MerlinTheGoat
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Of course it's an opinion, so is your comment about the ride. I don't care what anyone else thinks, I think Toy Story Mania is a bad ride. People are free to like whatever they like, the only thing this attraction did for me was make me regret having waited in line to ride it (and I didn't wait long, 5 minutes and it still felt like a massive waste of my time). My idea of a fun Disney experience is not waiting in a long line (the queue is actually the only good part of the ride IMO) only to have the end result turn out to be a mediocre video game disguised as a ride. Even as a huge video game player myself, shooting at video screens doesn't impress me with regards to a Disney ride (and if I wanted to play such a meh video game i'd just go an buy a copy of the adaptation for Wii/360/PS3). Even less impressed by the absurd standby lines it consistently commands of often 90+ minutes (which has immensely less to do with the inherent quality of the ride, and more because of the crippling lack of other kid friendly non-thrill rides at the park). Probably my least favorite "ride" at WDW.
And you know it's going to happen, these things breaking and remaining that way for a long time has become an inevitability, not even a hypothetical scenario. That's not being cynical or pessimistic in the slightest, the proof is scattered all over WDW property. In the past couple of years, even the newer figures such as the Beauty and the Beast projections have gone down for a substantial period of time apparently. I don't know what they do for Lumiere when he malfunctions (perhaps hide him behind curtains), but the solution for the wardrobe was to put a frilly looking bag over her head. One does wonder what will become of the dwarfs when their faces inevitably go out for some time. If they leave them be, we'll be stuck with the nightmare fuel of faceless/mouthless dwarfs. Or perhaps they'll put burlap sacks over their heads so they end up looking like pint sized redneck serial killers... Either way, unlike how some people can ignore a stationary AA due to not knowing any better, no one with working eyes can ignore that there's a problem with it. And i'm not sure any quantity of pixie dust can cover up the nightmare fuel that is a faceless/mouthless Dopey figure with jagged diamonds sticking out of his eyes.
The weird thing is that the older projection effects on Haunted Mansion are incredibly consistent. At least back from early 2012 and before when I visited last. I've ridden Haunted Mansion a ton too. And while the newer projection effects inside the ride tend to be hit or miss (especially the recent revisions to the hitchhiking ghosts), the old classic effects such as Leota and the singing busts have never not worked when I rode (never seen them switched off and the clarity is always excellent). Not sure what's up with that, whether they were better designed originally or they're just better maintained. Tons of other projections across WDW property are common to see in various states of disrepair. Whether they be in POTC, Soarin or the new FLE attractions.
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