Slinky Dog Dash Lighting

[DisneyFanatic12]

I personally think that the lighting package on Slinky Dog Dash was amazing. However, the majority of the individually addressable RGB lights have seemed to of died (it seems like they’re wired linearly in a way that one dead LED kills the whole strand). Does anyone know of an upcoming refurbishment for the ride? The effect of the car changing the color of the track is pretty cool and it’s sad to see this effect slowly die off…

 

[marni1971]

I personally think that the lighting package on Slinky Dog Dash was amazing. However, the majority of the individually addressable RGB lights have seemed to of died (it seems like they’re wired linearly in a way that one dead LED kills the whole strand). Does anyone know of an upcoming refurbishment for the ride? The effect of the car changing the color of the track is pretty cool and it’s sad to see this effect slowly die off…

It’s been dying for over a year.

 

[Tom Morrow]

Dang, that really is a shame. I love lighting and I really loved Slinky's lighting package.

 

[ProjectXBlog]

Dang, that really is a shame. I love lighting and I really loved Slinky's lighting package.

Is there a video/photo that you feel really shows off how it looked? I never got a chance to see this and am very curious.

 

[Tom Morrow]

Is there a video/photo that you feel really shows off how it looked? I never got a chance to see this and am very curious.

It was hard to find, but I found this:



The track lighting would change with the speed of the train and when a train wasn't in that zone it would do different patterns.

 

[ProjectXBlog]

It was hard to find, but I found this:



The track lighting would change with the speed of the train and when a train wasn't in that zone it would do different patterns.

Very cool! Thank you.

 

[MisterPenguin]

It was hard to find, but I found this:



The track lighting would change with the speed of the train and when a train wasn't in that zone it would do different patterns.

Looks more like the lights have 'fallen over' behind the rail such that they aren't directly visible.

But, the track is still uniformly lit in blue, then white, when the train passes by, which seems to imply that the lights are indeed still there and working, but blocked from view.

 

[Tom Morrow]

Looks more like the lights have 'fallen over' behind the rail such that they aren't directly visible.

But, the track is still uniformly lit in blue, then white, when the train passes by, which seems to imply that the lights are indeed still there and working, but blocked from view.

Are you talking about in that video? It's from a few years ago. I'm not sure what it looks like in person but the OP suggests that it has fallen into disrepair.

 

[DisneyFanatic12]

Are you talking about in that video? It's from a few years ago. I'm not sure what it looks like in person but the OP suggests that it has fallen into disrepair.

Yea, nowadays only about one of every 5 track segments lights up. It should be an easy fix though, so I hope the effect comes back fully when and if it goes down for refurb.

 

[cjkeating]

so I hope the effect comes back fully when and if it goes down for refurb.

Based on how often WDW closes rides for refurbishments we are probably looking at about a 10 year wait.