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[ButterflyKisses77]

Remember for a while they had different doors you would enter through at the beginning of the ride and depending on which one you went through, the ride was a different experience?
Does anyone know why now only one door is used and it's just the same ride experience every time? What happened to how it used to be?

 

[Malcon10t]

It has always been one track. The "doors" would rotate to give an illusion of entering different doors. Lighting was used to give effects of different experiences, but it was always the same.

 

[Rabb it]

Yeah now it only goes through the middle door for some reason, maybe the door rotator is broken..

 

[goooof1]

Even though it only goes through the middle door now, the experience changes. Going on the ride several times over 3 days there were at least 3 different "scenes".....(this was a couple weeks ago)

 

[SMD]

I think they dispatch the cars too quickly to wait for the doors to reset. Even if they did every 5th or 10th car, it would still slow loading over the course of the whole day.

 

[Gretchen1973]

I remember it being different too. I think about that every time we go one it!

 

[3TinksAndAnEeyore]

I thought I had just imagined that different sets of doors used to open! I wish they would bring this effect back.

 

[Malcon10t]

The "different sets " were simply lighting effects. A year or so ago, I did an event where we were walked thru the ride with Imagineers, and they explained how a lot of the stuff worked. The effects were so cool to watch.

 

[beachdreamr1229]

I miss the old way, too. I know it doesn't make much difference to the ride itself, but I liked the variety. It was fun to try to guess which door you'd get. And maybe I was imagining it as a child, but I feel like the ride's subtle variations were specific to each door so you could better guess your adventure with the door changes. I could be wrong, but I swear that was part of it at first. Now, it feels like there's no variety. Still love the ride. I just miss when the entire ride was functional. Even ignoring the doors, the ride seems to have a lot of down time.

 

[Sparrow78]

This makes me sad! We are going in November and I'm sure last time we went it was rotating doors. It was so fun to guess where you go. But this is my favorite ride and I'm so excited we can take our oldest on this time!

 

[Westcoastwild]

The "different sets " were simply lighting effects. A year or so ago, I did an event where we were walked thru the ride with Imagineers, and they explained how a lot of the stuff worked. The effects were so cool to watch.

Ok, that is cool. Was it open to the public or was it some kind of corporate thing???

 

[EsmeCullen]

I remember. Maybe it's the Mandela Effect

 

[ButterflyKisses77]

Malcon10t Thanks for the info and that's so cool you got to do that!

 

[STLstone]

I miss the old way, too. I know it doesn't make much difference to the ride itself, but I liked the variety. It was fun to try to guess which door you'd get. And maybe I was imagining it as a child, but I feel like the ride's subtle variations were specific to each door so you could better guess your adventure with the door changes. I could be wrong, but I swear that was part of it at first. Now, it feels like there's no variety. Still love the ride. I just miss when the entire ride was functional. Even ignoring the doors, the ride seems to have a lot of down time.

Really, all of it is make-believe, anyway. So if you believe it made a difference, that's all the proof you really need!

There's a lot of things I remember being better when I was younger. Did those things change, or did I?

 

[Malcon10t]

I miss the old way, too. I know it doesn't make much difference to the ride itself, but I liked the variety. It was fun to try to guess which door you'd get. And maybe I was imagining it as a child, but I feel like the ride's subtle variations were specific to each door so you could better guess your adventure with the door changes. I could be wrong, but I swear that was part of it at first. Now, it feels like there's no variety. Still love the ride. I just miss when the entire ride was functional. Even ignoring the doors, the ride seems to have a lot of down time.

It is my understanding from my kids, the "experience" still changes, just not the door. (I can't ride due to back issues.)

I find it interesting how perspective changes as we grow up. I have a friend who went to Disneyland when he was 5. He didn't go again until his honeymoon. He was so excited, telling his bride all about this ride. See, they have birds? And the birds are trained to sing and they have a whole routine.... Yes, he had really thought Tiki Room was real. He was so disappointed when he went and found out it was animatronic....

 

[GatorChris]

The initial scene still changes between three variations. You just don't the the door effect telling you that's the case. Part of the problem is you really can't understand what the "voice-over" is saying. If you could, we'd all know if we chose the path of riches or path of enlightenment or whatever.