And remember: Those are coasters, and they were all new construction.
That's a great question. Not one that I would have a lot of confidence saying yes to. But a great question nonetheless.
An even better barometer might be DCA’s tower of terror, since they only changed the drop sequence and as far as I know didn’t touch the system at all. Though that is a drop tower vs a flume ride, so it maybe apples to oranges
How would it be? The layout is the same, the station is in the same spot, so unless they actually re-timed it, which I highly doubt they'd spend the money to do, so how would it be longer?
There's little reason to think it will, they aren't altering the track layout at all from what I understand. The only thing that previously affected how long the ride lasts is whether logs get backed up. And I doubt they WANT the ride to last longer.
It might be possible to lower the force of the pumps inside the flume that that push the boats forward. Thereby causing them to move more slowly. Though I highly doubt they're going to do this. Especially at WDW, where the ride already travels at a slower pace than DL. It would also potentially come with timing challenges as you mention and potentially cause backups around the drops in particular. Would also have a significant impact on capacity. So I really don't think they'll do it.
I’m not sure the downtime cause distribution, but I know a noticeable chunk of downtimes were caused by people escaping (or trying to escape) their logs, and that won’t be fixed because you can’t fix the stupid.
Slow the water current speed down is how they could do it. Have the boats move slower through the attraction.
And bringing a two dimensional character into a 3d space can be pretty difficult. And that doesn’t take into account fitting all of the components into the body.
but why would they do that? It is one of the longest rides in the park already...Slowing the logs down also allows stupid people to try and get out of their logs....If anything I would they would try and speed things up...Higher throughput...get people to that Beignet stand!!
I didn't say they would do it. I answered how they *could* do it.
You still believe him?
This is an impossibly low number based on what we already know. The artwork for one of the early scenes shows at least 7, and with Mama Odie at the drop, that would make up the entire remainder. It’s possible there are 17 characters, but there’s no way they won’t show up multiple times.
He's dead wrong. Don't give him any more clicks.
I'm talking seconds here. Like half a min tops. DOZENS of seconds. I have little to base that belief on except that we're presumably getting two additional scenes and they can adjust current and brake gates as needed.
Their only similarity is that they're cartoony human A1000 figures of a similar size (as opposed to a realistic one such as Hondo). That's where the similarities end. Their faces don't even look remotely the same. If Tiana is a "reskin" of Belle, then the vast majority of same-model human animatronics that Disney has ever made are reskins of each other just by nature of them sharing the same generation of endo model.