POTC ride in the news...

prberk

prberk

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powlessfamily4 said:
People are so petty. Notify the media because the ride stopped for an hour.... I am sure this was a life defining moment that will require years of therapy!
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Sounds a lot like the monorail thread from a few weeks ago, I think... The one where everyone was going on and on about how bad it was that Disney's monorail went down at the same time that the boats were having touble getting everyone home at closing time of MK... and people had to wait over an hour to get to the TTC.

Sounds very familiar, only the reaction isn't the same here.
 
twilight mitsuk

twilight mitsuk

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2 hours!!! There could have been riders with dining reservations, weddings to make, spa appoints and tee time for golf, and flights to catch!!!!
 
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peachykeen

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I feel like no one read my post on Page 3 :shrug:

The evac was started 25-30 minutes into the downtime. The entire attraction went through the cycle of breaking, trying to be fixed, evacuated, fixed, tested, and reopened, in LESS THAN 2 hours. Which means that people were stuck for at most 45-50 minutes (and that is worst case). Still no fun, but not close to the 2 hours that is claimed.
 
Neverland

Neverland

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GrumpyFan said:
When we were on it in March and it broke down, I didn't see any Jungle Cruise people as we were exiting. I could see them using JC CMs who weren't on a boat to help, but not shutting down that ride too.
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What they probably do is pull Pirates-trained skippers and possibly Pirates-trained Aladdin/Tiki/Treehouse CMs to help, if they're not doing anything, and if they're needed. I can't see them shutting down Jungle to evac Pirates.
 
Mansion Butler

Mansion Butler

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GrumpyFan said:
When we were on it in March and it broke down, I didn't see any Jungle Cruise people as we were exiting. I could see them using JC CMs who weren't on a boat to help, but not shutting down that ride too.
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If you pull the Skippers who aren't on a boat, you have to shut down the ride all the same, or at least greatly reduce capacity. The Skippers who aren't on boats are there for organizational and safety reasons, not just to give people working hours. If they're not there, the guests aren't there.

Anyway, it's pretty common for the Skippers to be brought over to help.
 
thelookingglass

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Corey P said:
I have kids and I don't like being trapped on a ride. I got stuck on the rock and roll coaster (whatever the name) for a good 15 minutes. I didn't like being all strapped in without the ability to move much, those rides should be evaced pretty quickly. I won't do mission space again for the same reason, first time I was on it they just shut the door and there we sat probably a wheel chair or something being loaded in a cart but I do not like to be locked in a steel coffin staring at a black screen 12 inches from my face. That one flat out made me jumpy and I won't go on that ride again. Not sure if I could deal with a long wait trapped on that ride. Another time I was stuck on the the golf ball looking ride at Epcot for a good 30 minutes as I was turned back wards going down the hill. Didn't really mind that, sort of took a nap looking up at the stars worse part was they kept coming on saying don't leave the ride vehicle stay seated etc. If they just left the music on I would have taken a 30 minute nap, would have been fine with that. HM has almost become unrideable because they stop that all the time for wheel chairs or whatever hopefully that has been improved with the last make over.
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rock and roll coaster? golf ball ride? how are you on this forum and don't know the correct names?
 
ThatMouse

ThatMouse

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Guests stuck on Pirates for 2 hours - possible reason

We rode it Sunday night, but were never stuck. We were backed up before the dog at the unloading area, but that's not so unusual. I suppose if it got bad enough, the system would automatically prevent more boats from crashing down the ramp though...
 
GrumpyFan

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Mansion Butler said:
If you pull the Skippers who aren't on a boat, you have to shut down the ride all the same, or at least greatly reduce capacity. The Skippers who aren't on boats are there for organizational and safety reasons, not just to give people working hours. If they're not there, the guests aren't there.

Anyway, it's pretty common for the Skippers to be brought over to help.
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Not necessarily. I should have added, the skippers who aren't on a boat and who are on break. I'm guessing when any ride breaks down, and they have to evac, they call everybody in the area who isn't actively working at an attraction.

Regardless. When it broke down, we saw very few JC CMs, and when we walked down to to JC after finally getting out, it was still open.
 
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LisaB08

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Disney Actually Compensates Someone?

Our room at Pop Century was left open from the time housekeeping cleaned it and when we returned home from Universal around 1:00am. We got nothing. The manager said, "Well, nothing was stolen". We were on the 4th floor and my purse was in the room along with all of our belongings, cameras and etc. These people were stranded for over an hour and got compensated. It's truly amazing.
 
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canedogs06

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my wife and I were on potc sunday night when it got stuck. we were in a boat that stopped right under the arch about 1 boat away from unload. there was one boat stuck near the jail scene and had a man trying to get the rest of the people in the boat to row to shore. pretty funny. after 15 minutes they turned the music and sound effects off, 10 minutes later they turned the lights on, and about 10 minutes after that cm's in waders came out to push the boats back to evac points. our boat was allowed to climb over rows and then over the railing to freedom. we were all given fastpasses to use by 9-15-11. stuck for only about 40 minutes not 2 hours. durring the entire process cm's were walking about the attraction asking if everybody in each boat were ok and if anyone had any issues. the cm's were joking and keeping the mood light, one even took a gold coin from the final scene and gave it to a young boy. my only beef was that we werent stuck earlier in the ride and didnt get to go behind the scenes.
 
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thepit77

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Being the disney junky that I am, I have been stuck on a couple of rides. Space Mountain, RnR featuring Aerosmith, Tower of Terror, and Mission Space. Funniest one was Tower of Terror. Every time I use to ride ToT I would pull the seat belt all the way out and buckle it in so I could get a lot of "air" time on the drops. During spring break 2010 I did this and on the first drop FLEW out of my seat, almost hitting the top of the elevator. SO much fun. ToT stopped right then and told everybody to remain seated. We waited 5-10 minutes and were slowly brought down to the first floor, they told all of use to unbuckle the belts and buckle them again, making sure there were tight. There was a young girl (maybe 5 years old or so) that was crying because the ride stopping scared her. Felt bad for her. I never do that again. I was stuck on Mission Space for maybe 10-15 minutes, and the man next to me was going crazy because he was clastrophobic. Inside the capsule, they have the non-working buttons and switches, he was there the whole time trying to pull the "emergency exit" switch. I had to do my best not to laugh. It was also cool to see RnR with the lights on. Never knew it was so high until somebody put there arms through the middle of the restraint instead of keeping them on the outside and we had to be walked out of the ride with the lights on.
 
Master Yoda

Master Yoda

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LisaB08 said:
Our room at Pop Century was left open from the time housekeeping cleaned it and when we returned home from Universal around 1:00am. We got nothing. The manager said, "Well, nothing was stolen". We were on the 4th floor and my purse was in the room along with all of our belongings, cameras and etc. These people were stranded for over an hour and got compensated. It's truly amazing.
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While they should have given you something for the trouble you actually did not physically loose anything. Guests on the attraction lost time in the parks which does have a monetary value.
 
GrumpyFan

GrumpyFan

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Master Yoda said:
While they should have given you something for the trouble you actually did not physically loose anything. Guests on the attraction lost time in the parks which does have a monetary value.
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Having been stuck on a few rides at WDW myself, "compensation" generally means a generic fast pass ticket that can be used on any attraction in the park that has fastpass. The ticket is only good for one use only and for that day only.
 
Master Yoda

Master Yoda

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GrumpyFan said:
Having been stuck on a few rides at WDW myself, "compensation" generally means a generic fast pass ticket that can be used on any attraction in the park that has fastpass. The ticket is only good for one use only and for that day only.
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My experiences have been similar.
 

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