News Tiana's Bayou Adventure - latest details and construction progress

mysto

mysto

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monothingie said:
TBA is built on a 30 year old ride, yes there were problems with the previous ride, but they certainly weren’t as frequent and were likely aggravated by years of deferred maintenance. TBA is going in the wrong way and getting worse. Whatever problem(s) that have manifested themselves are clearly beyond tweaks and adjustments and overnight fixes.
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I think they must have taken bids to replace the control system, and selected the lowest bidder, resulting in this. Then they treat any on-site technical talent that could cobble it together as a fungible commodity ("we can always replace you"). This is all standard practice in American business.

I would like Disney to go above and beyond standard practice.

Tiana's control system replacement appears to be a case of the classic "I did what I was supposed to", by people at high levels who are in a position of leadership, and who don't appear to be leading.
 
John park hopper

John park hopper

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I went to WDW a lot in the 70's and 80's and 90's and don't remember attractions being down to the extent they are now. There is no excuse for a new attraction having the extent of technical difficulties TB is having. I have to ask what the heck has changed --unreliable technology, lack of maintenance, unqualified maintenance personnel, or budget cuts
 
Tha Realest

Tha Realest

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gerarar said:

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Oof. When they’ve lost Drew…

Keep in mind, this is a multi level disaster. One, the long stretches of nothingness makes the non-working affects or AAs that much more acute and noticeable - meaning a bad experience (see above) for those who do manage to ride. Two, its reliability is atrocious. Three, and to carry on that last point, it’s going to really wreak havoc on operations once BTMRR goes down.

And four - folks, this is all we’re getting for some time.
 
tanc

tanc

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I'm going in November and hope the only day I can ride this (going to the first MVMCP), that it does not break down or that I will be lucky enough to ride it.

I'm trying not to judge the attraction until I ride it, but this constant breakdown is legitimately embarrassing. This is years of research and development that seemingly is failing, and the predecessor did not have this issue when it was fully functional. Yes, I'm sure Splash broke down sometimes in the past, but from my recollection not every single day. I know the ride opened relatively recently, but to have it fail on practically a daily basis is absurd.

I'm a software engineer, the amount of testing I do before pushing to production is crucial for our customers. Modern Disney attractions to me consistently seem to have more functional issues than in the past. I understand it is the evolution of technology though, it's just this ride is nothing like ROTR or incredibly complex. I'm not an electrical engineer and I contemplate if Disney just did not test these animatronics in certain weather conditions, or did not think about the overall function over time. I have a feeling that this ride will have to have certain effects in a B mode or something in order for it to function regularly.
 

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