What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

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Re: What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

Post by Amy » Feb Tue 08, 2011 6:39 am

Fun! I really liked the last one showing some sort of maintenance bay :D

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Re: What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

Post by Polynesian Princess » Feb Tue 08, 2011 9:28 am

Yes, all of that was behind the mountain and that was a little part under. I loved getting to see how the log is from a different perspective.
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Re: What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

Post by bkyrdmoviemom » Feb Tue 08, 2011 11:19 am

Princess, those are great pictures! So fun to see behind the scenes. Agree with Amy, they should have given you multiple FP's!!!!

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Re: What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

Post by theBIGyowski » Feb Tue 08, 2011 11:28 am

I remember all of that from the WDW Half Marathon. The backside of Splash Mountain is one of the last things you see as you leave MK.
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Re: What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

Post by Polynesian Princess » Feb Tue 08, 2011 11:31 am

Thank you! The quality isn't perfect since I only had a phone with me then, but I'm glad you all are enjoying them! My husband and I walked slowly to try to enjoy it longer. And yes, multiple fast passes would have been great since, as I said before, the time we spent broken down was significantly longer than any line that week!
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Re: What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

Post by Peerless83 » Mar Tue 15, 2011 6:09 am

Dinosaur..in the pitch black...I don't want to talk about it :)

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Re: What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

Post by Amy » Mar Tue 15, 2011 6:23 am

Peerless83 wrote:Dinosaur..in the pitch black...I don't want to talk about it :)
How long were you stuck?! :shock:

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Re: What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

Post by Peerless83 » Mar Mon 21, 2011 6:06 am

Probably 10 minutes..but it felt like an hour!

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Re: What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

Post by Polynesian Princess » Mar Mon 21, 2011 8:02 am

Speaking of Dinosaur, that reminds me - this isn't truly getting stuck, but sometimes due to loading taking too long there is a pause in the complete dark for a minute between "They're not going to make it!" and you seeing the dino on the tv. It's kind of like you did get eaten by the Carnatarous. :lol: I always say "... I guess we didn't make it!!" :shock: :lol:
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Re: What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

Post by elizabethswann » Mar Mon 21, 2011 8:36 pm

Peerless83 wrote:Probably 10 minutes..but it felt like an hour!
That's not too bad. I know I wouldn't be bothered since I have enough electronics to light up the area and keep myself occupied.

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Re: What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

Post by Amy » Mar Mon 21, 2011 8:51 pm

elizabethswann wrote:
Peerless83 wrote:Probably 10 minutes..but it felt like an hour!
That's not too bad. I know I wouldn't be bothered since I have enough electronics to light up the area and keep myself occupied.
Maybe you could even find an app and download it to get the vehicle moving again! :lol:

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Re: What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

Post by proudcanuck » Apr Fri 01, 2011 8:39 pm

I have only been stuck twice while sitting on a ride. California Screamin right before the launch, and in Small World. Small world was tough because of the music track.

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Re: What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

Post by Amy » Apr Fri 01, 2011 8:57 pm

proudcanuck wrote:I have only been stuck twice while sitting on a ride. California Screamin right before the launch, and in Small World. Small world was tough because of the music track.
How long were you stuck on each? I would think it would be hard to be stuck right before the launch on CA Screamin'. The anticipation would be incredible!! :shock:

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Re: What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

Post by FrogsAreAwesome » May Mon 23, 2011 8:45 am

On my last trip to WDW, I got stuck on a lot of rides. The longest was Test Track, which was for at least 15 minutes. But on my last trip to DL, the only ride I got stuck on was Buzz LIghtyear's Astro Blasters (best ride to get stuck on, because you can still play and get points while you're stuck) for about 5 minutes (still enough to significantly increase my score :) ).

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Re: What rides have you been stuck on when they broke down?

Post by MmeLeota » May Mon 23, 2011 12:16 pm

Polynesian Princess wrote:Thank you! The quality isn't perfect since I only had a phone with me then, but I'm glad you all are enjoying them! My husband and I walked slowly to try to enjoy it longer. And yes, multiple fast passes would have been great since, as I said before, the time we spent broken down was significantly longer than any line that week!
That's exactly what we would have done! :lol: Thanks for sharing those pics!
Polynesian Princess wrote:Speaking of Dinosaur, that reminds me - this isn't truly getting stuck, but sometimes due to loading taking too long there is a pause in the complete dark for a minute between "They're not going to make it!" and you seeing the dino on the tv. It's kind of like you did get eaten by the Carnatarous. :lol: I always say "... I guess we didn't make it!!" :shock: :lol:
Too funny! It reminds me of when we got "stuck" (but not really) on Indy at DL. It was right before the final "drop" where Indy is dangling from a rope and the boulder is threatening. We were sitting in the front row and we were stuck there for what seemed an eternity, but was probably 5-10 minutes. I believe it was just that the jeeps were backed up in the load/unload area and it caused us to have to wait. The problem with that is even though you know it's an illusion, there's something very unnerving about eyeballing a giant boulder rolling toward you for that long and knowing you can't run... :roll:

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