Epcot Update 12/18/2015

[flynnibus]

The music is going to be the hardest part to keep up with. Tho it's been done before.. It's a tall order. Music is far more important to emotional response and retention then most realize.

But play superman'so theme, Indiana jones, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Halloween... Not only are they recognized but people generally have an emotional shift.

That's the big power of soundtracks

 

[Unplugged]

...and the fact that Soaring blows orange scented pixie dust during the ride. Unless you know and took measures of immunity, you'll be clapping at the end even if the projector bulb blew.

 

[willt17]

I may be late to the party but since when do the doors on test track fly open when you get close to them they just stayed open the whole time.

 

[dstrawn9889]

every time that a car travels outside, the door opens and shuts again... it is about light pollution and HVAC

 

[willt17]

every time that a car travels outside, the door opens and shuts again... it is about light pollution and HVAC

That's what I'm saying it wasn't the doors were just staying open the whole time when we rode it.

 

[Crazydisneyfanluke]

I may be late to the party but since when do the doors on test track fly open when you get close to them they just stayed open the whole time.

I can confirm on the 5th the doors opened and closed. Then on the 18th they stayed ope n. (Ruined the whole effect)

 

[montyz81]

I can confirm on the 5th the doors opened and closed. Then on the 18th they stayed ope n. (Ruined the whole effect)

I have been on that ride several times. Doors have been open everytime. What's the reason they keep them open.

 

[ABQ]

Not my video, but this is how they were on 12/16/15, see the 3:03 mark

 

[willt17]

Just rode it today and they were still staying open.

 

[marni1971]

I have been on that ride several times. Doors have been open everytime. What's the reason they keep them open.

When they're broken. As they were most of the summer.

 

[ABQ]

When they're broken. As they were most of the summer.

So I guess doors, TT and LWTL and curtains, UoE, are all part of the same massive maintenance budget. I'm estimating a budget allocation of 2 hot dogs and a small coke.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

So I guess doors, TT and LWTL and curtains, UoE, are all part of the same massive maintenance budget. I'm estimating a budget allocation of 2 hot dogs and a small coke.

At Disney's prices, that would actually make for a healthy budget.

 

[Chris82]

The music is going to be the hardest part to keep up with. Tho it's been done before.. It's a tall order. Music is far more important to emotional response and retention then most realize.

But play superman'so theme, Indiana jones, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Halloween... Not only are they recognized but people generally have an emotional shift.

That's the big power of soundtracks

Yeah, the soundtrack was probably the biggest difference for me between the Jeremy Irons and Judi Dench versions of Spaceship Earth

 

[JoeCamel]

So I guess doors, TT and LWTL and curtains, UoE, are all part of the same massive maintenance budget. I'm estimating a budget allocation of 2 hot dogs and a small coke.

Well better than the doors not opening on time???

 

[dstrawn9889]

that would only happen for the first car of the day... and who knows it might just?

 

[Crazydisneyfanluke]

I have been on that ride several times. Doors have been open everytime. What's the reason they keep them open.

May a sensor has failed that is linked to the doors opening is broken, from lack of maintenance (only thing i can think of)

 

[Rob562]

May a sensor has failed that is linked to the doors opening is broken, from lack of maintenance (only thing i can think of)

If I'm not mistaken (@marni1971 feel free to correct me), but the actual *opening* of the doors is mechanically linked to the track, where the ride vehicle rolling toward the door actually *pushes* a device under the track that then pushes the doors open. That way the doors open every time, at the same point in the car's approach. Since there's no electronics involved, the only way that the doors don't open is if that mechanical pusher system breaks in a major way (which is why the doors themselves are made of styrofoam).

More likely what happened is that the system that *closes* the doors again after the car has passed broke.

-Rob

 

[MrNonacho]

If I'm not mistaken (@marni1971 feel free to correct me), but the actual *opening* of the doors is mechanically linked to the track, where the ride vehicle rolling toward the door actually *pushes* a device under the track that then pushes the doors open. That way the doors open every time, at the same point in the car's approach. Since there's no electronics involved, the only way that the doors don't open is if that mechanical pusher system breaks in a major way (which is why the doors themselves are made of styrofoam).

More likely what happened is that the system that *closes* the doors again after the car has passed broke.

-Rob

The vehicle does not physically actuate the doors. They have their own mechanism that is triggered when a vehicle gets to the right point on the track. They open just as quickly when vehicles approach them below profile speed.

 

[Rob562]

The vehicle does not physically actuate the doors. They have their own mechanism that is triggered when a vehicle gets to the right point on the track. They open just as quickly when vehicles approach them below profile speed.

Gotcha. I'd be interested to see what that system is comprised of, since I could've sworn I'd read that it was a fail-safe system that there was no way the doors wouldn't open when a car approached...

-Rob

 

[Crazydisneyfanluke]

Ahhh, ok. Thanks for the info.