Great Movie Ride - Busby Berkeley Hack Job

[jcowens2000]

I guess this is the correct forum to post this...

I’m a big fan of the GMR...love the By A Waterfall sequence in the beginning.

I know some of you might have ride through videos of the ride where you can see this first segment of the ride. Well, after doing a little research, I found out that when the ride initially opened in 89-90, the By A Waterfall sequence was supposed to be a "jaw dropper".

The "cake" used to rotate with water effects to mirror what one would see in Footlight Parade.

Apparently, the By A Waterfall segment has consistently deteriorated to what it is today.

I found a 1990 video clip of the ride on YouTube.com . You can see the "cake" rotation was already taken out. But, at least it wasn't behind a scrim with intermittent rotating projections as it is today.



Check it out the original ride Busby Berkeley segment:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h2lr6y-T6M



Now check out the more current segment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOUhcRMXLqM



sucks doesn't it!

 

[CoffeeJedi]

I remember on my first ride back in 89 it was working, and then never again. I'm not even sure why; its just a turntable, they're used in attractions all over the resort. What made that one so problematic?

 

[RonAnnArbor]

I am not sure the question is "what made that one so problematic" as it was "what is the cheapest way to fix this problem so we don't have to spend a penny to fix it again"...that was during the period of deteriorating "magic"....read James Stewart's Disney War for a good look at how Disney saves money.

 

[Rob562]

If the turntables aren't going to be rotating, I actually think the current verison *with* the scrim looks better. Otherwise, you're just driving past an exposed set of mannequins just standing there. At least the scrim gives it a "misty, magical look" and something to project the images of the rotating girls on...

-Rob

 

[Enderikari]

sucks doesn't it!

Not really... On a scale from 1 to 10 where 1 means couldn't care less, and 10 being suck... I rate this about a 1.1... There are many, many other things to worry about

 

[CoffeeJedi]

http://imagineerebirth.blogspot.com/2006/08/elemental-losses-water.html

 

[Chape19714]

http://imagineerebirth.blogspot.com/2006/08/elemental-losses-water.html

Although most of that is true, the Bubble Machines still remain. I like that site, but sometimes they get too much of a complaint streak and exagerate a bit. This is one such example.