Thursday Sept 19th I got stuck in the one place no one would ever want to get stuck on Forbidden Journey. Yeah, I was in the first seat right underneath the whomping willow, under the limb that comes down toward you, flat on my back for about 20 minutes or so. I never realized that you are tilted back so far that your knees are higher than your head. It was a strange feeling, like your heart was coming up into your throat. Anyway they cut the lights on and after several announcements for everyone to stay in their seats and the ride would be starting shortly (yeah, like I was going to try to climb out of that seat at that position
), after about 20 minutes they finally moved the benches enough that we were sitting upright again, but then the ride almost immediately stopped again and they had us at a weird angle where we were just a few feet past the whomping willow, but it looked like we were facing the back side of a scene instead of the screen for the quidditch field. Anyway, down below the floor was marked with yellow paint saying Area 4 and on the wall was something that looked like an electrical box with a cable running into it. It was marked Umbilical. I'm just curious if anyone would now what it was. Those of us in our bench just thought a cable and box labeled umbilical was funny. We stayed in that position for quite awhile (again with frequent announcements being made to stay in our seats (like #1 we would have even been able to get out of the restraints even if we wanted to and #2 like we were going to try to drop down 15 feet or so from the bench to the floor) I don't think so! Anyway, when they finally got the ride going again they took us through with the lights on, no sound, and the screens blank. It was neat, but odd with the lights on, no sound, seeing the blank screens, dementers and basilik skeleton. When we got off they were giving everyone express passes good for any ride (including FJ). Anyway, I was just wondering about the box and cable that were labeled umbilical right after the whomping willow in section 4.
), after about 20 minutes they finally moved the benches enough that we were sitting upright again, but then the ride almost immediately stopped again and they had us at a weird angle where we were just a few feet past the whomping willow, but it looked like we were facing the back side of a scene instead of the screen for the quidditch field. Anyway, down below the floor was marked with yellow paint saying Area 4 and on the wall was something that looked like an electrical box with a cable running into it. It was marked Umbilical. I'm just curious if anyone would now what it was. Those of us in our bench just thought a cable and box labeled umbilical was funny. We stayed in that position for quite awhile (again with frequent announcements being made to stay in our seats (like #1 we would have even been able to get out of the restraints even if we wanted to and #2 like we were going to try to drop down 15 feet or so from the bench to the floor) I don't think so! Anyway, when they finally got the ride going again they took us through with the lights on, no sound, and the screens blank. It was neat, but odd with the lights on, no sound, seeing the blank screens, dementers and basilik skeleton. When we got off they were giving everyone express passes good for any ride (including FJ). Anyway, I was just wondering about the box and cable that were labeled umbilical right after the whomping willow in section 4.
