I understand that, but you know there were about a dozen upset people complaining about those small items being broken, wanna guess how many would have been complaining if they shut it down completely because of the minor problems.
That is part of being realistic. Something might have broken after we even get on the ride but it is treated like it has been that way for years. I don't have a problem with people being upset about ongoing problems that seem to never get fixed, but considering what it cost Disney to do anything, it can't be like the olden days when they would determine when it was time to replace parts, regardless of their current condition. That is not a workable business plan now. There's the old saying that goes "if it ain't broke, don't fix it) You could be replacing a good part with one that is flawed. If it is working smoothly it shouldn't be touched unless it is a potential safety hazard. It should be more like you said. If you spot something you tell someone about it. Then it is up to you to check it out later and see if it has been fixed. Be that a few hours, the next day, the next week and so on. If it still remains broken then there is reason for upset and comments on the lack of maintenance. Some of the pieces, especially on the older attractions may been to be machined. They don't carry many of those special parts on the shelves at Target.
JIA wasn’t minor we were sitting in silence for probably 20% of it. If that hadn’t been the case like I said I wouldn’t have noticed the minor things. I wouldnt close SSE for a broken speaker on one car, no, that would be ridiculous. What it felt like is that no one cared enough to get things in working order. That’s what I’m frustrated with.
Since when?Someone should let them know the Yeti at Everest isn't working
Based on a you tube video I saw from well over a week ago, the lack of audio in those scenes during JII have been missing for a while now.I want to express my frustration with the ride upkeep at Epcot.
Today, Imagination had 2 entire scenes with no audio. None. Figment is bouncing on the words to one little spark and there’s no sound at all except some background beeps. Then in figments open house, no sound again. That ride should not have been operating.
Finding Nemo had a projector out in the tunnel scene under the ocean. So this 360 effect had a giant empty black box 80% of the way through it.
The speaker in my SSE headrest was so quiet I could hear the car behind mine’s more clearly.
Then the doors that swing open on Test Track were just stuck in the open position (as they were on Saturday)
It’s just so pathetic and such bad form. Especially the Imagination one is completely unforgivable. Fix your stuff Disney and take some more pride in what you’re putting out there. The park isn’t going to melt down in Imagination is closed because there’s no audio.
Soarin and M:S Green both seemed fine so 1/3rd of the rides we did were in good shape
They do. Timings vary from attraction to attraction but cast are supposed to take show quality rides during operating hours. But if something fails just after the cast have passed through it could be quite a while before it’s seen again unless reported.
If they could do this in the 50's, they can do this today.
That was sarcasm
Kevin Yee has been using the term 'Declining by Degrees' for a long time. Probably should stick to that.
Since were on the topic, I think Living with the Land offically falls under declining by degrees. The jungle scene none of the animatronics work, half the lights are out,,,,the farm scenes its the same with the animatronics,,, and could it not at least get a new ending scene already?... I wont even start about Gran Fiesta.
Ya - - I think it's safe to say that WDW cares nothing for that ride.
Disney streaming seems to be doing pretty well. Pandemics giveth and they taketh away. But yeah, Disney will use it as an excuse to cut deeper than we’ve ever seen before.
As far as shareholders go, the worst of the COVID effect on DIS is over. Which, by the way, dipped down to $85 as the shutdowns were happening in late March, and is now in the $184 range.
Disney parks are losing money, a little, but Disney the company made a profit of over $2 billion dollars last quarter.
