All four parks, waterparks, and other magic in Central Florida
Moderator: Moderators
-
Amy
- Submarine Voyage Captain
- Posts: 18543
- Joined: Dec Wed 12, 2007 1:41 pm
- Location: the flooded, flooded mitten
Post
by Amy » Feb Fri 18, 2011 7:28 am
mindflipper wrote:MadEye wrote:theBIGyowski wrote:You do know that there are animatronics backstage of the Three Caballeros that were supposed to be used in the finale scene...right? Problem was they ran out of money and time to put them out there. So they just stuck with the corny video. The animatronics were taken from the old Mickey Mouse Revue.
So...they are literally backstage...wrapped up...waiting for more money so they can come back out. Sad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgAGwj5hh7o
That isn't sad... thats
stupid!!!
Does anyone have any CM sources at EPCOT that can confirm this?
MadEye wrote:Unless you know exactly where they are, chances are you won't find them. They store things for different attractions all over the place. I remember when I was working in Tomorrowland that they kept a replacement for the Captain Hook figure that is sword fighting Pan in Pan's Flight and 3 (very creepy) naked small world kids in the untilidors in Tomorrowland. Chances are Fantasyland CMs didn't even know they were there...
Were they right out in the utilidors, or were they in a storage room off the utilidors?
-
Esmeralda
- Flight to the Moon Flight Director
- Posts: 1199
- Joined: Oct Fri 21, 2005 9:04 pm
- Location: Penny Arcade, Main Street USA
Post
by Esmeralda » Feb Fri 18, 2011 9:43 am
^I always thought the end scene should have had animatronics...it just begged for them!
Oh, and World of Motion all the way! I loved that ride as a kid and just can't seem to get attached to Test Track. As always, bring back Horizons, World of Motion and my personal favorite, the original Journey to Imagination!! The first two may need a little updating, but the story lines made the rides so fun.
Drop another coin in slot and I will tell you more.
-
MadEye
- Haunted Mansion Butler
- Posts: 3685
- Joined: Jun Sat 07, 2008 5:18 pm
Post
by MadEye » Feb Fri 18, 2011 10:58 am
Amy wrote:Were they right out in the utilidors, or were they in a storage room off the utilidors?
Out in the open utilidors...
We are all a little weird
And life's a little weird,
And when we find someone whose
Weirdness is compatible with ours,
We join up with them and fall in
Mutual weirdness and call it Love.”
― Dr. Seuss
Eames: Listen, if you're gonna perform INCEPTION, you need IMAGINATION.
-
Amy
- Submarine Voyage Captain
- Posts: 18543
- Joined: Dec Wed 12, 2007 1:41 pm
- Location: the flooded, flooded mitten
Post
by Amy » Feb Fri 18, 2011 12:36 pm
MadEye wrote:Amy wrote:Were they right out in the utilidors, or were they in a storage room off the utilidors?
Out in the open utilidors...
Wow
You would think they would have them somewhere a little more protected than that. I would guess the utilidors have security cameras in them?
-
Arvorenn
- Autopian Mechanic
- Posts: 112
- Joined: Nov Sun 01, 2009 8:14 am
- Location: Germany
Post
by Arvorenn » Feb Fri 18, 2011 12:45 pm
Amy wrote:MadEye wrote:Amy wrote:Were they right out in the utilidors, or were they in a storage room off the utilidors?
Out in the open utilidors...
Wow
You would think they would have them somewhere a little more protected than that. I would guess the utilidors have security cameras in them?
If I remember correctly, somebody mentioned some time ago that the entire utilidors are equipped with cameras.
I guess the chance of them getting stolen is pretty low, but the odd CM driving a Pargo through the utilidor (or carrying stuff and accidentally knocking the AAs over) and not being fully attentive could easily damage them if they're really just standing there in the open...
-
yodiwan1
- Storybookland Canal Boats Mate
- Posts: 2004
- Joined: Sep Tue 18, 2007 11:47 pm
- Location: Coral Springs, Fl
Post
by yodiwan1 » Feb Fri 18, 2011 1:20 pm
I know that a bunch of AA are also kept behind Main street, and at the Imagineer trailers in the back.. I saw them in the Keys to the Kingdom tour last month...and when I worked there 10 years ago...gosh I feel old now!
-
theBIGyowski
- Tom Sawyer Island Rafts Skipper
- Posts: 2744
- Joined: Apr Mon 28, 2008 7:31 pm
Post
by theBIGyowski » Feb Fri 18, 2011 3:17 pm
mindflipper wrote:MadEye wrote:theBIGyowski wrote:You do know that there are animatronics backstage of the Three Caballeros that were supposed to be used in the finale scene...right? Problem was they ran out of money and time to put them out there. So they just stuck with the corny video. The animatronics were taken from the old Mickey Mouse Revue.
So...they are literally backstage...wrapped up...waiting for more money so they can come back out. Sad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgAGwj5hh7o
That isn't sad... thats
stupid!!!
Does anyone have any CM sources at EPCOT that can confirm this?
If you have the time to watch all of this...it is towards the end...
http://www.martinsvids.net/?p=70
1986: Offsite
1997: Offsite
2001: Coronado Springs
2008: Shades of Green / Saratoga Springs (WDW Half Marathon)
2009: Port Orleans French Quarter (WDW Half Marathon)
2010: Port Orleans Riverside (Honeymoon)
2011: Old Key West / Bay Lake Tower
2014: Kidani Village
2015: Old Key West (5th Wedding Anniversary)
2016: Old Key West (Kids' first WDW vacation in December!)
-
rphillips14
- Mr. Toad's Wild Rider
- Posts: 385
- Joined: Nov Fri 13, 2009 7:05 am
- Location: Kentucky
Post
by rphillips14 » Feb Sat 19, 2011 6:28 am
We were in line at test track for a long time and that music still plays in my head sometimes. The ride was OK but the music....uggghhh.
-
Amy
- Submarine Voyage Captain
- Posts: 18543
- Joined: Dec Wed 12, 2007 1:41 pm
- Location: the flooded, flooded mitten
Post
by Amy » Feb Sat 19, 2011 7:14 am
rphillips14 wrote:We were in line at test track for a long time and that music still plays in my head sometimes. The ride was OK but the music....uggghhh.
I would agree. It is one thing to listen to the soundtrack once on a CD, but over, and over, and over
I always ride in the single rider line so luckily I don't have that problem!
-
mindflipper
- Submarine Voyage Captain
- Posts: 10954
- Joined: Sep Sun 06, 2009 8:53 am
- Location: 76 Totters Lane
Post
by mindflipper » Feb Sat 19, 2011 9:35 am
Amy wrote:rphillips14 wrote:We were in line at test track for a long time and that music still plays in my head sometimes. The ride was OK but the music....uggghhh.
I would agree. It is one thing to listen to the soundtrack once on a CD, but over, and over, and over
I always ride in the single rider line so luckily I don't have that problem!
With the WoM, even though the only song being played was "Fun to be Free", at least they had at least 2 dozen variations of the song so it wouldn't be as annoying as Test Track playing that one and only piece of music over and over all day long!
-
MadEye
- Haunted Mansion Butler
- Posts: 3685
- Joined: Jun Sat 07, 2008 5:18 pm
Post
by MadEye » Feb Sun 20, 2011 12:18 pm
mindflipper wrote:Amy wrote:rphillips14 wrote:We were in line at test track for a long time and that music still plays in my head sometimes. The ride was OK but the music....uggghhh.
I would agree. It is one thing to listen to the soundtrack once on a CD, but over, and over, and over
I always ride in the single rider line so luckily I don't have that problem!
With the WoM, even though the only song being played was "Fun to be Free", at least they had at least 2 dozen variations of the song so it wouldn't be as annoying as Test Track playing that one and only piece of music over and over all day long!
I don't see a problem with it. Then again I've learned to tune it out back in 2000 after numerous times played by CD...
We are all a little weird
And life's a little weird,
And when we find someone whose
Weirdness is compatible with ours,
We join up with them and fall in
Mutual weirdness and call it Love.”
― Dr. Seuss
Eames: Listen, if you're gonna perform INCEPTION, you need IMAGINATION.
-
mindflipper
- Submarine Voyage Captain
- Posts: 10954
- Joined: Sep Sun 06, 2009 8:53 am
- Location: 76 Totters Lane
Post
by mindflipper » Feb Sun 20, 2011 1:34 pm
The test track song wouldn't be so bad if it was least interesting...
-
MadEye
- Haunted Mansion Butler
- Posts: 3685
- Joined: Jun Sat 07, 2008 5:18 pm
Post
by MadEye » Feb Sun 20, 2011 1:36 pm
mindflipper wrote:The test track song wouldn't be so bad if it was least interesting...
It was.
Was being the keyword here.
We are all a little weird
And life's a little weird,
And when we find someone whose
Weirdness is compatible with ours,
We join up with them and fall in
Mutual weirdness and call it Love.”
― Dr. Seuss
Eames: Listen, if you're gonna perform INCEPTION, you need IMAGINATION.
-
Arvorenn
- Autopian Mechanic
- Posts: 112
- Joined: Nov Sun 01, 2009 8:14 am
- Location: Germany
Post
by Arvorenn » Feb Sun 20, 2011 1:56 pm
Funny, I seem to have succeeded at not noticing the song at all while standing in line at Test Track - and I spent some time in the queue area during my visits. Well, lucky me I guess...
Anyway, I like Test Track - not only because of the ride itself, but also because of the queue area, where automobile testing is explained further...but I never experienced WoM, too young for that - so I won't vote on the poll here...
-
mindflipper
- Submarine Voyage Captain
- Posts: 10954
- Joined: Sep Sun 06, 2009 8:53 am
- Location: 76 Totters Lane
Post
by mindflipper » Feb Sun 20, 2011 2:31 pm
Arvorenn wrote:Funny, I seem to have succeeded at not noticing the song at all while standing in line at Test Track - and I spent some time in the queue area during my visits. Well, lucky me I guess...
Anyway, I like Test Track - not only because of the ride itself, but also because of the queue area, where automobile testing is explained further...but I never experienced WoM, too young for that - so I won't vote on the poll here...
Try rummaging around on YouTube - someone may have a video of it on there...
