- Dec 8, 2009
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So, manual mode on a major attraction like this. What does manual mean? I was REALLY surprised to find out there was one or two people standing on the lighting catwalks for the testing of this ride. I am not even sure if this has ceased. They were up there watching the vehicles traverse the track and if anything went wrong, they had KILL switches in there hands. Apparently, video ain't fast enough. It has since occurred to me that this also took place on Gringotts etc.
Isn't this new and fascinating? I for one never knew this.
Restricted areas are generally just ride track. Catwalks are not off limits as long as they are isolated from the ride track/show animation. So being up on catwalks while the ride is in operation is no big deal at all.
Manual can mean many things. In general, the ride will run itself unless told to do so otherwise. For example, they use it on River Adventure to enable "Unload Bypass." The boats will skip unload and therefore will only require on person (a technician) in controls to run the ride. Other things can also be bypassed.