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Splash Mountain Construction
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WDW Vacationer
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jmuboy
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On the left side of the flume where the track ends it looks like the faux rockwork is broken up. From track removal I assume?
unkadug
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or else from a guest whipping their child for standing up on the ride.
EPCOT Explorer
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Ahthankyou, gentlemen.
Nah, prpbably because it doesn't need to be seen.
Please don't bring that up. It brings back unfortunate memories from when I was a bad child. :lookaroun :lol:
It doesn't look like they've done any work to that piece of track (brake) area, so that busted rockwork could be old, or could be from unrelated construction.
_Scar
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Sorry I was a little tense guys. And I've also been a little argumentative in other threads and for that I am also sorry. I've been a little on edge all week because of stress at school.
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I really need one of those Zip A Dee Doo Dah days!
But I do know WDWMagic is my laughin' place
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I really need one of those Zip A Dee Doo Dah days!
But I do know WDWMagic is my laughin' place
1disneydood
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Buzzforprez
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No prob! And I may have pushed a button or two there...
Like I said, it's not wanting to rush anyone - it's wanting to prevent the whole ride from stopping!
That being said, CMs do see when it's someone legitimately having a tough time trying to get in as fast as possible. I can't speak for other CMs, but personally, if I saw someone was making every attempt to get in as quickly as their body would allow, I didn't push. It was only when I saw what seemed to be "dawdling" that I spoke up and asked people to move quickly. And believe me, there are those of us that understand the tall thing.
I don't know about a height restriction, but somewhere, Gabriel Iglesias is going to be crying in a corner. :lol:
I don't know that it's technically called a track... possibly... but that's actually a brake, believe it or not, referred to as the "drop 4 brake." During emergency stops and power disconnects (whether manual or automatic), that whole section is actually lifted up. So if a log is coming down the big drop, it will be lifted up out of the water by that strip, bringing it to a rather sudden stop. So if you're walking by and you see a log sitting on that brake, the attraction is down, and 99% of the time it's an automatic evacuation (unless that log is empty) because it will have to be physically pushed out of the brake.
So your saying if I want to be a castmember at SM I have to be able to push out logs in the public view????? Wow now thats pressure!
_Scar
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This post is the best post I've ever seen.
RAXIP
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Wow - they're not messing around! :sohappy:
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SirGoofy
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WDW Vacationer
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Its very sad. And Splash is down for WAY less.:lol:
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xfkirsten
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I love it too! I love chatting with maintenance people and learning how the ride works.
You, my friend, win at life!
(But sadly, as of a year or so ago, only maintenance gets to actually push out logs... the rest of us just have to wait. :lookaroun)
Rob562
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Actually, that pic shows the track and brakes mentioned earlier in this thread perfectly. The outer rails along either side of the trough are the "track", though it's pretty much a smooth surface for tht wheels under the log to roll along down the hill and then they gradually get lower down into the water to ease the log into the water on the run-out.
In-between those two rails you can see the brakes that were mentioned. By the looks of it, they operate similar to the old "skid brakes" on wooden roller coasters. When deployed upward, they contact plates under the log and literally lift the log off its rolling wheels, and the log skids to a halt.
Though I'd heard within the past couple years during one of the annual refurbs they replaced those brakes with some kind of electro-magnetic/linear-induction based brakes, which could stop the logs in less time than the old brakes...
-Rob
archangel2790
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Two solid hours later and I'm still laughing.