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flying tinkerbell from castle
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Mad Stitch
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So how is it done now?
Some rope and a big mattress.
ChristianG
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A male is usually used for Tink due to the heavy costume and requirements.
PyroKinesis
Active Member
That line doesn't look very taught.
unkadug
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Stretched lines can be very deceiving in appearance. Gravity works it's magic on extremely taut wires nonetheless...just look at any telephone pole.
The real test is how much give a line has once there is a load attached.
coilback
Active Member
We didn't use any males when I was working on the Tink crew - might be different at DL, but that's how it was at WDW
coilback
Active Member
They way we did it when I was on the catch crew is we had a padded moving blanket, there would be a tech on boths sides holding it (VERY tightly) and when she got closer to us, we would start running and basically slow her down with the blanket. The first time I did it, they told me, "make sure however tight you think you need to hold it, hold it tighter because she comes down faster than you think." He wasn't kidding...she's is moving when she gets towards the bottom.
coilback
Active Member
We had it slack when I did that pic. They often have it a little slack during the day. We were doing a line test (we send stage sandbags down the line) that we had to do every once in awhile and I was at the bottom waiting for it. We were about to stretch the line when I took the pic.
coilback
Active Member
That's funny...not quite burlap, but not far from it. I believe it was a padded blue moving blanket...no handles, just had to grip it like crazy. There was a pad at the end of the cable, but I was told if she hit it full speed, she'd definitely break something
coilback
Active Member
This is slightly unrelated, but also, in digging through some of my old phone photos from that day, I found these. I believe these are the old astro orbiter vehicles from before the update. They are sitting backstage behind the building that was on the way up to the Tink catch location. Kinda sad, they were just sitting there with trash in them. Don't know if they are still there (once again, I last worked there in 2008).
Always amazes me where things get stored! LOL
For a company that is so organized and has so many rules, sometimes you have to scratch your head and wonder how that happened.
coilback
Active Member
Yeah, that's what I thought when I started working there. You definitely see that many times, in the name of budget or just lack of attention, certain things are either in disrepair or just ignored.
Again. Incorrect.
PyroKinesis
Active Member
What is your source? You keep saying incorrect, but you have no experience or sources.
Timekeeper
Well-Known Member
The thing that always interests me is how much performers in these sorts of unique roles get paid. For example, a stunt actor doing a controlled burn usually does only that in a show. So, although there's lots of prep time involved, you could take their daily wages, divide it by shows, and come up with a "paid per burn" amount.
Assuming "Tink" does this, and only this, I wonder how much "she" makes per "flight." I've heard that it's over $100, but that's all I've heard. :shrug:
Assuming "Tink" does this, and only this, I wonder how much "she" makes per "flight." I've heard that it's over $100, but that's all I've heard. :shrug:
coilback
Active Member
Well, I WAS on the Tink crew and I never saw a male ever perform as Tink, but I'm not going to say it isn't possible it could happen only that USUALLY is definitely a false statement, so I have his back on this one.