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Is this something that they do during the day while the park is open or before anyone is there? I'm thinking it would be a cool video to get, and cool to see as well...:shrug:
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When The Water Comes on at Splash Mountain?
- Thread starter blackthidot
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- In the Parks
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Well get in there and get some footage!
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
I think it stays on, but that's me.
Rob562
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No, they turn off the flume after the park is clear of Guests. It allows them to check the flume for any Guest-dropped debris. They then turn the flume pumps back on in the morning before Guests enter the park. When the pumps are off, the water naturally drains to the lowest point in the system, which is the backstage reservoir.
Same thing happens over at Kali. The water flows to the holding reservoir to the left of the lifthill, where the spare rafts are also stored.
-Rob
LoriMistress
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The more you know....
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
They do that regularly? I thought it was a highly invasive procedure.
You might be thinking of JC. Draining that water way is not all that easy to do.
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
Maybe. I remember a thread about that a month or two ago.
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Geez I didn't know they did it every night! I was just talking about when the refurb is done!
Geez you learn something new everyday here!
Geez you learn something new everyday here!
badrew
Active Member
During a couple of the "Keys to the Kingdom Tour" that I have taken, they mention that the pumps are turned off at night. Basically a huge waste of electricity to run those pumps all night and easier for maintenance. Their is a massive reservoir behind the mountain alongside the trash collection building (AVACS sp?). If I remember correctly it takes about 45 minutes to drain the attraction and about an hour to two to fill it. (That is from memory - could be mis-quoting here)
raven
Well-Known Member
Maelstrom is drained every night on the upper level and sometmes the lower level if they are working on the belts. They can also lift some automatic dams in certain areas to work on the flume like they often do with LWTL.
Rob562
Well-Known Member
Exactly. There's no reason to run the pumps when the park is empty. Of course, there could always be some nights where maintenance needs to keep it up and running so they can check and work on timing and effect triggers...
Don't know about the time to drain and fill, though it seems about right. (Though perhaps closer to 1 hour on the fill than 2.) The flume system in Splash is entirely gravity-powered. Water is pumped to the top of the mountain where it naturally flows along the flume, carrying the logs with it. The water eventually flows down to the reservoir where it's pumped back up to the top again.
Attractions like Pirates and Small World are always filled with water, and the baots are propelled by water jets along the way.
-Rob
