SSE photos not working

[BraveGirl]

My daughter's favorite part of SSE is seeing her face in the "movie" that you make on the ride down (she's 8). We rode it Tuesday morning and it didn't pick up her face, nor did it pick up my other daughter and an adult we were with. It only got half my face. So, my daughter asked if we could ride it again, which we did in the evening. This time it didn't pick up any of our faces, and there were 6 of us (4 adults). I asked a CM as we were disembarking if they were aware the camera wasn't working and she had no idea. I thought since it seemed to be having trouble all day, that would be something they knew about, but she was surprised. Anyone know if there is something wrong with the cameras or if it was just bad luck for us?

 

[marni1971]

There’s something wrong (again) and no Siemens to fix it this time.

At least they claimed they didn’t know. I complained the dawn of time projectors were failing and they said "they know". Not that they shouldn’t be doing SQ rides several times a day.

 

[Chef Mickey]

They've been broken since I was there almost a month ago now and I let 2 Cast Members know.

 

[Chef Mickey]

There’s something wrong (again) and no Siemens to fix it this time.

At least they claimed they didn’t know. I complained the dawn of time projectors were failing and they said "they know". Not that they shouldn’t be doing SQ rides several times a day.

What were the projectors doing? When I was there, they seemed dim.

 

[marni1971]

What were the projectors doing? When I was there, they seemed dim.

Exactly. Barely visible.

 

[mightynine]

Exactly. Barely visible.

They've always been dim to me.

 

[marni1971]

They've always been dim to me.

They’ve never been blinding. But at the mo they’re barely visible.

 

[Chef Mickey]

Exactly. Barely visible.

Man, I told them that too and they acted like it was normal. I said I've ridden this hundreds of times and it seems really dim. They said they would send it up the chain.

 

[Cookizza]

I complained the dawn of time projectors were failing and they said "they know". Not that they shouldn’t be doing SQ rides several times a day.

Oh gosh, thank you for this! As an avowed animatronic adorer, I have such a soft spot for SE, and I wondered if the extreme dimness in the "dawn of time" scene was an illusion of my eyes not having fully adjusted to the dark yet. Really hope a projector upgrade will happen at some point.

Curious, though: what are "SQ rides"?

 

[Kane88]

My guess it’s something to do with quality

 

[Chef Mickey]

Oh gosh, thank you for this! As an avowed animatronic adorer, I have such a soft spot for SE, and I wondered if the extreme dimness in the "dawn of time" scene was an illusion of my eyes not having fully adjusted to the dark yet. Really hope a projector upgrade will happen at some point.

Curious, though: what are "SQ rides"?

Show quality.

 

[Cookizza]

Show quality.

Ahh, makes perfect sense. Many thanks!

 

[MileZXO]

Wasn't working for us either and wondered what was up.

 

[crxbrett]

I rode it 9 times in the last 3 weeks and the photos only worked twice for me out of all those experiences. So yeah, it's definitely hit or miss more often than not now.

My SO and I were pretty bummed it wasn't working most of the time as we love to have fun with that feature and laugh

 

[The Mighty Tim]

They've always been dim to me.

It was pretty visible at the start of my trip, but seemed to get dimmer as time went on.

As for the animation pictures at the end, we had intermittent success. Sometimes it would work, sometimes not, sometimes partially.

 

[marni1971]

Here’s me from a few weeks back.

Another ride didn’t work at all, and another one did. It’s more than the normal rejection ratio though.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Here’s me from a few weeks back.

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Another ride didn’t work at all, and another one did. It’s more than the normal rejection ratio though.

You look like a puzzle piece.

 

[marni1971]

You look like a puzzle piece.

Some might say it’s an improvement...

 

[danyoung56]

Projector lamps will definitely fade with age. If they have a life of 2,000 hours, they should be replaced at around 1,000 hours. Unfortunately the lamps are pretty expensive (like around $400 each), so a lot of folks will just run them to failure, which is bad show.

 

[JohnD]

Time for another refurb, especially the last part where you're descending backward. The only point of the photos is to see your face in the possible future at the end. (Maybe in the exhibit afterward where people's locations are projected on a large screen).