French Quarter
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And if everyone just wore crocs to the park, like they are supposed to, wet socks would be a thing of the past. (Unless you wear socks in your crocs, which, while rhyming, would look silly.)
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And if everyone just wore crocs to the park, like they are supposed to, wet socks would be a thing of the past. (Unless you wear socks in your crocs, which, while rhyming, would look silly.)
Grumpy1973
Active Member
A lot cheaper to replace a sign and now say "you may get wet" than to replace the boats (that were just replaced recently).. Can't replace boats again that soon..Takes too much bonus money out of the execs pockets! Board meeting: "The new pirate boats are causing guests to complain because they are getting wet, should we reconsider these new cheap plastic boats we bought?".."Hell no, just have print shop make some new signs for the entrance that says u may get wet! We aren't buying new boats AGAIN, I need new marble floors at my Dubai guest house"
French Quarter
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i bought my 1st and only pair o crocs at disney..
much prefer my mickey rubber sandals
I'm all about the crocs, 'bout the crocs, oh baby!
DisneyJeff
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- In the Parks
- No
In that case, I WOULD expect to get wet.
alissafalco
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Cesar R M
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thats insane...
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
I can confirm this as well. (not as if marni needed confirmation lol just saying I witnesses wet boats and came close to taking in water yet again myself)
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
How many people were in the boat? How many normal weight people ?
networkpro
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- In the Parks
- Yes
Normal has changed between 1970 and today. Males averaged 166 lbs now average 194. Females once averaged 140, now 164.
So at minimum it's an additional 96 pounds per row of additional weight displacement above the 1970 designed specifications that is in play.
Simple to calculate, you pick a maximum weight you want support and it's exactly the same amount of water you will displace.
Draft height in feet = gross weight/ (length x width x density of liquid it's suppose to float in.. for fresh water it's 62.4 lbs per cubic foot.
The physical channel hasn't changed in width since it was built, so the only variables are the guests weight, the number of boats in the water at once, and the starting depth before guests are added.
DisneyFans4Life
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We were there yesterday and had a FP to ride, but it was shut down at the time...I'm assuming it had something to do with what you guys are talking about. What a shame...it's such an awesome ride...I wish they could get it right!
NearTheEars
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I think the problem with blaming it on the fat people is that these aren't the old 1970s boats.
These are brand new.
I blame whoever designed them.
They clearly failed.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
2-4 to a row. No one seemed too abnormally overweight some adults some children and some shifted to one side to level out the boat
DisneyGentleman
Well-Known Member
If only this were to make the national press...
Call it "Pirategate" and show some videos of boats taking on water. Make lots of noise that folks are in danger of drowning. Have somebody's grandmother talk about how the experience has affected her heart condition. Lot's of selfies of children crying. Pictures of the weatherman's store-bought smile over images of sinking boats.
Deflategate and the email server have run their course. Time for something new to catch the national eye.
Bairstow
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The 1970 specs aren't relevant.
The boats only started taking on water in July of 2012 when the new plastic boats replaced the original fiberglass design.
Unless average guest weight has increased significantly in the last three years alone, it's not really a pertinent factor.
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Incomudro
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Remember, one persons taking on water is another persons getting splashed.
I don't doubt that the new boats may perform differently than the old ones, and couple that with the new normal as to average persons weight and we may be seeing more people getting wet.
But, like anything that people report on, reports will vary widely.
I obviously would dismiss getting wet on the ride as par for the course and barely think about it.
Another persons day might be ruined by the very event that I would dismiss out of hand.
gmajew
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muteki
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Lee
Adventurer
When I was on it a week ago, water was literally flowing over the side of row six.
Interesting thing is, it didn't do it for the whole ride. It started after we came down the drop, and lasted about 2/3 of the way through the bombardment scene. Seemed to level out after that point.