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Universe of Energy HELP !!!!
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isnet396
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The only smell ever used, to my knowledge, was known as "Damp Earth", which used to be prominant in the intitial "holding area" of the diorama. It's just like any other scent used in an attraction, such as Loranges, or the Burning of Rome.
Spitting water is nothing new from an animatronic. Its nothing different than on any other attraction where water is projected onto guests.
The fog machines have sadly been turned off, to my knowledge, due to cost-cutting maneuvers. Either way, fog is essentially mist, which is water, which is far from carbon dioxide. I doubt that disney would ever try to put their guests at risk in their attractions. That's food service's job.
Ian
Epcot is my fav
Active Member
Originally posted by WDW-Imagineer
I haven't been on the one with Ellen yet.... (probably because she's in it!!), but you have to admit that the old one was extremely boring....
Ummmm whats wrong with Ellen????
Woody13
New Member
Originally posted by isnet396
The fog machines have sadly been turned off, to my knowledge, due to cost-cutting maneuvers. Either way, fog is essentially mist, which is water, which is far from carbon dioxide. I doubt that disney would ever try to put their guests at risk in their attractions. That's food service's job.
Ian
Actually, there are two methods used to create theatrical fog. The "hot" fog machines use glycol and distilled water and boil the liquid. This type of fog rises because it is hotter than the surrounding air. The other theatrical fog is made with carbon dioxide (as The Mom correctly stated). This is "cold" fog and it hangs on the ground. Sometimes dry ice is combined with warm water to create the fog. For big time "cold" fog production, large tanks of C02 are used. It's harmless.
The glycol based "hot" fog can be harmful to asthmatics so it is not used in situations where the audience will come in direct contact with this type of fog. Also, the glycol based fog leaves a sticky residue behind after many hours of use.
bigbrian-nc.com
New Member
I like NRG both the old and newer versions. I wish I had seen the older version more times and could remember it better. But even though I like it I yhink it is funny when folks make jokes about falling asleep, probably beacause there's some truth to it.
1. You may be tired, in Florida its often hot , and visiting WDW many of us spend long days out in the parks doing more vigorous exercise than we might on a typical day off work.
2. Theres low lighting, after all the dinosaur sequence is set in a dawn-pre-dawn setting.
3. You get to sit down for an extended period. Including the pre show the attraction clocks in around 45 minutes. they do break it up but anyone starting to get drowsy in the preshow movie , may only get halfway re-awakened as they load into the attraction vehicles, where they can then drift off quite quickly.
by now you all know the words, let's sing along:
Here we go
movin' slow
through the Universe of En-er-gy
I like that little joke even though I enjoy the attraction quite a bit as well.
1. You may be tired, in Florida its often hot , and visiting WDW many of us spend long days out in the parks doing more vigorous exercise than we might on a typical day off work.
2. Theres low lighting, after all the dinosaur sequence is set in a dawn-pre-dawn setting.
3. You get to sit down for an extended period. Including the pre show the attraction clocks in around 45 minutes. they do break it up but anyone starting to get drowsy in the preshow movie , may only get halfway re-awakened as they load into the attraction vehicles, where they can then drift off quite quickly.
by now you all know the words, let's sing along:
Here we go
movin' slow
through the Universe of En-er-gy
I like that little joke even though I enjoy the attraction quite a bit as well.
planet7
New Member
bigbrian-nc.com said:
The Cast Member version is "See the cars.... go off the wire! It's the Un-i-verse of En-er-gy!"
To those who may not get this: the ride uses a trackless "guidewire" system. A super-thin wire is embedded in the floor. It transmits a RF (radio freuquency) signal which the vehicles "listen" for. The make their way through the building by listening for the wire, and following its path. It's a little more complicated than that, but that's the jist of it.
A steering error or other malfunction can cause a vehicle to veer too far from the wire, where it can't find it again. Such vehicle guidance faults ("going off the wire") are the primary source of downtimes at Energy.
G7, The NRG Answer Man
planet7
New Member
isnet396 said:
There were originally three scents, including (so I'm told) two different "Damp Earth" scents, and the burning scent (for the volcano) that's also used in the
Rome burning scene of Spaceship.
The fog is CO2, not water vapor.
As long as you stay in your vehicle, Energy is quite safe. Spaceship is another story.
G7
Captain Hank
Well-Known Member
I thought they used a puck system now, similar to the parade tracking system.planet7 said:
planet7
New Member
Captain Hank said:
I'm unclear on that, actually. I was told the same thing, but I don't see how the pucks would be used for guidance. I suspect that instead the pucks replaced original benchmarking system. The "benchmarks" were originally magnets embedded in the floor, which (I assume) actuated a reed switch in the vehicles. It let the vehicles (and in turn the Wayside) know that the vehicles had reached a certain point. The range of course would be limited. I know that they replaced the benchmarks, and I suspect that's where the pucks come in--they would have greater range.
If anyone else has any details on this, I'd be very interested to know about it!
G7
GoofyMagic
Member
the new one with Ellen I must say is close to as lengthly as the other. Her humor is sometimes funny but they still need to spice everything up a bit more.
isnet396
New Member
Whoa...G7, welcome to the forums. I can't recall you ever hanging out here, though I haven't visited in a while.
(Long time Yahoo Groups member of your UoE and Horizons group)
...You ought to really put together some sort of megathread for Energy in this subforum, most people are probably unaware of (all) of the technical complexities of the ride.
(Long time Yahoo Groups member of your UoE and Horizons group)
...You ought to really put together some sort of megathread for Energy in this subforum, most people are probably unaware of (all) of the technical complexities of the ride.
or take a look at planet7 and NRG_Guys awesome site www.planet7.org and click on the UoE picture!
violet_yoshi
Member
Hmm, now that you mention it..I do recall it smelling sort of funny around the old version of UoE