“Please remain seated, this ride will be begin motion immediately.”

[Twirlnhurl]

It is common in theme parks to use a recorded safety spiel when common events occur. However, recorded spiels do not often grab the attention of guests the way a live person spiel does. So in many attractions, the operator is instructed to spiel live in addition to the recording.

Additionally, when the ride returns to motion, it is common for the operator to indicate the ride will return to motion immediately. However, I have never been on a ride with that announcement pre-recorded.

Finally, Spaceship Earth is a ride that does not have any physical restraints to keep guests in their seats. So it is more urgent that the mischievous guest be reminded frequently that they haven't been forgotten.

As far as a why the operator would talk over a recorded safety spiel, sometimes the recorded spiels play automatically at a given interval. So the operator may have started the spiel not knowing the recording would complete with them.

Or they could just lack a sense of showmanship. I've seen both.

 

[Skeiner]

Why is it necessary to have a cast member and a pre-recorded spiel say this? I was just on Spaceship Earth and we stopped 3 times. Each time we began moving again, a cast members told us to remain seated followed by the prerecorded spiel. They actually talked over the pre-recorded spiel the third time. Why even have it at that point? Wouldn’t one or the other cover Disney in a lawsuit? Why have both?

Ummm, the obvious here from a past monorail pilot, cast members want to here their own voice.

 

[larryz]

Ummm, the obvious here from a past monorail pilot, cast members want to here their own voice.

Well, I hope they speak up, as I'm hard of hereing.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Well, I hope they speak up, as I'm hard of hereing.

Aren't we all!!!! I haven't had a good hereing for years!

 

[danyoung56]

Have you ever heard a herring?

 

[larryz]

Have you ever heard a herring?

Yeah, I heard of 'em...

 

[Goofyernmost]

Have you ever heard a herring?

Weren't they the backup singers for Phish?

 

[SirWillow]

I remember at Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion, they don’t have the “please remain seated. This ride will begin motion immediately“ announcement. I had to look up a video to see if I was remembering correctly and I was. Why are they too good for it but we aren’t? :,(

It's pretty close when it says, "kindly remain seated, we will continue our journey momentarily." I wouldn't consider that different enough to make a difference.

 

[Yert3]

It's pretty close when it says, "kindly remain seated, we will continue our journey momentarily." I wouldn't consider that different enough to make a difference.

That’s true, but I was talking about a cast member saying it. It breaks the immersion when they do it, in my opinion. They should get Corey Burton in the booth to record the spiel the cast members currently do.

 

[HansGruber]

We were on BL Space Rangers, the ride stopped and a CM repeated the same message 4 times in a row. I forget how she phrased it but the message itself was confusing, I couldn't tell if the ride was going to start immediately or if we were going to be there for a while.