it that is bad show and there is no excuse busy or not. The one thing that sets Disney apart from the other entertainment venues is the story so without it you could be anywhere. And that being said Disney knows that so I'm sure it was corrected. Just my thoughts.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <<<"Yo Yo Yo Yo" and then as our ride continued t.............< Sounds like they're installing Randy Jackson instead of Johnny Depp
Originally Posted By Boardwalkbum >>Sounds like they're installing Randy Jackson instead of Johnny Depp<< Watch for Barbosa dunking the magistrate and telling him "this is how we roll".
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA If the show elements are all messed up, ops is supposed to shut it down. It could have been just a temporary thing...
Originally Posted By Labuda Trippy - Carlos is the mayor or whoever the dude being dunked int he well is. The "Don't tell them Carlos!" is what his wife is yelling down from the window IIRC.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Trippy - Carlos is the mayor or whoever the dude being dunked int he well is. The "Don't tell them Carlos!" is what his wife is yelling down from the window IIRC.>> I guess I was so distracted by the red-head that I didn't hear any of the other dialog. I love red-heads. My wife is a red-head.
