It's such a draw that they have no real desire to close both sides of the ride at once. They could do an invasive refurb on each side without a full downtime of the building, but they don't even want to spend the money on that. It's sad.
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Rumor Tower of Terror to gain new theme?
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It's such a draw that they have no real desire to close both sides of the ride at once. They could do an invasive refurb on each side without a full downtime of the building, but they don't even want to spend the money on that. It's sad.
Preshow volume, audio sync, corridor projection levels, image capture, drop lightning, air blast, a whole set of Horton doors...
The Horton doors are a mess.
Those Horton doors are a mess. The corridor projection levels are terrible. Just looks like a TV sitting at the back of the hallway now.
Those Horton doors are a mess. The corridor projection levels are terrible. Just looks like a TV sitting at the back of the hallway now.
They did have time to install a new ride phone system and instead of figuring out how to integrate it into the existing consoles, they added random unthemed boxes next to the control panels for the phones.
I believe so. Beggars belief.
Reminds me of when they "upgraded" the Epcot DCMs from touchscreen to LCD read outs and push buttons.
I am Timmy
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Next you'll be saying it could use a really good dusting.
Skipper Dan
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Kram Sacul
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I've been meaning to ask you about the end of the corridor sequence. In your very well done tribute video there is a piece of music score which plays after the window breaks. On the actual ride it's just awkward silence. Has it always been that way or was the music removed at some point?
That music (if I understand the position correctly) should start to play as the doors close and the VVC ascends. It’s possibly lost in the present day mix.
Kram Sacul
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I was going to say it's definitely lost but after watching a few videos I've found out what the issue is. The music cue is there (low volume though) but it doesn't play until a few seconds after the window crashes and the door starts to close. In your tribute video it starts right after the window crash and before the Serling narration. Yep, it's all screwed up.
What it sounds like now:
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neoshinok
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It's baffling that this isn't part of any of the other profiles. It should be done once in most if not all of them in my opinion.
Cameron1529
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What I am saying is the pre show needs to be reinvented, I feel it is outdated and needs a revamp. The ride itself when going to the 1st and 2nd floors the graphics and whole feel is very poor compared to other Disney rides.
Tom Morrow
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I'm glad that more people are starting to see that the DHS ToT, while still a masterpiece, is in bad shape and in need of some serious attention and upgrades. For the longest time you couldn't get anyone to see that anything was wrong with it because of everyone's intense love for it.
Movielover
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JoeCamel
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Not so random is it?
jt04
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Pixar = commies?
Tom Morrow
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Currently there are four drop sequences, each 45 seconds, and you can identify them by their first two moves: Up-Up, Up-Down, Down-Up, or Down-Down. Though maybe a bit subjective, "Up-Up" is the most intense profile, and is the only one that drops almost the entire height of the drop shaft. Down-Up is the next most intense. These two also have more prominent audio track than the other two., which feature a projection/false ending at the bottom of the shaft - either the window breaking or the "ghosts" in blue silhouette.
Fixed that.