Escape From Pompeii

[Jonesta6]

I wonder if they’ll ever automate the show system for this

IIRC the effects are generally automated but still require a combination of sensors and human observation to ensure guest safety.

They could have potentially gone the full-screens option or put everything behind a glass wall; but then that would have cheapened every effect. Since they didn't, there's got to be something in the overall safety system that prevents a guest from getting hit or burned.

 

[AIR]

I wonder if they’ll ever automate the show system for this

The show sequence is automated

 

[AlpenChariot]

As of 2021 the ride needed a team member to activate the fire effects. I've definitely let a boat through without seeing fire accidentally. That position is called mid chute. The second person upstairs is in the drop chute position. They basically just watch cameras and spiel to guests before the drop.