Movieworld Update, 19th September

[webslave]

4 hours ago, rappa said:

Woohoo, just what this forum needs. Another theme park AV expert. 

Don't be too upset; I'm a busy man so you'll still be able to maintain a monopoly on gatekeeping and crying every time someone criticizes VRTP.

[rappa]

Pretty sure I said the screens should be working. 
99% of the time someone posts actual factual info here it’s going to come from a source that can’t be disclosed, that’s the nature of real inside information. 

Gatekeeping would be posting “I know something and won’t tell you” which is a far cry from posting actual insights that may be of interest to people, to the extent they can be shared. 

There are several members on these board who are actively working in/with the parks or have close contacts with people that are. Often they will try to share whatever information they can get away with to contribute to the discussion and for the interest of other members who may actually be interested in reading. 
Your options are to have information without always the full path back to the source, or to have nothing. I know which I’d prefer. I don’t however have some agenda of wanting to post pure speculation as fact for the purpose of making myself feel good, if I did, perhaps I’d sooner no real info is shared. 
 

Whenever I make a guess about something or speculate, I always make a point of stating that I’m doing so. Therefore it stands to reason that if I’m saying something is fact, it probably is

 

I can’t/won’t speak for others, but that’s my story. 
Sorry if it upsets you to be corrected when your speculation is inaccurate. 
 

Glad to hear you are busy, the last few years have not been good to many AV Experts out there. 

[Rivals]

(thought this would be the appropriate topic) but as of right now;

- Rivals

- Green lantern 

- Justice League

- Scooby (2nd time down today)

are all closed, with Wild West being 100mins, Superman being 90mins, Batwings sitting at 50mins and Doomsday’s at 35mins. The park is definitely seeing the effects from the closed rides.

[Naazon]

1 minute ago, Rivals said:

Doomsday’s at 35mins

so 2 cycles then with the VTRP loading speed?

[rappa]

6 minutes ago, Rivals said:

(thought this would be the appropriate topic) but as of right now;

- Rivals

- Green lantern 

- Justice League

- Scooby (2nd time down today)

are all closed, with Wild West being 100mins, Superman being 90mins, Batwings sitting at 50mins and Doomsday’s at 35mins. The park is definitely seeing the effects from the closed rides.

Yeah have to agree situation is far from ideal right now

[Dean Barnett]

Looks like WW got evacuated 

[joz]

Oh nos!

[Ashley]

Some members of my family, rode Scooby about lunch time on Monday and confirmed that the first screens, (the ones where the monsters rip out the walls), were working.

However, when I rode it around 5:00pm they weren't, so is it possible they had just been switched off early? 

[rappa]

59 minutes ago, joz said:

Oh nos!

Another typical case of VRTP being below Disney standard! That boat isn’t even sinking 😂

18 minutes ago, Ashley said:

Some members of my family, rode Scooby about lunch time on Monday and confirmed that the first screens, (the ones where the monsters rip out the walls), were working.

However, when I rode it around 5:00pm they weren't, so is it possible they had just been switched off early? 

It depends. ‘Not working’ could just mean the scene didnt trigger for whatever reason for their car. 
 

The problem with Scooby is that video was done so poorly by someone who clearly has little understanding of how an attraction operates. There is no ‘holding state’ so if it doesn’t trigger you just get black. Same as the final drop scene which just runs out of video whilst you sit there. 

[Ashley]

13 minutes ago, rappa said:

 

The problem with Scooby is that video was done so poorly by someone who clearly has little understanding of how an attraction operates. There is no ‘holding state’ so if it doesn’t trigger you just get black. Same as the final drop scene which just runs out of video whilst you sit there. 

Yeah, I did get just a black screen when I rode it.

The final screen worked, just not the tiki island TV at the end of the ride

So, what you said about it not triggering could be the reason. But, it still something that needs to be fixed, it should work every time, not just here and there.

[rappa]

Correct. 
There will always be the odd occasion when something doesn’t fire, but a well designed system allows for that so you don’t get something awful. 
Scooby Next Gen just wasn’t that. 
 

But hopefully those days are behind us and the new attractions being built are much better. 

[Park Addict 93]

In my experience of the last few months riding Scooby 

The initial “projection walls” have been out for awhile, in addition to multiple screens in the lift. The final Tiki Island screen has been inconsistent, sometimes working, sometimes a still display without the scare and other times off.

They really should just redo it with more flame resistant theming in the initial Ghost Train section imho.

Edited September 21, 2022 by Park Addict 93

[pin142]

6 hours ago, Dean Barnett said:

Looks like WW got evacuated 

Quick, tell the GCB before someone beats you to it!

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

On 20/09/2022 at 8:08 PM, Levithian said:

but didnt mention boot hill cemetary

Boot hill is still in the park though?

[Ashley]

And (please correct me if I’m wrong), but boothill isn’t in driving school.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

4 minutes ago, Ashley said:

And (please correct me if I’m wrong), but boothill isn’t in driving school.

I actually checked on YouTube before I replied - it definitely is in JDS:

Right behind scooby castle

[Ashley]

2 hours ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

I actually checked on YouTube before I replied - it definitely is in JDS:

Right behind scooby castle

Well, would you look at that, can’t say I knew. Learn something new everyday.

But, as you said the reason I didn’t mention it is because it’s still at the park.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

1 minute ago, Ashley said:

the reason I didn’t mention it is because it’s still at the park.

Yeah, I'm just wondering why @Levithianmentioned it at all, since it's in both...

[Ashley]

7 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

Yeah, I'm just wondering why @Levithianmentioned it at all, since it's in both...

Yeah, that’s a bit of a head scratcher, boothill is, sort of out of side, out of mind. So, @Levithian may have just forgotten that it’s still around.

[jjuttp]

32 minutes ago, Ashley said:

out of side, out of mind

Learning moment.

 

It's "out of sight, out of mind".

[Ashley]

51 minutes ago, jjuttp said:

Learning moment.

 

It's "out of sight, out of mind".

Oh, oops. I just realised that, sorry.

I meant out of sight. 😁

[Levithian]

You guys are showing your age. 

Where was boot hill located? what is currently in it's place?

[Slick]

8 minutes ago, Levithian said:

You guys are showing your age. 

Where was boot hill located? what is currently in it's place?

Virtually exactly where Doomsday is today. Now it’s over to the left of Wild West Falls’ final turn into the station.

[Ashley]

37 minutes ago, Levithian said:

You guys are showing your age. 
 

I’m only 25, I’m not that old.

But I’ve got say, talking about how things used to be makes me feel old, lol.

[djmcbell]

On 21/09/2022 at 2:58 PM, Dean Barnett said:

Looks like WW got evacuated 

Oh hey, I wondered where Neil from The Young Ones went.

In any case, he's just cleaning the windscreen while it's at the lights.