Rteetz
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Yep. The shaman is usually fixed as quickly as they can and without shutting down the ride they put the screen up.
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Navi Shaman b mode.
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Rteetz
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No, The NRJ queue is mainly outside.
Coaster Lover
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- In the Parks
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The queue for Na'vi River journey is about 99% outdoors with the indoor section being a short "caved" section leading to the load platform. Much of the outdoor section of the Na'vi River Journey queue is under a canopy connected to the main building, but not sharing any of the same space with Flight of Passage. From the schematics I have seen, essentially all of the "indoors" section of the FOP queue sits directly above about half of Na'vi River Journey's ride path. You can see in the image below the overlap (the red section is a portion of Na've River journey and the corresponding over lap of the queue on the "2nd Floor").
KBLovedDisney
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I suck at reading blue prints. I have no idea what I am looking at. But really cool you got these.
Magic Feather
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My nephew was in AK yesterday, and saw the shaman before she was wheeled back. Described her as a "lifeless corpse, hunched over with mouth and eyes still open." And in a proud Uncle bragging moment, turns out he was the one to report it, causing a "frenzy among CMs" to get matinence ASAP.
sedati
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I've always wondered what the staff knows about what's actually going on in a ride. I would hope key elements would have cameras on them that ride-ops could monitor. Thankfully the Pandoran rides were operating properly during my visit, but I did have a similar experience on Kong over at Universal. There was no sound when entering the 360' room for maybe ten seconds, and then even when it came on, there were certain sounds that were clearly missing (silent roars.) I mentioned this to an employee as we left who seemed more concerned with telling me about how to voice a grievance with guest services and how to get a pass to re-ride. I told him I wasn't upset, but just wanted them to know there were minor issues with the ride which they seemed unaware of. Not sure if it was related, but the ride went down throughout the day though thankfully we managed one ride without issues.
montyz81
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Sad that they designed a screen and a place for the screen knowing this would happen. I ask, when is the Yeti screen coming? I could see a multi plain screen that makes it look like it is doing what DiscoBoy is suppose to do.
Jones14
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I’m actually very happy that they did this. Having a contingency built into a ride is a good thing, especially since they’re being so good about getting her up and running as quickly as possicle. It beats watching a blank wall any day.
Bacon
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Eh at least they had a plan B and it wasn't just a storbe light for 60 seconds
montyz81
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Or a strobe light.
montyz81
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it would have still cost less then the Yeti!the first time I rode, I was wondering if they could have 2 shamans on a turntable, where they just move one around if it isn't functioning
KBLovedDisney
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Is poor engineering to blame for a brand new ride going through something like this, or do they just not run enough tests to make sure the robot can withstand hours of constant use?
peter11435
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Neither
Bacon
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They did a ton of test runs so it's not that. I think personally Its the technology being so fluid.
JustInTime
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Just to be clear, the screen is behind her usual spot. The Shaman lowers down when in B mode.
I agree. Everything should work 100% of the time, but this is the way of things. Did you know that most car companies put a spare tire in the trunk of the car complete with tools to change it? They know their tires are faulty and will eventually fail.
THE Monorail Lime
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Oh that's cool
Plus it's Rico the yeti he kidnapped her
Plus it's Rico the yeti he kidnapped her
montyz81
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I see your point, but the car companies do not have control over that, the tire companies do. The issue isn't that they can't build a tire that won't fail, it has to do ride comfort and fuel economy. It is a consumer requirements thing in this case that prevents them from building a fail safe tire. That said, run flats now exist. But, I do get why you used the comparison.
