Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>We don't know if the video Kevin shot was an isolated incident. Perhaps the scene was down for only a few minutes - we have no way of knowing.<< It said in the article that he rode in the morning and the AAs weren't working, and this video was taken on a ride in the late afternoon. Another thing to consider is that this scene isn't just in Splash Mountain, it can also be seen by the passing cars of the railroad. You'd think that they would give it high priority, as it is so visible and such an important part of the attraction. I guess I can understand that they may not have wanted Splash and Big Thunder closed at the same time, but at a certain point they just need to bite the bullet and do what needs to be done. I've heard that TDL has standards for attractions and if certain effects aren't working, the attraction won't be open until it is fixed. I would assume that the Disney-run parks have similar standards, but given this instance, I really have to question if they do. It's not something minor, like a door between rooms in a darkride, it's the centerpiece of a headlining E-Ticket's grand finale. If that's not enough to close the ride until it's fixed, I wonder what is.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA You can assume and wonder all kinds of things... Maybe Kevin Yee dreamed it. Maybe the attraction hadn't been powered up yet. Maybe, like the recent Jungle Cruise commercial, the animatronics on the riverboat were taking a break and didn't know that a log with guests in it was passing by. Whatever it is, it's bad show.
Originally Posted By tashajilek "Maybe, like the recent Jungle Cruise commercial, the animatronics on the riverboat were taking a break and didn't know that a log with guests in it was passing by." LOL.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< I've heard that TDL has standards for attractions and if certain effects aren't working, the attraction won't be open until it is fixed. >>> Gee, I wonder where they got that idea from? <<< I would assume that the Disney-run parks have similar standards, but given this instance, I really have to question if they do. >>> They USED to.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Perhaps the scene was down for only a few minutes - we have no way of knowing.>> It was down for at least 3 days.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Maybe, like the recent Jungle Cruise commercial, the animatronics on the riverboat were taking a break and didn't know that a log with guests in it was passing by.<< LOL! Sometimes the simplest explanations are right there all along!
Originally Posted By Manfried <<Maybe, like the recent Jungle Cruise commercial, the animatronics on the riverboat were taking a break and didn't know that a log with guests in it was passing by.>> Hilarious. Maybe they're on strike, refusing to move until they get fresh oil. I can see the headline in the Orlando Slantinel now...Robots strike, demanding oil change!
Originally Posted By HMButler79 ""I've heard that TDL has standards for attractions and if certain effects aren't working, the attraction won't be open until it is fixed."" I can't IMAGINE where they got THAT idea from. Umm.......maybe from the way Disney ran the parks from 1955-2000 under Walt, Roy, Nunis, Lindquist, Dominguez, and Green. And then.......Al and Meg came in.....
Originally Posted By Donny We were just at the park last night and rode splash Mountain.The music was off in parts and alot of the audio was staticy,I notice a couple of the AA's still down in the boat scene .We will head to the park tonight and take video of what we see.
Originally Posted By Donny Just came back from the park and we rode Splash. There still seems to be parts where the music is just not there and at times it's a little staticy but all the AA's did work.
Originally Posted By standor I remember reading in the birnbaum book in the early 80s, that the property and parks were painted on a regular basis, and the light bulbs were changed before they burnt out. On our last trip, there were many lights out on main street before the nightly parade. There was garbage all over the place and some of the cast members were rude. In the early days, if a person dropped something, it was picked up bfore it hit the ground.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros In the early days, it seemed like guests also had the decency to not drop things, and keep their hands to themselves. Now it seems that anything within arms reach has been touched and worn down by every guest. With the recen push of interactivity, I wonder if they're just making the problem worse, encouranging people to touch and abuse any props they can get their hands on.
Originally Posted By irishfan >>In the early days, it seemed like guests also had the decency to not drop things, and keep their hands to themselves. Now it seems that anything within arms reach has been touched and worn down by every guest. With the recen push of interactivity, I wonder if they're just making the problem worse, encouranging people to touch and abuse any props they can get their hands on.<< Its funny you should say this as I reread my "Disneyland: Inside Story" book this week (A great book by the way), and one of the stories was regarding Adventure Thru Inner Space. A few months after opening the attraction was in a shocking state as everything was within arms reach and the public trashed it. After their experience with it, the imagineers coined the phrase "envelope of protection", so for all future attractions nothing could be within arms reach.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Anyone remember the Goofy Movie. They lampooned non Disney attractions by having an as gopher attraction where everything was broken and the audio was out of sink. At the time ,it was the way of underlining how Disney was better than everyone else. How sad it is no longer the case. That said, our infamous last trip to wdw, the year Nemo debuted in the Living Seas and Everest opened, that was our experience. Major scenes were down in Potc, Splash Mountain, country bears, iasw, carousel of progress stuck in the same scene 3 times and the father looked like he had a broken neck), buzz, spaceship earth, living seas, universe of energy, great movie ride, expedition Everest (8 months post opening, not even disco mode, just pitch black). I love aa's and I was so disappointed. Even my MIL who is not very observant remarked at how the maintenance in Paris (the park with the worst reputation in the Disney universe) is better maintained. That is aside from the bus problems, hotel issues, POP warner issues and dining issues we had. As many know, I came away feeling ripped off and have not been back since.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Even my MIL who is not very observant remarked at how the maintenance in Paris (the park with the worst reputation in the Disney universe) is better maintained. <<< I would say that Disneyland Paris is currently better maintained than the Magic Kingdom. Friends of mine just returned from a trip to DLRP and according to them the park looks so much better compared to last year before the refurbs started. They also say that there are still some issues like Star Tours, the bad condition of some toilets and of course some buildings still need fresh paint, but in general the park looked well maintained and clean. Of course it's off season, but that even during that time the park can look pretty bad. They didn't stay onsite, so they don't know about the shape of the Disney hotels.
Originally Posted By tashajilek It's really funny that during the busiest time of year WDW seems to have better maintenance. Do they just ignore things during off peak seasons?
Originally Posted By Donny I have to admit that when I look around the parks and I see some of the new stuff does not seem to have the same quality of the old stuff.Example. Madame Liotta head has always amazed me so why is it that the new bride seems to be a smooth screen for a face ? When you look on how cool the Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure is at Epcot still ,why is it the new sorcerers of the magic kingdom seems like it just slapped slightly interactive screens and no cool hidden moving stuff when you get it right. and I could go on and on
Originally Posted By HMButler79 As long as guests are getting in and out that's all they care about....
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Here is a video of the Tokyo Disneyland finale of Splash Mountain for comparison <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsJsBOAav5A" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...sBOAav5A</a> The video Kevin Yee took is kind of disturbing, in that the AA's are in odd positions, with necks off to the side. They look dead...so, yeah, very bad show. And if this was like that for days, or weeks even, that's terrible.
