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Overhead tracks in Seuss Landing
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ogryn
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Sylvester McMonkey McBean's Very Unusual Driving Machines
Find out more on this here: http://www.ioacentral.com/islands/s...key_mcbeans_very_unusual_driving_machines.htm
Find out more on this here: http://www.ioacentral.com/islands/s...key_mcbeans_very_unusual_driving_machines.htm
shopgirl146
New Member
Why didn't they ever open the ride?
shopgirl146 said:
Safety reasons....it would be hard to evacuate the ride if needed.
I don't understand why though....Legoland California has a similar attraction (can't remember the name, it's been a while since I was last there) that looked exactly the same as SMMBVUDM with no easy way to evacuate.
WDWFREAK53
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NemoRocks78 said:
I really think there was more to it than that. (Although, I do feel that was a reason also)
From what I've pieced together of what the attraction was supposed to be...it was almost a "bumper car" style monorail. Where the cars would speed up and slow down and "bump" into each other.
I think this caused a safety issue with the restraint system they had. (Little kids alone in a car that "bumps" high up...not a good combo.)
hawkkid011790
New Member
i take it this ride will always be just a decoration for SL
Figment1986
Well-Known Member
5the station and ride was built and never completed.... They have a few ride vehicles built with mock-up characters rising in them every so often...... The queue is masive, infact the Grinch's Cave is the lower section.....
hawkkid011790
New Member
Think, sadly ten years from now that same ride will be up there but in total disrepear
DarkMeasures
New Member
I say since Disney had built similar attractions, (peoplemovers and EMVs) Universal Creative should go begging to Disney asking them to fix the problem. IoA needs a new ride. This one would be the cheapest to open.
wishiwere@wdw
Well-Known Member
I tend to believe that the walkways are too soft to support a cherry picker to evacuate the ride. That is the reason most employees and those "in-the-know" have been given. The ride vechicles were built (51 of them) and the station was completed but there is no way to get people off in the case of an emergency.
Also, unlike a skyride, this would have electric power being delivered to the car which could result in fire. Without emergency access below, the ride could never open.
Ever notice how some of the walkways in IOA have a spongy soft feel to them? This is why they would get destroyed by a cherry picker driving on them.
Also, unlike a skyride, this would have electric power being delivered to the car which could result in fire. Without emergency access below, the ride could never open.
Ever notice how some of the walkways in IOA have a spongy soft feel to them? This is why they would get destroyed by a cherry picker driving on them.