Looking at those pics, it looks very much like the track pieces that line the flume in the station. I have spent many hours staring at those when it's slow. :lookaroun Some of them have been looking shoddy lately (that's simply a layman's observation, not a statement on safety at all!) And I know they've had to put some temporary pieces on those. For awhile you could see the temp pieces clearly, because it was a big white piece that stood out drastically in contrast to the rest. :lol:
On the lap bars... well, everyone's kind of half right. Lap bars are coming, just not yet. They won't be set for this refurb, because they haven't finished manufacturing all the new logs yet. But they are coming, eventually.
It's not just that... it's SLOW PEOPLE. When you are asked to get in and sit down quickly, please do so! That's also a generic "cascade" spiel (in addition to an intrusion or actual "breakdown"), so any time there's a backup in station, that will go off. It plays 3 times in a row, even, if the person in tower isn't paying attention enough to stop it! All lifts and belts will stop. Obviously, sometimes this can't be helped, as in the case of guests with disabilities, problems in station, etc. But many, MANY times, it is simply a guest getting in that feels the need to wipe off the seat, play musical seats with their family, rearrange all their belongings before sitting down, etc. People don't realize that the reason they're being asked to sit down quickly is that the computer gives each log an average dispatch interval of 11.5 seconds (thus, 23 seconds total with 2 dispatches, 34.5 seconds with 3 dispatches). That means go FAST. Fall too far behind that, and you get the cascade, the stop, the spiel, etc. Thus, if you are asked to get in and have a seat quickly, it isn't that the CM is trying to be pushy or rude - they're just trying to keep all these ride stops from happening and driving the people already on the ride nuts!!!
