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.
