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Splash Mt. Down 10/19-?
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disneyspartan
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The ride can be stopped and a cast member sent out to the first lift to ask the guest to pull the bar down, but this is only done when the cast member sending the boats feels like there is a risk that the guest may get out. Everyone is taught that bars on an attraction are there to keep you from flying out, but the ones on Splash are to keep you from getting out. I asked a CM last time I visited why they decided to put them in, and if they were a safety restraint, and she said that they were not there for safety, they were there to keep intrusions down. She said that since the bars in, they number of intrusions has decreased by a ton. On a different visit, I also overheard a CM tell another guest complaining about the ride stopping that it was due to the fact a guest got out of their boat... apparently they have to dispatch a CM to the guests location to escort them out, and then they restart the ride.
csm
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StoneCutter589
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csm
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Yup, I've heard it - though it's not me who needs to get over myself in this case.
pumpkin7
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I think it's just to show how much movement the animatronics had, and all the water working i the laughing place. It's how the ride is suppose to look when everything is working. If you watch a recent one you will see no water in the laughing place, and slower, more restrained movement from the animatronics.
It's depressing.
It would be good if someone could put together a before and after video to compare how the ride should look and does look for those who haven't been for a while.
Actually on second thought, I don't want to know!
Now apologize to the poster who you basically called a liar.
What in Pete's name are those for???? They look AWFUL.
copcarguyp71
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I am going to go out on a limb and say the glass is half full on this one. They are desperately trying to keep a ride that is long overdue for it's scheduled refurb in January open for guests to enjoy rather than shutting it down. Is it a perfect scenario...no. Is it the best way to enjoy the ride...no, but it is a better option than simply closing it and waiting for the refurb to start.
The current regime cannot help that past management has passed this ride over for refurb for so many years and I think they are probably just dealing with it as best they can in a way that they let as few guests down as possible. Even pixie dust can't make things happen overnight sometimes.
The current regime cannot help that past management has passed this ride over for refurb for so many years and I think they are probably just dealing with it as best they can in a way that they let as few guests down as possible. Even pixie dust can't make things happen overnight sometimes.
Fantasmic
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Pixiedustmaker
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Rocks?! Isn't Splash's "rocks" just features sculpted into the cement "rockwork"? If so, most "rocks" aren't more likely to break lose, unless you think Splash has mud slide problems with all of those dirt cliffs.
Bairstow
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muteki
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If it is falling whatever then I would look forward to a more permanent, but just as ugly, netting after the refurb. If they are still in knee-jerk mode that is....
Pixiedustmaker
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One could infer then somehow a concrete wall is falling apart. So, besides just little chunks of concrete, you'd have the possibility of a big sheet falling off. Doesn't look like the covering they have would stop anything of significant size, maybe save a couple guests from sunburn and falling pebbles.
Bairstow
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Keep in mind that these tarps were installed the very same day as the incident last Friday. They are almost certainly a quick, temporary fix.
You're right that they're probably not going to stop anything larger than a small bit of concrete, but they're better than nothing, and were possibly installed for liability reasons.
If they do intend to install more substantial, permanent net cover as seen under the Tree of Life, such a job would probably take more than a week or two to measure the space, order the materials, and install the cover.
If you'll remember, the Tree of Life lost of a concrete branch in late April.
They didn't start putting the nets up until June.
Pixiedustmaker
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Oh, I get that these . . . sheets of fabric (tarps are plastic and don't let light through) are most likely in response to whatever happened . . . I just doubt a guest who says that a rock jiggled lose on Splash and almost hit her head. (Once a guest claimed that a brick wiggled lose on the castle hit her on the head.)
So, I'm figuring unless there is some pretty bad damage to the concrete, I think the issue might be something else, or just legal playing it safe while they try to figure out if something really happened or not.
While Disney has to take the complaint seriously, would anybody here take it at face value if a somebody told them that a rock jiggled lose on Splash Mountain and almost grazed their head?
Bairstow
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Apparently Disney had cause to take the account seriously because after I rode Splash at 9:30 that morning, it was closed and dry by 10:00, stayed that way for the rest of the operating day (I was in Fronteirland at close), and when it opened the next morning the tarps were up.
It's entirely possible there is some other explanation, but I haven't heard one.
Pixiedustmaker
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I think the Tree of Life lost an artificial branch. The tip of the artificial branch was probably metal covered with something to sculpt it, (I wouldn't go with concrete AT ALL for such a job, why? Heavy and needs to have a minimum width for real strength, I would have gone with vinyl, or whatever they are using on the new main street buildings).
A tree branch can sway and snap, the side of a "dirt hill" in Splash I would figure to be extremely durable, unless maybe they didn't paint something and water got inside and did some damage.