Accident on Pirates

xdan0920

xdan0920

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seahawk7 said:
Maybe someone dropped something in the water. Its my understanding that Disney pays close attention to if anyone drops something out of any ride vehicle and immediately shuts the ride down to be thoroughly cleaned.
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I can't believe someone dropping their shades in the water would cause a 5+ hour shutdown.

There is definitely smoke here, and where there is smoke, you will find fire.
 
rnese

rnese

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Having just been there two weeks ago I can tell you that I was surprised at how many boats they'd let pile up and bump into one another at the end of the ride. We were in bumper-to-bumper boat bashing before we reached the final scene with Captain Jack sitting in the treasure room.
 
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seascape

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seahawk7 said:
Where did you hear it was shades? I was talking a substance.
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Now that is something I would rather not think about. The idea of someone dropping a substance that would cause a 5 hours shut down of a ride. If there were anything that serious it would have had to be in the news by now. Also if something that bad could happen just think of what the parks would be like if we had to go through homeland security to get into a theme park. I hope its just a major problem with the ride and not that someone was hurt or someone did something to cause this.
 
seahawk7

seahawk7

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xdan0920 said:
You said "something". I was making a general point.
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For the ride to be closed that long, they could be cleaning the water. I have heard of people intentionally dropping substances off rides, ie. late loved ones ashes, and Haunted Mansion had to be shut down to be cleaned. This happened with Pirates too. Shades get dropped all the time and get collected at the end of the day.
 
Soarin' Over Pgh

Soarin' Over Pgh

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backinaction said:
He or she will probably end up taking disney to court and winning(only in america) . on a side note, does anyone have a source for this info? is it all hearsay at this point?
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I hope we don't see sidebars that pop up after everyone is boarded and ...seatbelts. :(

seahawk7 said:
Maybe someone dropped something in the water. Its my understanding that Disney pays close attention to if anyone drops something out of any ride vehicle and immediately shuts the ride down to be thoroughly cleaned.
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Thorough cleaning eh? If that's the case, can we throw something at the ceiling of iasw and Maelstrom?
 
Bairstow

Bairstow

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Wouldn't be the first time. http://www.themedattraction.com/wdw-pirates.htm

Many people will remember when PotC had two loading channels that guests boarded from and then floated into the ride from there. There were two sets of loading belts, each servicing one of the queue lines. Well, after a particular accident the ride was rehabbed (our word for being "refurbished") shortly thereafter and one channel was boarded over and everyone loaded in the other channel from both lines. Here is the story of why that was done. And this is the truth. It was THE story that day and weeks to come. I don't think this ever hit the papers: When there were two load channels there was a point where they met as the boats entered the ride. It's right there where the first turn is into the cave. This section was called the "merge point" for obvious reasons. Well, PotC had a VERY old system running it. It couldn't really even be called a computer (or a PLC, Programmable Logic Controller, the common type system used on most rides now). It worked on a very basic logic system. And quite often when running two channels, the system would get a brain fart and send both boats into the channel at the same time instead of holding one boat on the dispatch belt and waiting for the other to clear the merge sensor. When boats collided that was called a "merge." The CM's would hit the e-stop button to stop the movement of any other boats and/or belts, walk down the center island and pull the boats apart (One CM, when asked how to separate two boats that had merged answered: "Spray them with the hose"; I clearly remember the day I was clearing a merge and heard a huge rip from the seat of my pants as I bent down to grab the boat. I was sure glad it's dim in the loading area.).

Well, on one fine day a boy decided to put his hand in the water as they left the load area. Unfortunately the boats merged and his thumb got cut off. The merge was cleared and apparently the parents didn't know what had happened when the CM's cleared the merge. But at the top of the down ramp (Exit pt. #1) the party got out of the boat with the child. Of course the tower operator is telling them to get back in the boat but they didn't. Someone (the lead on duty, "K" I think) ran to the exit pt. Where the family told them what happened. Of course an Alpha unit (ambulance) was called and the ride closed. The final result was that the thumb was never found. Who knows what happened to it. When the rehab was scheduled they "did away" with one of the channels (It's still there, they have a big decorative boat sitting in the place where the dispatch belt was along with a recorded spiel of a pirate telling you to stay seated and keep your arms and hands inside the boat.) and a PLC was installed. PLC's are similar to computers as they can be programmed but they are specialized for their jobs (i.e.-you couldn't load up Doom on them and play it in the tower). By the way, if you want to know, the Ride Control Room for PotC is at the top of the down-ramp (at least it was still there a few years ago and doubt they have moved it). The office and "tower" are right above you as you leave the load area. Most of you have spotted the window of the tower. When people waved I usually didn't wave back (especially if it were rambunctious junior high girls) but sometimes, just as the boat is almost out of the tower window field of vision I'd suddenly wave like mad to the person as they watched me.
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Cmdr_Crimson

Cmdr_Crimson

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rnese said:
Having just been there two weeks ago I can tell you that I was surprised at how many boats they'd let pile up and bump into one another at the end of the ride. We were in bumper-to-bumper boat bashing before we reached the final scene with Captain Jack sitting in the treasure room.
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That area always gets bottlenecked..In the several years even before the 07 refurb it would be like that...
 
mikeymouse

mikeymouse

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rnese said:
Having just been there two weeks ago I can tell you that I was surprised at how many boats they'd let pile up and bump into one another at the end of the ride. We were in bumper-to-bumper boat bashing before we reached the final scene with Captain Jack sitting in the treasure room.
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Right, we got in a traffic jam at the beginning of the fire room by the donkey. Couldn't believe it. Our boat was already taking on water as it is. This made it worse! lol
 

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