Looks Good! They let the entire show happen like this.
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American Adventure Projection System Fail
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UncleMike101
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Their preventative maintenance budget must be exhausted for the year. 
the.dreamfinder
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These projectors are brand new.
It looks like a piece of window screen was in front of the projector(s). Very odd...
EricsBiscuit
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Did you tell them?
TalkingHead
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Is there not a CM stationed in the theater during the shows?
Maybe that's an optional position for busy days, but I'm surprised it's not mandatory for a show of that size.
At the beginning of the show the projection system malfunctioned. They let it go until just before the finale before e stopping it.
peter11435
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There is a CM in the theater
UncleMike101
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I'll bet some protocol was ignored.
If it was done on purpose heads should roll.
Someone left the poodle protection film on the new lense.
At one point it looked like a screensaver came up.
Goofyernmost
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What are the chances that the way that should have read is that there was supposed to be a CM in the theater? Humans tend to find reasons why they should leave when they are not supposed to do so. I just cannot accept that if one was present that they would have let it go without stopping it. It makes no sense at all. It's always that one time that they left to use the bathroom or take a call that something will go wrong. I'm fairly confident that whatever CM was there or was supposed to be there, has been asked a lot of serious questions.
thelookingglass
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The show is actually in great condition these days, this was an error that I'm sure was corrected after this ONE instance. Stop with this "sky is falling" response any time there's a small error somewhere.
peter11435
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Chances are very slim to non existent that the cast member was not present. They most likely were either not paying attention or more likely were afraid to stop and dump the show with out permission.
Movielover
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This 100%. I can imagine some middle level manager chewing out this CM for stopping a show and making the manager have to deal with guest complaints over something as "trivial" as "good show".
Goofyernmost
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I suppose it is possible, but, I'm not able to accept that answer. They are either hiring brain dead CM's now or they weren't there. If nothing else the audience would have been very vocal at the time expecting something to be done to either stop it or fix it. Or this was a very brief moment of the entire show and as usual blown out of proportion for the drama. We can be certain that the mechanical complexity of that show stopping it means that they still have to cycle everything to get he mechanics back in sequence, but, to have done nothing is without any logical reality. In other words, there is more to this story.
peter11435
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There likely isn’t much more to this story. The chance that there was no cast member in the theater is next to non existent. The cast member likely did not feel comfortable stopping the show until receiving confirmation from their leader. It shouldn’t be this way. But as someone else pointed out cast are often afraid to make decisions like this on their own. It’s not a hiring or training issue it’s a cultural issue with the cast/leadership relationship.
PeoplemoverTTA
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Wow, the CM most certainly wasn't Lonnie, who has such respect and admiration for the attraction (he's the man who knows EVERYTHING about the attraction and building who gives those great mini presentations downstairs before each show).
He would be appalled to know the show ran like that
He would be appalled to know the show ran like that