A Noble Fish
Well-Known Member
Spot on!No, TOT operates on a wire guided system where the vehicles follow essentially a wire in the ground - similar to GMR, actually. MMRR uses essentially wifi pucks in the ground to direct the vehicles, which provide a lot more freedom of movement.
When they went to create V2 of Tower for DCA, it was said that the wire guided system (and AGVs that use it) were to blame for lots of downtime. For this reason they basically eliminated all horizontal movement from that version. The reality was, after the first year or so, it the downtime wasn't more than any other ride. Attraction stops on TOT were pretty rare during my years there and certainly far less than attractions like Space Mountain where cascade stops were daily occurrences. It was more about saving money and keeping a smaller footprint for the building.
And in contrast to Mickey, a warehouse is easier to clone, so I wonder how much the clones will cost.