Splash Mountain Update

EagleScout610

EagleScout610

What a wisecracker
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Rob562 said:
Testing something before installation and long-term reliability are two different things. In many cases, there's no way to accurately test/predict how something will operate years down the road. Especially in an indoor environment that has a lot of water flowing through it. They just did the best they could, and it is what it is.

As for it happening or not happening from one day to the next (or sometimes even one ride to the next), sometimes the logs are too close together for Rabbit to hop for every log. He can't reset fast enough before the next log trips the sensor.

The last time I went, it appeared that they had removed the "hedge" that he hops along that hides his support arm. You could see the support arm behind him quite clearly. Perhaps the hedge was one of the reasons for his frequent downtime, as the arm has to reach the far end of the hedge before it can rotate him around, down and back to start. If he were to turn too early, he'd crash into the hedge. He's easily the most complex AA figure in the attraction. And while I doubt the figure *cost* $1-million, with all the continued maintenance that goes into him, it's always possible that they've spent a million over the years keeping him running...err, hopping...
(Or perhaps to the maintenance budget people it just *seems* like a million)

-Rob
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Do you what really intrests me? Why do they keep fixing B'rer Rabbit, but the yeti can stay broken?
 
misterID

misterID

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RSoxNo1 said:
Splash Mountain Update: Still the best ride in the Magic Kingdom.
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Not tonight. Had my first evac in 35 years (I started WDW as a baby, so that's since birth). Also, a monorail went down also just before 9pm, so getting out of that park tonight had to be fun.

I'd still take Haunted Mansion and Space mountain over SM.
 
RSoxNo1

RSoxNo1

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misterID said:
Not tonight. Had my first evac in 35 years (I started WDW as a baby, so that's since birth). Also, a monorail went down also just before 9pm, so getting out of that park tonight had to be fun.

I'd still take Haunted Mansion and Space mountain over SM.
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I would certainly accept Mansion as a contender. I would certainly not accept Space Mountain. Disneyland's version may be my favorite stateside Disney attraction, but Florida's is really overrated, IMO.
 
TimeTrip

TimeTrip

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misterID said:
Not tonight. Had my first evac in 35 years (I started WDW as a baby, so that's since birth). Also, a monorail went down also just before 9pm, so getting out of that park tonight had to be fun.
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Left MK gates at around 9:50 to beat the fireworks rush. Monorails looked to be fine (we waited one monorail on the resort side).
 
wm49rs

wm49rs

A naughty bit o' crumpet
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ADMachine said:
What I mean is: Hopping B'rer Rabbit is supported by a boom (hydraulic arm), like the yeti. Wasn't there some point when B'rer Rabbit was broken like the yeti?
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Perhaps broken, but has been fixed. Particularly in a six-year stretch....
 
PlutoHasFleas

PlutoHasFleas

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misterID said:
Not tonight. Had my first evac in 35 years (I started WDW as a baby, so that's since birth). Also, a monorail went down also just before 9pm, so getting out of that park tonight had to be fun.

I'd still take Haunted Mansion and Space mountain over SM.
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Whoa! What's the evac process for SM? Do you get out of the boat?
 

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