It seems that what I have been reading the 7DMT is out of service just about every day for some reason. Is this correct or am I just reading basically the same thread over and over. we are going in November and hope all kinks are worked out.
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rob0519
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Still unacceptable in almost all businesses. If a financial services company needed to update it's backend hardware or software or even the front end customer facing software, breakdowns and kinks on a day basis would eventually get someone fired. If a car manufacturer put out a model with a defective ignition switch...oh wait. Forget that one. No matter what, after two plus years of design, construction and testing, multiple daily breakdowns of your flagship attraction or product is unacceptable. In any type of business.
Disneydreamer23
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Yes You have heard the truth!
cw1982
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CM's aren't supposed to tell guests what the problem is when a ride shuts down. While we were there, I heard whispers about problems with a sensor, but no confirmation from anyone who could officially confirm.
I noticed the same thing as I have been watching the wait times on the Disney app in preparation for our upcoming trip. A real bummer to see it "temporarily closed" so often.
HRHPrincessAriel
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It rained every single day last week for hours. It was closed quite often in the afternoon because of that.
Ongoing discussion here:
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/seven-dwarf-mine-train-needs-some-help.885420/unread
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/seven-dwarf-mine-train-needs-some-help.885420/unread
This would be true if there was a long term testing period simulating actual operating conditions. But could imagine the outcry if the 7DMT operated with full loads of only test subjects for three months?
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Goofnut1980
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I just don't get how a small roller coaster is built with "kinks" It's not like it does death defying loops and go 200 mph... Its a small steel coaster like what they made in 1955 for DL and probably doesn't go any faster than Matterhorn either...
Looks like I'll just use fast pass and hope for the best.
rob0519
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The attraction was years in the making. Three months of testing, if that is indeed what would be required to get it right, wouldn't be out of line. Obviously, a project management decision was made that opening as soon as possible was more important than operational quality. Trade-offs like this are made in businesses every day based on the type of risk management is willing to accept.
kap91
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Yet is the case when any new ride opens. Things need tweaking, unanticipated situations occur and the ride has to be shut down temporarily to investigate or address. And there's no good way to test for a lot of it without opening the ride.Not ideal, but it's not anything new either. Problems with financial services software don't kill people if they malfunction.
Heck pirates closes at least once a day. It was practically a year before The Mummy was able to be ridden with any predictability. Also It's sometimes show issues as well - which if they ran the ride with those you'd have people complaining about show quality.
bethymouse
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Wow- that's a shame, but not entirely surprising!