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POTC Waterfall question
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Magenta Panther
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Crush Dude!
Back from WDW!Counting down to DLP in November!
Carolina Mouse
New Member
Glad someone else noticed. Thought I was loosing my eyesight.
thehowiet
Wilson King of Prussia
I rode POTC about three weeks ago and also thought it was very blurry and not nearly as clear as the Davy Jones projection. Hopefully after the new year we get Davy Jones back in WDW.
Zummi Gummi
Pioneering the Universe Within!
I don't know what it is about the Blackbeard projection, but even when it was brand new it was never as clear as Davey Jones.
Cmdr_Crimson
Well-Known Member
Well, with what was mentioned about the Jail cell door and the lighting in the treasure room. I'm sure it'll be a matter of time for it to appear..Also I read on Miceage that the voices alternate as they return up the lift back to the loading area.
RonAnnArbor
Well-Known Member
WDW has Blackbeard, and only Blackbeard.
The projection isn't "blurry"....ITS BROKEN....and it has been for several months.
We have several other threads on this....
The projection isn't "blurry"....ITS BROKEN....and it has been for several months.
We have several other threads on this....
TP2000
Well-Known Member
How magical.
I rode Pirates at Disneyland yesterday. And yes, both Davy Jones and Blackbeard now alternate on the mist screen, and then their voices alternate again on the waterfall lift back up to the loading area. The mist screen effect looked fantastic, totally enveloping the boats, and both Davy and Blackbeard were very crisp and obviously HD.
This is no substitute for real life, and amateur video never really does anything justice, but here's a halfway decent YouTube video taken yesterday of Disneyland's Pirates ride. At the 1:45 mark you can see pretty clearly the alternating effect of Davy Jones and Blackbeard on the mist screen.
It helps to watch this full-screen size, and Davy and Blackbeard are at 1:45... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj5dtHWSt3Q
I'm sure that effect will show up in the WDW version eventually, perhaps sooner rather than later. And perhaps, if we wish hard enough, maybe it would be paired with an actual three month rehab of the WDW ride like Disneyland's Pirates just got to freshen and sharpen the ride overall? Maybe if enough people ask Meg Crofton for that for Christmas? :xmas:
Silver Figment
Active Member
I prefer the Davy Jones projection in my opinion.
PhilharMagician
Well-Known Member
Missed the threads you are talking about and I will have to go look for them to understand why you say it is not blurry, but broken? I can say that what I have seen is definately blurry. It may be blurry because it is broken, but the projection was definately working.
I was not aware that there is also at least 2 differant audio spiels from Blackbeard.
Sloan
Well-Known Member
Blurry Blackbeard
Each time I rode in early November it was the Blackbeard projection, and it was not looking very good at all. I was with a first-timer to the 'new' projection effect, and was disappointed it was not nearly as impressive as the Davy Jones projection. I'm sorry to hear that it was not just a very temporary problem / issue.
Each time I rode in early November it was the Blackbeard projection, and it was not looking very good at all. I was with a first-timer to the 'new' projection effect, and was disappointed it was not nearly as impressive as the Davy Jones projection. I'm sorry to hear that it was not just a very temporary problem / issue.
thehowiet
Wilson King of Prussia
I have to agree with PhilharMagician here. It may very well be broken, which would explain why it appeared blurry, because it was definitely very blurry when I saw it.
captainkidd
Well-Known Member
I prefer the original version of the ride where guests weren't snapping flashes every 3 seconds to get a picture of animatronic Johnny Depp.
RonAnnArbor
Well-Known Member
TO summarize other information found elsewhere --
The projection effect on POTC at WDW is currently broken. The fog effect machine is not expelling the flat stream of fog required to project the effect onto....as a result, anything projected on it is just going to look like colored light on fog...not like a projection on a screen.
I'm sure this will be fixed eventually....but we all know what that means at WDW these days. I'll be there again next week, so i will check it out.
The projection effect on POTC at WDW is currently broken. The fog effect machine is not expelling the flat stream of fog required to project the effect onto....as a result, anything projected on it is just going to look like colored light on fog...not like a projection on a screen.
I'm sure this will be fixed eventually....but we all know what that means at WDW these days. I'll be there again next week, so i will check it out.
I thought Meg was "The Grinch"?