MrNonacho
Premium Member
And when the ride is refurbed and the downtimes continue as they have for the past 20 years?
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Splash Mountain Down...again
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And when the ride is refurbed and the downtimes continue as they have for the past 20 years?
backinaction
Well-Known Member
so no one has the right to complain about one of Disney's top attractions when Disney almost completely ignores all the problems going on with the ride? There are so many threads about this because it has become a reoccurring problem that has yet to be addressed by Disney. I'm sorry, but the ride shouldn't be going down every day like it has been. It shouldn't have this many problems with the AA's inside the ride. If people pay close to 100 dollars for a one day pass, they should have the right to complain when the flagship attraction of the Magic Kingdom is almost in ruins.
backinaction
Well-Known Member
Clearly, their once a year January refurb isn't addressing the real problems the ride is having. Maybe they should change the way the refurb? Spend more money to really fix the problems Splash is having instead of just putting a new coat of paint on it once a year?
MerlinTheGoat
Well-Known Member
From what it sounds like, the downtimes are far worse than they ever have been. The ride shouldn't be going down every few days, or worse, every day. It went down occasionally in the past, but never THAT frequently. And since they installed lap bars now, the amount of times the ride goes down from someone just standing up is pretty much nonexistent now.
And considering how many of the effects and figures are broken, it's easy to imagine there are underlying issues with the ride system itself that we're not even seeing.
One of the big issues with that is that a proper yearly refurb probably WOULD be enough to keep it in working condition. There's two issues with that though. One is that the ride didn't go down at all this year (i guess due to Big Thunder being down or something, which also needed maintenance badly). The second being that little seemed to be improved with 2011's refurb, the biggest change was the new lap bars. When the ride came back up, i didn't really even notice ANY previously non-working effects working again. I doubt they did anything major to fix the ride in the last time it went down for refurbishment...
jakeman
Well-Known Member
I think you are missing the point.
A few people in the thread have stated that even when the attraction was relatively young it still went down occasionally.
The point of Mr.Nonacho's post was to pose the question, "After everything is fixed and the ride still periodically stops, then what?"
The over riding point is that there is a possibility that while the attraction downtimes may have increased, the amount of reporting has also more than likely increased exponentially.
At what point does the fan community accept that a ride is running as it should within the acceptable guidelines for the attraction and isn't on the verge of implosion?
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
I think a good example of a ride running within acceptable guidelines, that I never hear complaints about being down is The Haunted Mansion. They did a phenomenal job with that refurb, the ride still looks great to this day, therefore the complaints when it goes down are minimal.
Splash is in such a sorry state, that when it does go down, it becomes an even easier target for complaints.
backinaction
Well-Known Member
I think it more of an issue of the Disney fans holding the company to a hire standard then any other company in the world. That is what has kept Disney as the #1 spot in entertainment for so long. It's their attention to detail that keeps the hardcore fans coming back. And lately, their lack of any kind of preventive maintenance has angered alot of fans who feel that Disney should be doing a better job of taking care of their marque attractions. The threads wont stop as long as the ride keeps going down every day or every other day.
jakeman
Well-Known Member
That may be true, but Splash is such easy pickings anyways, I don't think it's ever going to be able to recover at this point.
In the summer, it's going to go down everyday due to thunderstorms. It's just going to happen.
However, how many times do you think that the weather in the area will be mentioned this summer?
I'm not making any excuses for the state of the attraction, but just pointing out that we see everything with very little to no context here most of the time.
MrNonacho
Premium Member
How many folks on this very forum, over the years, have gone to this attraction to find it temporarily closed? Quite a few, I'd wager. Do all of these people think that they are just the unluckiest people in the world in that they just happened to be there for this rare event? The reality is that attraction downtimes are and always have been a regular event. Whether they are happening more often now or if it only seems that way is not something I can answer, but I guarantee that WDW engineering knows.
menamechris
Well-Known Member
I have ridden Splash probably about a dozen times in the last year. Maybe once during the year the ride didn't stop while I was on it. Twice I have been evacuated. And there have been about another half dozen times that I have gone to ride it, and they are stopping people at the entrance saying the ride isn't working. This is not normal, and I fear the damage that could be done by running the ride into the ground the way they are...
Victor Kelly
Well-Known Member
For all we know Splash is next after Big Thunder to get a major refurb. There is no way that they could close both at the same time. That would leave Pirates and the Mansion as the only major rides on that side of the Kingdom. And I remember when HM and POTC were the only major rides on that side of the Kingdom.
bethymouse
Well-Known Member
Wow!
Every time we've ridden Splash, it has stopped for some reason!
Some times we've been stopped longer than others. I have never been turned away; it has never been completely down and/or temp. closed like BTMRR or TT was!:shrug:
I have never been stopped for POTC except for waiting to unload @ the end, same as IASW.
I have been stopped in HM many times for several minutes @ a time: most being for 15 min. TSM! and Buzz stop as well sometimes ( not just because of loading/unloading). I was @ MK once when the carousel had been closed due to someone getting hurt!:lookaroun
Never stopped on PP.
I guess my point is that all rides "break down" due to the sheer capacity of guests!
Maybe the boats are bottoming out like IASW did due to guests larger size?:shrug:
Who knows?
Every time we've ridden Splash, it has stopped for some reason!
Some times we've been stopped longer than others. I have never been turned away; it has never been completely down and/or temp. closed like BTMRR or TT was!:shrug:
I have never been stopped for POTC except for waiting to unload @ the end, same as IASW.
I have been stopped in HM many times for several minutes @ a time: most being for 15 min.
TSM! and Buzz stop as well sometimes ( not just because of loading/unloading). I was @ MK once when the carousel had been closed due to someone getting hurt!:lookarounNever stopped on PP.
I guess my point is that all rides "break down" due to the sheer capacity of guests!
Maybe the boats are bottoming out like IASW did due to guests larger size?:shrug:
Who knows?
My opinion only, but it isn't as bad as all that.
After being a regular viewer of these forums for some time, visited WDW a couple weeks ago. Based on what I've read here, I expected this attraction to be a step away from falling down.
I had to look hard for areas that obviously need a good paint job (mostly tucked high up and behind the scenery), and effects that weren't working (only the little turtles that floated on water springs). Otherwise, everything was working, the ride operated every day with no downtime and people were having a great time, myself included.
Does it need some TLC? Definitely. And all indications seem to be that it will get it...soon. Is it some kind of malfunctioning eyesore that Disney should be ashamed of? Not at all.
Again, just my opinion.
After being a regular viewer of these forums for some time, visited WDW a couple weeks ago. Based on what I've read here, I expected this attraction to be a step away from falling down.
I had to look hard for areas that obviously need a good paint job (mostly tucked high up and behind the scenery), and effects that weren't working (only the little turtles that floated on water springs). Otherwise, everything was working, the ride operated every day with no downtime and people were having a great time, myself included.
Does it need some TLC? Definitely. And all indications seem to be that it will get it...soon. Is it some kind of malfunctioning eyesore that Disney should be ashamed of? Not at all.
Again, just my opinion.
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
The jumping water in the laughing place was working?!?!? Can anyone confirm this?
StringBeanDream
Active Member
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
:ROFLOL:
Confession time. I knew that already. I was being sarcastic. Thanks for the assist though. :wave:
I_heart_Tigger
Well-Known Member
I love Splash but was disappointed when it was down 3 of the 4 days I was at MK last month. I felt very lucky I got to ride it once when I was there but I also noticed the lack of the working water features. It's not a huge detail but one that was quite noticable if you've been on the ride before. It takes you out of the magic for a bit.
I would be happier to hear it was being shut down for months for a major refurb rather than a day or two for routine maintenance. Honestly I also suspected at that time (like someone else mentioned) that it may undergo a major refurb once Thunder is up and New Fantasyland is open.
I don't think it's too much to ask that I have at least a 50/50 shot of having a favourite attraction running during my vacation. I had about the same luck trying to get on Test Track most of the time....my visit in 2009 included 5 visits to Epcot and Test Track was running once.
I would be happier to hear it was being shut down for months for a major refurb rather than a day or two for routine maintenance. Honestly I also suspected at that time (like someone else mentioned) that it may undergo a major refurb once Thunder is up and New Fantasyland is open.
I don't think it's too much to ask that I have at least a 50/50 shot of having a favourite attraction running during my vacation. I had about the same luck trying to get on Test Track most of the time....my visit in 2009 included 5 visits to Epcot and Test Track was running once.
I_heart_Tigger
Well-Known Member
I can only speak for myself but I have never boo-hooed any refurb. I know on these boards that refurbs get boo-hooed but maybe it's not the same people that WANT the refurb saying that.
I am occasionally disappointed when I find out an attraction will be down when I'm there but it is really less than a minor detail - one (or 2 or even 3) attractions being closed can't ruin a trip for me.