Originally Posted By Roger55 ^^ The robotic arm technology has already been operating at Legoland in Carlsbad, CA since last year too.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I rest my case. The only technology Disneyhas not given us in the USA is Hunny Hunt/Aquatopia's trackless system, which is NOT to be confused with Universe of Energy/Great Movie Ride's thin cable decoder on the ground type technology.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I was under the impression that if Disney uses the Robocoaster technology, they would "plus" it by having the robotic arm assembly move on a track. Anyway, I am seriously doubting they will built such an attraction; not until the design can handle more capacity, and the pricetag comes down.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Robotic arm on a track... Hmmm... Interesting, but I think the puke factor would increase to 178.4% chances per guest per every 10 minutes.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss The other concern I have about the Robocoaster concept is, how would they disguise the vehicle to look like something other than a robotic arm? I guess I am not thinking outside of the box, because I can't picture how they might do it.
Originally Posted By Roger55 You only have to disguise it if it is visible to other riders or Guests. If the whole system was built in a show building "dark ride" style, with proper lighting, even the riders themselves would not see their own robotic vehicle.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN The riders on this gizmo usually face away from the robotic arm, for what I have seen of it so far.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss But you still have to make the whole vehicle look like something when it's in the loading area though, yes?
Originally Posted By Roger55 No, you could just have "windows" or openings in a wall that only allows the arm to push up to a loading area. I will try to dig up my pics of Legoland and post them to give you a better idea about the robo-arm technology.
Originally Posted By mrichmondj << The only technology Disneyhas not given us in the USA is Hunny Hunt/Aquatopia's trackless system, which is NOT to be confused with Universe of Energy/Great Movie Ride's thin cable decoder on the ground type technology. >> I'd like to see this technology in the U.S. I expect we'll see it in WDW before DL, however. The California amusement park rules only define rides with tracks, and building a trackless amusement ride would open Disney up to serious liability issues if there were a mishap -- that is if California would ever permit the ride to be built at all under the current ride restrictions.
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney The Incredibles attraction is supposed to use the Robo-coaster technology, but I too have my doubts. More concerning capacity than anything. But this is something Disney is very serious about. And back to the original topic, I have heard a lot of apologist talk, but I've yet to hear one good reason for WDW ignoring its 30th and -- now -- 35th Anniversaries.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Just because you haven't heard one doesn't mean one of them hasn't been good. I happen to believe it's because they focused on a different event back for the 30th (the 100 years celebration) and will favor Epcot's 25th instead of WDW's 35th.
Originally Posted By leemac <<And back to the original topic, I have heard a lot of apologist talk, but I've yet to hear one good reason for WDW ignoring its 30th and -- now -- 35th Anniversaries.>> One question LDD..... don't you feel that WDW is suffering from celebration overkill? So many LP-ers complained bitterly about WDW "hijacking" DL's 50th.
Originally Posted By mrichmondj << And back to the original topic, I have heard a lot of apologist talk, but I've yet to hear one good reason for WDW ignoring its 30th and -- now -- 35th Anniversaries. >> So if they have a small ceremony on the anniversary date, is that still ignoring?
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>One question LDD..... don't you feel that WDW is suffering from celebration overkill? So many LP-ers complained bitterly about WDW "hijacking" DL's 50th.<< I'd like to answer that too if you don't mind (and even if you did..tough) That is why I am so frustrated with WDW. They come up with all sorts of excuses (mostly bland ones) to have all type of stupid celebrations. But when it comes to do some actual celebrations that pertain to the resort, the choose to neglet. To me, it just shows the lack of care towards WDW, that is so evident in other areas as well (maintenance for example) I find the whole thing to be quite sad really. Thank God for OLC stepping up to the plate to celebrate thei parks. That should be consolation enough. Screw WDW if they don't feel it deserves a little recognition of it's own.
Originally Posted By leemac I think the point is that Average Joe in NJ, TX or London isn't going to give two hoots about whether it is WDW's birthday. What they do care about are new things to do. 100 Years of Magic gave us three new parades (although only Jammin' Jungle is any good), HCOE gave us LMA!, Soarin', EE and the awful Cinderellabration. That is what the average guest cares about.
Originally Posted By leemac I know people love to bash WDW for not adding anything new in their eyes but it has been a pretty busy year or so. In addition to the HCOE stuff we still have The Seas with Nemo & Friends and Finding Nemo:The Musical upcoming.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I think the point is that Average Joe in NJ, TX or London isn't going to give two hoots about whether it is WDW's birthday.<< Again Lee... that's my gripe. They should amuse us locals as well, not just the tourist. For us the local market, seeing the same old things at WDW can get tiring rather fast! That is why a little temporary aniversary celebration would not hurt the bottom line and would amuse us locals. But frankly... in all honestly, with all of the new stuff going up at WDW in the foreseeable future... why not add some "WDW 35th anniversary" banners around, and then pass off all of the new stuff (Nemo show and Living Seas etc) as part of an anniversary celebration. I understand they do not want to spend on new parades and the like but do at least what TDL did... change the music and mood of the parade with a slight theme variation. I would appreciate they tried.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<They should amuse us locals as well, not just the tourist. For us the local market, seeing the same old things at WDW can get tiring rather fast!>> DL is a little fish in a big pond, but WDW is a HUGE fish in a little pond. I don't think there is a large enough local fan base to justify an event aimed at such a small market. <<I understand they do not want to spend on new parades and the like but do at least what TDL did... change the music and mood of the parade with a slight theme variation.>> See above. TDR is a little fish in a huge pond. They have literally hundreds of thousands of fans to draw on... those parks can support all those celebrations.
