New addition to Spaceship Earth

[Heatherbell]

*****Apologies to those who can handle it and act like mature individuals****** However I was in Disney the week that the school choirs/bands/sports teams/ cheerleaders etc were down there and let me tell you I saw a lot of them who just couldn't follow the rules and were just being total menaces. It is very annoying to someone who has their young kids there and you are trying to explain to your five year old WHY they have to sit down but the 16-17 year old mature adult can stand up on rides. It is a shame that kids who are lucky enough to be in Disney can't act respectful. Again apologies to those who can.

 

[jeanylaser031]

last year i saw a lot of people stand up doing the end of spaceship earth. please add the video in the spaceship earth.

 

[Neptune]

I am a middle school band director. This past Spring I took a group to WDW and 1 day at Isle of Adv. I had one of my Dorky kids jump out of Dudley Do- Rite. Idiot. They of course kicked him out of the park. I SENT HIS A** HOME. He was on a plane within 3 hours.

His parents of course thought it was just harmless, teenage fun. Oh, Brother.... :hammer:

Good Job, thats a good idea. No Tolerance...Disney has no tolerance either, So, Kudos To You!

Cant people just Enjoy the ride? Do they really need that much interactivity with the rides?

 

[marni1971]

If some of these morons knew how high up they were in some sections of SSE I bet they`d think again...

 

[LoisMustDie]

16-17 year old mature adult

Should those words even be in the same sentence?

If some of these morons knew how high up they were in some sections of SSE I bet they`d think again...

Unfortunately, I think they would be even MORE likely to jump out with this knowledge...thinking that they're SO COOL. :hammer:

 

[PBarton]

Sorry for the drift here, but how do get out of the boats in an emergency situation??

I have been on Pirates several times, and often wondered how in an emergency evacuation you would be able to get out of the boats, as in some scenes the boat appears to be several feet from any solid surfaces?

Is the water rather shallow?

PS The fools who get out of the ride cars should be thrown out asap, and charged for any damage caused.

 

[Nansafan]

Don't people realize that they are being watched all over Disney? Two years ago during an ERide night, our group of 10 was riding BTMRR. My brother and niece were in the very last seat. The decided that they would ride the whole ride with their heads turned backwards. When we pulled back into the station, a CM announced "Everyone, let's give a hand to the 2 people in the last row, they just road the whole ride backwards!" See cameras everywhere.

 

[brkgnews]

Sorry for the drift here, but how do get out of the boats in an emergency situation?? I have been on Pirates several times, and often wondered how in an emergency evacuation you would be able to get out of the boats, as in some scenes the boat appears to be several feet from any solid surfaces?

I'm pretty sure the water can be drained out rather quickly. Many water rides don't even have water in them until "show time." I've seen Six Flags over Georgia's Thunder River (think Kali River Rapids) come to life. One second it looks like one of those big drainage ditches in California -- the next minute, splishy splashy.

If memory serves me correctly, I believe remember seeing on WDW Inside Out an episode where they were walking around inside Pirates with no water.

 

[PBarton]

I'm pretty sure the water can be drained out rather quickly. Many water rides don't even have water in them until "show time." I've seen Six Flags over Georgia's Thunder River (think Kali River Rapids) come to life. One second it looks like one of those big drainage ditches in California -- the next minute, splishy splashy.

If memory serves me correctly, I believe remember seeing on WDW Inside Out an episode where they were walking around inside Pirates with no water.

Cool!

Does that mean that in a real evacuation (prey it never happens) a CM can press a switch and the water is speedily bailed out?

Drifting again.... I saw a guest fall into the water of the back of a boat at POTC back in 1996 - she fell off the back of the boat at the unloading area. The CM pressed the button to send to boat around to the start before the guest had both feet on the dock.

 

[Pixiedust1393]

PBarton- what happened to the girl?

 

[WDWTestDummy]

Well, no more sneaking a kiss or two on SpaceShip earth eh?.. who knows who's watching?

Eisner... that sick *COUGH*:lookaroun

i cant believe people are dumb enough to do that.

but ive always wanted to jump out and act like anamatronic, then when a ride vehicle goes by.. jump out and scare them :lol: but i wouldnt do that.

 

[PBarton]

PBarton- what happened to the girl?

ok, this is going back to 1996 so my memories are not as clear as they were.

This is my best recolection,

We went on POTC, and as we were nearing the end of the ride, near the jail scene, the boats started to back up (as always!).

We pulled into the dock area, the rear unloading zone, and started to get off. We were on the second to last row of seating. As I was on the right hand side of the boat, I was last off on my row. As I stepped across onto to the dock area, I just happened to look to my left to see an older lady (50+ I believe - no offence to any 50 year olds here) stepping onto the load area.

When she had one foot on the dock, the boat started to move, this part I remember perfectly - She said "are you going to let me get off??), then she lost her balance and fell backwards into the water.

I remember looking over to the CM operating the control panel and I managed to read his lips (he said oh s*&^!). Immediately after this happened a group of people stoped and crowded around to help, blocking my view of what happened from this point on. As we were of no help (as there were at least a dozen other people helping) we moved to the exit. I promise this is true 100%

Paul

 

[kevlightyear]

While I'm sure draining the ride of water is possible, it's probably not the most efficient way to evacuate. About five or so years ago, we were stuck on PotC, because of power outages. They were running on reserve power, so the attraction still had show lights on and animatronics were working, however, the load and unload stations weren't operational. Getting us out was just a simple matter of pushing the boats to a point where they were close enough to the edge so that we could unload. We went out a back entrance, and in groups made our way out to the park. It was actually really interesting. You are right, though, the water level is such [at least in PotC] that with waders, you can walk pretty much anywhere--as that's what the CM's were wearing and doing.

 

[diddy_mouse]

it always takes one stupid person to make everyone follow a new rule. just think about it....*someone* had to have been crazy enough to start flailing their arms about on a ride, or step over the yellow line and get themselves hurt, or stand up in a moving vehicle or some such nonsense to result in warning signs. ugh...people like that anger me

 

[bgraham34]

I cant say that its dumb people or stupid people that do this. They are just friggin morons who if selected breading was enabled we would not have these kinds of issues. Now I am not a smart man , but in some cases I act dumb or stupid. But I would not jump out of the rides. I would love too but only with Disney permission. That being said when these people are caught we should line them up and be allowed to conduct a brain transplant or a memory wipe to fix the problems.

 

[maxime29]

Hehe, this happened when I was on Splash Mountain twice.

Some family from NY (around Coney Island) were trying to get out of the boat after a CM came around saying stay in the boats. Of course as soon as they all got off another CM told them to sit back down. They talked about doing it before hand, which I told them they will tell you to sit back down. I had to laugh after the incident. I guess all the talking they did in the boat didn't get the message through their brains.

The other time I don't remember well, but it was around the "laughing place" scene. A kid jumped out of his boat, but his parents scolded him after doing that.

 

[polynesiangirl]

I just wanted to take this opportunity to comment that I absolutely *despise* some of the rudeness I see everywhere these days, but especially at WDW.

The sheer amount of people I see littering in WDW alone is bad enough (considering that there are what, like 9 billion trashcans in WDW?), and it's even worse when it's in the middle of an attraction (like one of the last times I rode Splash and here were numerous empty plastic soda bottles floating on the water - it is called a TRASH CAN people, and they are EVERYWHERE.) I once stood up in one of the theatres after a show (Muppets or Philharmagic, I think) and the people that had sat next to me stood up and abandoned ALL of their trash right there on the floor. I mean, I know there are CMs that are supposed to clean WDW, but COME ON. That is ridiculous!

The standing-up-on-rides is one of the worst, and even though I've seen people in all age groups doing it it's usually a teenager in a group of kids (and I say this as someone who was a teen not very long ago, so it's not like I'm so out of touch.) I just don't understand why anyone would want to potentially blow their entire park day, which they just spent like $60 admission on, just to *stand up during a ride*.

In any case, I'm glad/sad to see that WDW has taken more steps to keep people from doing such foolish stuff in the parks. I can only hope that people will get a little bit more respect and common sense in the future!

Sorry about venting, it's just a pet peeve of mine! Carry on, everyone!

 

[PBarton]

I just wanted to take this opportunity to comment that I absolutely *despise* some of the rudeness I see everywhere these days, but especially at WDW.

The sheer amount of people I see littering in WDW alone is bad enough (considering that there are what, like 9 billion trashcans in WDW?), and it's even worse when it's in the middle of an attraction (like one of the last times I rode Splash and here were numerous empty plastic soda bottles floating on the water - it is called a TRASH CAN people, and they are EVERYWHERE.) I once stood up in one of the theatres after a show (Muppets or Philharmagic, I think) and the people that had sat next to me stood up and abandoned ALL of their trash right there on the floor. I mean, I know there are CMs that are supposed to clean WDW, but COME ON. That is ridiculous!

The standing-up-on-rides is one of the worst, and even though I've seen people in all age groups doing it it's usually a teenager in a group of kids (and I say this as someone who was a teen not very long ago, so it's not like I'm so out of touch.) I just don't understand why anyone would want to potentially blow their entire park day, which they just spent like $60 admission on, just to *stand up during a ride*.

In any case, I'm glad/sad to see that WDW has taken more steps to keep people from doing such foolish stuff in the parks. I can only hope that people will get a little bit more respect and common sense in the future!

Sorry about venting, it's just a pet peeve of mine! Carry on, everyone!

I can't agree with you more....

 

[Magicot]

but ive always wanted to jump out and act like anamatronic, then when a ride vehicle goes by.. jump out and scare them :lol: but i wouldnt do that.

That comment was absolutely hilarious! I can just picture someone pretending to be an animatronic (kinda doing the robot dance)! :lol: :lol: If I could do it in SE, I'd either "act" in the theatre scene or be one of the kids in the school scene "No, I have an idea! Lets make it a bumble bee, NO a car!!" :lol: