From what has been said it isn't the animatronics themselves but that they have sensors to start when boats come by rather than just playing on a loop and it is those triggers that are the issue
A lot has been talked about the sensors that stop and start the animatronics. If that was the sensors only purpose, the worst that would happen would be animatronics that didn’t move and the attraction could still serve guests over and over without going down and forcing evacuations, albeit just a bad show.
It appears to be hours of down time. This can’t be just due to a frozen animatronic here and there.
Oh boy, I hope the animatronics is a separate system from the ride system that controls the logs!
It looks to be multiple issues, the least of which the animatronics themselves.
Just a guess on my part, but the only things that remain from Splash is the physical logs and physical track. Everything else, the ride’s operating system, all the infrastructure that support the new operating system, probably the controls, safety systems are all new technology.
My question is, can all this new sophisticated technology reliably operate in the harsh environment we once called Splash mountain?
The previous technology used in splash was much less sophisticated but it seems much more able to function in the environment, much like the hydraulic systems used in heavy equipment that reliably operate in the worst environments.