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So attempting to connect any sort of dots ...
Maybe WDW is adding something permanent during construction to correct this, while DL has to add it to an already constucted ride?
That’s my guess.
So attempting to connect any sort of dots ...
Maybe WDW is adding something permanent during construction to correct this, while DL has to add it to an already constucted ride?
The guy is an idiot (I don’t say that lightly) so I don’t think this is the reason.
I’ve been told it’s the vehicles moving during the elevator drop. There is no locking mechanism and the vehicles move during it, shutting the ride down. Tons of temp fixes haven’t worked.
Weird if there was no elevator vehicle lock, you think that would be a requirement from the start.
The idea of trackless is great for simplifying maintenance requirements and wear on the ride system, but I agree for these indoor dark rides no one can see or care about the road we are on so who cares?
On Kong its because it goes outside and having a track would give away the "driver" is a fakeI don't understand that either. Tower of Terror was one of the first systems to have a trackless vehicle and they mastered the elevator lock straight out the door.
I can understand the idea of trackless on smaller vehicles like Remy and whatever that Penguin ride is called at SeaWorld but on a big ride like Kong, what's the point?
There needs to be a good balance.
The idea of trackless is great for simplifying maintenance requirements and wear on the ride system, but I agree for these indoor dark rides no one can see or care about the road we are on so who cares?
Kong is still having issues, but they had to add more sensors at one pointDidn't they have the puck issue on Kong? Wireless didn't work, so they had to add pucks? They didn't have to rip all the concrete for that.
If the ride has to cross it's own path maybe?
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The guy is an idiot (I don’t say that lightly) so I don’t think this is the reason.
I’ve been told it’s the vehicles moving during the elevator drop. There is no locking mechanism and the vehicles move during it, shutting the ride down. Tons of temp fixes haven’t worked.
Transformers are huge, slow elevators with the cars already locked on a track.
My trip in September became a little less exciting. At least I'm local so I can enjoy Rise when it opens here, but man.... kinda sucks.
Transformers elevators move pretty quickly. They're far from slow.
O:But they aren't doubling as motion bases/simulators.
I have heard that this delay is because of the lack of a locking mechanism on the elevators. But not because the vehicles are moving, but because Cal/OSHA is requiring them to install some sort of locking mechanism.The guy is an idiot (I don’t say that lightly) so I don’t think this is the reason.
I’ve been told it’s the vehicles moving during the elevator drop. There is no locking mechanism and the vehicles move during it, shutting the ride down. Tons of temp fixes haven’t worked.