Could be, I don't know for sure.I thought it was based on "Celebrity Races" or something.
Could be, I don't know for sure.I thought it was based on "Celebrity Races" or something.
Would you please explain what you meant by Twister being unreliable? I was a Lead there long long ago, and the only downtimes we ever seemed to have were due to operator error (I have a story to tell, in another thread I think!), an out of sync building, or a weak tornado. Sometimes Dorothy wouldn't fly. Sometimes a sparker or two would be out. Sometimes the Barco tear wouldn't work. But for the most part the attraction went on. The TD operator would be looking for broken show elements and a weak tornado. Part of the TD test was being able to name all of the show elements in the correct order. A weak tornado. operator error, and the building being out of sync, are the about the only things I can think of that would cause a downtime.
Whoah, that is a whooooooole lot of show elements out If it was near the end of the attraction's life, that makes sense, they'd probably just given up. That wouldn't have flown (no pun intended, hah) back when I worked there. If there were elements out, they were recorded by the TD operators and were supposed to be fixed third shift. Some elements took awhile to repair, of course. Like, there was a Dorothy sitting by the timeclock for the longest time.
But ultimately, the attraction wouldn't close for any of those minor effects. Just the out of sync building and a weak tornado.
But that truck is kind of a big deal in Disaster, I would have been bummed if that didn't work!
I don't find it unreliable, and it was never not working during any of my visits (albeit some effects here and there). Awhile back after I was talking about Disaster getting replaced, someone told me Disaster was probably on it's last leg, and Twister wasn't far behind. Thanks for informing me on the background of the ride however! I would love to hear that story.
I think then my point was simply talking about Disaster as Twister is more reliable than I had said.
Oh gosh, hopefully I didn't come off as aggressive with my question, that was never my intention! I apologize if I did.
Sometimes the Barco tear wouldn't work. But for the most part the attraction went on.
Random factoid: (last one, since I know this is the wrong topic for it!) one of my favorite Twister discoveries was the typo on one of the signs in Scene 2, the show scene. It had the spelling "tornmado" instead of tornado. From that day on, in my mind, F5 tornmados were the finger of God....
I'm assuming the Barco tear is the drive-in screen ripping but why is it called "Barco"?
That's hilarious!
Which sign are you referring to?
That Barco screen always seemed to be the biggest issue in my dozens of viewings of Twister over the years. Either it'd be MIA when one entered the theater, or it would just stay stuck.
Still an impressive piece of tech while it lasted.
BTW: the Disaster truck was MIA for quite some time for a very good (and odd) reason. Not at liberty to discuss, but maybe someone else is. It wasn't just because it "broke" in the traditional sense.
I don't understand the rationale either, unless they add a few different things that will alleviate the guest feedback issues.So let me get this straight, they take a ride from Holleywood that gets awful guest feedback and bring it to Orlando. At first we think it will be better and have additional stuff, but still not excited. But now based on what we are seeing, outside of the queue everything is going to be the same as a ride that no one likes? I don't get why they did this. And why do we think the GP will eat this up when they are not eating up the same thing in California?
Maybe they are adding in a big fight scene between Vin Diesel and The Rock.I don't understand the rationale either, unless they add a few different things that will alleviate the guest feedback issues.
That might help.Maybe they are adding in a big fight scene between Vin Diesel and The Rock.
They certainly could, but it would likely cost a lot more.They're in the middle of filming the next movie. If Universal really wanted new ride footage, I bet they could do it.
That's what I mean. They could film different footage for the ride, but they won't since the cheapest option is to just reuse the already finalized ride film from Universal Studios Hollywood. But, because Furious 7 made $1.5 billion, they need to strike while the iron is hot on one of their most important IPs.They certainly could, but it would likely cost a lot more.
There's striking while the iron is hot, and then there's fast and crappy cash ins. I really would've liked if they took their time with this one.That's what I mean. They could film different footage for the ride, but they won't since the cheapest option is to just reuse the already finalized ride film from Universal Studios Hollywood. But, because Furious 7 made $1.5 billion, they need to strike while the iron is hot on one of their most important IPs.