They are definitely touching the animatronics during the annual month-long closure.
I also don't know how you could possibly measure this. No one is going to picket Disney's Hollywood Studios because the cannons don't work on Rise of the Resistance. They should still fix them because part of paying a luxury product price means expecting luxury product quality.
Yeah, but they aren't keeping Rise of the Resistance closed because the cannons aren't working. Heck, they'll even keep Rise open without the preshows operating which is a MAJOR part of the storyline for that ride.
yes, both universal and disney are making crummy decisions with the maintenance of their attractions!
We do agree on that.
3rd within a year? Didn't it only close for the annual maintenance? Either way, the 2nd Hadrosaur was working at the end of last year, and even after the refurb (the first was completely gone, nothing in the pit), it was removed a little bit after, within the last 2-3 months. It was stuck in the up position for awhile though before they started refurbishing it which was a bit awkward.
Gotta love how people comment about wanting an attraction refurbished, only to then complain its scheduled during their trip
If the attraction's open but scenes are broken because of missing effects or AAs, I'd much rather have the ride fixed and presentable than open and miserable. Obviously there's a line and even Disney knew this in the early years with the point system they have/had, and if a ride scored too high it would be closed until it was fixed or the score was below the 'Must Close' threshold. It helped maintain a minimum standard that guests would expect.
I will never argue that these rides shouldn’t be fixed in a timely and prompt manner.
Yeah, I don't think anyone here is saying that they shouldn't fix broken effects though. I'm just saying closing the ride to do so is unnecessary, and since they remove the animatronics overnight and repair them off-site anyways it probably wouldn't speed anything up to close the ride. I can see wanting to close the ride when it's bad show, like when the Ultrasaur was gone and they had that ugly fence up, but with the Hadrosaur missing I wouldn't really say it's bad show, just nothing there.
I have to agree. I rode it with the missing dinos and didn't even know they were missing nor did I realize they were supposed to knock us off track. My family also didn't care. Shutting the entire ride down is not a wise idea for this minor thing.
No one is saying it shouldn't be fixed, we are saying it should remain open while it is being fixed if possible.
We're gonna have to agree to disagree on this. The missing hadrosaur is just about as bad as the show can get for this attraction.
My sense is the latter; I believe that’s what’s been done in Hollywood in the past.
Yeah that was my main point in mentioning the point system. Under something like that, T-rex missing should be a close, but something like the moving bushes wouldn't warrant shutting down the ride. Still, all effects should be kept up and seen running as often as possible; too many small effects missing and that could also trigger a ride closure to get the show back to a minimum acceptance level.
From what I noticed (if it's working) is that the water jets and bubbling still sell the illusion that something is under the water. It's far from perfect but still kinda works if you're not paying close attention.
Maybe with the improvements in robotics and materials over the years we'll get something that'll handle the wet and humid environment of the ride better.
