Indiana Jones broken yet again

Phroobar

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I went on Indiana Jones last night and couldn't believe the condition it was in. First off the moving mirror wall was pushed back and not working. When we turned the corner we found out why. The door room was completely dark and the middle door was open. As we got closer the Mara room lite up for the future. What kind of crappy show is that? Didn't they just fix this less than three months ago? How hard is it to make a door open and keep a simple projector working? It's not like they have hundreds of these projectors everywhere. It should have been easier to keep working than the wall shift effect was. Guess not.

I noticed the snake had no fangs or at least they didn't pop out like they are suppose to. At least the fog was working in the "lava" pit and I could actually see the Mara ghost this time.

We got to the dart shooting hallway were we stopped for over two minutes. We then started up and moved to the end of the hallway and stopped. We then turned in to the bolder room were we could clearly see Indy and the boulder right in front of us but nothing moved. Three minutes later the boulder started to move and we ducked underneath it and sat for two more minutes in the a dark. My son told everyone that we were crushed by the boulder.

Now I know the frequent stops is because of bad disbatch timing but why can't the cast members get their disbatch timing right? When we started, we sat for a couple of minutes before they sent us off. Once we came out of darkness we stopped at Indy for ten seconds then went directly to unload. There was no backup for trucks. Why did we get stopped if no one was in front of us? There really shouldn't be a backup at the end like that. I know trucks could stop anywhere to keep flow working and build tension but it just makes no sense to stop four times with no sounds at all during the climax.
 

George Lucas on a Bench

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It's really hit or miss. I've been on it when it seems like Charles Grodin from the movie Clifford was operating the thing and put it in hyperdrive. We fly past everything and basically nothing works. Other times, it's perfect. Oddly, it was in really bad shape immediately following the last refurb, but it got better. At least the boulder is working more consistently. There was a period of months it seems where it wasn't working at all.
 

Phroobar

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That is the cloth picture of a spirit above the skull & candle room.
Everything was wacky the evening of 8/22 at about 8pm. Hopefully it was a temporary thing.
 

Figments Friend

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Yeah, i also experienced this Attraction several times last week and each time was pretty much flawless.
I was very pleased to see that, and i enjoyed the new projection effects on the Chamber doors...particularly the Treasure themed option.

The mirrors were not working this time, but everything else that should have been did so and it was great to see.
Even the green mist coming out of the stone snakes mouths on the suspension bridge was working.
Nice to see that up again.
The experience was far better then what i had seen this past April, when it came out of refurb a day early.

As others have said, this Attraction has it's touch and go moments.
I always recommend multiple rides if you can manage it, as each time is a little different and something that might not have worked might be up again on your next time through.
 

Phroobar

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It's just a little disappointing waiting an hour in line and then finding out the ride experience was subpar.
 

Figments Friend

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Understandable.

Single Rider option, perhaps...?
I typically ride several times...going through the actual preferred queue at least once for the experience and then getting in quick via Single Rider other times.
 

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