News Scaffolding up at Walt Disney World's Splash Mountain

[montyz81]

Why don't they keep the ride as is, and maybe all will forget there was ever going to be a change to PaTF. I just can't imagine anyone not liking a song about going to their happy place.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

More scaffolding is up on Splash

Scaffolding at Splash Mountain - August 24 2021

Scaffolding at Splash Mountain - August 24 2021

www.wdwmagic.com

Was that brown scaffolding with the lights and wires always there? Seems like pretty bad show.

 

[James Alucobond]

Was that brown scaffolding with the lights and wires always there? Seems like pretty bad show.

I think it's one of the Boo Bash / Halloween Party lighting rigs, but don't quote me on that. There are others in several locations throughout the park, like along the Rivers of America.

 

[No Name]

Make it look nice on the outside, but just hope no one goes inside to see the hot mess of neglect that Splash has become.

I mean it is downright embarrassing how bad the quality of show is inside.

Honestly if they want it to look pretty for the 50th, just fix up the outside and close it down inside until it gets re-themed to whatever new IP garbage they want stick in there.

But I guess not to worry, it's down for technical issues so much these days that you won't even be able to ride it anyway.

“Hot mess of neglect”? I didn’t notice a single thing not working when I was on it recently, and I can almost guarantee the average guest who isn’t on wdwmagic won’t. The ride is definitely not in any condition where it would be better closed.

 

[Squishy]

Was that brown scaffolding with the lights and wires always there? Seems like pretty bad show.

It's parade route lighting, it always goes up every Halloween-Christmas season for some odd reason it would cost them cheaper in the long run to finally install permanent ones instead of having to take them down and up every year but classic Disney not knowing how to budget things ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[91JLovesDisney]

Make it look nice on the outside, but just hope no one goes inside to see the hot mess of neglect that Splash has become.

I mean it is downright embarrassing how bad the quality of show is inside.

Honestly if they want it to look pretty for the 50th, just fix up the outside and close it down inside until it gets re-themed to whatever new IP garbage they want stick in there.

But I guess not to worry, it's down for technical issues so much these days that you won't even be able to ride it anyway.

Could you have exaggerated any more?

 

[monothingie]

Could you have exaggerated any more?

Dozens of animatronics not working at all, multiple effects not working (rocking steam boat at the finale, laughing place water effects, and water jets for example), grime and filth along the ride path, blown out show lighting and audio.

But if your minimal standards for judging a ride are simply that the ride launched and got you back without breaking down and having to be evacuated, we’ll then I’ve got some disappointing news for you also.

 

[Daveyploo]

Dozens of animatronics not working at all, multiple effects not working (rocking steam boat at the finale, laughing place water effects, and water jets for example), grime and filth along the ride path, blown out show lighting and audio.

But if your minimal standards for judging a ride are simply that the ride launched and got you back without breaking down and having to be evacuated, we’ll then I’ve got some disappointing news for you also.

Wait, those animatronics are supposed to be moving??

But seriously, as others have pointed out, new people who haven't been to the parks before would probably think it's a wonderful ride, because they're ignorant about how it used to be/how it should be at peak performance. They notice not moving animatronics and think it's cool or interesting or fun, not "look how Disney doesn't care because this thing hasn't worked in years".

Like the Disco Yeti; they don't mind letting broken things continue being broken if it saves money, and it seems that customers don't either.

 

[monothingie]

Wait, those animatronics are supposed to be moving??

But seriously, as others have pointed out, new people who haven't been to the parks before would probably think it's a wonderful ride, because they're ignorant about how it used to be/how it should be at peak performance. They notice not moving animatronics and think it's cool or interesting or fun, not "look how Disney doesn't care because this thing hasn't worked in years".

Like the Disco Yeti; they don't mind letting broken things continue being broken if it saves money, and it seems that customers don't either.

Six Flags tickets and annual passes are a lot cheaper.

 

[Kirby86]

“Hot mess of neglect”? I didn’t notice a single thing not working when I was on it recently, and I can almost guarantee the average guest who isn’t on wdwmagic won’t. The ride is definitely not in any condition where it would be better closed.

The 3 major things I noticed were the Brer Rabbit wasn't hopping on the way to the Laughing Place, he didn't say his lines while laughing at Brer Bear caught in the beehive, and the Riverboat wasn't swaying. If I was a first time rider the only thing to me that would be off was missing Brer rabbit hopping since the track points your vehicle to that show scene.

 

[91JLovesDisney]

Dozens of animatronics not working at all, multiple effects not working (rocking steam boat at the finale, laughing place water effects, and water jets for example), grime and filth along the ride path, blown out show lighting and audio.

But if your minimal standards for judging a ride are simply that the ride launched and got you back without breaking down and having to be evacuated, we’ll then I’ve got some disappointing news for you also.

-Nowhere near dozen, 4-5 at most
-They fixed the rocking showboat and laughingplace water last fall
-There might be grime, but it’s a log flume ride... what makes you think retheming it would stop grime from accumulating...

 

[monothingie]

-Nowhere near dozen, 4-5 at most
-They fixed the rocking showboat and laughingplace water last fall
-There might be grime, but it’s a log flume ride... what makes you think retheming it would stop grime from accumulating...

You’re just wrong.

There are 5 animatronics out on the show boat alone. Which as of August 2021 is not rocking.

The water effects at the Laughing place have been off for more than a year.

There hasn’t been a refurb since pre Covid. They are riding this thing out till it gets rethemed.

At what point does it become too embarrassing for Disney to have guests ride it?

 

[91JLovesDisney]

There hasn’t been a refurb since pre Covid. They are riding this thing out till it gets rethemed.

That is not true.

 

[monothingie]

I was there first and second week of August. Saw it first hand. When where you there last?

 

[monothingie]

That is not true.

The last refurbishment was Jan 6-Feb 27, 2020. There was no refurbishment in 2019. Historically there has been a 1-3 month closure every winter for the past 10 years.

 

[91JLovesDisney]

The last refurbishment was Jan 6-Feb 27, 2020. There was no refurbishment in 2019. Historically there has been a 1-3 month closure every winter for the past 10 years.

WDWMagic didn’t report on it, I tried to link to Tom’s article but it was removed.

they did a quick refurb this past January and fixed the rocking showboat and the water effects in the Laughing Place.

 

[No Name]

At what point does it become too embarrassing for Disney to have guests ride it?

It’s not even close to that point.
Some people enjoy the ride instead of analyzing whether every small thing is working.