Things not working

[disneygeek90]

As of yesterday around 3pm the large avatar in the tube in FoP queue line was covered.

 

[RyanWDW]

The shark hasn't worked in Nemo for ever!!!

 

[geekza]

The shark hasn't worked in Nemo for ever!!!

Apparently, it was turned off because it was scaring kids and possibly getting too close to the guests.

 

[perfectparanoia]

I cannot believe I am reading this. WHY? What would be the reason to try and do this??

Because they can. Especially children and teens. Parents are too focussed on their phones to notice usually. And no one else dare say any thing to someone else’s kid.

We need to retrain people to care AND to say something when people are being jerks.

(Note that I always say something and 90% of the time get a nasty response from the parent. )

 

[memethyst]

The shark hasn't worked in Nemo for ever!!!

it was working on the 4th of july

 

[Corgi]

For anyone at WDW... is the C-3PO in the Star Tours queue still broken?

 

[memethyst]

For anyone at WDW... is the C-3PO in the Star Tours queue still broken?

last time i was there in late june/early july he was working.

 

[Corgi]

last time i was there in late june/early july he was working.

Okay wow, when I was there in early to mid June he just stood there limply.

 

[Missing20K]

The new thing (or more prevalent) this past week was to try to punch a hole in an attraction’s plaster or walls. And before anyone says anything, I said something each time I saw it (which was a lot on different attractions). It’s hard to maintain things when people behave like this and their friends and family tolerate that behavior.

I guess add these folks to the hair band tossers on EE.

 

[geekza]

it was working on the 4th of july

He was really popping out, rather than barely moving forward and back?

 

[spock8113]

Somewhere on YouTube are some videos of DGW-Disney Gone Wrong.

I think in their quest to keep parks open longer and get more money, the maintenance time is getting shorter.
Unlike the "old Days" where rides and attractions were all mechanical, now they rely on computers and software even more.
I'm sure the crews realize this as well. Those would be mechanical crews, electrical crews, maintenance crews and timing all the work in a very short span.

"How many lines of code are there?"
"About 2 million".................
Ahh, ahh, ahh, you didn't say the magic word"
"I HATE this hacker stuff" "

 

[HMFan999]

 

[RyanWDW]

Apparently, it was turned off because it was scaring kids and possibly getting too close to the guests.

Wow! I never knew that... It was always one of my favorite features.

 

[Kenny Hensley]

Because they can. Especially children and teens. Parents are too focussed on their phones to notice usually. And no one else dare say any thing to someone else’s kid.

We need to retrain people to care AND to say something when people are being jerks.

(Note that I always say something and 90% of the time get a nasty response from the parent. )

If I see that happen, I WILL say something. My family and I consider WDW our second home...if I see someone willfully damage something, there will be a problem. I don't take kindly to vandalism, especially in my house.

 

[sonoma15]

Does someone have a video of the shark popping out? I don't recall ever seeing it.

 

[memethyst]

He was really popping out, rather than barely moving forward and back?

if i remember clearly he was going in and popping out fast. more than i've ever seen him move.

 

[disneygeek90]

Okay wow, when I was there in early to mid June he just stood there limply.

He seemed to be down for quite a while. I noticed him working again briefly a few months ago, and then off again.

 

[HonorableMention]

He was really popping out, rather than barely moving forward and back?

When I went in late June it slow but not that bad. It blew my mind because I thought it had been deactivated since opening.

 

[geekza]

CoP looks like it's been on life support in one of the roughest hospitals in one of the roughest neighborhoods in the South Bronx. Seriously. Put it out of its misery or fix it. The odds of the latter are laughable (I mean... who cares?) so, put it out of its misery.

I'm as much a fan of the attraction as any Disney nerd but I won't even go near it anymore because I like to be in a happy place on vacation.

I think CoP is worth saving. If current plans hold (which, these days, is a big 'if'), I'm sure that everything will be brought back up to snuff when they revamp the final scene. We'll get a new narrator, sadly, and at least a partially-new script and at least some refurb of the figures and effects. I hold no hope for a massive update, but just making sure things work would be welcome.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

After reading what is going on with MuppetVision and the current shape of Philharmagic, I am starting to have a slight fear that Disney will just let the older shows fall by the waste side until they're in complete shambles so they can replace them with IPs...

Gawd, I hope not.