WonkaKid
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 2, 2009
A few notes about the park from my early-morning visit this morning (Sunday). We got to the rope at about 7:45. That’s when we noticed that there was an additional wall (put up since last Sunday) in front of the Astro Orbiter. A few weeks ago a CM I know said the rumor was that they’d get rid of the Tomorrowland French fries (A.K.A. the gold-colored rocks at the TL entrance from Main Street). Today that was confirmed.
We were first on Peter Pan, which is always nice. But what’s even nicer is that we’ve seen a big drop off in the number of runners. There nearly always used to be at least one. For the past two or three weeks there haven’t been any (or nearly any). Some might run for a bit but when CMs ask them not to run, they actually listen. Anyway, since we’re right at the front of the rope, we’ve usually have a decent lead on them.
Speaking of rope drop, crowds were very light for the first hour or so. As I say, we were first on PP, third on Mr. Toad and then Alice and Dumbo were virtually walk-ons.
As we rode POTC today, I began to wonder: do they have to leave the ride running all night so that boats don’t get all blocked up (and then spacing them the following morning becomes a challenge) or do they simply stop the ride. I was interested enough to ask the CM as we climbed out of the ride. She explained that once the park closes, they run all of the boats over the first drop (and perhaps the second?) and then a gate comes up/down, which stops them from going any farther. When they start the ride the following morning, it only takes about five minutes to get the boats spaced properly. So it’s far less complicated than I thought.
There were still problems with a few of the targets on Buzz but not as many as last Sunday (as many as six at once!). So scores above 1.5M are an even bigger challenge. On my first ride of the morning, I walked away with approx. 1.3M. That’s when I learned that was only the second-place score. The first place score was 1.4M. A few rides later I beat it by 1.5M and later still 1.7. Hopefully all of those problems are resolved soon but given how much attention is ever paid to Buzz’s shortcomings and failures, we may be stuck with them for a while.
If anyone would like the new DL Halloween map, shoot me a direct message . Also, I replenished my Halloween map supply. Last week several people asked for them and I ran out. The ones that I promised to see to today will be in the mail tomorrow.
A few pics from the park. Hope you all enjoy them!
We were first on Peter Pan, which is always nice. But what’s even nicer is that we’ve seen a big drop off in the number of runners. There nearly always used to be at least one. For the past two or three weeks there haven’t been any (or nearly any). Some might run for a bit but when CMs ask them not to run, they actually listen. Anyway, since we’re right at the front of the rope, we’ve usually have a decent lead on them.
Speaking of rope drop, crowds were very light for the first hour or so. As I say, we were first on PP, third on Mr. Toad and then Alice and Dumbo were virtually walk-ons.
As we rode POTC today, I began to wonder: do they have to leave the ride running all night so that boats don’t get all blocked up (and then spacing them the following morning becomes a challenge) or do they simply stop the ride. I was interested enough to ask the CM as we climbed out of the ride. She explained that once the park closes, they run all of the boats over the first drop (and perhaps the second?) and then a gate comes up/down, which stops them from going any farther. When they start the ride the following morning, it only takes about five minutes to get the boats spaced properly. So it’s far less complicated than I thought.
There were still problems with a few of the targets on Buzz but not as many as last Sunday (as many as six at once!). So scores above 1.5M are an even bigger challenge. On my first ride of the morning, I walked away with approx. 1.3M. That’s when I learned that was only the second-place score. The first place score was 1.4M. A few rides later I beat it by 1.5M and later still 1.7. Hopefully all of those problems are resolved soon but given how much attention is ever paid to Buzz’s shortcomings and failures, we may be stuck with them for a while.
If anyone would like the new DL Halloween map, shoot me a direct message . Also, I replenished my Halloween map supply. Last week several people asked for them and I ran out. The ones that I promised to see to today will be in the mail tomorrow.
A few pics from the park. Hope you all enjoy them!
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