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It did used to move. It was last in operation during the summer of 2001. It uses a cable-drive to move along the track and was put out of operation when the cable broke. The design caused the cable to fall directly on the track below and could have seriously injured someone had a vehicle been...

Each main animatronic goes down every two years or so for a rehab. The carnotaurus will be right where it always is - it may or may not be covered up, but the lighting sequence is altered so that it is hidden in darkness. They have a spare carnotaurus head that is complete from the neck up...

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I think that most of the older rides (especially the ones at MK and Epcot) were run from a central location in their parks. The main reason was probably that the computers were so big and couldn't be installed and maintained as easily in the field. The newer rides mostly have all of their...

Can anyone who has been to M:S recently give me an idea of what the queue length has been? I haven't been there since it has been opening at 1pm; before, it seemed like the 4pm opening was a bit after the peak crowds had left Epcot. What is the best time of the day to go now?

It's there at the Studios.

Yes, there is a corporate lounge. It is on the right side of the building and can be seen from the walkway between Test Track and M:S. From the outside, it looks like a two story glass wall. During preview last week, when the line was 2 hours long, they were using a portion of the outdoor...

I'm 6'5 and I had no problem fitting in M:S. I don't know how much extra space I had, but I never felt cramped in the pod at all.

During the early days of spaceflight (1950's-60's) NASA tested some of the early astronauts in centrifuges up into the 15-20g range for extended periods. Also, another experiment tested an Air Force pilot up to almost 40g for a very brief time, though not on a centrifuge. Of course, these were...

I was there today, too. The wait was posted at 50 minutes when I got in line, but it did end up being about two hours. A couple things I noticed today: 1. The inside queue is pretty short. I spent 3/4 of the time in line outside, fortunately most of it is in the shade. This problem will...

If there is an AP event, it will most likely be well after soft openings begin. It takes time to plan such an event, and they will need to be sure that the ride is in full working order to guarantee capacity. If there is to be an event, I would speculate early August.

In addition to the queue actually being designed with Fastpass in mind, the Fastpass computer is linked to the ride control computer. On all the other rides, there is no direct way for Fastpass to know at what capacity the ride is actually running; if a ride goes down to less than full...

I was in the parks yesterday and saw them at several stores. I doubt you'll have any problem finding them.

Tonight, 4/28, there was a party going on in the Mission:Space courtyard. All the nearby walkways were blocked off so I couldn't get close, but I could see maybe 30 people walking around the planets. Also, tonight was the first time in a while that I've seen the ride's marquee sign lit up...

Never going to happen. Never. With the recent push for safety and some of the incidents that have happen out at Indy, the old profile will never return. Besides, outside of this board, 99.99% of the people in this world have no idea it was ever changed. The real point here is that kids love...

The video of the Iguanadon at the end of the ride was a stop-gap measure to 'end' the ride after the actual animatronic was cut for budget reasons. There was supposed to be an Iguanadon sitting in the area where the big mirror is right before entering the station, but it was deemed to cost too...

Sure it did.... for the better part of two years. The reason it doesn't anymore is that the effect's cable drive is poorly designed and Dinosaur maintenance decided they weren't going to continue fixing it until WDI redesigned it. It is, actually, a safety issue, because the cable had a...

I don't know if they're available in the parks yet, but the only resort that currently has them are the All-Stars. They'll be rolled out to the other resorts over the next month or two. From what I've heard, they are loaded with up-to-date info when they are sold.

I know this isn't interesting, but I heard it from friends at Dinosaur last week.... They have installed sensors in the seats of two vehicles (#1 and #10) that detect when someone is sitting in that seat. If, at any point during the ride, the vehicle sees that the seatbelt in any occupied...

I was working at the main entrance of Animal Kingdom on opening day. For most of us working there (at least in my area), it really wasn't much of an event. At that time, the park had essentially been open (for cast, media, and resort previews) for well over a month. I remember watching a...